Over time, the skin evolves and makeup must adapt too. Here is a professional makeup artist’s technique for applying foundation without marking wrinkles and fine lines.
The years go by and our skin changes. Small signs of aging delicately appear on the face and the epidermis dehydrates more easily. It then becomes imperative to adapt your makeup, whether in the choice of your products or the way you apply them. This allows you to maintain a radiant face and avoid marking small wrinkles and fine lines. We have already told you about the ideal foundation for mature skin, the perfect concealer and even blush. All recommended by professional makeup artists. This time it’s a professional technique for spreading your foundation. It promises a radiant and natural complexion, but above all it is very easy to reproduce.
First of all, it is extremely important to properly prepare the skin for makeup. Start by spreading a few drops of moisturizing cream containing hyaluronic acid since the epidermis loses water more quickly than it loses oil. The step you should never skip once you have mature skin? The basis! It will create a smoothing barrier between your face and your makeup, so that the foundation does not seep into wrinkles or disintegrate in the middle of the day. But what changes everything is how you apply your foundation.
And for optimal results, makeup artist Charly Salvator has a tip of his own: put a pump of product on your hand and make circular movements with a fluffy brush in order to soak it. We then reproduce this gesture on the skin: “Your brush will diffuse the material gradually. (…) This technique will fuse the material with your skin, so you will have coverage or naturalness depending on the time you spend on the area but you will not have this material effect which brings out the pores and marks the texture“, he explains in a video posted on TikTok.
Same story with celebrity makeup artist Christian Briceno: “use light circular movements to blend the foundation and stretch it towards the hairline,” he says during an interview with the British version of Glamour. He advises not to apply a thick layer but to proceed with strategic touches on the places needing to be corrected. “Avoid overloading crow’s feet, deep wrinkles and lower jawline as these are areas where product could nestle and attract more attention“, he concludes.
If you have time, it’s also a good idea to let the foundation set for a few minutes before applying the rest of your makeup.
