How to Choose the Right Foundation

Cakiness and dried up skin after applying your foundation and ending up looking like “Lili Taylor” from conjuring when she was deceived by the demons is the worst nightmare. Imagine yourself with all the makeup, standing in a room full of lights with the base itself being your worst enemy. Petrified? This might have or might happen due to half knowledge. Every girl out there knows a little something about make –up and not knowing what foundation should sit on your skin can horrendously kill the "Princess Consuela" inside you. It is justifiable to not know exactly what foundation is quintessential for your flesh. Therefore, here are a few tips to picking the right foundation para tu cara (for your face).

Right Foundation

Normal skin:

This skin type is the oh-so-blessed out of the whole lot. Girls with normal skin can go about with any foundation from tinted to mineral powder depending upon your shade and appropriate coverage.

Dry Skin:

Girls with dry skin should look for the words hydrating or moisturizing on the foundation while buying one. Avoid matte ones because then you may end up looking sluggish and dull.

Oily skin:

There are two types of oily skin, one of which can be oily on the whole face and the other can be a combination skin with normal to oily on only the T-zone (area below the forehead and nose and/or the nose and chin area).

Aging skin:

One of the stereotypes seen breaking is the idea of aging not being beautiful. An aging skin is as beautiful as any other skin type. A woman under the process of aging should never go for a full coverage foundation as that may just worsen the situation instead go for a light coverage foundation with light reflecting pigments to brighten up the face.

Choosing a foundation according to the shade

• Check the product you’re buying in broad daylight and not in the lightening of the store you’re buying the product from, store lightening is different from day lights and therefore natural lights help in determining the skin shade and product shade better.
• Do a patch test, not on your hand but, either on your forehead or your skin. The shade of the face is slightly different from that of the other body parts.
• See, that the foundation you’ve selected does not make your skin look ultra-white.

Our top pick foundation:

Easy on the pocket and a true blender, the INCOLOR smooth overtime base is hands down the best foundation. It's light and evens out the skin tone, hiding all the problem areas flawlessly. It has SPF 25 and is a moisturizing formula that does not let the skin look flaky and cakey. It leaves the skin feeling soft and comfortable all day long. It’s ideal for sheer to medium coverage. It comes in a cute bottle with a pump for effortless extraction.