How do I even wear foundation/powder combinations?

Question

Ever since Cover Girl changed all their products, I'm stuck for what to put on my face. Usually I use a liquid or cream foundation and a pressed powder to set it. I find the cream foundation a bit cakey-feeling, but I like the look of it. If I switch to a mineral powder foundation will I still get the same coverage as the liquid or cream foundation? (drugstore brand stuff, I'm not buying bare minerals or anything off the internet.) What about using a tinted moisturizer and then a pressed powder - or is this going to only give me minimal coverage as well? When does a foundation primer come in handy? I have slightly oily skin and fairly blemish-prone, so I like to have some coverage, but not the cakey feeling. I'm worried that a mineral powder foundation will cover only as well as a powder, which will not do. After years of using makeup I'm suddenly lost.

Answer 1

If you have oily and blemish-prone skin, stay away from cakey stuff, please! Mineral foundation is definitely right for you, you get a more natural flawless look, and its better for your skin. marykay has a new collection of mineral stuff

Answer 2

Well.

For me, I found that mineral powder foundation has medium coverage. Honestly, my skin has never looked so even and dewey and healthy. I used to wear liquids, but with oily skin.... that's kind of a death trap haha. So the powder will cover my skin's blotchyness and evens it out, but some of the redder acne scars I have still show as well as pimples themselves, although I find that the coverage of acne/scars is about the same as it was with liquid (for reference I use Physicians Formula loose powder foundation and I used to use Almay's liquid foundation for oily skin). So if acne coverage is your concern, then get a powder foundation since it will last longer on your oily skin and will not be as clogging on your pores, and just make sure to get a concealer that both covers your acne but doesn't make the problem worse. For this you will have to search for a concealer that works with your skin.

Tinted moisturizers give you a very sheer coverage, so I would say to try something else.

For mineral foundations, if you are concerned with the coverage, you can always try mineral foundations in liquid form. I know that both Physicians Formula and Maybelline make them, and I've heard better reviews for Maybellines than for Physicians Formula.

A primer basically comes in handy if you have a problem with your makeup "disappearing" after a few hours or wear, or if you have issues with foundation caking up on your skin. It also helps make your skin feel/look smoother. Also I find it helps to not give your face as oily an appearance, while helping less oil over produce. I am currently testing out two new primers and have found that they both are making my face look and feel much smoother than my old Smashbox primer did (the one for oily skin), and my face looks so healthy. It doesn't feel cakey, except around my chin a little bit but that only happens when I put too much makeup on my chin, not sure why haha.

In my experience, mineral powder foundation doesn't feel cakey, doesn't look cakey, and doesn't make you look more oily faster. I had some on yesterday from about 1 or 2 pm until like 9:30 that night and it still looked the same other than the two spots I put concealer on, but that's my concealers fault.

For primers, I'd suggest trying Cargo's blu_ray one and Tarte's Clean Slate, both of which I am trying out. They both work great, although Cargo is much cheaper. Both are found at Sephora, just go in and ask them for samples! As for foundation, you can try Maybelline's liquid mineral foundation, Physicians formula loose powder one as well as L'oreal's bare naturale stuff, but I found it to be cakey, shiny and just... ick. If you use powders, you will need a good kabuki or buffing brush. I use MAC's 182, although you can probably get better/cheaper brushes, as I think that MAC's brushes are slowly but surely loosing their appeal now with new distributors or something.  

Answer 3

apply a foundation, liquid or cream. make sure you get under your neck so you dont have a tacky line. then apply your powder. it makes your skin look less oily. i have been wearing makeup for about 5 years. and i plan on being a cosmotologist.

Answer 4

First of all, liquid foundation is only ideal for winter/cold weather, it's a big no-no in the summer time.

Mineral foundation is WONDERFUL, if you have a local MAC counter or MAC store, a great product is Mineralized Skinfinish Natural, they have it under powders, but it works as a great foundation for me.

Here's a link on the website,

http://www.maccosmetics.com/templates/pr...

It is expensive, but it's well worth it.