Best dewy foundation that doesn’t gather on my skin! Aged 43

[Gettingonabitnow]

Hi

Used to use Bare Minerals tinted moisturiser but need a bit more coverage. Just wasted over £50 on two of the best selling Clinique foundations, one which made my skin very dry, the other gathers over patches.

Generally my skin is good, just struggle to get on with foundation!

thank you x

Another vote for Maybelline Super Stay Skin Tint Foundation.
Someone recommended it on a similar thread maybe a year or so ago. I tried it, and I haven't looked back since. It is very reasonably priced, and for me it outperforms the more expensive high-end foundations I have tried.

Hydraluminous all day long for me. But any foundation works better on well prepped skin. I have combination skin and I cleanse, use serum and moisturiser and leave a good 20 mins before make up. I use a damp sponge and a brush and it looks seamless.

I’m 45 and use Hourglass tinted veil moisturiser - it’s pricey but great.

I used to use clinque and Armani but felt they were too heavy. I don’t like full coverage anymore I find it ages me

@smoothandsmooth I'd love some tips on using the Hourglass palette. I just spent a fortune on the limited edition one and I look like like a traffic light 😮

@Ichangedmynameonce I think I have the original palette, there’s a pinkish powder, a highlighter and a bronzer. I run the highlighter down the middle of my nose and high on my cheekbones up to the temples and use the pink everywhere else (although I usually avoid my blush, which is either lipstick rubbed in or benefit Dallas or Willa powder). If it feels a bit too much I then dab a tiny bit of powder (it’s Chantercaille, I think it’s the perfecting powder) under the inner area of my eyes down the side of my nostrils and the crease of my chin. I don’t like powder (the hourglass doesn’t feel like powder to me but the chantercaille does) and it looks terrible on my skin these days so I use the same hourglass brush to buff it in.

It makes those areas lightly matt and takes away the chantercaille caked look, plus softening the glow of the hourglass ambient.

My makeup usually has to last from the afternoon in to evening but if I’m doing a lighter day time look I’ll use the highlighter as before and then buff the pink in to most areas but avoid between my eyebrows and my chin.

I have pale skin/dark hair and even though I do get a slight tan in summer I rarely touch the bronzer. Bronzers almost always look wrong on me.

Thank you, that's really helpful

I’ve tried so many over the years. A lot of brands don’t work with pink toned skin. My favourites are Haus Labs and By Terry. Amazing, light, serum consistency and dewy.