The Times Magazine - UK (2022-01-22)

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can blend out it easily or build
to conceal. Professional make-up
artists love this balm type of
base, and this gives a flattering
velvety finish without
the need for powder.

BEST BUDGET BASE

10

The Ordinary
Serum Foundation
(in 21 shades;
£5.70; boots.com)

This is a brilliant super-liquid

foundation that goes on to give

medium coverage, demi-matte

and flattering for most skin types.

There is a matte, heavier sister

called Coverage Foundation

(£5.90) for anyone wanting

to minimise discolouration,

breakouts or broken capillaries.

The Ordinary is now available

at larger Boots stores, so you

can try before you buy.

THE SCAR

SLAYER

11

Kryolan

Dermacolor

Camouflage

Creme (in 89 mix and match

shades; £11.50; kryolan.com)

This will cover tattoos,

birthmarks, scars and

discolouration, and it’s what the

pros use on film shoots so you

know it’s swimming, sweating and

rub-proof once set. The array of

shades is a little mind-boggling

as it contains some colour-

correcting shades like green,

white and yellow, but you won’t

find a more professional selection

of pigment-rich colours.

THE PERFECT POWDER

12

Bareminerals Original

Loose Powder

Foundation SPF15

(in 27 shades; £29;

bareminerals.co.uk)

Mineral foundations

have fallen from

favour in recent

years, but with make-

up artist Pat McGrath

predicting the return of matte

faces this is the quickest and

easiest way to get the look. The

secret is to buff, buff, buff from

the centre outwards. This is not

cakey or claggy but does cover

most skin concerns and feels like

nothing on your skin. It’s also

ideal for sensitive faces as the

large mineral particles sit on the

surface, and this formula doesn’t

have any fragrance.

THE FILTER FOUNDATION

13

Charlotte Tilbury

Beautiful Skin

Foundation

(in 30 shades; £34;

charlottetilbury.com)

This really is

the does-what-it-

says-on-the-tin

base: in other

words, it has a

soft-focus, blemish-blurring

filter effect on the face without

masking your skin. It has a

super-dry, matte finish so be

sure to moisturise first, but this

really is a living, breathing face

filter in a tube.

THE CHILD’S PLAY CRAYON

14

Jones Road The Face

Pencil (in 25 shades; £23;

jonesroadbeauty.com)

Make-up crayons make applying

and blending easy, and these all-

in-one Face Pencils from Bobbi

Brown’s new brand (yes, the Bobbi

Brown) are idiot-proof.

Precise application

and a soft, creamy

blendable texture

mean that these

can be used just

where needed

(usually the centre

panel and around the eyes).

Bobbi has always been about

minimum effort and maximum

results, and this delivers.

THE DEW DROPS

15

Ciaté Dewy

Skin Glass

Glow Tint

(in 10 shades; £26;

ciatelondon.com)

The modern

equivalent of a

tinted moisturiser

is a semi-sheer tint, and this

vegan formula gives skin that

dewy, glass-like sheen that

so many millennials crave.

That said, it really suits all

complexions that require

minimum coverage and you

can always apply powder

down the T-zone to mattify

where needed. n

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answers all your beauty questions

The founder of this brand removed her make-up

on TV to reveal her rosacea. Seriously impressive