My Favorite Foundation!

So I've discovered this foundation that I absolutely love about a year ago and it is now my go to foundation that I wear everyday. Its the L'oreal True Match Super Blendable Makeup. It retails for around $8-$12 at drugstores and comes in a 1 fl. oz glass bottle with no pump, just a screw off cap. It is also oil free and has an SPF of 17. The thing I love most about this foundation is that it comes in warm, neutral, and cool shades. That just makes picking out a foundation shade so much easier. Once you know your skin's undertone it's pretty much a piece of cake from there. There is also a very good amount of shades to choose from. (I wear W4 in the winter and can go all the way up to W7 in the summer.) Now I would consider this foundation to be a medium coverage foundation that can be built up to full coverage. It is a water based foundation which makes blending this foundation into your skin so incredibly easy, hence the name. It gives you such a natural "skin-like" foundation look, if that makes any sense. Basically if applied the right way it looks like your wearing little to no face makeup on. It also has such a light weight feeling, almost like there is nothing on your face. True Match is not entirely a matte foundation but it does not give you a very dewy look, so it's that in between natural look that everyone loves. I have pretty oily skin most of the time and I find that if I prime my face before hand and then apply a setting powder all over after this foundation lasts all day long without changing its appearance too much from when you first applied it. So basically this is the only foundation that I would recommend to everyone. It really is such a great foundation for all skin types and tones. I hope you try it out and love it as much as I do!

Wearing True Match shade W7 

xoxo

Victoria 

Find Your Shade!

Many of us fall victim to this. Finding the right foundation shade at a drug store can seem like a nightmare. There is no professional their to help match your skin like at high end makeup counters. The shade will look like the right one for you or you'll read the shade name that sounds right, but when you get home and try it on it is either too dark, too light, too yellow, or too pink for your skin tone. So what is a girl to do? Here are some tips on finding the right foundation shade for your skin. 

Use one of your old foundations as a reference color. Now you can do this two ways. You can actually bring the bottle of foundation in to the store or swatch some of your old foundation on your hand and go into the store with that. Unfortunately if your bringing your old foundation into the store with you this will only work if the bottle is glass or your able to see the actual product through the container. Then all you have to do is simply start picking up different colors and holding them next to each other. You will be able to tell what is too dark or too light or too pink or too yellow for you. And if you feel a little weird bringing in a whole container into the store like me, just swatch some of your old foundation on the back of your hand. Make sure it is a good amount so that you can actually see the color. When you get to the store you can simply do one of two things. Either just hold up the bottle next to your swatch on your hand or just take the actual product and swatch that color on your hand next to your old foundation shade. This will probably only work if the container isn't sealed. Now some people may say, why don't you just swatch the foundation to your hand color? The reason I do not suggest this is because your hands are often a different color then your face. 

What girl doesn't like going to the store to look at makeup? So just bring a friend with you. All you have to do is have your friend pick up bottles and match it to your face. When your matching colors make sure to use your jaw line as a reference. This is because your jaw line shows you the most accurate color of your face. You could also just bring a small hand mirror with you to the store if all your friends are busy. Just hold up the foundation to your jaw line while looking in the mirror. This might be more difficult but it will still work. 

If your just starting out and don't have a foundation then you should take a trip down to the mall and stop at a makeup counter. Who said you have to buy something when going to a counter. Just simply ask the person at the counter to match yourself to a foundation shade. They will be more then glad to help you. When they find your shade ask if you can bring home a sample of the foundation. Most counters will give you a little container of foundation to bring home with you if you ask because they know how expensive their products are to just buy on the spot. 

                            

I hope you found this helpful and are now ready to face drug store foundations. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

xoxo

Victoria