Everything your mother didn't have time to tell you because she was too busy struggling!
Hello BBW,
Today, I am bringing you part 1 of Makeup Basics and I am beginning it with Women of Color–Red bones. In this case, ‘red bone’ means women with red (warm) undertones and not the euphemistic meaning of “light skinned.” Women of color with warm/red undertones come in all shades. Ranging from a dark skinned South Asian (I will do a post on this in a couple of weeks) to a light skinned black woman. To the darkest E. African woman.
Most cosmetics companies make the mistake of putting too much red or too much yellow in their formulation when they create colors for women of color. The first makeup company to match me perfectly was Prescriptives–they no longer exist– and then Mac although Mac had me in NW45 for years and I could not figure out why I looked orange. Other companies that make great colors for all women are Illamasqua, Makeup Forever, Fashion Fair and Iman.
My choice of foundation is Mac Studio Sculpt. Its a gel based foundation, water resistant, light weight and it actually helps balance oil in the skin. Also Mac Fixed Fluid Foundation.
Bold Lip:
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