How To Prepare Skin For Flawless Makeup
Achieving a flawless makeup look always starts off before you pick up your favorite foundation. It’s the skincare routine that prepares your skin for the perfect canvas. Not including those that are lucky to have the balance of normal skin types! Let’s explore how to prepare your skin for flawless makeup and highlight these key products in my kit that can elevate your skincare routine. We’ll show you how these products work for different skin types to create the perfect canvas for your makeup!
The Importance Of Preparing Your Skin
Why is prepping your skin vital?
Creates A Smooth Canvas: A good skincare routine helps minimize the appearance of pores and fine lines, allowing makeup to glide on effortlessly.
Enhances Longevity: Properly prepped skin helps your makeup stay fresh and last longer through the day.
Boosts Radiance: A well hydrated skin can refect light beautifully making your makeup appear bright and luminous.
Step-by-Step: How to prepare your skin for flawless makeup
Start with a gentle cleanser that is suitable for your skin type. This step removes impurities and excess oils, ensuring your skin is ready for the next products.
TIP: If you have a lot of facial peach fuzz and makeup makes it look much more prominent, dermaplaning can not only fix that but do all sorts of wonders to your skin before your skin prepping. It will also help absorb the product much more efficiently. With a high quality tool and right safety precautions and technique, proper aftercare, and not dermaplaning too often, this definetly can be a safe option to do at home OR you get it done by your favorite Esti! Check out some highly rated tried and true products.
Michael Todd Beauty Sonicsmooth Dermaplaning Tool #ad - a bit pricy but rated 2024 best at home dermaplaning tool.
StackedSkincare Dermaplaning #ad - Half the cost of Micheal Todd yet still a high quality and professional grade tool.
Hydrate With The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA: (For All Skin Types)
This is suitable for all skin types, especially for dry or dehydrated skin. This lightweight moisturizer works perfectly for hydration without the weight of a cream which can cause your makeup to actually slip. The natural moisturizing factors and hyaluronic acid in it helps lock in the moisture, creating a plump base for makeup!
Prime With Mehron Skin Prep Pro: (For Oily Skin)
My biggest hacks are products that are used for Special Effects makeup, or theatre makeup brands that are tried and true in the craziest conditions! If you have Oily skin this is the holy grail of product that ensures your makeup will stay matte all day and night long. This pre prep toner creates a moisture barrier between your skin and makeup, allowing it to last much longer under stressful conditions such as heat and humidity. This is applied to areas that are only needed.
Illuminate with MAC Strobe Cream in Pinklite or Goldlite: (For Dry, Combo, Normal Skin)
You can use MAC Strobe Cream as a primer before applying foundation before foundation, or mix it with your foundation for an all over radiant glow.
NOTE: That this product contains silicone in it, so just be mindful.. and demure when mixing other product with it, or for those allergic to silicone, this is a product you want to avoid.
Pinklite: Best for fair to light skin tones
Goldlite: Ideal for medium to deeper skin tones
(TIP: If your a makeup artist, mix the two together and get close to the Peachlite shade! Hence pink & yellow = peach!)
Tailoring Your Routine To Your Skin Type
For Dry Skin: The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA #ad for hydration, then apply MAC Strobe Cream to enhance radiance in Pinklite OR Goldlite #ad
For Oily Skin: Mehron Skin Prep Pro #ad is the ultimate to control shine.
For Combo Skin: Apply The Ordinary Moisturizer + HA #ad to dry areas and Mehron Skin Prep Pro to oily zones, and a few high points on the face with MAC Strobe Cream for luminosity.
REMEMBER: These are great products for instant results but doesn’t always fix the problem in long term use. It is important to stay consistent in your actual skincare routine whether its retinol etc. Regularly following your skincare leads to the BEST results. Always try a patch test to avoid adverse reactions. And don’t forget your sunscreen is always a must no matter what skin type you have!
