Foundation Tips

Hello Friends! Now choosing a foundation can be very tricky and not to mention Overwhelming! So, with that being said, here are a few tips to help you find a closer match.
#1. The more coverage the foundation, the closer you need to be to your skin tone and/or level of light or darkness of your skin. Since a more full-bodied foundation will cover more skin, you need to make sure you look like well...YOU! I would suggest being professionally matched. Go to a make-up counter and have a lovely lady/gentlemen match your shade. Now this doesn't mean you have to purchase this product. Ask for a sample. You can then take that sample to where ever you need to buy your foundation. The only suggestion I have with this is to be quick about this request. Most make-up artists are commission based through whatever company they are working for, therefore they have a quota to make. ( This is if you are not buying a product )
#2 Now if you already have a fuller coverage foundation from the winter, and you are transitioning into summer and do not want that Fuller coverage, use your moisturizer to sheer out your foundation. Now this trick works for liquids and SOME creams. Just take a peas size amount of moisturizer and put it on the back of your hand. Do the same for your foundation and then mix the two together and poof! Tinted moisturizer. You can play with the ratio of moisturizer to foundation to find a coverage from you. This leads me to my next tip.
#3. If you are looking for a sheerer coverage for foundation, you CAN go up or down a few shades. With sheerer foundations you will see more of YOUR skin through the formula. So with that being said, if you are just breaking a tan for summer, you CAN go up a shade or two darker so you will still be covered come end of August. You can always use the above tip to sheerer it out even more to "lighten" up the foundation until then. Now this leads me to my last tip!
#4 Most people have a Golden tone to their skin. Make sure that your foundation reflects that tone. Unless you are Super pale or Extremely Dark you are mostly a Golden Tone. This tone also tends to be more flattering on everyone. A correct shade should blend and disappear onto your skin. If its a sheerer foundation and you are going for tip #2 or #3, then you may see it.
I hope some of these tips will help a few of you! I tend to "Information Over Load" my clients. Feel free at anytime to comment and ask me questions! I would love to hear what types of beauty problems you have and If I can help!!