Make-up Tricks: Face Slimming Technique!

You probably wear just one color of foundation, right? Tell the truth!  Well, most celebs usually have two—and that’s the key to their sleek, sculpted makeup looks! 

"A lot of celeb makeup artists, including Brett Freedman—who works with all the glam Melrose Place stars—use one skin-tone-matching foundation color to create an even base and another shade that’s a teensy bit lighter or darker, to contour the face." Freedman says "that when applied to the center of the forehead, nose, cheeks and chin, the lighter hue acts as a “spotlight” to brighten the face." Where as the darker shade can be used along the jawline to make your cheekbones look higher thus slimming the face. 


Technically you should have 2-3 foundations one that's darker for the summer and one lighter for the winter already on hand. So it should be easy to achieve this look. However, if all the color mixing and matching seems like something best left to a professional, try this: After applying your regular foundation, use a slightly darker foundation shade and add a little bit just under your cheekbones as you would a bronzer. This will make your cheekbones pop, and since the color isn’t bronze or pink, you can wear it with any kind of eye-makeup color!

 One last foundation tip: If buying more than one shade seems expensive especially in these times, try L’Oréal’s True Match Liquid Makeup, it’s only $11. It doesn’t get much better than that! 


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