Technical make-up lesson 2 notes - base/foundation

Products to use:
- Illamasqua primer
- Kyrolan foundation palette
- Kryolan concealer palette
- Illamasqua loose powder 
Brushes:
- Foundation brush
- Kabuki buffing brush
- Small rounded brush (for concealer)
- Powder puff
- Soft stippling brush (to brush away excess powder)

Health and safety:
- Don't double dip! Use a spatula to scrape foundation onto the back of your clean hand
- Keep work space neat and organised 

• Apply, then buff 
• Match perfectly to skin tone 
• Use puff/cotton pad instead of fingers as warmth can move product 
• Foundation, buff, conceal, powder (powder eyelids! Prevents creases)
• Grease on grease, powder on powder
• Neck, nostrils, ears, lash line - close up cameras will notice missing bits 

• Clip hair back
• Moisturise dry areas
• Satin primer on dry skins, matte on oily
• Can mix base with primer 
• Test colours on jaw line 
• Note shades down for continuity so you can mix more 
• Don't double dip in palette! Use back of hand/flat mixing palette 
• Load brush well
• Start in centre and blend out
• Ask model to move face (stretch chin etc)
• Buff in circular motion 
• Concealer = 1-2 shades lighter
• Roll powder puff against skin to press powder on, then brush off any loose powder with fluffy brush

beforeafter

I am quite happy with my finished foundation work on my partner. I feel that I matched quite a good colour, and applied it smoothly and evenly, creating a natural, blended look. I enjoyed this session and learnt a lot of new techniques, and found it interesting working on a skin type and tone different to my own. I found it hard to mix exactly the same shade twice, once the first lot had run out; and also found it difficult to mix a concealer shade that suited the foundation. However I am proud of my work and look forward to practicing and perfecting these techniques further.