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The beauty industry’s biggest con

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Mumoftwo52 · 13/04/2025 20:34

I truly believe that one of the beauty industry’s biggest cons is making women believe they need to wear foundation. Whenever I say this to friends they reply ‘oh but I definitely need foundation for discolouration / spots’ but SO many women wear foundation when they have perfectly lovely skin. I just don’t get it?

Watch celeb / model / influencer skincare/makeup routines and they always use foundation. Even if you have the odd spot or red patch, doesn’t it look better to use concealer? I think foundation often looks cakey and really obvious on the skin.

Obviously people can and should use what they like on their face, but it saddens me to think people feel like they need to wear foundation when their skin is perfectly fine!

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Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 16/04/2025 07:55

@FeatherDawn you're unlikely to be getting anywhere near the claimed spf of the product on your skin from a light application of a sheer tinted moisturiser. You need a separate suncream of spf 30 or above for sufficient protection.

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