Highlighting has been all the rage
lately and has completely dominated the beauty industry over the past year and
a half. As much as I love a good highlight, in the past I have found it hard to
maintain a glowy highlight without looking oily as the day progresses. With
this hot summer weather and having just been on holiday, I’ve learnt various
techniques to try and keep the oil at bay.
PRIME: Before any makeup even touches my face,
I use a primer. Primer should be the first step in anyones makeup routine if
they want to prevent any unwanted oils making an appearance, no matter what
your skin type. If you have oily skin, you’ll want a mattifying primer and if
you have dry skin, a hydrating primer would most likely be best for you. If
you’re lucky enough to have normal skin, you can go either way with the primer,
but I would suggest a hydrating primer for more dewiness. My favourite primers
happen to by the Benefit Porefessional,
Maybelline Pore Eraser and the Hourglass Veil primer. All of which
create a lovely base for makeup and gives a more refined appearance of pores
and allows makeup to sit better on the skin.
POWDER:
In my opinion,
powdering your makeup goes without saying. Depending on how much oil control
you need, depends on the individual. I don’t have extremely oily skin, but for
those who do the Urban Decay De-Slick
Mattifying Powder has been a raved about by bloggers with very oily skin. I
really like the Bourjois Java Rice
Powder which has a nice hint of shimmer to it, and when used sparingly can give a
more overall perfected look. The Vichy
Dermablend Setting Powder is a lovely finely milled powder and doesn’t cake
up on the face, but sets makeup really well.
SETTING
SPRAY: To give my
makeup even more chance of staying put, carrying out a second step to set your
makeup helps with the wear of your makeup. The second step consists of using a
setting spray, which not only assists to keeping your makeup in place for a
long time, but it also helps with adding to that overall dewy look! I’ve not
tried many as I’m pretty faithful to the Monu
Spa Rosewood Reviving Mist* and MAC
Fix+ which have always worked for me.
BLOT: I hate touching up my makeup, when I
put it on in the mornings, I like it to stay put throughout the whole day,
however we can’t help getting oily throughout the day. Due to this, I tend to
blot throughout the day in the heat, whether it’s with a blotting paper or even just some tissue. This helps to remove a
large amount of oil on the face, without actually moving the makeup, as you
would be using a pressing motion, rather than a rubbing motion, which would
migrate the makeup.
DOUBLE
UP: When it comes to
maintaining a lovely, dewy glow I like to double up on my highlighter. Not only
does this provide a more intense highlight, but it also prolongs the longevity
of the highlighter. I like to use a liquid/cream highlighter such as the Kevyn Aucoin Glow Duo or the No7 Skin Illuminator for a subtle
highlight, however I then set it in place with a powder highlight, which have
recently been the Bobbi Brown
Highlighting Powder, The Balm Betty
Lou-Manizer or the MAC Global Glow
highlighter. This just creates a light additional highlight and essentially
another barrier for your natural oils to try and combat.
What are your favourite products for a
beautiful glow?
*PR SAMPLES
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