How To Choose Perfect Foundation

These days I am struggling to find new liquid foundation and that's why I am writing this post. I simply want to make it easier for the others, because when it comes to foundation, it is really difficult to find the right one.Your skin is unique and using products for the basic dry, normal or oily skin types wont give you the results you need. There are simple ( or not so simple )  steps which you need to follow ( and even then it is not easy ) :

1. What skin type are you :

• Oily / Clogged Pores / Severe Breakouts All-Over
• Oily / Combination / Occasional Breakouts / Anti-Aging
• Oily / Combination / Sensitive / Consistent Breakouts
• Oily / Combination / Sensitive / Occasional Breakouts
• Normal / Sensitive / Red / Anti-Aging
• Normal / Anti-Aging
• Dry / Sun Damaged / Aging
• Dry / Sensitive / Red / Aging

      So, based on these types, choose your foundation . If your skin is oily, you don't want to use the same foundation as someone with dry skin. If you have acne, you most likely wont want a sheer coverage foundation and those with normal skin may not want the level of coverage some foundations provide.

Acne-Prone skin - medium to full coverage foundation- apply with clean brush or sponge every time and in a stippling motion

Aging Skin - light coverage liquid foundation

Dry Skin - light coverage, hydrating foundation - apply with fingers and press product into the skin

Oily Skin - medium to full coverage, apply with sponge or brush

Normal Skin ( Lucky you ) - level of coverage up to personal preference

2. Find foundation that matches your skin color. This is not easy because the lights in most stores are not even close to the daily light. So , perhaps, its the best way to apply little amount of foundation on your neck. Wish you luck with this one :) but even if you make a wrong choice you can still use it, because when you apply concealer, bronzer etc it will not look bad. But PLEASE blend it so that people do not think that you are wearing some sort of mask on your face :)

3. Types of foundations :

• Oil-Free, Matte Finish ( smooth finish with no shine; the matte finish should last for at least a few hours; they provide sheer to medium coverage which is buildable ) - for oily, breakout-prone skin.  Be Careful - they can make your skin look dry - use a primer, moisturizer and do not use cream blush or bronzer because it is difficult to blend on smoothly
• Long-Wearing, Matte-Finish ( oil-free, long-wearing, thin consistency that sets in place quickly, blending must be fast and precise ) - oily to very oily skin, breakout-prone skin  -great with sheer matte powder blushes and bronzers - its essential to moisturize and prime the skin, most difficult type of foundation to remove, blending a cream products over it is difficult
• Moisturizing Foundations ( thicker texture, easy to blend , satin or satin-matte finish )- for normal to dry skin -light to medium coverage, could be used with cream blushes and bronzers, soft finish adds a healthy glow to your skin- not the best option for women with combination skin, blemish-prone skin, it can contribute to clogged pores, works with powder blush or bronzer only after applying a loose powder so it doesn't look too heavy
• Cream-to-Powder Compact Foundations -( cross between a pressed-powder and a creamy liquid foundation, have creamy appearance but if you blend it well you will have slightly matte, powdery finish, coverage from sheer to full ) - For those with normal to slightly dry or slightly oily skin - can blend to thick so that it doesn't look so natural, not for dry or oily skin
• Self-Adjusting Foundations- they supposedly stop or claim to control oil production and also moisturize the skin, but those are still just claims - they are almost always lightweight , oil-free foundations - best for normal to slightly dry or slightly oily skin - be careful with those foundations that claim hocus-pocus skin-matching claims, if they provide much coverage they look unnatural.

Ovih dana se mucim da nadjem novu tecnu podlogu I zbog toga vam pisem ovaj post. Jednostavno, nakon istrazivanja, zelim da pomognem onima koji su u slicnoj dilemi. Kada je u pitanju biranje podloge, veoma je tesko naci onu PRAVU . Svako ima jedinstven tip koze I koristenjem proizvoda koji su za obicnu suhu, masnu ili normalnu kozu, nece dobiti zeljene rezultate. Postoje jednostavni ( ustvari ne tako jednostavni ) koraci koje bi trebali pratiti kod kupovine tecne podloge :  

1. Vodite racuna o tome koji tip koze imate :

• Masna koza / zacepljene pore / mnogo akni
• Masna koza sa pojedinim suhim dijelovima / povremene akne / u period kada treba I njega protiv starenja
• Masna koza sa suhim dijelovima / osjetljiva / konstantne " uporne " akne
• Masna koza sa suhim dijelovima / Osjetljiva / povremene akne
• Normalna / osjetljiva / crvena / u period kada treba I njega protiv starenja
• Normalna sa njegom protic starenja
• Suha / ostecena od sunca / njega protiv starenja
• Suha / osjetljiva / njega protiv starenja / crvena

Na osnovu ovih tipova koze treba da birate podlogu. Ako vam je koza masna ne zelite da koristite istu podlogu kao neko ko ima suhu kozu. Ako imate akne ne zelite podlogu sa blagom pokrivnom moci a ako imate normalnu kozu ne zelite nivo prekrivanja koji neke podloge nude.

 Koza sklona aknama - potreban vam je srednji do najvci level pokrivanja I nanosite podlogu UVIJEK cistom cetkom ili spuzvom  

Izborana koza - lagani nivo pokrivenosti jer se teske podloge zavuku u bore I jos vise vas ucine starijima

Suha koza - lagana pekrivenost, hidratizirajuca podloga - nanositi prstima I utapkati proizvod u kozu

Masna koza - srednja do najjaca prekrivenost , nanositi spuzvom ili cetkom

Normalna koza ( blago vama ) - nivo pokrivenosti zavisno od toga sta zelite postici I dobiti


2. Nadjite podlogu koja odgovara boji vase koze . Ovo nije uvijek lahko zbog tga sto svjetla u vecini prodavnica u kojima kupujete nisu ni slicna dnevnom svjetlu. Mozda je najbolje da nanesete malu kolicinu podloge na dio vrata . Sa ovim vam korakom zelim srecu :) mada sada nije toliko strasno cak I ako ne pogodite pravu nijansu jer kada nanesete bronzer, concealer itd nece biti primjetno da je nijansa pudera pogresna. Ali MOLIM VAS ne kupujte najtamnije nijanse u zelji da izgledate preplanuli I ako vec kupite tamniju nijansu izblendajte to lijepo, a ne da se ljudi pitaju zasto djevojka pored mene ima masku na licu koja se zavrsava negdje prije pocetka usiju I tamo gdje pocinje vrat :/

3. Tipovi podloga ( izostavila sam namjerno stick foundations and powder ( mineral ) foundations )

• Podloge bez ulja sa mat efektom ( daju glatko lice bez sjaja, mat finish bi trebao da traje najmanje par sati , imaju laganu ili srednju pokrivenost ali se mogu nadograditi ) - za masnu kozu I kozu sklonu aknama . Budite pazljivi jer mogu uciniti lice suhim, zbog toga je preporucljivo koristiti primer ili neku bazu da bi se pripremilo lice . nije preporucljivo koristiti kremaste bronzere ili rumenila jer ih je tesko blendati na toj podlozi .
• Dugotrajne podloge sa matt efektom ( bez ulja , dugotrajne , mora se brzo blendati jer se brzo setuje na lice ) masna do voma masna koza I koza sklona aknama - idealno sa Long-Wearing, Matte-Finish ( oil-free, long-wearing, thin consistency that sets in place quickly, blending must be fast and precise ) - oily to very oily skblago mat rumenilima I bronzerim koji su puderaste structure - koza se mora prethodno hidrattizirati primerom ili nekom dr bazom , najteza podloga za skinuti I takodjer je vrlo tesko kremaste proizvode  ( rumenilo, bronzer ) izblendati na toj podlozi
• Moisturizing ( koje vlaze ) podloge  ( gusca struktura , lahko se blendaju i imaju satinski ili satinsko - mat efekat ) - za normalnu I suhu kozu - lagana do srednja prekrivenost , moze se koristiti sa kremastim proizvodima- nije najbolja za one sa kombinovanom kozom I one koji imaju dijelove koji su crveni, moze takodjer doprinjeti zatvaranju pora, thicker texture, easy to blend , satin or satin-matte finish )- nakon koristenja puderastog rumenila ili pudera treba koristiti loose puder kako ne bi izgledalo " pretesko " na licu
• Cream-to-Powder podloge  -( nesto izmedju kamenog udera I kremaste tecne podloge , izgleda kremasto nakon nanosenja ali se blendanjem moze postici blagi matt izgled, pokrivenost mala do srednja- za osobe sa normalnom kozom ili blago masnom- nije za masnu ili suhu kozu, nekada moze nakon blendanja izgledati dosta neprirodno
• Prilagodljive podloge- one bi navodno trebale zaustaviti ili kontrolirati nivo do kojeg vam se koza masti a takodjer I vlaziti kozu kada je potrebno, ali to su samo tvrdnje. vecinom su to lagane, bez ulja podloge koje su najpogodnije za lagano suhu ili lagano masnu kozu - sa njima treba biti oprezan kao I sa vecinom onih koje navodno cine magiju kao sto je prilagodjavanje svim bojama I tipovima koze . Ukoliko trazite ovakve a sa vecim nivoom pokrivenosti onda cete dobiti izgled koji nije ni problizan prirodnom izgledu.

 Takodjer se preporucuje izbjegavati proizvode koji sadrze propylene glycol, methylparaben I propylparaben jer stete citavom endokrinom sistemu koji regulise sve bioloske procese u nasem tijelu , ukljucujuci razvoj mozga I nervnog Sistema, rast I funkciju reproduktivnog Sistema , metabolizam I nivo secera u krvi, kao I funkcije jajnih celija .

Eh pa , nije nam lahko .