Concealing in place of foundation

Greetings, my public! So yesterday I was telling you about how proper concealing can let you go foun dation free for every day. The benefits are great. no foundation ever looks as natural as your real skin assuming you have even skin tone (no blotches, redness, ect). If you are interested i may demonstrate this in a video later on.

I mentioned in the splurge or save series that there are 2 types of concealers (i'm referring to cream concealers cuz thats all I really use.) under eye concealer which is meant to brighten and hide dark circles, is supposed to be creamy and opaque. Camouflage concealer is meant for covering up blemishes and pimples. it is thick and pasty like spackle. it would look bad under the eyes because of its cakey consistency but the under eye concealer would be too emollient for blemishes and would slide right off pimples.

Its commonly thought that yellow concealer is best for undereyes. Not necessarily. it works if your dark circles are maroon or reddish but if they're blue, well yellow and blue make green and no one needs green undereyes. my favorite color for undereyes is an orangey pink or salmon color, in about the same range as your skintone. sometimes i'll mix that with a little yellow if the clients skin calls for it. Benefit's erase paste is a great under-eye concealer

another one is coastal scents concealer quads in light- the light one has a salmon shade which is great for undereyes as well as a yellow shade to mix it with if needed.

Using either your ring finger or a small soft concealer brush, lightly tap the concealer back and forth under the eye area until it is well blended. if you do it too hard it pushes the concealer into the fine lines and creases making them seem deeper.

With blemishes, take a tiny concealer brush and take a camouflage concealer like benefit's Boing, or coastal scents 10 color concealer palette and apply a tiny amount to the blemish. then use your pinky to push the concealer into the skin. don't tap, or the concealer will come off. just push into the skin so it blends with the surrounding texture.

set with a fine translucent powder and you're done. skip foundation and apply color as usual.