Naples Makeup Artist talks about Applying Make Up: Skin Care

Before applying make up, it is essential that the right skin care preps your face. With absolutely no excuses, every morning you should wash, tone and moisturize your skin. If you plan on going out and wearing the foundation all day, use a primer after your moisturizer and before your makeup.
Sometimes it is difficult to know which skin care works best for which skin type. As I've mentioned in my previous blogs on applying make up, there are four basic skin types:

• dry
• oily
• combination
• normal

It is fairly easy to tell which one you are.

Before applying make up on dry skin, use a cream cleanser followed by a moisturizing toner (Kiels makes a great one) and then a moisture rich moisturizer.

For oily skin, pretty standard skin care would include a gel cleanser, clarifying toner and oil control moisturizer.

However, what most people with oily skin don't realize is that washing your face with oil based cleansers IF THE OIL IS A HIGH GRADE, (such as philosophy's purity face wash) can be a GOOD thing! Many men and women tend to strip their face of oil when they have oily skin, leaving it dry at first. The glands are sent a signal that the face is dry and need to produce more oil, so they quickly produce TOO MUCH oil, resulting in a greasy complexion.

Combination is tricky, in the T zone use an oil control moisturizer, but on the outer areas of the face use a much richer moisturizer to remove the dry skin cells.

Finally, normal skin does not need much help ;). Choose a cream cleanser followed by a basic toner with aloe or soothing ingredients like caffeine (yes caffeine is soothing when placed on the skin!) Finally end with a moisturizer for all skin types.

If you have any questions as to what type of skin you have or on applying make up, please feel free to email me :). As a Naples makeup artist I love making people feel beautiful about themselves!

JPB
Naples Makeup Artist
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