Applying Base

What you will need:

• Concealer brush
• Foundation Brush
• Stippling/Buffing brush
• Cleanser, toner and moisturiser
• Primer
• Foundation pallete - Oil
• Concealer pallete - Oil
• Finishing powder
• Mixing Pallete - if needed

How to apply base:

• First you must carry out a consultation with your model to determine their skin type, tone, any contraindications and any allergies the model may have.
• Next you will cleanse, tone and moisturise the skin to prepare it for make-up application.
• Apply your primer next all over as you did with the moisturiser using only a small amount.

• To determine the colour of the foundation you will use, mix the colours on the back of your hand and test the colour on the jawline of your model's face until you are happy with the match.

• Once a match has been found, then continue to apply the foundation to the model's face making sure to work the foundation into the skin and also hairline. You can buff the foundation into the skin using a large stippling brush.
• Next you will be applying concealer. Your concealer colour choice should be 2 shades lighter than your model's skin tone. Apply this concealer to any redness, blemishes, dark spots and under the eye and blend well.

• You can then use your buffing brush again to work everything into the skin.
• Finally once this has been completed, you can lightly dust your finishing powder all over the face to set the base.

Top tip: Always remember that the base should always look like skin and that grease goes with grease, powder with powder.

Here is an example of a finished look.