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Makeup: The Foundation You Can’t Live Without
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One of these 14 crowd pleasers could give your skin a flawless finish — sans airbrush experts
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 We’ve heard complaints about foundation ranging from too heavy and drying to too light and oily, not to mention “too few shades” and “too expensive.” So we’ve gathered the foundations that garnered praise from TotalBeauty.com members. |
Smashbox Conversion Cream To Powder Foundation
Try Smashbox Conversion Cream To Powder Foundation if you are looking for a quick yet effective coverage. This smooth, oil-free, light-as-air compact foundation glides on effortlessly, leaving the skin with a sheer, perfectly natural appearance. More complete coverage can be achieved by simply layering. For best results use a foundation brush. Using a foundation brush glide on your skin few lines flip and blend. Cost: $32.
Chantecaille Real Skin Foundation
Chantecaille brings us a new type of translucent foundation that feels comfortable as real skin. Chantecaille Real Skin Foundation is a lightweight gel formula, a combination of micro particles and oil. This fabulous foundation is inspired by a Japanese technology.
Other great benefits when you use Chantecaille Real Skin Foundation are: smoothes and refines the skin’s surface while unifying color tone, maintains skin’s natural complexion while giving it a cleaner look, moisturizes your skin throughout the day with amino acid emollient oil, protects skin from the sun’s harmful rays with either SPF 15 or SPF 30. The foundation is packaged in a compact with translucent lid and galvanized nickel bottom. Application sponge and fabric pouch included so there is no need to splurge on a foundation brush. Cost: Chantecaille Real Skin Foundation SPF 15 $54, Chantecaille Real Skin Foundation SPF 30 $57.
Makeup Forever Professional Face & Body Liquid Makeup
Makeup Forever Professional has an old-time favorite product among makeup artists. The product is called: Face and Body Liquid Makeup. Makeup Forever Professional Face & Body Liquid Makeup is waterproof and is ultra-light. This unique liquid makeup is a water-based gel with no added emulsifiers. It will give you a totally natural, satin finish without accentuating imperfections. Ideal for normal skin-types as well as for fine lines and large pores. How to apply? Apply a fine layer on your face or body and let dry for 3 minutes. Blot the excess with a tissue. Cost: $38.
La Mer The Treatment Cream Foundation
Try La Mer The Treatment Cream Foundation. This luxurious creme foundation is formulated with La Mer’s anti-aging properties. It hides and reduces skin imperfections and fine lines. Leaves skin feeling and looking soft, radiant, and flawless. Suitable for dry skin. Cost: $85.
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation will give you a glow of a flawless skin. This oil free silky foundation is formulated with an exclusive micro-fill technology to give you a natural finish. Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation is super weightless and is suitable for all skin types. It is also very hydrating and it glides on our skin creating a seamless coverage. Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation actually has a silky texture that lasts all day. And the coverage is buildable. Cost: $55.
Apply Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation with Giorgio Armani Designer Foundation Expert expert Shaping Brush. This brush is large with a sharper end to allow a precise applicaion of foundation onto delicate fine lines and contouring. Contains a blend of marten hair and synthetic fibers developed specifically for rich, creamy foundation formulas. Cost: $50.
Yves Saint Laurent Beaute Perfect Touch Foundation
Yves Saint Laurent Beaute Perfect Touch Foundation is also the first ever brush on foundation. For those of you who struggle applying liquid foundation in the morning without your fingers covered with foundation then brush foundation is a perfect solution for you. Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Foundation delivers a flawless finish so you can also achieve a professional makeup artist finish at home. Say bye bye to a foundation that feels like a mask on your face. You can also use Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Foundation to quickly touch up throughout the day. Other great benefits using Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Foundation are improved hydration and radiance due to its exclusive “baby-skin” complex that restores the skin’s optimal hydration levels and ensures perfect suppleness of newborn skin.
Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Foundation comes in a complete range of shades for the perfect match. It is suitable for all skin types and it is a non comedogenic formula. How to use? Turn the brush to the “on” position. Gently press the tube to release a small amount of product on your hand. Close the tube to the “off” position. Dip the brush into the foundation and sweep lightly all over your face. Once you are familiar with the product and dispensing mechanism, apply directly onto your face for the ultimate makeup finish. Cost: $50.
Scott Barnes New Kid On The Blog
So who is Scott Barnes? We always love to see new faces coming into the Fashion and Makeup world. Scott Barnes began his career as a Fashion Photography Assistant. Intrigued with the Fashion world Scott Barnes find his way to become a makeup artist implementing his main motto of Chic and Simple. Scott Barnes soon transformed to an A Lister with a unique and an artistic approach to traditional makeup. His makeup also has an Eastern influence due to Scott Barnes in depth studies of that culture. Today Scott Barnes is a makeup artist to many international music, film, and TV celebrities.
Looking for the perfect Cream Foundation? Try Scott Barnes Cream Foundation which is a compact foundation that will give you a creamy coverage but with a seamless look and feel. Scott Barnes Creamy Foundation is formulated with calming skin care ingredients to relax your skin. Scott Barnes is well known as the master of glowing skin so you can’t go wrong with this fabulous Creamy Foundation. Comes in 10 beautiful invisible coverage shades, such as: Alabaster for pale pink undertone, Beyond Beige for light beige undertone, Camel for medium beige undertone, Cafe for medium pink undertone, Sand for medium pink undertone, Toffee for medium pink undertone, Amber for medium beige undertone, Caramel for medium beige undertone, Chestnut for dark beige undertone, Topaz for reddish brick brown. Cost: $40.
Magic Wand Illuminating Foundation By Too Faced
New at Too Faced makeup line is a Magic Wand Illuminating Foundation which is a semi-matte, illuminating liquid foundation in a brush pen. Perfect for creating a cashmere-soft, pore-free finish with a light reflecting radiant glow. It is easy to use, one push of the button dispense the right amount of seamless foundation and a built-in brush will give you a flawless complexion. Ingredients include: cucumber to keep your skin luminous and fresh, vitamin E an antioxidant, and seawater rich in vitamins and minerals. Comes in cool shades, such as: London, New York, Paris, Hollywood, and Miami. Cost: $32.50.
Too Faced was created in 1998 by Jerrod Blandino a makeup artist working behind the counter at Saks Fifth Avenue. Too Faced slogan is: “Why be pretty when you can be gorgeous”? Too Faced is used by many makeup artists on Hollywood movie sets, T.V. Shows and on the red carpet.
Second To None Stick Foundation By Iman
Iman is my favorite supermodel of all time. Married to rocker David Bowie and at age 50 still looks beautiful. Iman is the founder and the CEO her own cosmetics, skincare and fragrance line, simply called : Iman Cosmetics. It is also the first makeup line created especially for all women with skin of color. Iman Cosmetics was born in 1994 and is designed for African American, Asian, Latina, and multicultural women. Due to an agreement Iman Cosmetics has with the giant Procter & Gamble you can find Iman’s glamorous makeup line in Target, Wal Mart, Walgreens, and Duane Reade.
New at Iman Cosmetics is Second To None Stick Foundation that comes in 14 oil-free, true-to-you shades such as Sand, Clay, and Earth. This fabulous Stick Foundation is easy to apply and will give you a very natural, seamless match and texture to your skin. It feels light, hence, like second to nothing. Iman’s foundation is formulated with Silicone and is infused with Jojoba and antioxidant power of vitamins A, C and E. Available at Walgreens. Cost: $13.99. Iman Cosmetics slogan is: “Your Beauty. Your Terms”. And “The Color Of One Iman”.