The bare minimum thread had me thinking...

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

Some women you see have that 'perfect' looking make finish.

It's not the quantity of cosmetics but the final look to their routine.

Is there a single product that finishes off the make up that I don't know about?

I use a good foundation and prep products, but never had that 'look'.

JudyL · ‎07-11-2010

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
Some women you see have that 'perfect' looking make finish.
It's not the quantity of cosmetics but the final look to their routine.

Is there a single product that finishes off the make up that I don't know about?

I use a good foundation and prep products, but never had that 'look'.

@Mom2Dogs - I know exactly what you're talking about and have wondered that myself.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I think my foundation looks better after a few hours after I apply it. To me it looks more like my skin rather than the makeup. Not sure if that's what you mean but that's my experience.

Dusty1 · ‎03-10-2010

@Mom2Dogs Some people have the talent to apply their makeup & have that finish.

Good skin, of course, would help, but I have also seen people with not great skin that can apply their makeup & look so nice & have that polished look.

I feel like I know "everything" about applying makeup. I love makeup. I have studied makeup & makeup application for so many years.

I have worked at makeup counters as a makeup artist & I was just okay. I worked with real artists that could do any look from minimal, flawless looks to the most intricate special effect looks.

They liked me. I did my job & I could help people find makeup, but I was never a talented makeup artist.

My daughter & I together are pretty good. I know makeup & she has an artist's eye. We have done freelance makeup together, but she is not interested in it.

So that is my feeling about that look that you want. It is a talent.

Maybe you have that talent & haven't developed it.

You can ask a lot of questions on Makeupalley on the makeup forum.

You can study youtube videos.

You can hire a makeup artist to teach you to do the best that you can & to make sure that you have the proper tools to do what you want.

It will take some time & effort. You will have to spend some money (Trial & error finding the products that work the best for you.).

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@Dusty1 That makes a lot of sense...I don't have that talent, lol!! I look put together but I don't have 'it'.

I am 67 and have yet to master eye shadow - so I do not wear it.

Sounds like you are your daughter are quite a duo!! thank you.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

The closest I've come to achieving that finished look on clients is what I do after foundation and setting powder.

I use a beauty blender, or any sponge, sprayed with a setting spray and press it into the skin to take away any powdery look and set the makeup. The skin takes on a sheen.

The moisturizer seems to meld with the foundation that I have also pressed into the skin with the heat of my fingers before powder and the sponge.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@Shanus I think might try doing this... have a beauty blender and I'll need some good setting spray to press it into the foundation.

Which brand do you like?

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@Shanus Thanks, I don't have a beauty blender only a brush that I use to smooth out my foundation, instead of my fingers. I might have to pick up a sponge.