The Pros and Cons of SPF Makeup for Your Complexion

This attentive beauty took no chances with her complexion.

We subject our skin to damaging rays from the sun every time we leave our homes.  This is why it is so important to start with protecting our face with proper sun protection at an early age.  After all, the sooner we start, the less accumulated damage we can expect to experience later in life for a more youthful appearance.  Yet, is wearing SPF makeup alone enough to keep the skin safe?

The Method of Application May Hinder the SPF Benefit of Makeup

Though as helpful as SPF infused makeup may be or how high that SPF formula contains, you still may not be as protected as you think.  The reason is you may not be putting on enough of that SPF foundation or makeup if you tend to only apply it to certain spots on your face.  

You also need to think about how evenly you applied that SPF makeup.  If you used a brush, sponge or fingers, how well did you layer?  Are you confident your strokes were uniform to distribute the makeup adequately enough or more possibly in other areas?

Makeup Fades Away During the Day That Could Fail to Give You Ample SPF Protection

Since makeup rests on the top layer of the skin, it fades away quicker through the day, which alters that protection.  This does not mean that SPF makeup isn’t valuable to preserving your beauty, it just means you might want to always start first with a layer of a chemical sunscreen with at least SPF 30.

For more about using SPF and your makeup, you might want to read my earlier post.

A Simple Beauty Fix to Get a Tired, Morning Complexion Off to a Glowing Start

This beauty can't decide where to start first.

I don’t know how beautiful you look the first thing in the morning, but I need a cup of coffee before facing a mirror since I am far from glamorous when I wake up.  Due to my allergies, my eyes often are puffy or I have under eye darkness that is worse on some days than others to paler skin.  Now that you know my ugly secret, then I’ll share what I’ve been doing lately to help revive puffiness and less than glowing skin.

After I cleanse my face, I rinse with cold water and pat delicately to dry.  If my eyes are exceptionally puffy, I head to the kitchen for cucumber or potato slices to place over my eyes. Sometimes, I wet and substitute a tea bag. All these methods help reduce swelling. 

 Before I think about makeup, I apply my moisturizer and gently massage it in using small, circular strokes.   I keep this light pressure up for about four or five minutes is enough to stimulation circulation and more blood flow to the face.  Afterwards, I carefully tap the moisturizer into my skin to best deliver it.

A few extra minutes devoted to lightly massaging your face helps relax the muscles and get the complexion off to a glowing start.  When those facial muscles are less tense, there is more softness to the face and in the appearance of lines.  Try what I suggest here and you’ll notice a pleasing difference!

Burt’s Bees Goodness Glows Full Coverage Liquid Makeup–Buff (1015) and Linen Beige (1030) Review + Swatches!

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This mineral foundation treats skin with healthy ingredients and excellent coverage.

Natural beauty lovers have reason to rejoice.  After 33 years of helping us steer clear of synthetic and less than safe ingredients in mainly skin and lip care products, Burt’s Bees has expanded into makeup.  Today, I want to fill you in on their Goodness Glows Full Coverage Liquid Makeup that I had a chance to test recently.

These are the two of the lightest of the warm-toned shades.

The line has 12 shades and retails for $17.  The formula is 98.9% natural without parabens, phthalates, SLS, petrolatum or synthetic fragrances that could jeopardize health.  This liquid mineral foundation has wonderful moisturizing ingredients to aid the complexion and help promote luminosity from meadowfoam seed oil, sunflower oil and just to name a few humectants such as  honey, glycerin and squalane.  The product also has a sanitary pump for dispensing the foundation, which cuts down on bacteria and keeps it fresher longer.  

On the left is Linen Beige with Buff closest to my wrist.  Linen Beige is lighter upon blending it out.

The colors I tried were the fairest of the warm shades Buff 1015 and one shade deeper with Linen Beige 1030.  Depending on the brand, I usually range from Fair to Light with warm undertones.  On ULTA’s website, the color descriptions go from fair and jump straight to medium, skipping light, which is not accurate.  Linen Beige is light with warm undertones, (not a medium) as they labeled it.  This color was a close match for me.  Next time, I would like to try the Natural Beige with a tad more pink to it.  On the other hand, the Buff was a bit pale for me.  The only way that I could wear it would be by adding some extra color to my face with a blush.  The shades do run a bit lighter so keep that in mind.   

This is full-coverage foundation that blended and smoothed over my dry complexion beautifully.  At the same time, my skin felt soft and pampered and had a radiance that came through to the surface.  In the hours that I wore it, this foundation never caked up in spots or migrated to settle in my laugh lines or produce an excessive shine.  I really thought it was a great foundation for performance, health, and price.

I don’t know how this foundation would be for anyone with an oily complexion.  All I can say is if your skin is normal to dry skin like mine and you are looking for a wonderful new and healthier foundation without overspending, you can’t beat Burt’s Bees Goodness Glows Full Coverage Liquid Makeup.  Look for it at your local drugstore or wherever you buy Burt’s Bees products because you’ll love it! 

Are You Unknowingly Your Skin’s Worst Enemy?

This beauty is surprised at what she may have overlooked for perfect skin.

You try to eat a healthy, balanced diet, get enough sleep and never slack when it comes to proper skin care and maintenance of your complexion.  Then why does your skin occasionally still break out you may wonder when there are no health issues such as out of balance hormones to blame? You can’t understand what is wrong.

After all, you take great effort to throughly cleanse your face and moisturize with quality products.  Even so, think about your hands and all that you touch during an average day like your phone, keyboards, makeup brushes, handbags, keys, money, towels, etc., which all are breeding grounds for bacteria.

Despite washing your hands often, you can’t always remember keeping them from finding your face.  How often do you innocently scratch an itch, rub your eyes or push some hair off your forehead, tap a finger to your cheek in thought or nervous frustration? This list can go on, but my point is there are times you can be sabotaging your complexion without your knowledge.  With every touch, you transfer bacteria to your skin and work against yourself. 

If you are guilty of doing this, then try washing your hands more often and make a conscious effort to control that urge. Another way to safeguard your face is by wiping down your keyboard, keys and phone with sanitizer. This also helps cut down more bacteria for those unexpected times that you might slip and touch your face again.

Change your face towel often, preferably daily  since bacteria multiples into the millions within the span of only a week.  If you hate to do all that washing, then I suggest a clean face wash cloth to substitute as your face towel to dry.  You’ll have less laundry than a face towel and they stack better in your linen closet.  

Sometimes, life can get chaotic that you can forget how important cleaning makeup brushes, sponges and sponge applicators are in regard to your skin.  Instead, try to wash your tools every week.  Pick a day on your calender and stick to it.  

Being too overly clean washing your face is just as bad as not washing it enough.  You could be overstimulating the skin to produce more oil, causing those break outs.  

Just as detrimental is how you scrub your face when you cleanse.  Using too much pressure can stretch the skin and lead to wrinkles over time.  Another mistake is exfoliating with a scrub or peel with too harsh a product or too often.  Skin needs time to rebuild once dead cells are removed.

Eyes creams are something you should take seriously with how delicate this skin is. Without them, you can be prone to earlier under eye creasing.  Still, you can run into problems with thick eye creams that can block sebaceous glands in this area. A somewhat thinner consistency over a heavier ointment like cream is less likely to cause skin problems.  Look for a multitasking product that can help you stay on top of your beauty. A good one should hydrate, protect with SPF and brighten under eye darkness in one formula. 

There are other factors that can play a part in the condition of your complexion.  There is stress, smoking and excess sugar that all could be contributing to what is going on with your skin.  However, this is a start to just some possibilities of why your skin could be suffering and how to go about reversing it! 

How to Easily Adapt the Level of Your Powder Foundation Coverage From the Same Compact!

You'll be surprised at how much additional coverage you'll get from that same powder foundation once you try this tip.

Some people feel that powder foundations can’t compare to the amount of coverage that you can expect from liquid forms.  However, I tend to disagree because with the right brush and technique that product will provide you with heavier, fuller coverage just as easily as it would for lighter coverage just by switching out brushes and varying your method of application.

Swirling your brush into the powder foundation and dusting it on gives you more sheer coverage.  

On the other hand, if you need heavier coverage, then it is simpler than you expect.  What I do is get a flat-top foundation brush and tap, tap, tap into the powder foundation. This technique guarantees that the most powder adheres to the brush over that typical random swirling that you might usually do.  Afterwards, I take that loaded brush and slowly press into the skin before finally giving my face light buffing.

I promise if you try this powder foundation makeup tip you’ll be amazed at how much additional coverage that same foundation will give you.  It’s like you now have two different coverages in one foundation compact!

Mally Beauty’s NEW Shimmer, Shape & Glow Palettes Review

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This is the DEEPER that brings peach tones to life.

One makeup product that can do it all to get your complexion healthy, glowing, and looking as if you got just enough color from the sun comes is the new Shimmer, Shape & Glow Palettes from Mally Beauty.  PR graciously sent both the LIGHTER and DEEPER versions for this review.

I thought the original Shimmer, Shape & Glow was a well-thought out product for defining the face with blushing, highlighting and contouring to make the application foolproof for even those that never attempted highlighting and contouring.  Yet, Mally Roncal really knows how to step up the game with this new verison.

Here is LIGHTER that  has beautiful cool pink tones.

Just like the original, the tones of the LIGHTER and DEEPER palettes are what really distinguishes them from each other and not the strength of their color.  The LIGHTER palette is more about rosy pink tones.  On the other hand, the DEEPER one is warm and peachy beautiful at its best.  Regardless of your preference, both have a delicate satin sheen brought to their full glory with a soft shimmering highlight.

Though I honestly think either palette could compliment any complexion, I do find the DEEPER really enhances my fair to light coloring with yellow undertones exceptionally well.  Those with a cooler skin tone probably would equally fall in love with LIGHTER, if you had to narrow your choice down to one.

Honestly though, I don’t think that you would want to have to decide on just one of these palettes with how you can change your look.  My advice is just save yourself from a difficult choice by getting both.  You'll find a lot of great use from those Mally Beauty New Shimmer, Shape & Glow Palettes ($40) so check them out!  

Mally Beauty Effortlessly Airbrushed Blush and Highlighter (Pretty Pink, Stardust) Review

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These Mally Beauty glow-getters can really help your look.

Blush and lipstick are two beauty essentials that I would be hard pressed to live without. I couldn’t go a day without them for the life that they can return to a pale face.  Unless you are fortunate to wake up with perfect coloring, you might not value the importance of those products in the same way as the rest of us that need to help our beauty along.  Now it’s easy to understand why I am so smitten with a new one from Mally Beauty with her Effortlessly Airbrushed Blush and Highlighter that PR sent me recently.

Pretty Pink is a cooler, deeper pink, a blend of mauve and magenta. Stardust is a shimmery champagne shade.   At first glance, I thought the color might overwhelm my fair coloring until I tried it with that double-ended brush I found inside.  

I used the black end that had slightly more hairs and would be less for the dark pigment to stain in comparison to the white end when working with this blush.  What I did was apply it sparingly and gradually built it up until this silky powder with a creamier feel than you might expect melded into my skin with enough of that dramatic color to look as it always has been a part of me.  Actually, the effect of this deep pink against my light skin and dark hair was more flattering than I expected.  

The small round with that Stardust highlighter was simply gorgeous once I dusted some on.  I used the white end of my brush for this highlighter. I hardly used much because this packs a lot of glow so keep that in mind, but it was nice for emphasizing cheekbones.

This three-piece Effortlessly Airbrushed Blush and Highlighter set that you can find at ULTA Beauty is a nice value at $35.  At Mally Beauty the Effortlessly Airbrushed Blush alone is $24. Check it out!

PUR HydraFluid Water Serum Foundation (Light) Review + Swatch

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You'll love the fresh coverage and weightless feel this foundation has.

Given the fact that I have a dry complexion, I was eager to try PUR HydraFluid Water Serum Foundation. The idea of a serum enriched foundation to boost the skin’s radiance through an enriched encapsulated water complex formula intrigued me that I had to see for myself what this product could do.

What else is interesting is that HydraFluid ($39) has no oil, but PUR’s Ceratin Complex as well as that Swiss Alps-sourced mineral water for improving skin’s overall smoothness as it firms and lifts.  The formula also has aloe vera and free radical fighting, vitamin E for healing and soothing, but no actual sunscreen.

Something else that is different is the long clear slender tip that this foundation has compared to a wider mouth bottle or pump dispenser that releases more than a drop at a time.  This prevents any waste of pouring or pumping out too much foundation, which I thought was great.  However, impatient ladies may think the slow way this product comes out takes too long.

Light was the best color for me among the five shades in this line.  It has some warmth, but not overly peach as you will see from my swatch.

Here is the Light shade that I swatched.

Once I sampled it, I was amazed at how lightweight HydraFluid felt on my skin.  Instead, it reminded me more of a BB cream that perfected and smoothed the look of my face.  The only difference was this foundation has a thinner consistency than BB cream or your typical liquid foundation.  Still, it certainly delivered with wonderful hydrating coverage that left me with a beautiful dewy finish that held up without settling into my laugh lines or disappointing me through the rest of my day.

If you need coverage, but hate how most foundations bog your skin down and are searching for a product capable of making you look fresh and natural, give PUR HydraFluid Water Serum Foundation a shot, especially if have dry skin.  I'm betting that you will love it once you do!

How Not to Need So Many Different Shades of Foundation to Match Your Skin Each Season!

This tip can save money and the health of your skin to keep it beautiful.

Who doesn’t have this problem of needing different shades of foundation just to match their current skin color?  Depending on the season, we can be palest in the winter when our skin isn’t exposed much to the elements.  The more the weather warms, the more our complexions start to pick up more color until reaching our darkest shade in the summer.  

However, there are ways to save money and accumulating too many foundations at one time that you might want to try.  Spending less is always great, but more importantly is how much healthier you can keep your skin since using old foundations could subject it to products compromised with bacteria.  Decluttering your makeup bag or vanity also makes your life run smoother with fewer unneeded products to root through.

What you might want to do is to take your normal shade foundation, a liquid highlighter and a shimmery liquid bronzer.  When your skin is the palest in the winter, adding a drop of the liquid highlighter can help give the foundation a healthier glow.  The same goes when your complexion darkens more as the weather heats up.  Just add a drop of the bronzer to change and warm up the foundation. Self-adjusting these products can get you by through the seasons once you see how easy it is alter that foundation shade.

Another suggestion that I found helpful is buying two bottles of liquid foundations (the typical light shade you would use and the foundation shade that you would normally wear when your skin darkens through summer).  All you need to do is to take a few drops of each in the palm of your hand.  By custom mixing the two foundations together, you can experiment with the number of drops needed to find that perfect shade. 

I hope you try this because it saves both on your beauty budget and the health of your complexion!

NEW One’n Only Argan Oil Facial Skin Care Line Review

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You might want to check out these affordable anti-aging products.

Maintaining a beautiful complexion can get pricey as we all know.  However, I recently became acquainted with a very affordable line from One’n Only Argan Oil with their new launch of facial skin care products that deserve your attention.

Their Argan Oil Cream Cleanser ($9.99) is gentle enough to remove stubborn makeup while lavishing the skin with creamy moisture from argan oil as well as a fruit derived AHA + Peptide Complex.  This cleanser is one that you tissue off before rinsing away and washing.  Those with dry skin such as mine would really like the way this product got rid of daily makeup grime and soothed the skin.

Mally Beauty Glowing Goddess Luminizer and Stippling Brush Review–For Enviable Skin That You’ll Love!

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This luminizer helps skin to appear naturally fresh and lit from within.

If you want a secret trick product that can help brighten to make your complexion look younger, it is highlighter to lift and wake up certain sections of the face.  One that I think is a great find is Mally Beauty’s Glowing Goddess Luminizer that I have been obsessed with lately for how naturally it can make light play off the skin.

This Glowing Goddess Luminizer ($29) is a lightweight powder complete with vitamins and antioxidants that gives the skin delicate sheen, not overloading it with obvious chunks of glitter. As a result, I thought my complexion looked fresh and alive like it sprang from within judging by that dewy finish this highlighter was capable of.  The color is universal, basically a nearly transparent ray of golden light that any skin tone can benefit from for working its magic.
  

Laura Geller Beach Matte Baked Hydrating Bronzer (Sunrise Fair) and Baked Body Frosting (Tahitian Glow) Bronzer Review + Swatches!

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Sunrise Fair is ideal for fair to light skin.

Let’s face it, but this is the time of year when our complexions look the palest after being cooped indoors during winter.  A simple way to warm up your complexion and get that sun-kissed kind of glow is through the help of bronzers.  Laura Geller PR sent me two different varieties with their Beach Matte and Baked Body Frosting for me to test.             

The Beach Matte Baked Hydrating Bronzer ($33) I sampled was their lightest shade in Sunrise Fair.  This was subtle, neutral cool beige-brown that has hydrating extracts and antioxidants. The result is a very smooth textured powder that clings wonderfully to the skin to deliver a great natural glow. What else I liked was that I could use this product to contour my face also.  

Age-Proof Your Look--Mally Beauty Face Defender BB Cream Foundation SPF 15 (Light) Review + Swatches!

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In addition to skin care, you'll love the amount of coverage this Mally Face Defender BB Cream Foundation has!

The more you age, the more care that you’ll want to take with choosing the right foundation to suit your skin’s demanding needs.  If you intend to keep your complexion velvety smooth and flawless while protecting it from the elements, I found that a hard-working BB cream is a great way to go with all the benefits it offers, especially for older, dry complexions.

I always loved Mally Beauty’s foundations for their beautiful color matching and coverage, but never got around to trying their BB cream until the Mally Face Defender BB Cream Foundation SPF 15 (Light) arrived for this review.

This is a swatch of the Light shade of the Mally Face Defender BB Cream Foundation.

Though I tried quite a few products of this type, the Mally Beauty Face Defender BB Cream Foundation was one of the best. Besides how lightweight it felt, this oil-free formula melted and blended into the skin to perfect my complexion’s look, this BB cream had impressive coverage for how it doubled almost as a concealer.  

My tool of choice was a flat-top foundation brush for applying.  All I needed was squeezing a small amount and then dabbed a few spots on my forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin before buffing in a circular motion.

I got to say that my skin had a slightly dewy radiance without any caking into my fine creases or laugh lines. Furthermore, this product had the ability to keep my face looking fresh without the need to touch up with any face powder throughout the hours that I wore it. 

If you’re aging and want to do it gracefully or just want a foundation-like skin care product, which can protect, treat, moisture and still deliver great coverage, I can’t be more pleased with Mally Beauty Face Defender BB Cream Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 15 ($40).  Check it out because it is one of my favorites!  

Rouge Bunny Rouge Spring 2017 Face Products Review + Swatches–To Refresh and Rejuvenate Your Beauty!

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Rouge Bunny Rouge Spring 2017 face products 

If you want to give your beauty a boost this spring, you can always count on luxury beauty brand, Rouge Bunny Rouge, to help your face bloom through their skin-pleasing cosmetic formulas and mastery of colors. Today, I wanted to share my experience with a few of their face products with the Milk Aquarelle Liquid Foundation ($57), Cheeks in Bloom Blush Wand ($31), Loves Lights Highlighting Powder ($48), Diaphanous Impalpable Finishing Powder ($43), Powder Brush ($54), and Foundation Brush ($35).

Vary the Effects of Your Liquid Foundation With Just Two Tools!

Change the tool--and change your look!

Our complexions change periodically due to the seasons or what’s going on internally in our bodies.  As a result, the look we are trying to achieve from our foundation might some thought to meet the new demands of our face.  Instead of replacing a current foundation, altering our makeup tools can often do the same thing.

For instance, a sponge or beauty blender is what you need to create a sheer look.  Being porous, the sponge, however, sucks up more foundation than your fingers or a brush unlike a beauty blender, which absorbs less. Therefore, lightly dab that loaded sponge or blender and press the foundation into the skin slowly until you get the desired coverage.  Blotting gives you better control of the foundation that you’re laying down. The technique is also much better than using a sweeping motion with your sponge, which can leave streaks of the foundation on your face. 

Rimmel #Insta Flawless Perfecting Radiant Skin Tint (Light Medium) Review + SWATCH!

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This skin tint is a new way to gain that radiant glow to your complexion.

Rimmel has a new skin tint foundation product with SPF 15 that I had a chance to sample.  #Insta Flawless Perfecting Radiant Skin Tint comes in two shades of Light Medium, the one I thought was best for my fair to light complexion and a deeper shade of Medium Dark.

The color is slightly darker than you might expect and has a glowy finish.  The Light Medium has somewhat of a bronze cast, more like a summer shade that I use after spending time in the sun.  Nonetheless, the depth of this color does sheer out so keep that in mind.

Josie Maran Vibrancy Argan Oil Foundation Fluid (Dynamic, Euphoric) Review + SWATCHES!

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This is Dynamic ($45).

This is Euphoric ($45).

Everyone wishes that they could wake up every morning to look naturally amazing.  However, most of us aren’t that fortunate when it comes to perfection.  Thus, it always helps to have great skin care and cosmetics that can transform us from blah to beautiful like Josie Maran Vibrancy Argan Oil Foundations that PR sent for this review.

All the skin care benefits this particular foundation has with argan oil, shea butter, aloe, vitamin E, squalane, rapeseed, blueberry fruit extract among its other ingredients along with raw pigments for complete healthy coverage really appealed to me.  

Rimmel BB Cream Radiance (Light) Review

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 Rimmel BB Cream Radiance delivers more of a natural fresh finish.

What I like about BB creams is that they do what normal foundations do for coverage, only with added skin care benefits of smoothing, toning, moisturizing and evening out the complexion all in one product.  I had never tried Rimmel’s BB Creams yet so I thought to start with their BB Cream Radiance.

Two shades are available from Light to Medium, but I thought Light would be the best option for my fair to light complexion.  The shade was a good choice because it matched my warm tone without being too yellow or pink, but more neutral.

Unlike some other BB creams that I had tried in the past, this one from Rimmel had a thicker than thinner consistency.  The texture felt light on the skin.  The coverage I got was light and natural looking, but you can layer if needed for extra concealing.

When I initially applied the BB Cream Radiance in the morning it did smooth and give my dry complexion a slightly dewy finish without looking obvious like I was wearing a foundation for the hours I wore it.  I don’t know how this formula will work for someone with an oily complexion, but for me it did what I needed to perfect the look of my skin.

I liked this Rimmel BB Cream Radiance for what it did for me, but if you prefer more of a matte finish there is another Rimmel BB Cream Matte and their Original BB Cream, which I haven’t tried yet.

Mally Beauty Shimmer, Shape & Go Sticks (3-Piece Face Defining System) Review

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These chubby sticks pack a lot of  useful beauty power. 

Regardless of your face shape, I believe every face can benefit from contouring, highlighting as well as blush to give it definition.  Through shadow and light, you can almost rearrange bone structure to perfect a face and enhance it further through beautiful, healthy color.  

Unlike Mally Beauty’s original Shimmer, Shape & Go in the powder form, this 3-Piece Face Defining System comes in three sticks of contour, highlight, and blush in Lighter or Darker shades also.  Though I loved that first set and made that fact known in my review, I must admit I am even more excited over the same system that was PR kindly sent for my review in stick form.

My set is the Lighter system.  What I did was to start with the champagne chubby highlighter by creating a C shape on cheekbones to the brow area. This gave a lovely glow. Next, I sucked in my cheeks and went with the subtle contour beige-tan shade there and under my jaw line, starting from my ear to work my way down to slim.  I rolled the rosy warm pink stick on the apples of my cheeks and admired how well the color brightened my face.

If truth is known, there are so many reasons why I love this new version of Shimmer, Shape & Go even more.  They can give the complexion more dewy luminosity compared to the powder.  Besides that, they can save time by how quickly they apply.  The formula is creamy and blends effortlessly into the skin for a warmer, authentic application.  My final reason is these sticks don’t take up much space whether in my handbag or makeup bag.

If you’re thinking of new holiday makeup or looking for cosmetic gifts, then I recommend Mally Beauty’s Shimmer, Shape & Go Sticks because they really are incredible! 

Laura Geller Double Take Baked Versatile Powder (Fair) & Baked Balance-n-Glow Foundations (Porcelain) Review

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You can use Double Take dry or wet  and adapt to your current complexion needs.

Some powder foundations may not give you the coverage that you had hoped for or be luminous enough to satisfy your needs. Yet, Laura Geller Double Take Versatile Powder and Baked Balance-n-Glow Foundations among the others foundations that the company sent me to test are what any woman would welcome for a great looking complexion.