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Beauty Basics: Primers and Foundation, part 2

Sunday, May 01, 2011 at 01:34 PM
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Some points to remember when choosing your primer and foundation. There are a lot of products out there, and depending on where you shop (or how you shop) you're going to have to know what questions to ask and what things you need out of a foundation. Salespeople at places like Sephora and Ulta are hit-and-miss, in terms of their knowledge of the products; and the folks at department store makeup counters will try and sell you the brand at their particular counter. And if you shop online, your knowledgeable salesperson is essentially Google...which can send you into information overload.

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Beauty Basics: Primers and Foundation, part 1

Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 07:00 AM
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And now to the actual “makeup application” portion of the tutorial series :D Now that I’ve covered overall health and skin care, today I’ve got an overview of primer, corrector, concealer, and foundation. Don’t worry if you still feel lost after this one, if you’re utterly brand new to makeup. Next week I’ll go into a little more detail, so that you’ll be ready to head to the beauty counter (or online storefront) and start selecting your base-layer items.

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Using color correctors

Friday, January 01, 2010 at 03:45 PM
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If your face has age spots, overly large freckles, birthmarks, rosacea, scars, acne…and let’s face it, who among us doesn’t have something that stands out in ways we don’t quite love…you’ve got some choices: cope, conceal, or correct. While the beauty market is flooded with products for eyes and lips and cheeks, and of course foundation is readily available, the most readily-available option is cover-up…not correction. This is the age of Photoshop, of quick and easy red-eye correction in digital photos. So why is it not as easy to find corrector options? Many times you can get better results with a color corrector than with any cover-up option.

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