• Use a matte liquid foundation or a powder foundation instead of a moisturising liquid or cream format.
The best way to limit oiliness is to first add no more oily stuff! By this, I mean try to limit the number of layers of creams you use. You may be able to skip the moisturiser and apply just a liquid toner then sunscreen, like I do. Save the serums and creams for night time, when looking like an oil-slick is not an issue.
And while we're at it, let's avoid regular, dewy foundations and get something with matte-power! Either a mineral powder foundation or a very matte liquid foundation.
If you have not used a matte foundation before, on your first try, you might find the foundtion dries to a powdery finish, before you're finished blending, leaving you with a cakey, streaky mess. If this happens, don't give up - just do it differently. With very matte liquid foundations, you may not be able to slap it on and rub it like you would a moisturiser. You may find you need to workly more quickly, applying it and smoothing out one area on your face at a time. Once applied, look for any patchy areas, and use a buffing motion with your foundation brush (or pressing motion with your fingers/sponge) to get a smoother finish.
• If you like to set your liquid foundation with a powder or use it to control shine, use loose powder instead of pressed.
Loose powder is messier, but the ingredients that keep pressed powder in the cake form can add a slick feel to skin, so pressed powders are best for those with normal to slightly dry skin.
Bonus tip: Choose a mineral powder foundation as your 'shine control' loose powder. When you set your liquid foundation a powder foundation, you'll get added coverage when you dust this on to control shine!
Warning: most bronzers are shimmery. Shimmer equals shine, which equals an oily look. The main ingredients that add shimmer to powder products are mica and bismuth oxychloride. If you want to add colour to your face, choose a boring, matte bronzer with absolutely no shimmer.
Why? Because a real tan doesn't sparkle.
IF you are tempted to use an all-over illuminating powder on your face to add radiance - just remember you've already got it! Or, at least, after a few hours of makeup wear, you will. And glitter is for 12 year-olds. Honestly, an all-over 'illuminator' won't make you look younger - only harder-working.
Highlighting your cheekbones with a shimmer powder is still a wonderful technique that adds a little youthfulness and glamour to your look while creating the much-coveted look of prominent cheekbones...but keep it strictly to the cheekbones at the sides of your face. Don't apply it too close to the centre - keep the apples of your cheeks free from shimmer.
Eyeshadows with shimmer are fine. Have fun with pearl, shimmer and metallic eye colours if they don't play up lines around your eyes. And a glossed lip is always pretty. These touches of shine are ideal for adding glamour to an otherwise matte face.
Parting thought: Shine is magnified in photos. Here's a photo of a ball makeup I did in 2012. Left: With camera flash on. Right: In natural light.
If you have your natural glow on and you're about to go in front of a camera, powder that puppy down!
Is there such a thing as "too matte"? When you have very oily skin, no. For those with oil-slick faces like myself, if your made up face starts the day looking a little chalky and possibly 'too matte', it's probably perfect for all-day wear. By midday you'll be just right as the makeup softens with the oils on your face, then by afternoon you may be shiny and in need of a blot and powder touch-up.
Happy mattifying!
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