Natural Foundation Routine || Oily Skin...

This is a very picture heavy post but hope it helps those who have an oily t-zone like me.

I have been doing this base under my foundation for half a year now and it has been an absolute saviour when it comes to controlling oil. It sounds pretty gross, putting a laxative on your skin, but it really works. I don't have to carry powder any more and I stay oil free all day!

This is also the make up I do for a natural base and for going to the gym (yes I am one of those people).

Products in this post:

Milk of Magnesia £5.99

Maybelline Baby Skin Primer £7.99

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer £4.19

Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude £5.99

Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge £5.99

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder £3.99

Collection Eyebrow Kit £3.99

Starting with a bare face...

Pour out a tiny bit of Milk of Magnesia...

Apply a thin layer of it onto the oily parts of your face and let dry 

(I use a hair dryer as I am impatient)...

Use a silicone based primer and apply on top/all over your face, 

this will get rid of the white ghost face look...

My skin is pretty happy at the moment and as this is a natural look 

I only put the concealer on my dark circles and any spots.

Then I use the Maybelline Dream Flawless Nude Foundation to blend it out on the sponge...

And set my whole face with the Stay Matte Powder...

I use the Collection Eyebrow kit and the Zoeva Brow Line brush to do my brows.

I also add a bit of the darkest colour to my lash line.

This stuff stays on all day long and as you can see is very well used...

Here's what the finished look is and how I would go to the gym.

As a day to day look I would add bronze and blush and do different eye looks...

The mascara's I used you can read about here.

I really hope you try Milk of Magnesia as a base because it really is amazing at controlling oil throughout the day, no matter how much I sweat.

Coco

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L'Oréal Paris || True Match Foundation...

Like a lot of people I still haven't found the perfect foundation, I have an oily T-zone and have as of yet still on the hunt for a foundation that controls my oil and doesn't melt off my face when I sweat.

However things might have changed, today is the first time trying L'Oréal Paris True Match Foundation and I have the colour N2 - Vanilla. I have quite yellow based skin and I found that W1 was too light for me. I would have gone for W2 but they didn't have it so I was helped by a lovely lady in Boots to help find which colour I would be. We agreed that N2 was best, as W3 was a shade or 2 too dark for me and had a bit too much of an orange undertone.

The 'W' stands for warm, for people with yellow undertones, 'N' is neutral and 'C' is cool, people with pink undertones in their skin.

With this foundation you get 30ml which is the normal amount with most foundations. It is oil-free which is good as I don't need to add oil to my already oily skin. It feels really smooth and today I buffed it into my skin with my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush and I found, like it claimed, that it blended really well. 

I really like the coverage evening out skin tones and it covered the pink areas on my cheeks. Under it I used Milk of Magnesia/Maybelline Baby Skin Primer and set it with my Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Transparent. I also used Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer to go over any blemishes I have. 

Don't worry you did read that right, Milk of Magnesia, on my face... Kinda gross I know but I shall do a blog post soon about why I use it and how I apply it.

 I forgot to take a before picture of my face so I shall update this post when I do my make up again doing a before and after picture. But so far I really like the way it looks and the colour is a perfect match for my skin. I will also see how it wears during the day and update you on the oil and sweat situation.

UPDATE! Here is my visual routine on how I applied my foundation. In the first pictures there's nothing on my face. Then I add a thin layer of Milk of Magnesia, dry with hair dryer then put my primer on top which gets rid of the white ghost look. Fifth picture is just foundation and concealer and then 6th & 7th is finished face with foundation set with powder.

I found this foundation held up amazingly well compared to what I'm used to using (BB creams). I love the final look and found I didn't need to blot or powder during the day. The only thing that happened was it rubbed off a bit around my nose but that was due to cold weather and a runny nose!

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