Comments on: Help! My powder foundation goes on too thick!

By: Review: Everyday Minerals Flat Top Brush | My Women Stuff

Review: Everyday Minerals Flat Top Brush | My Women Stuff — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:26:55 +0000

[...] used powder brushes to apply my foundation before to help it go on more sheerly but they’d always been the domed sort see: Sonia Kashuk [...]

By: ¤nOtcUte¤

¤nOtcUte¤ — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:10:03 +0000

Jooj you can try beigy tones from Anna Sui or try Bobbi Brown. I too have problem finding the right color for my face coz I am a little yellow toned though fair and my cheeks r rosey. I’m currently using the pink tone from Anna Sui.

Hmm actually the kabuki brush is used for blending out the foundation or powder on the face if it’s too thick. That’s what the counter beauticians told me.

Actually Bobbi’s range is quite natural without fragrance I like especially their compact and loose powder as their color range is quite big. Hope this helps

By: Abihoe

Abihoe — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:06:59 +0000

thank you for this tip ;] i recently bought a clinique powder; £19 it cost me and it came in a box.. the colour was “02 matt beige” so i thought it would be my colour as beige is quite pale and my skin is not too dark.. but it turned out too dark ;[ it came with a sponge, and it always applied it too heavily. Using a brush really helped, and it should make it last longer aswell ;D

thanks for sharing this

By: ParisB

ParisB — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:28:42 +0000

Jenn: Thanks for the tips. I find that using the sponge deposits more colour, so a darker foundation will show up darker on the skin and may not be a good colour match.

excited: I hope this works for you! Just use a brush and dust it lightly. It won’t be perfect and it’ll be sheer but at least the foundation will get some use!

By: excited

excited — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:55:12 +0000

omg…. I haf a foundation that’s a little too dark for me (Lpreal True Match 2-way). I thought it was the lightest shade on the shelf. Apparently, It isn’t so… I’m going to try with ur method. =)

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:26:11 +0000

hmm..I apply my foundation using the sponge THEN use the brush to brush off the excess powder..actually, I even put on the blusher before the foundation so that the blush looks like it’s from ‘under’ the skin

another alternative is to not use the sponge but press the brush against the skin so that the powder sticks to the skin longer..

By: ParisB

ParisB — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:44:08 +0000

jooj: Thank you! Yes thats true that Kabuki brushes tend to apply thicker. jojoba: thanks for the recs! Monstro: Ah! That's a good tip! I usually have a problem with foundations that are too dark not light though. rinnah: Thanks! It took a bit of searching for the right code heh... prettybeautiful: Oh the foundation might be too light for you then?

By: prettybeautiful

prettybeautiful — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:18:26 +0000

yeah i agree using brush is better instead of using of the sponge provided. i always look one shade fairer if i use the foundation sponge. =/