If I had a pound for every time I've been asked this question, I'd be a seriously rich woman by now.
The thing is, I can't tell you what foundation you should use and what moisturiser is good for your skin. No one can.
You
have to try the products on your own skin to know. It's almost like
choosing a perfume, not everything smells good on each and every one of
us. Hell, even certain perfumes smell differently on me depending where I
am in the world! I had to throw away a few foreign purchases that
smelled amazingly on me while abroad, got home and in humid British
climate I could not stand them!
So the point I'm trying to make is.... There are loads of blogs about and lots of people claiming certain products are great.
While I have no real reason to believe that they have your own best
interest at heart (and are not paid by the PR companies to flog a
certain product - you'd be surprised how many are and they claim they
are not), you should not take some random person's opinion and take it
as a given. Not even mine.
That's why I don't want to go there and I don't want to review the products.
So why have I started my blog?
I wanted to highlight the ingredients
in products and figure out if they work or not. I want to take apart the
list written in gibberish (for most people) and if a company makes up
an ingredient and does not tell you that it's fictitious and that only
exists in their marketing manager's imagination, I want to point that
out.
Sure I'll mention products that I like and I use
to make my clients and models up. If something is amazing, and was
amazing on many people, I'll write about it.
But to
find out if that will work for you, if that colour is any good on your
skin, either try it on yourself or book a make up lesson with a pro.
Here's
an example.... I love this foundation (Armani Luminous Foundation), it
looks amazing on skin, it covers up well without looking like "too
much".
Well, I can't wear it. And no, I'm not allergic to
it either. I just don't like my skin while using it. I look too
"poreless" and fake. Plus there are some silicones in it that don't gel
with me so I my skin feels tacky and oily after a while. Becca's
Luminous Skin Colour is much better on me, even though I'd sometimes
wish it had more coverage.
But would I carry on using Armani? Absolutely!
Other people find it fine, so why would I base my point of view on only me?
Same
thing with colours. Some colours in "theory" look good on certain skin
tones. But that's not taking into an account that a person's skin
chemistry can change that same colour and turn it into a something
different.
There you go. I won't be recommending moisturisers, but if you're
buying something with no active ingredients and paying loads of money
for it, don't worry, I'll let you know!