How to Fake Perfect Skin - Part 3

In our final instalment on faking perfect skin, we look at achieving greater coverage or a holiday glow. Have you ever tried mineral powder? It's light, gives a pretty glow and has ingredients like jojoba seed oil that are good for your skin.

Jourdan Dunn at Anna Sui

MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish Natural (£18.50) is described as a 'luxurious domed face powder with minerals, slowly baked to provide a dimensional yet natural matte finish and give perfect low coverage.' Colours in the range include 'dark’ and ‘deep dark’ which can be used on a variety of brown skin tones.

MAC mineral powder lasts a long time and feels as natural as your own skin. Wear with lipstick (£13.50) the same colour as your lip for a nude look. We particularly like their colours ‘mocha’ and ‘kinda sexy’ for a natural looking matte pink with peachy and brown tones.

To create contour and shape to your face, use a blush one shade darker than your skin tone. Remember you want a natural look so avoid pink shades as tempting as it may be! In keeping with our healthy skin mission, try NARS Cream Blush (£20.50) which contains vitamin E. Apply with finger tips or a foundation brush under the cheekbones to give the illusion of a slimmer face.

If you use a powder blush, be sure to use a brush with natural bristles. Shu Uemura do a good one which is designed for contouring and highlighting the cheek area. For an extra healthy Caribbean holiday glow, use Bobbi Brown Bronzer (£24) in ‘Barbados Tan’ (they have a versatile range of warm natural colours) for a summer glow in the winter and amazing skin in the summer!

Define brows with Benefit Brows-a-go-go (£26.50) shaping kit. Eyeshadow for your brows is the most natural way to define brows. Makeup artists and celebrities hardly use brow pencil these days! Curl lashes with the award winning Shu Uemura lash curler (£20) and finish with a small amount of mascara to define the eyes. Benefit BADgal lash (£16.50) in black is amazing!

Now you’re a natural beauty!

We hope you found this useful. If you have any questions regarding beauty products, skin care advice or makeup methods, please contact Kemi – our professionally trained make up artist.