Hello!! So I have been wearing makeup for a very long time, but in recent years I haven’t worn it that much. Recently (earlier this year) I started wearing it again. I always stick to the basics because I find eye shadow and false eyelashes impossible, but my base makeup is stressing me out lol. I have drier skin than before and I love the dewy look. I have pretty deep hollows (smile line) when I smile, and I’m a smiley person! the foundation therefore tends to wrinkle and give me the impression of having large wrinkles. My concealer always seems to crease under my eyes, and also around my nose. It also looks strangely separated on the dry areas of my forehead. From a distance the makeup looks great, and it doesn’t look horrible at first, but an hour later and it’s not that good. Sure, I know it takes touching up, but it feels so quick and often. I feel like I have tried everything. Compact powder, loose powder, lightly dusted powder, baking, no powder, different setting sprays, more or less foundation, higher / lower coverage, thicker / thinner consistencies, sponges, brushes, finger application. I am lost ! I never had this problem and put it in training first, but I feel like I’m riding a bike, haha, I don’t think I’m doing anything drastically different. I have also implemented a good skin care regimen, but sometimes I cannot help the dry parts completely because I have eczema flare-ups. I need help and I’m calling on the makeup gods and goddesses!
Hmmm i would definitely suggest a hydrating primer for your forehead, and perhaps a smoothing silicone primer for the areas prone to creasing? I haven’t tried many primers, so I can’t necessarily suggest a specific kind. I use the too faced hangover and the makeup forever smoothing primers, for whatever that’s worth, but note that I don’t have experience with eczema
Also, I recommend don’t take your foundation under your eyes if you are using concealer there. The fewer layers you have there, the less product there is to actually crease.
you can find routines and products that will mitigate the issues you’re describing, but the fact is makeup is always going to crease and move with our skin. I get creases in my smile lines too, so I wear a light coverage foundation day to day, or even just concealer. the lighter foundations I can apply only where I need coverage and skip over or go super lightly over the areas where I know I’ll be moving my facial muscles – smile lines, right between my eyebrows. if I have minimal product on those areas, the creasing is less noticeable, and easier to touch up during the day
(I have very oily skin so I can’t talk from experience but from what I’ve heard through the grapevine…) as others have said definitely experiment with primers, as for the under eye creasing I think the maybelline age eraser is the best one!! Use it under your eye in place of your foundation. Also re: your break from makeup, perhaps some of your products are expired and are creating the separation?
Use mild chemical exfoliation and moisturizer
Are you using a good primer?
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