I had a genuinely awesome time at the Mary Kay party at my place last night. Hope my other guests were as enthused. Karyl Anderson is the most expert make-up and skincare person you can talk to. I learned so much and picked up some great products that I got to thoroughly try and test before purchasing. Plus I got a free Satin Hands gift for being host!
I picked up so many tips from Karyl, and me and Jo gonna share them all over a number of posts.
Here’s the first few tips about buying foundation:
- Test foundations by striping possible matches down your jaw-line. The best match is likely to be the one that ‘disappears’ into your skin when you squint at yourself.
- Leave tester foundation on your skin for several minutes before deciding on the best colour. Everyone’s skin has its own acid-mantel (or something) that will affect the colour of foundation. So leave it a while to settle.
Thanks Karyl!!
I had so much fun and learned so much. I was really impressed with the foundation trick too – when I first put on the shade that we thought would be right for me I was like “ewww, this is totally wrong” but I did what Karyl said and let it rest for five minutes, and then I was so impressed with how good my skin looked that I bought that foundation and concealer. Normally I look terrible in Amy’s mirror (although that might have a little to do with getting all hot’n sweaty playing Rockband) but I looked all fresh and dewy and smooth with it on. Success!
Oh, and I was live-twittering on the night, so if you want the tips that I picked up, just check out our Twitter account, woo!