How to Choose Right Mineral Makeup for Your Skin Tone?

Mineral makeup has recently become very popular. It is said to be kinder on skin as it doesn't contain harmful chemicals. Dermatologists suggest mineral makeup for sensitive skin prone to acne and rosacea. But choosing the right mineral makeup isn't an easy task. If you aren't careful about choosing the right shade you may end up making a makeup faux pas.

Mineral makeup is better than traditional makeup products on many counts. Its lighter, spreads evenly, stays longer and gives you a flawless complexion. Moreover, it is the right makeup option for acne prone skin. The zinc oxide and titanium dioxide have anti-inflammatory properties that help reducing irritation. Zinc and titanium dioxide were used in traditional sunscreen and therefore, mineral makeup offers sun protection as well.

Given the rising popularity, many popular brands have introduced their range of mineral makeup. They have also enhanced the color palette to cater to larger customer base. You can now easily find a mineral powder foundation or bronzer closer to your color.

To begin with you need to decide on your skin tone. If you already know it, then your task becomes easier. But if you don't, here are essential tips to determine it.

Population worldwide can majorly be divided in two skin tones - warm and cool. Anyone in between is neutral. Your skin tone is probably warm if you're of brown or dark complexion. The undertone of your skin is yellow and the veins at the inside of your hand appear blue. On the other hand, if your skin undertone is pink or red then it is cool.

Mineral makeup in general is very forgiving - means that it adapts to your skin tone once applied. So, you normally have wider options in choosing shades for mineral makeup.

Choosing mineral powder foundation

The method of choosing mineral powder foundation is very simple. Take a small amount of the foundation in your kabuki brushes (brushes used in applying mineral makeup) and apply at the inside of your hand. If it blends well then it's the right shade. However, it can be difficult to find the exact shade with mineral makeup. But you can always choose up to two shades lighter or darker and it will appear natural.

If yours is cool skin tone then you must choose mineral powder foundation with pink or blue undertone. Similarly, woman of warm skin tone must stick to colors closer to yellow or beige.

Foundation with neutral undertone will suit woman with neutral skin color.

The same rule of thumb also applies in choosing mineral bronzer or blush. Cool skin tone may stay close to peach and pink. Earth, beige and yellow shades will look good on woman of warm skin color. Users with neutral skin color have wider choices and they can select from pink to orange, to yellow shades of bronzer or blush.

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