Foundation 101 (By A Beauty Amateur)

Like I said in my last post(link here), a lot of my friends are getting into makeup. And they ask me which foundation should I buy? And I answer them by asking them a series of questions to know their needs and then I would tell them which foundation to get. So I thought, I might as well write a blog post about what you need to know about founation. But bear in mind, I'm an amateur, not a makeup artist or anything, I learn all these through both trials and errors and Internet. 

我在上一篇博文（连接在此）里提到，我有很多朋友都在开始化妆。她们找我推荐粉底。而我回答时，会先问她们一大堆问题来了解她们需要什么后，我再作推荐。于是我发现，我不如就写篇关于粉底的博文吧。不过记住了，我是美妆业余爱好者，不是化妆师什么的。我所知道的都是从尝试与失败还有网络里学来的。

1. Coverage

What level of coverage you want? Sheer? Medium? Full? If you have great skin and just wanna even out your skintone, go for sheer. Some foundation are sheer to Medium, meaning that you can build the coverage up from sheer to medium. That is, you can use a thin layer all over your face to even out the skintone, and then layer it up a bit on your spots for more coverage there. Medium coverage would be suitable for those with more than just one or two spots to cover up, or with general stronger hyperpigmentation. Only those with very bad skin would need a layer of full coverage foundation. But what you can also do with full coverage foundation is, mix it with your moisturizer to make your own tinted moisturizer. That's quite an economic way. The thing with higher coverage is that, it might look cakey or very made-up, that is, unnatural looking. Therefore, go for as lower coverage as your skin allows.

1. 遮瑕度

你想要什么程度的遮瑕？低？中？高？如果你皮肤不错，只需要均匀肤色，那么你只需要低程度遮瑕能力的粉底。有些粉底的遮瑕能力是低到中等，意思是你可以全脸用一层薄薄的，来均匀肤色，然后在一些需要遮盖的地方多上几层。中等遮瑕能力的粉底适用于脸上有多处需要遮瑕的人们。而只有皮肤非常糟糕的人需要高层度遮盖力的粉底。不过你还可以怎么做呢？就是拿你的保湿霜和你的高层度遮盖力粉底混在一起，来制造你的润色面霜。这方法倒是挺经济的。越高遮瑕层度的粉底的问题是什么呢？它们往往会看起来比较厚重，明显花了妆，没那么自然。所以，尽可能地用较低层度遮盖力的粉底吧。

2. Different Texture

There are basically 4 types of texture: cream, gel, liquid and powder. Frankly, gel and liquid are more or less the same thing, gel is just more gel-like and liquid is more liquidy(that's very helpful!). Cream foundation usually comes in a compact or stick form, and the texture can appear to be quite thick(but that doesn't mean it would look and feel thick on your face). Powder foundation can be both loose powder or pressed powder. As for which texture is the best, there's no such thing. The texture of the foundation is irrelevant to its performance, there are great foundations in each texture and awful foundations in each texture. Usually what people do is, use the cream/gel/liquid foundation in the morning, as a base of the makeup, and use the powder foundation as touch-ups throughout the day. If you want your foundation to last, it's very important to set your makeup with a setting spray or a setting powder. Even if you use powder foundation in the morning, it's necessary to set it with setting powder as well. 

2. 质地

基本上粉底有4种质地：膏、啫喱、液体和粉状。老实说，啫喱和液体粉底真的差不多，只是啫喱比较偏啫喱壮，液体比较偏液体状（说了跟没说一样）。膏状粉底通常是盒装或是条状，质地看起来好像比较厚（不过这并不代表上妆后看起来或感觉上会厚重）。粉状粉底可以是散粉状也可以是粉饼状。至于那种质地最好呢？没有这回事。粉底的质地和表现不怎么挂勾，每种质地都有好和不好的粉底。通常人们是怎么用粉底呢？早上时用膏状、啫喱或液体粉底上妆，打了个底妆，然后时不时需要时再用粉饼补妆。如果你想你的粉底持久些，那么一定要记得用定妆产品。即使你早上时是用粉饼上的底妆，也要记得用定妆粉定妆。

3. Different finishes

There are basically 3 finishes: matte, dewy and natural. Usually, matte finish is suitable for those with oily skin, and dewy is for dry skin. Foundation with matte finish usually helps with oil control, that's how you can stay matte throughout the day(maybe not that long but at least a couple of hours). Foundation with dewy finish is usually more moisturizing. The problem with these two finishes is that, matte finish can look a bit flat and you might wanna define your facial feature a bit more afterwards; dewy finish can sometimes look a bit oily. My personal preference is Natural finish. It's semi-matte and semi-dewy, you get the best of both world. It's suitable for those with combination or normal skin type. As it might be too oily or drying for either oily skin or dry skin.

3.效果

基本上有三种效果：哑光、光泽和自然。一般来说，哑光适合油皮子，光泽适合干皮子。哑光粉底通常有控油能力，这样你才能一天（或许没那么久吧，不过至少几个小时）下来都保持哑光。光泽粉底通常会比较保湿。不过这两种效果的粉底有什么问题呢？哑光有时会看起来脸比较扁平，你待会需要强调下你的面部轮廓。而光泽粉底则有可能看起来比较油。我个人喜欢自然效果。它是半哑光半光泽，两边都吃香。它适合混合皮肤或中性皮肤，因为对于干皮子和油皮子来说，它可能会过干或过油。

Stay tuned for the Foundation Dos and Don'ts!

接下来请期待粉底的该做与不该做！

 

All images in this post are from Internet.

本博文里所有图片来自网络。

Comments

[Emma]

不是啦网上找的～不过话说回来，要拍也不难拍。只是想要一个看不出是什么牌子，哪一款粉底的图片而已。

[bluma]

第一张是你拍的么...略心疼...
昨天弄丢了刚买没几天的粉饼 超级难过 我才用了一次啊啊啊啊啊！！！