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Finding the Right Foundation Shade

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Hi there, I hope I find you well. Thank you for stopping by and taking time to read. Well, let’s get straight into the business of the day which is picking the right shade of foundation. Finding the right shade is a struggle for a lot of people. I struggled with it myself for quite a while until I discovered a few ways of finding the right shade for my tone. I always picked a shade lighter or a shade darker, but never the right one. The lighter ones made me look ashy whilst the dark ones weighed down my face and took away the warmness of my skin tone. So here are a few tricks that you can use to help you find the right shade of foundation. 1.   Firstly, you need to know your skin undertone. Basically there is the warm undertone and the cool undertone. A warm undertone can be red, orange or yellow. Whilst a cool undertone can be blue or green . Most foundations are therefore made to suit the different skin undertones. Knowing one’s skin undertone will certainly make findin...

How To Make Makeup Last Longer

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My last few posts have basically been all about makeup application, actually basic makeup application. I did highlight that there is a lot to learn about makeup, and I will try to explain as much as possible as we go. Well, today I am going to talk about making makeup last longer. Making makeup last longer is basically about oil control. This is very important particularly for people with very oily skin. When you apply your makeup, you want it to stay in place, but however, that is not what always happens. Sometimes makeup will literally slide off the face or take another form that is different from the initial one. This may sound like a joke, but believe me it’s actually far from funny. So you might be asking, what is the best way of making it last longer on your face? Or how to make your makeup stay fresh without necessarily having to add more product? Well, there are several ways of making that happen, and I am going to be sharing them with you here. The first thing to do i...