You know I’m a fan of mixing up my base makeup (read here and here), so I’ve got another gem for you.
I get a bit crazy when it comes to foundation and sometimes I get too excited…
When I was in Taiwan, I freaked out when I spotted a stand alone Makeup Forever boutique and bought two foundations in under 10 minutes. It was actually my last day in Taipei and was returning to my hotel to grab my bags to go to the airport when I saw the store. I always wanted to try their HD foundation but the shade that matched my skintone exactly was not in stock so the SA suggested a similar one, #123, which looked fine when I swatched it on my hand.
Big mistake. It turned out way too yellow for me and it was even more obvious when my summer tan faded. So not only was it the wrong shade but it became too dark for me. I really hate to toss out barely used products (that especially cost so much! I spent about USD50-55 on this) so I actually had a brain wave: why not mix it up with something lighter?
I bought a tube of Maybelline BB Base in Light, their fairest shade, and it only cost me about 1,200JPY (USD14). The reason why I chose Maybelline was because it was actually quite challenging to find a cheap BB cream that not only had a pink undertone, very light, and was not nasty in terms of ingredients. As a side note, there are many cheap Japanese BB creams and foundations but most of them contain a lot of alcohol, fragrance, parabens and god knows what.
A lot of the Japanese BB creams are yellow toned and I needed something not yellow to tone down the yellow in my MUFE foundation, so the Maybelline BB cream was just perfect. I like that it’s also a sheer coverage BB cream because MUFE’s HD foundation is full coverage. I’m not sure if it is logical at all but I thought that thinning out the HD foundation would be a good idea as I prefer medium coverage for daily wear.
I swirled the two blobs with my finger to mix it up. It doesn’t look very well-mixed like that so I actually used a brush to apply it as opposed to my fingers. I figured a stipling brush would help deliver a more flawless application and it definitely looks better than when I use my fingers.
This is my trusty MAC 187 stipling brush that does an excellent job of applying liquid foundation.
I’m fully aware that I spent more money to make an expensive product work. I can’t give the foundation away (don’t know anyone more yellow than me) and the finish is really lovely. It is a bit more time-consuming, though, so this is a no-no on busy mornings.
I know that some people actually buy two of the same foundation in different shades to mix in order to match their skin tone , e.g. Hollyannaeree — I can’t find the specific videos she says she buys two shades of the same foundation but she occasionally mentions she does that when she hauls a particular foundation and she is in between shades of that range. Makeup artists also blend different types of foundations all the time and that’s where I got my inspiration from too.
Have you tried blending foundations that don’t work for you?
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