Foundation for dehydrated skin

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Just recently, having returned from another trip, I decided to do a total disassembly of my cosmetic bag. My foundations were the first to be analyzed. I gave away many of them to good hands, while others I simply threw away.

This is all I left for myself:

However, none of these products give me the dewy shine effect I want. Yes, and I want something new, but it’s perfect for my dry skin with obvious periodic peeling. So I decided to buy another foundation. That's why I came to you for advice.

Please tell me a good foundation that is suitable for dry (dehydrated) skin. My main wishes for him are as follows:

1. so that it has a light texture, but at the same time covers imperfections well;
2. it was comfortable to wear and did not sink into the pores;
3. did not emphasize peeling and skin texture;
4. did not fall into the pores and did not clog them;
5. with a moisturizing effect;
6. gave a dewy shine and radiance to the skin.

Recently I was in the store and looked at a couple of candidates:

I look forward to your advice. Thank you all so much in advance!

Sasha!! Try the Becca tone - according to my feelings, it’s just what you’re looking for) I bought it from their website without testing, and if you’re afraid to take such a risk - it’s presented in the Golden Apple (a store recently opened in Moscow, it’s just far from the center - for me It was inconvenient to go to choose alive))

the tone is called - "Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation - Moisturizer with tinted effect"

I really like the effect it creates on the skin!! And it can be layered well - if any problems arise on the face (even the manufacturer himself writes about this)

By the way, when I started using it, I thought that you should like it))

Combination skin is dry and oily at the same time, so choosing a universal beauty product is not easy. But probably. We share our secrets and list the best products, according to the editors of skin.ru. Spoiler: a girl with combination skin should have a BB cream in her makeup bag.

1. Features of combination skin
2. How to choose foundation for combination skin
3. Application stages
4. Rating of the best foundations for combination skin

Features of combination skin

How is combination skin different from dry or oily? It has both oily and dry areas: the forehead, nose and chin are distinguished by enlarged pores and an oily sheen, while the cheeks and nasolabial area, on the contrary, are prone to dryness.

Here are the features that are typical for combination skin:

sebum is actively released in the T-zone and on the forehead;

pores are on average narrow, but can be widened on the forehead, chin and nose;

there are comedones and blackheads;

the skin on the cheeks and nasolabial area feels tight and dehydrated.

Combination skin has oily and dry areas © iStock

Dryness and dehydration should not be confused - these are two diametrically opposed problems.

Dryness is a congenital feature of the skin

Dryness refers to the poor production of your own oil, which is why the skin does not retain moisture well. The skin can also become dry with age due to slower metabolic processes.

Dehydration is a temporary skin condition

Any type of skin can suffer from dehydration: dry, oily, combination. At the same time, oily skin begins to actively produce sebum, and dry skin prematurely becomes covered with a network of wrinkles.

Characteristics of dry and dehydrated skin

The pores of dry skin are predominantly small - dehydration does not affect their size.

Inflammation is a rare guest on dry skin. In oily skin, dehydration stimulates the production of sebum and contributes to the expansion of pores, their clogging, and therefore provokes the appearance of acne and comedones.

Dehydration is more common during the cold season. Dryness is an all-season indicator.

The best choice for combination skin is BB cream © iStock

How to choose foundation for combination skin

What tips should you consider when looking for foundation for combination skin?

The best choice for combination skin is BB cream. It has a light texture (the coating can be layered if desired) and additional moisturizing properties.

Be careful with cosmetics with a mattifying effect: if you need uncompromising matte skin on the forehead and nose, it is better to additionally powder these areas and stock up on mattifying wipes, since dry areas of the skin will not like mattifying formulas.

Salicylic acid is rarely found in foundation formulations, but it is an incredibly valuable ingredient for those with combination skin: it helps the skin renew itself and dissolves excess sebum in the pores.

Foundation for combination skin can be either gel or cream based, but formulas with volatile silicones (usually packaged in a container with a dropper) require more thorough pre-moisturizing: without it, the skin will mercilessly peel.

Application stages

We recommend applying foundation for combination skin according to the scheme below.

Apply foundation with a sponge or fluffy brush © iStock

The skin should first be clear using a non-aggressive product - foam and/or micellar water.

Hydration - the main part of the morning beauty routine and the key to prolonging the youth of the skin. Apply your favorite cream or make a moisturizing mask.

Helps extend the durability of makeup and visually reduce pore size Base makeup. Use it before applying foundation. Silicone primer is indicated for skin with uneven texture, mattifying for oily skin, and moisturizing for dry skin.

In this case, it is better to apply the foundation using tapping movements using sponge or fluffy brush. This method will make application easier and make your makeup last longer.

Rating of the best foundations for combination skin

All owners of mixed skin will definitely need one of the four best, according to the editors of the Skin.ru website, tonal products with textures of different densities and caring components in the composition.

BB cream “The secret of perfection comprehensive moisturizing care 5-in-1”, Garnier

The formula of the BB cream is enriched with moisturizing components, which ensures good caring properties and easy distribution. The natural absorbent perlite in the cream mattifies the skin, and physical sun filters protect against the effects of UVA and UVB rays.

BB cream SPF 50, Kiehl’s

The pigmented cream visually improves skin tone, reducing the appearance of redness and imperfections. Glycerin and vitamin C are responsible for moisturizing and protecting cells from oxidative processes, and titanium dioxide and homosalate effectively protect against ultraviolet radiation.

BB cream for sensitive skin Hydreane, La Roche-Posay

The cream with a non-greasy texture spreads easily over the skin and does not clog pores. A complex of four oils gives the product a softening and nourishing effect and protects cells from the effects of free radicals. Hypoallergenic product can be used on sensitive skin.

Corrective foundation fluid Dermablend, Vichy

The product contains 25% concealing pigments and thermal water, has a non-greasy texture and provides dense coverage with durability up to 16 hours. Blends into the natural skin tone and does not create a mask effect.

The difficulty lies in the fact that makeup on dry skin, firstly, emphasizes its imperfections, visually aggravating the problem - every wrinkle becomes an accent. And, secondly, foundations are harder to blend, it takes more time to apply them evenly and get rid of the obvious application line. And in general, the procedure for applying makeup to dry skin, as well as sensitive skin, is not the most comfortable feeling. In conclusion, to all the “pleasures”, it remains to add that it is better to forget about using shining and pearlescent products, because those wrinkles and all dry areas of the skin that were not emphasized by foundation and powder will definitely be emphasized by all shimmering and pearlescent makeup products.

Despite the fact that today we are becoming more informed and educated, and there is a “sea” of useful information around us on any beauty topic, I still meet women who are perplexed by the recommendation to regularly use good moisturizing care for oily skin. Why, I also belong to the number of women with the same type of skin (and also periods of problematic and sensitive skin), and at one time it was very difficult for me to rebuild my system of care and preparation for makeup, looking at the problem with different eyes. Only a few years ago I became convinced that my skin looks and feels much better if it is sufficiently hydrated, not to mention the fact that it is on such skin that you can expect the desired results from makeup, and also allow yourself to use more complex and specific decorative products. products such as highlighters, for example, or other shining face powders... Well, first things first.

What to do if the problem needs to be solved here and now or urgent help for dry skin

There are certainly ways to help dehydrated skin, and there are many of them. Through experience, makeup artists develop their own personal tricks in the fight against dry skin, and the decorative cosmetics industry itself constantly pleases us with new products that help cope with this problem and provide competent preparation for makeup.

The first and only way. Wet sponge.

My personal long-term experiments in this area have come down to this method, and it is this method that all my clients, including celebrity ones, remain faithful to - using a damp sponge to apply makeup, namely liquid foundation. As wet as possible, but (this is important!) to the point where water can flow out of it when pressed. Usually, to do this, it is enough to blot the sponge thoroughly once with a paper napkin after washing. Is it worth emphasizing that liquid foundation should be used for makeup on dry skin?

So, sponge. It should be made from natural materials: sea sponge, latex, natural latex substitutes. Synthetics do not change much when wetted with water and are not very comfortable in principle. Well, then, a natural sponge is more wear-resistant and does not crumble over time, leaving pieces of material on the face. Makeup should be applied to dry skin in very measured doses, that is, do not take all the required amount of foundation at once and then distribute it over the face, but do it in several stages, at least three.

The tone should be applied from the center to the periphery, so that there is a minimum amount of product at the roots of the hair, earlobes and at the border with the neck, then you will avoid the “mask effect” and the result will be as natural as possible.

There is another important nuance - the movements that you make with the sponge. Although “smoothing” looks and is considered more logical, in which you take the tone and, excuse me, “smear” it over the face (according to my observations, 85% of women do this), it is more correct, in order not to emphasize dry skin and visually hide it, with a sponge it is necessary to make “blotting” or “pressing” movements (note, this is how most makeup artists work and it is not so difficult and much faster than it might seem from the description of the process).

After foundation, you need to use face powder to consolidate the result and achieve, say, a matte or silky “finish” (coverage, skin texture), if desired. For makeup on dry skin, you should use loose powder; it is much finer than compact powder, and apply it with a face brush made of the softest natural bristles: squirrel, squirrel + pony.

Rough movements with puffs, often included with powder, can undo all previous efforts. And it’s also easy to overdo it with powder, especially with a puff or sponge. Most makeup artists, including myself, recommend applying the main part to the T-zone, and distributing the remaining powder in a brush along the periphery. Contrary to another myth, setting the tone correctly even on dry skin is just more delicate than, for example, on oily skin, where the T-zone can be powdered more thoroughly. You should also be very careful when powdering the area under the eyes and nasolabial folds, all for the same reason - dry products aggravate folds and wrinkles due to dry skin in this area.

Exceptions to the rules.

In all these rules for using tone and powder when making up dry skin, there are exceptions that can no longer be attributed to the skills of makeup artists, but to the advanced technologies of the cosmetic industry. If the tone or powder contains reflective particles, then even using them on the area under the eyes, where the first signs of age appear in the form of “crow’s feet,” you will get a perfectly smooth surface without imperfections. It's all about the scattering of light, as if a camera with a flash was reflected in a mirror and as a result in the photo you see a white spot - a failure. Decorative products work the same way: they reflect the light flux in different directions and the surface appears perfectly smooth. This is always used during photo and video shooting, and there are a lot of such products in the beauty case of any professional makeup artist. I would like to immediately make a reservation that it is important to distinguish between products with soft focus (reflection and scattering of light) from products with shine and shimmer. The first ones look completely matte, the second ones are obviously shiny and, as I wrote above, it is better to avoid using them. The first ones solve the problem, the second ones aggravate it visually.

The simplest visual example (to make it completely clear what I mean) is any cream with sunscreen filters. The higher the SPF coefficient, the higher the density of the “protective screen” that the cream creates, and therefore the stronger the reflection of light. Please note that after applying such a product to the skin, it always, especially in the photo, looks perfectly smooth and radiant, as if not an ordinary cream, but an oil had been applied to it. This, by the way, is the secret of “perfectly well-groomed skin” after applying BB cream to it: SPF in such products starts with a coefficient of at least 20-25 and they contain a lot of components with a soft focus effect (as a rule, the manufacturer indicates about this on the product packaging).

As for decorative makeup for dry skin itself, this is probably all I would like to talk about.

Preparing dry skin for makeup in advance

But there is another approach - preparing for makeup.

Method one. Moisturizing serums and masks.

The simplest and most common is the use of moisturizing serums or creams specially designed as a base for makeup. This product can be found on store shelves not with care products, but with decorative cosmetics and in corresponding brands. These are products from the S.O.S. series, with hyper-, super- or extra-prefixes, which literally “work” before your eyes and immediately after application change the texture of the skin. I am not a supporter of using such products in daily care, especially if they contain silicones, but for a specific case they are 100% justified. One of the favorites for makeup artists around the world is makeup cream. Embryolisse or HD Elexir from Make-Up For Ever. By the way, the latter can be used after applying cosmetics: with gentle “blotting” movements with a flat makeup brush, sponge or fingertips.

A friend of mine, a colleague who works with news announcers on one of the federal TV channels, is the only way to escape during the cold season, when the presenters’ skin around the nose, lips and the very tip of the nose peels off during seasonal colds and epidemics. She applies this elixir locally, with a sponge or brush, a few minutes before the broadcast, right on top of the makeup, and the skin looks perfect on camera. In order not to return to this topic later, I will immediately say that thermal water on top of makeup, according to my personal observations, does not work like that, because if it evaporates on its own, it only dries out the skin even more, and if you try to blot it with a napkin, it will sooner dry out. In all, you will ruin your makeup. Special fixing sprays for makeup are possible, but it depends on the composition and purpose. Most often, they mattify and fix makeup on oily skin, which is prone to increased sebum production during the day and leads to, another professional quote from my colleagues, “makeup creeping into the décolleté.”

Method two. Gentle peeling using soap composition and mask sachet.

There are also more complex, but also more effective and not yet widespread on the domestic market methods of preparing for makeup. I have looked at them from all (well, just completely!) star and leading makeup artists in the USA, over the past three years that I have been going there to study or working with them here with us. If we are talking about a beauty or close-up photo shoot - that is, close-up of makeup and the face as a whole, then not a single self-respecting makeup artist in the West will leave even the seemingly ideal skin of a model without prior preparation for makeup. Firstly, they do a very gentle peeling using special abrasive pads made of non-woven material, using oil or a soap-foam composition. In America, you can buy a special device for this in every pharmacy. It costs no more than $10 and comes with those same foam disposable replacement pads.

Secondly, in the beauty case of all makeup artists without exception, I saw sachets with Asian fabric masks; they are optimally suited as preparation for makeup. I think you know what I mean. The ones with hyaluronic acid or other active moisturizing ingredients. They are applied for 10 minutes after peeling or independently, after using a cleansing micellar solution. It’s really convenient: this mask doesn’t require rinsing off with water, and the results are immediate. After the remnants of the mask's moisturizer are removed from the face, you can no longer apply moisturizing creams or serums, but feel free to apply a makeup base. The skin looks simply amazing and the tone matches perfectly. On such a face, you can safely use radiant highlighting products and not be afraid of extra wrinkles. They will return to the face no earlier than in 24 hours.

I must admit, I immediately adopted the method of preparing for makeup using Asian sachet masks and successfully use it to this day, if, of course, I have such an opportunity (a little time and the client’s consent). I have inexpensive masks in my arsenal, moisturizing and lifting, for the entire face, as well as just under the eyes. Last year, they simply saved me and some of my celebrity clients when preparing a look for the red carpet at the Moscow International Film Festival. While the actresses were getting their hair done or getting a manicure-pedicure, they gladly agreed to wear such masks as a preparation for makeup. The result, as I already said, was appropriate.

Now that’s exactly all I can share on a given topic. Some things are more complicated, some things are simpler. There are methods “here and now”, and others that require a little more time and expense. But one way or another, the most faithful and effective, in my opinion, is still the initial maintenance of beauty from the inside. At such moments, I always remember the actress Yulia Snigir, whom I have never seen without a bottle of clean still water in her hands.