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• Cosmetic Foundation
  
  Cosmetic foundations such as powders and liquids are used to create a clear, smooth skin tone. Foundations provide the perfect base for the application of the rest of your make up products. Face make up is meant to provide light to medium skin coverage and comes in wide variety of colors and types. You may want to use the lightest covering during the summer and the heavier one during the winter.

  
  Color that Matches Your Skin Tone
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• It is also important to choose cosmetic foundations that looks natural (closely matches your skin) and fits the desired effects you are seeking. You may require a separate concealer for skin blemishes, blotches, under eye dark rings and other discolorationss.
  
  Foundation should be applied to the skin first, before any other make up product, since other products may not blend as well to the naked skin and may even make blemishes and flaws look more pronounce. Cosmetic foundations may be water-based, oil-based, or oil free, with varied consistencies and coverage, and or available in liquid, cream or powder form.

Powder adds the finish touch to your foundation and keeps you looking fresh throughout the day. Powder based cosmetic foundations have the function of combining both foundation and powder in one product. You will only need concealer in addtion to this, rather that setting the foundation with powder.

Pressed cosmetic foundations give a smooth, matte finish to the skin that helps control shine. It can be applied with either a damp or dry sponge. This type of foundation works for all skin types.

These usually offer light to medium coverage, can be applied using a sponge and are available in wide range of colors that can be mixed to obtain in-between shades to match your skin tone (only mix cosmetic foundations of the same brand). Make sure you get the right cosmetic foundations for your skin type - choose an oil-based foundation for dry skin, water-based foundation for normal skin, and 'oil-free' foundation for oily skin. You can apply moisturizer 5 to 10 minutes before beginning your face make-up application.

When using a cream-based cosmetic foundatioin, concealer may be applied either before or after foundation. Use a wedge-shaped latex sponge and light strokes to apply the foundation across the face.

Concealer is a facial cosmetic used to cover a blemished skin. Concealer provides extra cover to specific areas of the face that required more cover than that provided by cosmetic foundations alone such as dark circles under the eye, a pimple, tiny viens or redness at the sides of the nose. Concealer generally comes in stick, liquid, or cream form, cream works for almost everything and everyone. Concealer should be one or two shades lighter than your cosmetic foundations and have the same undertone (go two shades lighter for very dark circles).