lines.
STICK FOUNDATION
For all skin types except oily. Provides easy spot coverage and is also buildable for medium to full coverage. Best foundation for photography.
LIQUID FOUNDATION
For dry to extra-dry skin. Hydrates and smoothes, providing medium to full coverage.
MOISTURIZING COMPACT
For dry to extra-dry skin. Hydrating formulas provide medium to full coverage.
WHIPPED FOUNDATION
For combination skin and great for skin with texture. Balances the skin by hydrating dry areas and absorbing oil in the T-zone. Provides medium to full coverage.
OIL-FREE LIQUID FOUNDATION
For oily skin. For combination skin in the summer. Absorbs oil and smoothes while providing light to medium coverage.
OIL-FREE CREAM FOUNDATION
For normal-to-oily skin. Absorbs oil, providing medium to full coverage. A good choice to cover acne and large pores.
OIL-FREE POWDER COMPACT
For oily skin. Provides medium to full coverage. Because of the portable packaging, compact foundations are great for touch-ups.
MINERAL POWDERS
Suggested for very oily skin. (Be careful when choosing color. Oily skin can change color of powders, and they may appear dry and pasty.)
Finding the Perfect Shade
Once you have decided on the right formula of foundation, you need to find the right shade. The correct shade will disappear on the skin.
Make sure the foundation is yellow-based. Everyone has yellow undertones in their skin. Pink-based foundations look like a mask on most people. Only 1
percent need a pink tone: those who sunburn even in the shade. Foundation should not change the color of the face but simply even out the tone.
Test several shades of foundation on the side of your face, between the nose and the side of the cheek. Make a stripe of foundation in the preferred formula from
cheek to jawline, gently blending into the skin. Also test a shade lighter and a shade darker for comparison. The correct shade will disappear.
Double-check the selected color on forehead. Sometimes women have darker skin on the forehead, and the foundation shade that matches here will work better
for the whole face.
Always test foundation in natural light. Walk to a window or doorway to check the match. The swatch that disappears into the skin is the right shade. Do not test
foundation on the hand or arm, as the face is rarely the same color as the rest of the body.
If your skin tone gets darker in the summer or on a vacation, you may need to adjust the foundation tone. Keep a deeper shade of foundation on hand to
accommodate changes in skin tone. It can be blended with your regular foundation if you are between shades or used alone when skin is darkest.
Oily skin sometimes turns foundation darker. Check and adjust accordingly.
Stick foundation that is a shade or two lighter than the skin tone can be used for light under-eye coverage instead of concealer.