Moisturiser: How To Use It In Four Ways Other Than The Obvious

1. ADJUSTABLE COVERAGE: MIX FOUNDATION WITH MOISTURISER

This technique makes it easier for you to adjust your foundation to the weather conditions and to your skins needs. On days that you need less coverage you can mix more moisturiser with the foundation. It blends easily with cream or liquid foundation and results in something like a tinted moisturizer depending on how much you place.

If you're looking for something heavier then simply apply a pea sized amount of your moisturiser for smoother application and more coverage.

*This technique results in healthy dewy looking skin.  

I got this foundation palette at Makeup Design Academy (Robinsons Galleria/ Mother Ignacia, Q.C.). It usually needs to be mixed with 244 fluid for a more liquid consistency but since they didn't have stock at the time I was studying there, I experimented with moisturisers mixing them with the cream foundation and I found that it worked just as well. The foundation resulted in a smoother liquid state making it easier to apply.

Cream Foundation (alone)

Cream Foundation (with moisturizer)

(Not completely blended out for comparison purposes. On the left side is the cream foundation without moisturiser)

Both blended with a Beauty Blender. The Cream Foundation with moisturiser was able to cover a larger area as compared to the one without. Plus, it took half the time to blend. When blended out fully, both still result in the same form of coverage. 

2. INTENSITY AND PRECISION: MIX EYEBROW POWDER WITH MOISTURISER

Dab your eyebrow brush on some moisturiser before placing brow powder for a clean line. Personally, I find that it works better than brow wax and it's perfect for simulating real brow hair.

Brow powder (alone) applied using MAC 208, a very excellent brush.

Dab some moisturizer.

As you can see, you get a cleaner, more saturated hue as compared to using brow powder alone. 

3. MIX WITH EYESHADOW TO CREATE EYELINER

This also works well if you want to use your eyeshadow as eyeliner. What I do is I take my MAC 208 brush and dab on some moisturiser before placing it on an eyeshadow of choice. The result is just like the one seen above. A very clean polished line perfect for creating strong and accurate liner looks. 

4. MIX WITH EYESHADOW FOR COLOUR INTENSITY

Moisturiser works like water as well so if you want your eyeshadow color to pop an extra mile than mix the two for more intensity. It helps when you don't have an eyeshadow primer on hand. I use moisturiser instead of water because you're practically combining the benefits of the moisturiser with the product you're using. Benefits that water lacks. 

I used Aubergine from Smashbox and applied it on with a MAC 219 brush. The one on the right is mixed with moisturizer and is evidently more saturated. 

NOTE: Do not drown your brushes with moisturizer otherwise it will just remove the makeup you're trying to apply. 

Hand Model: Corrine Barcelona