Finding the best foundation to suit your skin tone can be very tough. Many stores do not give you the chance to try the samples and even if they do, you certainly need to have the time to understand if the formula is right for your skin. How does one go about this? Here is some easy guide to find that perfect skin foundation shade for you before buying the foundation.

Opt for the formula for your skin type
Remember no matter the texture or color of your skin, every skin has a foundation! Whether your skin is oily, dry or acne-prone or whether you are light-skinned or dark or wheatish – it really does not matter. What really matters is the formula of the foundation.

For example:

• If your skin is dry, going for a liquid foundation or stick foundation will be a good option because it will be creamy and it would contain moisturizing properties.
• If your skin is oily, the best is to opt for a powder foundation that will absorb the excess shine caused on account of the oil and leaves a matte look.
• However, dealing with combination skin is certainly tricky but all you need to do is to be careful about it. You may have to buy two types of foundation in that case – both the liquid and dry powder version and use the former on the dry patches and latter on the oily patches of your skin.

To conclude, when it comes to the formula of the foundation type, do not just with the beauty lingo which could be confusing, i.e., labels can be misleading.

Learn about the ingredients
Foundations have to work on us for a long time. Therefore it is important that over a period of time, you understand the ingredients in detail. For example, it would be good if salicylic acid is present in your foundation for those with acne-prone skin. The acid has the ability to fight-zits. Flaky and dry skin could benefit from the use of a serum-infused foundation so that it could stay moisturized and enable the glow to be retained. There are also a lot of people who prefer not to use sunscreen but instead go for a foundation that has SP.

Mixing colors to get the right shade
You could create your own foundation by mixing a few shades of foundation! All you got to do is add a few drops of the darker shade of foundation in a bottle and then mix the lighter foundation. Shake it properly and keep gradually adding the desired shade until you get the perfect shade.

Shop from stores that take returns
This could be the best advice given! It is not that every store allows you to return just in case you bought yourself the wrong shade. Perhaps Sephora and CVS encourage returns by having a liberal return policy. Therefore, it is important that you first inquire if the store is open to returning.

The trick to buying foundationn is to keep experimenting. Even if you fail the first few times, it really does not matter. Make sure you understand you skin (skin tone and skin type) well.