What is the base for makeup?

The application of the base is a very important step in the implementation of competent make-up. The make-up base allows you to create the effect of a younger and fresh face. In addition, thanks to it, you can hide small skin defects (for example, redness, irregularities, minor spots). Decorative cosmetics, which is applied to the face of a woman, it is better to lie down and stay longer if it is applied to the base.

To make a make-up base help to create a neat and competent make-up, it is important to be able to correctly pick it up and apply it to the skin.

This is quite simple, the main thing is to know some rules.

What is a makeup base?

The product has several names: base, base or primer. These are all names of the same means. However, some girls confuse the base with make-up with a foundation, suggesting that they are one and the same. But this is far from the case.
If the main task of a foundation is to even out the skin tone and hide its defects, then several other functions are assigned to the base, although it can also make the skin tone more smooth and correct the problem zones on the face. Why do I need a makeup base? A good base is a tool that is designed to solve the following tasks:

1. Prepare the facial skin for the subsequent application of the tonal remedy. In this case, the makeup base maximizes the surface of the skin. This, for example, is very important for girls with problem skin or such consequences of acne as tubercles, pits, hollows. It is also important for women who have suffered smallpox, etc. diseases. In this case, the base helps to significantly improve the appearance of the skin.
2. To soften and moisten the skin of the face. The base for make-up is useful in the case when you need to smooth out the skin on which there are wrinkles. In addition, the base softens and dry skin, so that the rest of the decorative cosmetics falls on it much better, distributed more evenly, not hammered into wrinkles. As a result, a woman gets a younger face, which is important with age makeup .
3. Eliminate various defects. The base can hide not only the roughness of the skin surface, but also other unpleasant defects. It can hide the expanded pores, redness, unhealthy hue (yellowish or grayish), the consequences of an unsuccessful tan. To achieve the desired effect, you need to be able to properly select the base for make-up. Of course, one must take into account that serious defects like acne, demodex, spots, scars, etc., the foundation for make-up will not hide.
4. Eliminate greasy shine. Owners of the skin of fatty and combined type need a matting base. This is especially true in the summer. But you need to consider that with oily skin of the eyelids, you can not use a matting foundation for the face, because it can dry the delicate skin. For eyelids, you need to use a specially designed for them base.
5. Make the face more healthy and shining from the inside. If the girl gets tired, does not get enough sleep, then the base, which in its composition has shiny particles, can help. Do not be afraid and think that the face will sparkle like a Christmas toy. Not at all, since these particles have microscopic grinding, and the skin is not visible at all. In this case, the skin of the face seems to glow from the inside. But with such fundamentals, girls with oily skin should be careful, since you can get the opposite effect. In this case, you can use the base as a highlighter, applying a little funds to the cheekbones and lateral surfaces of the forehead. This will give the face freshness. With a combined skin type, do not put such a base on areas prone to high fat and gloss.
6. Protect from sunlight. Sometimes neither daytime nor foundation creams contain SPF, that is, sunlight protection factors. In this case, the base for make-up with filters, created especially for sun protection, will be very useful.

It is evident that the base is more multifunctional than the foundation. At the same time, these funds face fundamentally different tasks.

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Varieties of bases for make-up

It should be remembered that there are several types of bases for make-up:

• base for the person in question;
• base under the shadow, which is designed to ensure that the shadows not only hold better, but also give color better to the centuries; the base under the shade is indispensable for women who have oily skin, as a result of which shadows constantly slide down - the remedy easily solves this problem;
• a base for the lips that moisturizes the lips, smooths their surface and thereby promotes that the lipstick is better placed on the lips, does not spread, does not clog into the folds, becomes more stable and bright.

It is important to understand that all types of bases (bases) are intended for different purposes. Therefore, it is impossible to replace one or all the other three bases with one - it simply will not work.

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Types of bases for the face: an overview

Any base for make-up consists of silicone and pigment. These are the two active components, without which the foundation, firstly, will not work, and secondly, simply can not be considered a base for make-up. In addition, the composition of the base can include the accompanying components: vitamins, moisturizers or nutrients, plant extracts - the list depends only on the imagination of the producers and on the function they assign to the remedy.
However, the main functions - leveling the relief and increasing the durability of make-up - are performed exclusively at the expense of silicone. The second most important function - correction of any deficiency - is solved with the help of a pigment. There are quite a lot of pigment varieties, and their choice depends on what problem needs to be solved. Depending on the pigment, the bases themselves are distinguished for make-up. So, there are 2 main types of pigments:

1. Colored. These pigments are designed to correct for minor skin defects. In a container (it can be a glass bottle or a plastic tube), the remedy usually seems too bright, but this should not be misleading, because when applied to the skin the product will not stain it. Distributed along the skin, such a base merges with its basic tone and becomes completely invisible on the face. Together with her imperfections and defects, which she is called to mask. When choosing a database, you need to know what problem the pigment corrects.
2. Pearlescent pigments. Their main task is to make the face more fresh, rested, and give it a healthy radiance. Such bases make the person younger, which is especially important with age make-up. It is important to be able to properly choose the pearlescent pigment under the color of your skin. So, if the skin tone is cold, the pink-pearlescent pigment will suit, and if warm, then the appearance will improve the golden-apricot or peach pigment. With such a makeup base, you need to know the extent, because if you apply the product in excess, you can get a greasy sheen effect that looks untidy, and makeup can even "swim." If everything is done correctly, then any girl will be happy with the effect, because it's not for nothing that this means gets praise reviews.

Many girls are wondering which make-up base is better. It is difficult to give a unambiguous answer, since many cosmetic firms make this product, from luxury to mass market. Maybelline, Collistar, ArtDeco, Dermacol, Rimmel, Bourjois, MAC Clarins, Clinique, Gosh, Nyx, Estee Lauder, Chanel, Dior - here is not a complete list of cosmetic brands that make bases for make-up.
Someone comes up with the means of one manufacturer, someone else. But undoubtedly, the best is the base, which is correctly chosen, according to the type and tone of the skin and the problem that it must solve. The variety of bases for make-up is great, that's why every girl can choose not only high-quality, but also affordable base.

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Rules for applying a make-up base

It is very important not only to choose the right base, but also correctly apply it on the face. But the deposition of the foundation is preceded by two more stages - cleansing the skin and applying a day cream. Not earlier than 15-20 minutes after applying the cream, you can apply a makeup base. Do not need to apply a lot of money.
You can apply the base with both your fingers and your brush. But nevertheless it is more correct to do this with the help of fingers, since it saves a lot of money. After the base is applied and evenly distributed on the skin, wait approximately 10 minutes. During this time, the base will "shrink". Only after this, you can begin to apply a foundation and other means. If you do not wait for the time, the make-up will not hold and can "swim".
You can not apply a foundation after the base, but go straight to the makeup of the eyes, lips, applying blush and powder. Some makeup artists even mix the base with a foundation cream and in this form apply the product on the face. Any girl can use the method of experiments to find the most suitable way for herself.
In addition, extremely careful when using the foundation should be girls with oily and problem skin, since silicone, which is part of the product, can clog pores and cause inflammation, acne. In this case, do not use the database every day. It should also be remembered that even if the base contains vitamins and other complexes, it does not in any way replace morning skin care.

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Color bases for make-up: what problems do they solve?

When choosing a base, you need to understand that it can hide not all skin problems of the face. This is not a panacea or some miracle cure, so do not place great hopes on it. Yes, the base can significantly improve the appearance of the skin, but for serious defects there are correctors that have a denser texture and a much higher covering ability. So, what kind of problems can be solved by this or that pigmented (color) base:

1. If you need to give the face freshness, hide the signs of fatigue, lighten up the skin a little, then the base for make-up with the white pigment will do it perfectly.
2. If the skin tone is not uniform or there are very slight defects, the base under the beige make-up will help to hide them, but it is important to choose a pigment that is ideally suited to the skin tone. The agent can be called an analogue of a foundation, but much easier as a fluid.
3. If there are bruises or shadows under the eyes, you can use the base with a yellow pigment.
4. With redness, vascular network and similar problems, the green foundation is irreplaceable, which will well hide not only these defects, but also small pimples.
5. At an unhealthy color of the face with yellow podton the base with a lilac or violet pigment which can even disguise the yellowed bruise is very actual.
6. If the skin color of the face has a grayish palate, the base with a pink pigment that will make the skin "porcelain" will help.
7. If the girl did not succeed in the experiment with autosunburn, the base of the blue color will help.
8. If there are no obvious skin defects, but the surface leaves much to be desired, it is enough to apply a base with reflective particles that visually make the surface of the skin smooth and smooth.

This knowledge will help any girl to choose the right foundation and perform a beautiful make-up that will look perfect all day long.

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Rules for color base application

It should be remembered that in trying to hide the skin defects as best as possible, you do not need to apply a large amount of funds, since this can lead to a negative result:

• make the makeup heavier, so it will not look neat and beautiful;
• clog pores and cause additional problems in the form of black spots, pimples and blackheads;
• makeup can "swim", which especially applies to girls with oily or combination skin and is relevant in the hot season.

In this case, the defect is better than the base does not disguise. In this case, you need to apply a foundation, then apply a dense corrector to the problem areas and fix everything with a thin layer of powder.

It is important to remember that with this makeup it is better not to walk longer than 8-10 hours and, if possible, do not use the foundation daily. The ideal option is to use a makeup base in those special cases when you need to look fresh, irresistible and not think about the state of makeup after a few hours.