Super Light Summer Foundation Featuring Maybelline's Clear Smooth All in One

My Dearest Beauties, 

I was lucky to receive Maybelline's new Clear Smooth All in One Shine Free Cake Powder to try out. Even luckier that it turned out to be a winner product. This little powder claims to control shine all day, protect from UV, give fairer skin, conceal and smooth. It really does give you the most natural pretty almost weightless coverage for summer. I do enjoy it a lot, but as a very oily girl I have to blot my face a bit after around four hours specially around my nose. 

What I love the most is that it is not only easy to use but it is weightless and even good for your skin because of its 25 SPF sun protection. I see this product as a BB cream in powder form, honestly, for me it even results a lot better because I can't ever use a cream product in the heat without setting it with some kind of powder. I find that during summer the less layers I use on my face the more long lasting the makeup is which makes a good coverage powder with these qualities, hit the problem right on the head. The quality is outstanding particularly when it is paired with it's price point which is only 10.000 LL (6.66$).

Now that I am done expressing my love for the little powder I will walk you through my easy routine. So, after I've washed my face and slathered it with sunscreen I go on and conceal my panda eyes and my spots using Maybelline's Super Stay 24 Hr Concealer (very long lasting). Once Im done working that really well into my skin, I proceed to dip my beloved Ecotools Domed Brozer Brush into the powder and work it in circular motions from the center of my face out. I find that a dense brush is so good at buffing the product into place and making it look super smooth and natural. So that is it for my summer face makeup, easy, quick, long-lasting, natural, and light. 

Flash Photo (I look a bit white because of my really thick layer of SPF)

P.S.: I love the pearly pink packaging!

Much love,

Samar

When Makeup Goes Wrong: Foundation

My Dearest Beauties,

Today, I am addressing a mistake that is, I believe, one of the easiest ones to make. Foundation that is too light or maybe too dark. When your facial makeup doesn't match your whole body you will kind of look like you borrowed someone's face. When matching foundation, it is essential to think that our foundation perfectly matches the skin tone of our body not the color of our face. We always think that the color of the foundation should match our face but the fact is that most of us ladies either have lighter or darker faces. As I have said before in my foundation post, you should always match your foundation to your chest, shoulders, hands and your neck. I said neck last, because most of the times our neck is much lighter than our bodies. With foundation it is all about the big picture.

In this picture I just applied my winter foundation shade, I only use this when I am at my palest. That is a very important point as well, try to always have two shades as a minimum. One for winter use and another for summer, unless you don't go up and down shades in between seasons.

Wearing a different color of foundation also makes you give the impression of low self esteem, because it may seem to some people like you are not comfortable in your own skin. Remember, makeup is designed to make you more beautiful, to highlight your best features, and hide some of your tiny imperfections. Not to give you a new face.

I don't get extremely dark during summer and that is because I don't expose myself to the sun much. You may not be able to see a huge contrast between my face and my body but it is different, it doesn't look as natural and I don't look as healthy as I usually try to look.

I hope these tips were useful. Don't worry I have committed foundation shade suicide before. Just go to your favorite makeup counter and spend as much time as you need until you get the perfect shade. You might also need to go outside and make sure that the shade looks okay under natural light.  

Much love,
Happy Eid,

Samar xoxo

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