I’m going to make this short and sweet. Enough said! Here we go!
TIP:
*Be sure to clean your makeup brushes regularly. I very rarely use my brushes on a dirty face, so with that in mind, I clean my brushes 1-2x/mo with soap and water. I clean my eyeliner brush weekly though.
PREP:
– Wash face with Olay Foaming Face Wash – Sensitive (‘sensitive’ simply means fragrance free, which means less irritatation, which means fewer breakouts.)
– Dab face dry – don’t rub.
– Facial sunscreen. Currently I’m using Alba Botanica Natural Very Emollient Facial Suncreen SPF30. Let it dry thoroughly (~ 5 mins).
– Face primer. I’ve only ever used Laura Geller Spackle Original (Clear). It has natural ingredients, and you get a good bang for your buck. Use a nickel-sized amount. Let that dry thoroughly (~ 3 mins).
MAKE-UP:
– I generously apply my mineral foundation, Everyday Minerals Matte base in ‘Fairly Light’ with my Everyday Minerals Flat Top Brush in round circular motions to my face. I apply it less generously to my birthmark area. Aside from it being my foundation, I feel this powder foundation provides a matte surface to work off of in regards to my birthmark area (which is on my jaw and neck).
– Pour a nickel-sized amount of Revlon ColorStay Foundation (I use the Combo/Oily in shade Buff). Dab foundation onto birthmark with middle finger. Start in the center of your birthmark and work your way towards the edges. Right now you’re just distributing the makeup onto the skin surface, so don’t focus on blending yet.
– After your entire birthmark has foundation on it, continue to dab/stipple with your finger, only now focus on smoothing out the makeup. Add a little wiping motion to help with this. Now focus on blending the edges by using a light wiping motion starting from the edges of your birthmark and moving outward about 1-2 inches. Fade it out–that’s what blending is. This way you don’t have a hard-edged line of color from where your makeup stops. If you want fuller coverage, repeat the previous step and this step.
– After letting the liquid foundation dry for a few minutes, use a large, soft Round Brush and stipple Everyday Minerals Finishing Dust just onto the areas where you used Revlon ColorStay. This acts as a finishing powder, and also mattifies. And holy moly does this finishing dust work!
– From here I wet a tissue and wipe off my eyebrows, eyelashes, and lips (From when I put mineral foundation all over my face). Then I do my eyeliner, mascara, blush…whatever other steps I decide upon.
I did this routine one morning before spending a good half a day in the heat helping nail together a house frame…I was sticky and sweaty, but my makeup was silky, dry, and was not creased!
I’ve found the holy grail folks.
The Birthmark Blog 