How to find the right shade of foundation for yourself
Having to do makeup, the base is the first and the most important step. If your base settles well in your skin, your makeup will go just right. So to know what kind and what shade of foundation to use is a trick that you must unlock. There are a lot of foundations in the market to choose from and gets extremely confusing as to what should suit you the best because there is not just one criteria that you should be considering before buying the foundation. What are these criteria then? Let's figure out:
1. Choosing the Foundation according to the skin type: Skin type has a very major role to play while choosing the base for yourself.
If you fall under oily skin type, you must find yourself a good water-based foundation because if you go for a heavy oil-based foundation, it will tend to break you out and would not settle in your skin.
If you have a sensitive skin, please make a note of not using much chemicals on your skin and choose a foundation that is not very heavy and gives medium-light coverage.
If you have dry skin type, go for some foundation that is more moisturising and something that stays for longer.
Also make a note that you choose a foundation that is preferably with a sun protecting SPF, that keeps up with your day.
2. Choose foundation according to you age: Age too plays an important role in choosing the right shade for the skin. It may look like an avoidable point but if you consider these points while choosing your foundation, you might help your skin stay better at longer go.
For if you are aged between 18-24, you should be going for chemicals that are soft for the skin and does not break you out, probably a light medium to-light coverage would do.
And if you are aged between 24-32, you should probably be switching and invest a bit on your skin by choosing a foundation that has anti-ageing properties in it. It will really help the budding wrinkles reduce.
And if you are 32+, you probably should go for a heavy coverage foundation to cover your ageing skin issues.
3. Choose your foundation on the bases of your skin tone: And of course, the most important criteria of choosing the right foundation is whether the foundation is suitable for your skin tone or not.
Broadly speaking, the major skin tones are yellow and the pink toned skin.
Indian skin has majorly been under the yellow base category under which you can make out if you have a cool, warm or a very warm tone.
For Cool skin type, go for shades that are the lightest in colour of that brand and then do a patch test, preferably on either your chin or at the back of your hand. Apply the shades that you think will suit you the best and dab it. If the foundation completely fits your skin tone, you know that's the one you need to buy.
Warm skin tone too shall do a patch test of the medium shades that the brands have and accordingly should choose their shade.
Similarly this is for the very warm skin as well, choose the darkest shades that the brand offers and dab it in a patch of you skin and accordingly pick your colour.
