The colour of my foundation

Many girls often scratch their heads and ask, “What colour should my foundation be?”

To help those who don’t already know, I am going to discuss how to choose the right colour of foundation for yourself.

I personally feel that choosing the right colour of foundation can be pretty tricky, especially if you thought that you chose the colour correctly but turned out to be the opposite instead. Then you realised that the (wrong) colour on the compact is being magnified a few times after application to your face.

Oh no, what shall we do? Don’t worry, you can use a darker foundation for contouring, and a lighter one for highlighting purposes. Or perhaps for a costume party. Remember, don’t throw that wrong colour away because there will always be alternative uses.

ZA two-way cake – favourite among many girls!

First and foremost, the colour of your foundation should be chosen based on the colour of your skin. For most of us, we have a yellow undertone.

At times, we might not want a yellow based foundation if we are already extremely yellow (I’m Chinese). Instead, we would perhaps opt for a foundation with a pink base to neutralise our skin colour. The yellow based foundation, however, looks most natural on most skin tones.

But remember, we want the foundation to disappear on our skin and not let it make us look fairer or tanner.

Next, we need to decide how we would like our complexion to be. In this case, application is key. If we prefer a natural coverage, we should apply only a thin layer so it would be sheer. This sheer coverage should cover some blemishes, yet does not hide the shadows on our face.

Speaking of which, have you seen some ah lians who cake their face with a solid colour and use thick black eyeliner? It is quite disturbing, really, knowing that they only own a foundation compact, a kohl pencil and a comb (for super straight long hair). Don’t ever do that, please! We should have natural looking shadows on our face, not a flat piece of colour that reminds me of brown paper.

Before purchase, we need to test out the foundation colour. The right place to test the foundation is on your jawline, where your face and neck merges. Also, try looking at the skin colour indoors and outdoors as there may be a difference in the colour of the foundation.

If you wanna read about texture and coverage of different types of foundation, stay tuned!

 

 

Tags: colour, foundation, makeup