As we enter into Winter and the golden natural glow of Summer fades once again, make-up bases become part of our daily routine towards achieving what appears to be effortless, healthy looking skin. The A/W ‘13 catwalks see the return of models sporting flawless skin, courtesy of our favorite, but often misused friend ‘the foundation’
There are so many variations of ‘base’ make-up to choose from - liquid, cream to powder, mineral, stick - all boasting a variety of finishes and coverage - matte, dewy, sheer, barely there – which to choose? The trend this season, is keeping it ‘real’, skin that’s appears effortlessly natural, with matte perfection. As an artist, for me the finish has to be ’velvet’ and my foundation of the moment comes in the form of Chanel’s ‘Perfection Lumiere’ longwear, flawless fluid (£32.40 debenhams.com)
Liquid foundations provide a sheer to full coverage, depending on the finish you choose and technique of application. I use foundation brush and sponge – brush to smooth or buff onto the skin and sponge to blend seamlessly. This particular Chanel foundation I adore, as I can achieve that velvet complexion, with it’s soft almost matte, photo perfect finish. Choose your colour tone ‘in season’ keeping with your ideal A/W skin tone, which can always be warmed up with a sweep of bronzer, once your make-up is complete, imitating where the sun would catch your face.
Test your foundation on your jawline, making sure your face matches your shoulder and neck area. You can now create your perfect canvas – starting with gentle strokes on the forehead, temples, eyelids, under eyes, cheeks, chin and blending down the jawline, paying attention also to the neck (where the sun doesn’t shine) and the ears!
Team your flawless skin with a bright lip, for perfect contrast
Conceal or correct?
Now for the professional trick of colour ‘correcting’ any grey areas under the eyes, that need a little more attention. Traditional light reflecting products are great for highlighting the bone structure, concealers are perfect for the odd blemish and extra coverage of corrected areas, but ‘colour correction’ for grey under eye areas, whether you are fair medium or dank skinned, should be peach/orange based, as this will neutralise the grey/blue tones.
Add your peach based corrector, to the inner and under eye area - I adore Bobbi Brown Correctors (£18.50 1.4g bobbibrown.com) Gently pat it into your foundation and watch the skin appear flawless. You will look awake and fresh faced - magic! Set your smoothed over eye lid area with a dusting of translucent powder and a sweep over your T Zone and you are now ready to design your desired make-up look.
A Pro tip - try highlighting your bone structure, with a foundation a tone lighter than your base foundation… A sweep down the centre of the nose, dab a little to the mid cheek from the nose, a dot above the lips for fullness and a touch on top of the cheek bones and mid forehead will leave you looking sculpted and defined. Blend effortlessly into the rest of your foundation and keeping it light and subtle is the key to this pro finish!
Lorraine
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