Chapter 8

SPECIAL MAKEUP APPLICATIONS

Once you master the basic techniques of makeup, it’s both fun and easy to take it to the next step for a variety of looks. Individual beauty is about knowing

what to do with your own unique skin tone and features. And it’s also about being confident enough to break out of your comfort zone.

DIVERSE BEAUTY

African American Beauty

For dark under-eye circles, use peach corrector and yellow-toned concealer.

Find a foundation that exactly matches skin tone. Skin tone is often uneven, with the forehead and cheeks slightly different shades. Experiment using two
different tones of foundation or mixing two shades together. Undertones can be yellow, orange, red, or blue.

Some dark skin looks best with no blush or with a bit of deep bronzer. For medium-toned skin, try bronzing powder or a currant-toned blush. A range of blush
tones in plum, rose, or pink look good on lighter skin tones.

Freckled Beauty

Embrace your freckles.

If you need concealer, look for a yellow-toned product that is just one shade lighter than the skin tone.

Foundation can be used to cover redness around the nose or blemishes. Tinted moisturizer gives some coverage but lets the freckles shine through.

Light tawny, coral, or pink tones of blush work well.

Sometimes foundation has to match the freckles that are a shade or two darker than the skin underneath. Do not look for coverage all over the face, only on the
redness.