Steps to a flawless foundation application/Flawless face

I am sure you wonder how your  favorite makeup artists get their clients faces looking as flawless and as camera ready as they do. What if I told you getting a flawless face isn’t as tasking as you would think, all it starts with is a flawless foundation application and to achieve a flawless foundation routine, a few simple steps have to be followed. So without much further ado, join me as I list and show you the steps to achieving a flawless foundation application.

Step 1 - Eye Makeup: This is a personal preference, it is not compulsory that this is your first step, it can as well be your last step, it doesn’t matter. I am used to doing my eye makeup before my face makeup.

Step 2 - Moisturize: Skin care is really important, when you take good care of your skin; it only makes it easier to achieve flawless makeup. So don’t skip your moisturizer.

Step 3 - Prime: It is still shocking to me that some people still don’t use a primer before applying foundation *I never hexperrit* (Click here to read my post on proper foundation application to understand/learn why priming is important).

Step 4 - Color correct: Cancel out discolorations on your skin by using a color corrector. Most of us women of color have hyper pigmentation thereby resulting in uneven skin tone. For me I have dark circles under my eyes and around my jaw and also dark spots as a result of picking pimples (a bad habit I need to quit). So I use an orange corrector to cancel out these discolorations as orange cancels out darkness.

Step 5 - Apply Foundation: Know your skin type, what foundation suits you, correct foundation shade, and then apply foundation evenly.

Step 6 - Apply Concealer: Use concealer only where needed, if you did step 4 and 5 correctly, you wouldn’t really need to conceal. I used concealer just under my eyes to give a bit of highlight.

Step 7 - Powder: Set the under eye concealer and powder your whole face, this step helps to keep your foundation put.

Step 8 - Contour: This is not a mandatory step, you can just strob instead if that is your preference (click here for my post on strobing and contouring), to get a flawless face, adding a bit of definition to the face is key. I did very minimal contouring here, just to define my facial features. If you’re going to contour with cream or liquid, then this should be your step 7, I used powder for contouring.

Step 9 - Blush: After steps 4,5, 6 and 7 your face is basically just plain and pale. So, step 8 and 9 bring back some color and definition to the face to complete a flawless face.

Step 10 – Lips: Apply your lipstick, lip gloss, lip stain……..whatever your preference is and VA VA VOOOMM…..you’re in the slaying business.

My hair is a wig made by myself, the hair was also colored by me. Try these steps, let me know how you slayed. Do you have any other tips and tricks to getting a flawless face? Let’s hear it….sharing is caring. Until my next post guys, stay slaying, xoxo.

LIST OF PRODUCTS USED

MAC prep and prime face primer

L.A Girl pro conceal orange corrector

MAC studio fix fluid foundation in NW48

MUFE HD foundation in N170

L.A girl pro concealer in fawn for under eye

Setting powder in Zaron face definer palette PZ15 to set under eye

Powder from Tara powder palette

Contour powder from the Zaron face definer in PZ15

Highlighter from the Zaron face definer in PZ15 for cheekbones

MAC sweet as cocoa blush

Revlon super lustrous lipstick in mink