If you've ever thought your makeup makes you look more wrinkled, it might be by virtue of dehydrated skin. Makeup has a way of leaching the moisture from the skin, accentuating pores, and highlighting fine lines and wrinkles. So if your skin looks worse with foundation, this could be a major culprit.
The excess makeup gathers on the skin and becomes a foundation that wrinkles and creases. The easiest way to keep your foundation smooth and even is to find a foundation that allows you to get your desired coverage and finish with as little product as possible.
After you moisturize, smooth on a primer before you put on your foundation. "Applying primer as a makeup base is the key to softening wrinkles," says Jaclyn Peresetsky, a makeup artist and co-owner of Skin Perfect Clinic in Ohio. Choose one with a silicone base, which fills in uneven skin texture and fine lines.
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Being gentle with your skin will cut back on prematurely aging your skin, but less makeup will have your skin looking younger. You'll have less bacteria on your face. Bacteria is all around us but you don't want it on your face. Every single time a makeup brush touches your face, you're adding bacteria to your skin.
Since our skin naturally becomes increasingly dry and dehydrated as we get older, a powder foundation only makes things worse. It settles into all of your fine lines, and the matte texture finish instantly ages you.
However, if you're struggling to make your makeup look smooth because of skin texture, using a makeup sponge, like the L'Oréal Paris Infallible Blend Artist Foundation Blender, is your best bet. Applying foundation with a damp sponge is great because it soaks up excess product that can emphasize texture.
You apply too much foundation
Many of us think that we should apply base products all over the face, but this isn't actually the case and is a common foundation mistake. “Too much product on the skin doesn't look natural,” says Naoko.
“If the skin surface is dehydrated, textured, [or simply] not at its best, this can change how makeup lays on the skin. That's why skin prep is the key to ensuring that your foundation has a skin-like finish and never looks cakey. ”
“Textured or rough skin can cause patchy foundation as the product will settle in and emphasize any skin texture. It's best to gently exfoliate with a chemical exfoliant before the application to remove dead skin,” says Alex. A good rule of thumb is to use an exfoliant 2x a week.
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Opting for a foundation that is too light will make skin lifeless and be very obvious, whilst a darker shade will leave your features looking heavy and dull. Whether you are going too light or too dark, you are guaranteed to be adding years onto your face.
As you get older, your skin naturally becomes less elastic and more fragile. Decreased production of natural oils dries your skin and makes it appear more wrinkled. Fat in the deeper layers of your skin diminishes. This causes loose, saggy skin and more-pronounced lines and crevices.
MISTAKE #1 HEAVY, THICK FOUNDATION
A thick and heave foundation can age you quickly. Caking on the foundation all over your face can also cause that dreaded line of demarcation on your jawline. Remember, foundation serves to even out your skin tone, NOT to cover flaws.
Ditch liquid liners
Thick black lines don't do any woman over 35 any favours as it makes eyes that are already getting smaller with age look even tinier. And the rock-chick look is too harsh for ageing skin tones, so switch to brown or charcoal-grey.
Uneven skin texture can come in many forms, from under-the-skin bumps, to large, visible pores, or fine lines and wrinkles, all of which can contribute to foundation not sitting smoothly on the skin.
It's not necessary to use more or heavier makeup just because you have wrinkles. Using a full-coverage foundation or applying too heavily accentuates wrinkles by settling into them. You can choose a foundation that has a light to medium coverage but is more importantly hydrating.