Mixing foundation

Abrowneyegirl · ‎03-15-2010

Does anyone have any tips or suggestions to share?

In the summer I like to lighten-up my foundation to make it more sheer.

To avoid finding a summer foundation formula what I do is take my foundation and

add a drop of JM liquid bronzer

add a dallop of lightweight facial lotion

mix on the back of my hand and apply.

I am thinking of 'pre-mixing' and putting into a small make-up pot that came with a little spatula and using it this way.

Has anyone had any luck with doing something like this?

I was only going to mix perhaps a weeks worth at a time for freshness.

TIA

AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

@Abrowneyegirl wrote:
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions to share?

In the summer I like to lighten-up my foundation to make it more sheer.
To avoid finding a summer foundation formula what I do is take my foundation and
add a drop of JM liquid bronzer
add a dallop of lightweight facial lotion
mix on the back of my hand and apply.

I am thinking of 'pre-mixing' and putting into a small make-up pot that came with a little spatula and using it this way.

Has anyone had any luck with doing something like this?
I was only going to mix perhaps a weeks worth at a time for freshness.

TIA

@Abrowneyegirl

I have never done any mixing but this sounds like a great idea! I see nothing wrong with mixing up a batch for a week. That way you are prepared and ready to go and it should remain fresh. I have read several places to just take some of your foundation and mixe it with your moisturizer and it makes the foundation a little lighter in texture and also eliminates 1 step!

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151949 · ‎03-09-2010

I like L'oreal true match liquid foundation and I have a shade I use when I'm tanned and a shade for when I'm not - sometimes I mix them on the back of my hand when I need something in the middle. That's as far as I go with mixing.

Ms X · ‎09-13-2012

I like to mix IT's CC cream with their Bye Bye Undereye because the concealer can be a bit heavy. I mix it on the back of my hand each time before I use it, though. I wonder whether the different formulas would separate out rather than staying mixed and it would end up giving you worse results than mixing them just before use.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I've never mixed my foundation with anything. Since I wear a pressed mineral type foundation, that's hard to do. So I just buy a shade darker for summertime and go lightly when applying it.

Trix · ‎03-16-2010

There probably isn't anything wrong with mixing up a batch of your summer formula, but it seems like extra work to me. I think I'll just continue to use the back of my hand for mixing products to adjust colors and formulas for the seasons.

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

I do the same thing. I've considered pre-mixing, but I haven't. One of the reasonsI mix is because it lets me customize each day, depending on how I feel.or what I need. If It hot and humid, I will skip luminizer because I'll be struggling with too much "glow" already. If I've got my redness, I might use a little more foundation. If I'm feeling dry, I might use a different moisturizer in my mix or add some a drop of oil. It doesn't take much time to mix and allows more flexibility.

I think that if you have a stable combo you use every day, you could easily mix up a little jar. I think only doing a week at a time is a good idea. I know that some moisturizers make my foundation oxidize more quickly and turn much darker or orange Mixing a foundation in advance may cause it to oxidize more. Bacterial might also be an issue. But I say give it a try! If you only do a week at a time, you didn't waste much if it doesn't work and if it does work, you've saved yourself a little prep time every morning.

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BARBIE100 · ‎03-09-2010

@Abrowneyegirl wrote:
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions to share?

In the summer I like to lighten-up my foundation to make it more sheer.
To avoid finding a summer foundation formula what I do is take my foundation and
add a drop of JM liquid bronzer
add a dallop of lightweight facial lotion
mix on the back of my hand and apply.

I am thinking of 'pre-mixing' and putting into a small make-up pot that came with a little spatula and using it this way.

Has anyone had any luck with doing something like this?
I was only going to mix perhaps a weeks worth at a time for freshness.

TIA

Great idea!

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Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Abrowneyegirl

I've been mixing my mineral foundation powders for about 7 years to allow for shade changes in the summer. Like most people, I'm darker in the summer months than I am in winter.

I love the simplicity of mineral foundation, but I found using just "beige" looked a little muddy on me. I have pinkish (cool tone) skin, so I mix in a tad of rose colored mineral powder blush, a little champagne colored illuminizer and a little powdered bronzer to adjust for suntan. I also add a little Bisque for more coverage. (The illuminizer eliminates the muddy look).

I mix up a little batches that last for about a month.

For the batch I made last week, I also added a little Tinted Mineral Veil with an SPF 25 .... it only takes about 5 minutes to do this, and I am very pleased with the results.

@Abrowneyegirl I know this probably won't help you if you use liquid foundation exclusively, but thought I'd add what works very well for me.

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

I've never premixed a certain amount, but I have mixed a small pump of tinted moisturizer with my foundation in the palm of my hand. I have also mixed non tinted moisturizer with foundation. I started doing this when I wanted to move from heavier foundations to lighter coverage. It was a way to slowly wean myself off of regular foundations. Now I pretty much just use a tinted moisturizer for coverage all year and use concealer as needed.