This powder leaves a sort of sheen on the skin that gives life to your skin, allowing your makeup to look natural but with added coverage. It's kinda hard to explain but take my word for it-it's amazing! NYX offers an array of 16 colors - from the lightest in Ivory to the deepest shades in Deep Dark, with great choices of both cool and warm undertones (to find out your skin undertone, check out my post ) Never Wear the Wrong Foundation Color Again!
It's Friday, y'all! And that means another product spotlight on one of my favorite products of all time. This weeks honorary mention goes to my ever faithful and oh so loved NYX Stay Matte Not Flat Powder Foundation. This powder is so versatile and great on all skin types. An added bonus is that it's Talc free, which is a common ingredient in face powders that can be brutal on dry skin, so even my super dry girls out there who suffer from dehydrated skin like me can wear it! This powder foundation works to minimize shine and take away the "wet" look that some foundations can leave, but does not leave you looking flat like some other matte powders. It also works great on its own without liquid foundation-just remember to use a primer to make your look last extra long! This powder leaves a sort of sheen on the skin that gives life to your skin, allowing your makeup to look natural but with added coverage. It's kinda hard to explain but take my word for it-it's amazing! NYX offers an array of 16 colors - from the lightest in Ivory to the deepest shades in Deep Dark, with great choices of both cool and warm undertones (to find out your skin undertone, check out my post ) Never Wear the Wrong Foundation Color Again! The compact includes a sponge pad for application, which I love to use for quick touch ups throughout the day. But I really like to apply it with my E.l.f Powder Brush: All in all, I absolutely recommend this powder foundation to everyone, especially as a great alternative to the popular high end MAC Studio Fix Powder Foundation. Its a third of the price, does not dry out the skin, and leaves a beautiful sheen on the skin. What more is there to love?! Hope you try out and see for yourself and let me know what you think!
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Trying to get the perfect foundation match is probably one of the most hardest things I hear from women-and from personal experience- to accomplish when it comes to makeup. We hear the words "warm", "light", "cool", "beige", etc and it leaves us going, huh? So to clear up the fog on color matching your foundation, here are some terms and their definitions that will help you find your perfect color. 1. Undertones: What this means is the underlying color that you have, or the pigment that comes across on your skin. A person has either a pink or yellow undertone and falls into the warm, cool or neutral color category. Pink: Pink means exactly that, pink. This applies to the very fair skinned up to those of deeper tones who burn easily, bringing out the reddish pink hue pigment in their skin. Such colors in this category have the words "ivory","fair", and "beige" in their color name. One tell tale sign is that the veins on your body will show through in a blue toned hue. Yellow: This undertone is for those who do not burn easily and whose skin turns golden in the sun. A person in this color range will have greenish hued veins. Words such as "golden", "sand", "tan", and "beige" are found in this color selection. Many people in the yellow category can also fall in the "neutral" family of foundations, which means that they have some redness in the face. Pink (R) vs Yellow (L) Undertones Warm: This applies to those with yellow undertones, from medium to olive complexions. Words like "honey", "medium", and "deep" are found in the color selection. Cool: Neutral or pink based undertones fit in the "cool" category. Very fair to women of color with a reddish undertone are in this group. Neutral: This is when you fall right in the middle of the pink and yellow color range. Although I have a yellow undertone, I fall in this category because my shade is usually right after the last pink shade and the first or second yellow shade in any given foundation brand. I don't turn red in the sun, but I do have redness around my nose and chin, which the yellow neutralizes, hence the name "neutral". Common color shades will include "medium" and "neutral" in their names. For example, I wear medium beige in my Cover Girl 3 in 1 Outlast Foundation (see my essential page for more product info). So next time you find yourself staring at the foundation section with that "deer in the headlights" look, remember these useful tips to help you find a color that will help you achieve that perfect color match. One last tip: our faces are not one color, they are multi dimensional. So when in doubt, just grab 2 colors and mix them to create your own custom color!
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When I'm not spending way too much time getting ready or drooling over the newest beauty product, I'm a stay at home mom of a rambunctious 4 year old boy, a sweet baby girl we lovingly call "sissy", and a wife to my high school sweetheart. Archives
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