Foundation Base

Equipment: 

• Cleanser, toner, moisturizer
• Clips
• Towels
• Cotton pads
• Cotton buds
• Spatula stick 
• Foundation Pallet 
• Matte primer
• Foundation brush
• Derma color pallet (concealer)
• Concealer brush
• Loose powder
• A puff

Step 1)Ask the model if she has any allergies and was she wearing contact lenses. Told your model that you are going to wash your hands before getting started. Clip the model’s hair away from the face as not to make her hair greasy.

 2) Cleanse, tone and moisturize the face before applying makeup. Look at what skin  type your model is,  if its dry and greasy,  need to take this in consideration when choosing the base. If  you are aiming for natural looks, it will work better with a tinted moisturizer. The tinted moisturizer is especially good for men’s skin. The moisturizer can mix with the base, but be careful don’t apply too much, because it will look too shiny on the face (Especially for photoshoots).

3) Mix the foundation colors onto the back of your hand with a spatula stick. You may need to use 3 or more different shades to achieve your models skin tone. Apply the color mixed onto the side of the face using your finger and blend the foundation onto the skin to make sure the shades are correct for your model.

4) Add some primer to the foundation on your hand and mix with the foundation brush. A matte primer is long lasting and work brilliant for men. Apply the matte primer to the t-zone and you will not need to put any powder on; Ask the model to close their eyes and start from the centre of the face, apply foundation in circular buffing motions while working out wards. Make sure you have also applied on the neck, ears and behind the ears, so they are all the same colour.

5)  Mix the concealer color at least 1 to 2 shades lighter than the skin tone and apply it with a concealer brush on any redness, around the nose, mouth, corner of the eyes and under the eyes. Blend the concealer into the base. Red color concealer can take out the darkness on the skin, while yellow concealer is used for boosting complexion. Ask your model to look down, so you can see the dark circles clearly.

6) Powder with either brush or puff  and used a rolling motions to sit the powder onto the skin.

This is Liliana and the photo was taken before applying the base

Final results

Thoughts about the lesson:

A makeup artist job is to cover all the skin up with no imperfections on the skin, so the base is very important. Mixing the right foundation color for your model and cover the imperfections on their skin is hard. Although this is my first time to do this, I think it looks good and I believe practice makes perfect!