Im getting so annoyed with my make up! It just never seems to look right! My spots seem to glow through red within an hour of applying it, and it goes blotchy around my lips and just generally! HELP ! Thank you xxx
Answer
Ahhh, perfect and flawless - what we all strive to achieve. Unfortunately, that's not completely possible - you have to have the ILLUSION of perfect. You do realize that models are not perfect. Many of them are airbrushed to perfection. Anyway, that's not what you want to know, ...so how to go about getting that illusion.... First, start with a fresh clean face one that you take super good care of daily. How to do that... Wash twice daily, once in the pm to clean all the dirt, impurities and make-up of the day and once in the am to start with a fresh slate. Next, when you moisturize, be sure to wait 20 minutes before you apply any foundation. It doesn't matter how much money you spend on foundation or moisturizer - if you don't wait to let the moisturizer absorb into your skin - you will not have a good surface in which your foundation will stick around. Next, apply your foundation with a moist (NOT wet) sponge, and make sure you do one section at a time and blend into the next section (forehead, nose, chin, cheeks each their own section). Blend up and out towards the other sections (except on your nose, blend down and out towards your cheeks) - be careful around your hairline you don't want a build up there. Then with the same sponge go back over the "red" areas and just dab - don't rub or blend, just dab a little bit to blend in, but cover the red. After that, use a loose powder close to your foundation shade or a slight be lighter and go over your whole face using light downward strokes (the direction your facial hair grows). Finally, when you are all done, if you want to, you could spritz with Model in a Bottle. Makes any make-up (cheap to expensive) last longer.
