00:00All right, this is a swatch of foundation on my hand. I'm going to show you how different brushes
00:04will apply product differently and maybe talk about why there's pros and cons to each.
00:11So this is a foundation brush, typical foundation brush, designed to sort of paint product on
00:15in a full coverage way. I just picked up probably a little bit too much, so let me just disperse
00:20it
00:20back into my... I am wasting product right now, but for the nature of experimentation.
00:26A foundation brush is designed to sort of paint and sweep and sort of keep the product
00:31in its most full coverage. So effectively, if you want the most coverage out of a product,
00:36a brush like this is ideal. Also a brush like this is ideal if you're sort of going
00:41everywhere. Now if you're going to try and cover a similar way, but maybe you don't want to cover
00:46as much ground, I like to take a buffing brush. This is like a small little smudgy buffing brush
00:51and I like to apply it wherever the areas are where I've got redness or discoloration
00:57and just sort of get the product into the brush first and then maneuver it around. And you can see
01:02I get this really nice effortless way. This is my preferred application method for any foundation,
01:09is to sort of get it into a brush first. You can't typically get a product into a brush like
01:13this as easy as you can with something like this because the bristles are thick and fluffy and long,
01:17whereas these are quite superficial and the product would just sit on the surrounding part of the
01:21brush and then you're just sweeping and sweeping around. So that's kind of what the benefit of this
01:26brush is. Benefit of this brush also the size really allows for you to get in and around the corners.
01:31And the size of this is equally as good because it allows for you to sort of, you know, you
01:35can use
01:36this brush for example with a foundation to make like, you know, a really intense sort of line of
01:42complexion product which just gave me a really enhanced jaw. I would let this settle in, or a
01:48cheekbone even, I would let this settle in or I would dry it with a fan and then I would
01:51buff it with
01:52a different brush just to blend away the excess so that I still have that sort of cut kind of
01:57look
01:58that's a bit stronger than this side. Now what I wouldn't use for foundation is a brush like this
02:02because this is too big and it's not going to give me any control and it's going to make the
02:05product go
02:05in my hair and on my eyes, in my brows, so a brush like this is way too big. You
02:10could use a brush like this
02:11which is duo fiber which is going to do a whole other different thing all over again because the
02:14bristles are sort of wispy. It's going to apply the product in a way that sort of adds kind of
02:20paint strokes similarly to this. So in my opinion this is again a little bit more work but this is
02:26probably better if you want somewhere between this and this because this is targeted but you can
02:33really stretch it. This is opaque and you sort of blend it around. This is kind of somewhere in the
02:39middle where you just sort of use the fluffiness and the sort of wispiness of those bristles to get
02:43this sort of wisping of product. It's also going to be a little bit more on the surface here as
02:49opposed to here it's kind of removing more effectively. This is going to give you um the most full coverage
02:58arguably still full coverage. This is going to sort of still leave you with that like
03:04I can't explain the word that I'm thinking. The size of the brush obviously is like going to do
03:09a lot of spatial coverage um but I think that this side looks more like part of me whereas this
03:14side
03:14I think looks more makeupy. And then believe it or not you can use a brush like this to apply
03:18your
03:18foundation. It will take you a minute but what I encourage you to do is prime it into a brush
03:23and
03:24just sort of I'm going to use my eyelids because they're very veiny today as a reference point.
03:27I'm just taking what's in that brush that I just sort of primed with a bit of that foundation.
03:32The foundation that I'm using for reference is the new Porefessional one from Benefit. Um
03:38I'm having a tickle. Excuse me. The colour isn't right for me. I also don't love the formula. It's fine.
03:43It's just like very very matte and very long wear and it feels a bit like paint on your face
03:48but it's
03:48good for the demonstration of this. But if you love like a full coverage foundation then you might love
03:52it and if you feel like your pores are big you might love it. I don't think makeup is the
03:56solve to
03:56large pores. I think application preference. I think application technique is. So I'll come to that
04:01in a sec. But a small eyeshadow brush like this. This foundation is all over me. A small foundation
04:06eyeshadow brush like this is also a really really great tool. This is the same one I used on this
04:10side. I just hadn't finished elaborating because I got that tickle in my throat. It's a great tool
04:14because it allows for you to really sort of target where the complexion is the most sort of rich
04:19or the most full coverage as well as then spreading it out and through. And I don't know
04:25whether you just noticed what I what just happened. So when I started to tap and pull I started to
04:29get
04:29creases in my foundation. So it was because I was pulling too hard and I was basically creasing and
04:36folding my skin because of the pressure of my hand and therefore my makeup was sort of making marks and
04:42lines. Almost like if I was to go over these. Let me just if I was to do this and
04:50then not blend it I
04:51would have sort of makeup not inside of the lines. You sort of want the makeup inside of the lines
04:56if
04:56that makes sense. This video might be so confusing for so many people. I hope it's not. This color
05:01foundation is so wrong. It's the shade 10 neutral. Now another brush that you can use for foundation
05:06depending on what it is that you're trying to do is a little flat brush like this which is
05:10effectively a concealer brush or a cream eyeshadow brush. I'm just going to use this again and I'm
05:14just going to go just around my brows. So I like this kind of brush with a full coverage foundation
05:19because it allows for you to again target complexion only where you need it. So if you've
05:26just got a pimple here or a pimple there you sort of just I'm using my palm for my finger
05:31just to erase
05:32excess. But it's this one's also this type of brush is really great for things like hyperpigmentation.
05:37I mean this foundation did an okay job of covering this hyperpigmentation but the color of
05:40the foundation is super wrong so it's not really right. I would need to color correct that with
05:44something a little bit warmer before I went on with a neutral foundation. And that's kind of it.
05:49Those are just the tips. The size of the brush and the density of the density of the brush matters.
05:54I think this is my favorite side. This is my second favorite side. I don't love the chin application
06:00area but also it's an area that's not troublesome with pores and discoloration. I do want to show you the
06:08enlarged pores thing. No matter what brush you use with enlarged pores it doesn't really matter.
06:14If you go like that and then you're like my pores look bigger. My pores do look bigger right there.
06:20I can see more texture. It's just because I haven't finished blending. Sometimes there's you know of
06:24course there's like more enlarged pores. I don't have the most enlarged pores in the world but
06:29you know there's certain things that you can't really cover with makeup. Those things are eye bags
06:35because eye bags are volume not color. You can only really cover color. You can't really cover texture
06:42as much. And so I just think we I think we need to be realistic with ourselves in ways and
06:49just be
06:49like okay well I can't cover it but how can I you know make it irritate me less if it
06:55is something
06:55that irritates you. So now back to the enlarged pores feeling bigger from your complexion product.
07:01Just keep sweeping and keep tapping. That's the method. Just keep working at it because as you tap
07:10it seems counterintuitive but you're pushing it in. Therefore it's not going to leave that weird
07:17overlay. That overlay that you see when you put foundation or concealer over enlarged pores is what
07:24I think you're probably not comfortable with. And so if you if you sort of keep working it in. Same
07:31goes for fine lines and wrinkles. Just keep working it in and just sort of tap away any excess. And
07:36you
07:36can do the same here like tap away the excess. The warmth of your fingers is your best little tool.
07:41I think so. Just keep working at it. But that now is way less. I mean other than my under
07:46eyes looking
07:47a little bit creepy because this foundation isn't I would never wear something this
07:51long wear under my eyes. I'm not sure what the claim is. Let me look. It's a smoothing and blurring
07:55foundation with niacinamide and the claim is it actually doesn't have a longevity claim. It just says
08:01that it helps the look of smooth pores and skin texture and contributes to hydration because it's
08:05got glycerin in it. It's not my favorite foundation but that's how to make your pores look less visible
08:14with makeup. And it's not with makeup. It's with the technique. Also if you're still here. Thanks.
08:20I'm going to go wash this off because I look flat and bizarre. Or am I going to show you
08:24how I would
08:24fix it. Of course I am because I don't gatekeep any kind of setting spray. Not setting spray. Don't use
08:29those. Milky spray. Something like that's going to sort of give you skin and moisture. It's going to
08:33really sort of moisten the foundation. And then I'm going to take this brush and I'm going to just work
08:39it into those areas where I feel a little too heavy or I feel like that foundation is a little
08:45bit too
08:47yellow or the color is a bit wrong. So I'm just really shearing it down with some pressure from my
08:53brush and that sort of moisture that I just put on my skin. And then bring something kind of dewy
09:00back into the mix. This is a little bit of KJH brand Hyper Shine Highlight Serum with KJH brand Soft
09:07Smudge and Soft Orchid. I feel like a really juicy cheek. I hope there was something interesting in
09:13you for there. In there for you. And as always throw any questions that you might have in the comments
09:20below. And if there were any product questions as far as what did I just use you can check the
09:24link in my bio or you can ask me right here. I'm obsessed with this juicy glow with a bit
09:31of help
09:31from these two.
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