Keeping Things Base-ic...

Lately I've not really been feeling the heavy bases, shunning them for something a little bit lighter. Now I'm no stranger to the tinted moisturiser. In fact, it was NARS' offering that really got me into high quality makeup in the first place Here, however, I think I'm onto something special...

There's nothing quite like a bit of so-called 'foundation mixology' to create your perfect base. My skin's quite combo at the moment so I've been opting for a mix of two slightly lighter, fuller coverage TMs: Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturiser SPF 20 in Porcelain and the Garner BB Cream Miracle Skin Perfecter for Combination to Oily Skin in Light. The former is slightly too light, the latter slightly too dark, they have very complimentary textures and blend into the skin beautifully. I've got a feeling that this will be my go-to mix for Spring...

Next up on my line up is concealer. For about a year now my pick of the crop has been Laura Mercier Secret Camoflaugue. This lazy blend is excellent for covering blemishes and hyper pigmentation. I've not had the best luck with colour matches in the past, ranging from SC1 (way too pale!) to SC4 (way too dark!), but it is still an excellent and very usable concealer.

Lastly, I use Soap and Glory One Heck of a Blot to set my base in place. Not only is the name absolutely punderful (yes I just said punderful), it's a lovely fine-milled translucent powder that definitely helps my makeup to last through the day.

So there we are... A base-centric mix that can be added-to or taken-away from to keep you going until Spring.