Perfect Make up

Looking for the perfect make up?

When you’re trying to find a way to enhance your appearance, most women will look for make up to help them out. Not only can make up correct any flaws that you feel you have, but it can also draw attention to the parts of your face that you do want to flaunt. But when it comes to finding the perfect make up for you, there’s a little you should know.

Do you know your skin type?

Your skin type is the first place that you should start when you’re looking for make up. Different skins will react differently to various kinds of ingredients that are included in make up, causing it to look different on the skin. There are four basic skin types:

You can also have sensitive skin in conjunction with any of these types, meaning that you have a propensity to react to chemicals and other ingredients.

To determine your skin type, simply wash your face in the morning, but do not add anything else and wait for about a half an hour. At the end of that time, if your skin appears normal, you have normal skin. If your skin is tight and dry, you have dry skin. If your skin is oily, you have oily skin. And if your skin is a combination of oily and dry, you have combination skin.

What’s the best make up for your skin type?

For normal skin, you really don’t have to worry about the kind of make up that you’re using – just see how your skin reacts and then adjust as needed. But for oily and generally acne-prone skin, you should use lighter make up that’s water based. This will allow the oil from your skin to not interact with the make up and ruin your look. For dry skin, you’ll want something that has moisturizing benefits, like oils. This will allow the makeup to stay on your skin without cracking or peeling.

For combination skin, you will want to adjust for the various areas that are oily and dry.

What’s your skin tone?

Thankfully, make up companies have realized that matching your skin tone to a bottle of foundation isn’t an easy task. Many companies have created more lifelike samples and tools to match your skin tone perfectly. You will want to hold these tools (they’re plastic representations of the foundation shades) against your jaw line, but in natural light if possible. This will give you the most natural looking outcome.

The perfect makeup bag

When you’re going out shopping, there are a few key pieces of make up you should have:

You’ll want to keep the basic palette neutral in color, but you can add brighter colors for more formal occasions. For example, browns and light pinks are good colors for most people.