Custom Mix Your Own Shade of Foundation

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Finding the perfect match to your foundation can sometimes be a real hassle. And many times it’s not as easy as just going to the store and picking out one out. Sometimes it can be hard to find the perfect shade and finish of foundation for your skin. Whether it’s to light, dark, to yellow or pink a lot of us have a hard time finding a color that’s ideal for our skin tone.

You may wonder what the benefits are for custom mixing your foundation. The benefits of blending two colors of foundation are actually three-fold:

1. To get the right color – make the foundation cooler or warmer. There are 3 colors you can generally be, warm, cool, or neutral. Sometimes a foundation may look a little to pink, tan or yellow. Because of this finding the right shade can sometimes be somewhat tricky especially when it comes to lightness and darkness.


2. To get the right shade – make the foundation lighter or darker. This may be especially necessary at times when you are spray tanning, or in the summer months when you are outdoors more. At those times you want to have a couple of foundations on hand to mix and match to get the right shade.


3. To get the right finish – make the foundation more matte or dewy. Sometimes your foundation can be to matte or flat looking. On the other hand there are times it can be to shiny, so you want to find something that falls right in the middle.

To mix your foundations properly, prepare two shades of foundation that best suits you. Note that one must be darker or lighter than the other. Choose foundations that gives a matte finish so that you would not have problems getting a flat finish.

How To Blend:

• Begin by making sure your hands are clean to avoid transferring any germs onto your face.  Next, place small dots of the first foundation around your face onto the cheeks, nose, chin and forehead. If you are working on a client you can mix the foundation on the back of your hand but for yourself this way is easier and quicker.


• Do the same thing with the second foundation as well. This may seem like a lot of foundation but you want to achieve full coverage. You don’t have to use this much, you can use as much or as little as you want for your desired amount of coverage.


• Next, take your stippling brush or your preferred method of blending and gently begin to blend the color into the skin. Work from the middle of the skin out toward the hairline to keep the majority of the product in the middle of the face. This will also help keep you from forming a foundation ring around your hairline.

And that’s really all there is to it to mix your foundations. You just need to experiment a little to find out which foundations work best for you and what kind of finish you want on your skin.

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