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Today, I'm going to be showing you a full coverage foundation.
Now, most of my foundation routines are full coverage, even my everyday casual no makeup
routines are full coverage, because I have olive skin, hyper-pigmented skin, under-eye
circles that are crazy, and lots of imperfections -- that probably only I notice.
I have a pretty bad -- it's not that bad -- but, for right now and for most recently, my skin
has been really good, so now I feel like it's really bad.
I definitely struggled with acne the most in middle school and in high school.
Now, I definitely feel like if I get an acne breakout, I know why, it's usually something
that I did, like drinking or eating or not working out or stressing or not sleeping enough.
Normally, in these situations, I will hide from social media and from the general pubic,
unless I can't avoid it, but I thought that this time around, I would instead try to help
some of you who could benefit from some of the tips that I use.
Yaaaaaaaaaay!
I will also teach you how to contour and highlight, which if done wrong, when you have an acne
breakout, it could make your breakout stand out even more, which you don't want.
So I hope you enjoy this video, thank you so much for watching, let's go ahead and get
started.
First up for products, I'm never without my Neutrogena healthy skin primer, this is my
favorite.
I never believed in primer, until I started using this, honestly, and what I'll do is
I'll paint on a thick coat -- yeah, not just a pea size, a THICK coat -- all over, especially
on dark and dry spots.
And, as you can and will see, it lightens, it brightens, it smooths your pores and blemishes,
even scabs, and -- most importantly - it protects and nourishes my skin.
I honestly feel like this prevents breakouts, and it keeps my makeup on all day long.
Like, I'm convinced it's waterproof, and I honestly can't say enough good things.
I'm gonna grab a spoolie brush to gently flick off any dry skin flakes that have now softened
from the primer.
And make sure that that brush is clean, or else you could end up with some mustaches
all over your face.
Now for foundation.
This is my obsession, Studio Fix fluid.
But rather than using concealer, which can so easily be spotty and require a lot of retouching,
I just brush and build up this full coverage foundation, which covers absolutely every
imperfection.
I'll layer it up first in the darkest areas, work my way all over, and then revisit areas
that need it.
I do like using a foundation that is one to three shades lighter than my skin.
This helps with hiding dark spots and also gives me a little shortcut with contouring
and highlighting.
And I'm sure that there are people watching who are gonna say that full coverage foundation
is what's causing all of my breakouts, which it's not true, I will save that for another
video, but I do wanna say that if you skip primer and if you're not washing your face,
you are going to break out no matter what you're using, whether it's full coverage foundation,
sheer foundation or even face paint, so those two steps are very important.
And no blending brushes here, because we really wanna build up that coverage.
Now for some color, I'm using two different bronzers, because parts of my skin are dry
and parts of my skin are oily.
So first up, I'm using a powder on my cheeks, which have some blemishes.
I'm gonna avoid that area, because I don't want to make spots darker or for the area
to look even more bumpy, so I'm just sculpting my cheeks by going along the outer rounds
and then along my jawline.
I'm also a nose contour person.
If I'm breaking out here, I will skip this step completely, because I don't want the
bumps to make a crooked line.
It's not too bad today though, so I'm gonna go ahead and do it.
As for my forehead, it is super dry and broken out; powder would definitely make any flakes
or bumps stand out even more, so I'm using a soft solid and blending with my finger,
definitely focusing on my hairline and not where there is a lot of irritation.
Now, I do use some concealer, only around my eyes, which are the hardest and biggest
dark spots on my face to cover.
I actually call them my panda circles.
And you'll see that I'm pressing instead of rubbing, which will allow for max coverage.
I'm gonna go ahead and apply my blush, which is more of a coral salmon color because I
don't wanna bring out any other pink or redness on my face.
And just a little bit here, a little dab on the apples of my cheeks, and that's it.
Last, just for a little extra coverage and protection, I'm setting my under-eye circles,
along with really any other dark spots or areas that need it with this Studio Fix matte
powder, which really makes everything disappear.
So here is the final look.
I hope you enjoyed this video, the results!
If you have any questions about what I did or the products that I used, any requests
for upcoming video, please let me know in the comments below.
Thank you so much for watching.
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