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Question:

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What type of foundation is best suited to each skin type?

Jessica Rox, via e-mail.

Answer:

When it comes to a foundation question, there’s no better person to answer it than Australian make-up artist Rebecca Morrice Williams, who devoted six years to creating her comprehensive range of correcting, perfecting and enhancing foundations and concealers in her Becca make-up collection.

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Here she gives the definitive guide to foundation and skin-type matching.

If you want long-lasting sheer coverage and have:

Oily skin:

Sheer liquid-to-powder products are suitable as well as sheer non-greasy stick foundations and sheer pressed powder types. Water-based foundations (which are generally the sheerest) can be used if a mattifying primer is used underneath and loose powder is used to set it.

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Dry skin:

Choose a water-based or sheer creamy stick foundation, with added shimmer pigments.

Normal to combination skin:

Choose a water-based liquid foundation that contains some oil or a sheer stick foundation.

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If you want long-lasting full coverage and have:

Oily skin:

Choose pressed powder foundations, matte (oil-free) liquid foundations or full coverage stick foundations with a matte finish.

Dry skin:

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Choose oil-based foundations, full coverage liquid foundations or full coverage sticks with a creamy finish.

Normal to combination skin:

Cream-to-powder foundations, pressed powder foundations or full coverage liquid and stick foundations.

The AWW Beauty Team

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