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We figure out what a foundation for mature skin should be. What components should it contain? What texture to have? And how to prepare the skin for its application?
Features of aging skin
Mature skin from young is easy to distinguish at a glance. Its main signs are dullness, roughness, wrinkles, loss of elasticity. However, it is unlikely that we will allow someone (with the exception of a beautician) to look at our face without makeup. In public, we appear fully armed, and foundation is the main item in the beauty arsenal.
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Properties of foundation for aging skin
Tonal creams are created taking into account the needs and characteristics of different skin types. In fact, they are a continuation of care, but only with an emphasis on the visual component. Tonal products for aging skin, along with new generation pigments, contain components borrowed from anti-age creams and serums. A good foundation for mature skin must meet several requirements at once.
Provide hydration
As skin ages, it always lacks moisture, so hydrating ingredients in a formula are a must.
Have a light plastic texture
Fluid, serum or two-phase emulsion lay on the skin in an even thin layer, smoothing out imperfections and not getting into wrinkles and folds. A heavy and dense foundation with a mask effect is contraindicated for mature skin.
Tonal creams combine light texture, plasticity and stability.
Have SPF in it
We are already accustomed to the fact that there are sunscreens in foundation creams. In products addressed to mature skin, SPF may be slightly higher.
be persistent
Floating makeup for an aged woman is a disaster. Stable formulas that can stay on the skin in both heat and cold will help to avoid it.
Contains light-diffusing pigments
Optical illusions that create a soft out of focus effect can do a good job after 40-45 years.
Types of foundation creams
Since foundation creams can boast of caring properties, you can even expect them to correct wrinkles, and not only visual ones.
Creams take care of the skin.
Moisturizers. They maintain an optimal level of moisture, preventing moisture from evaporating from the surface of the skin and without blocking access to oxygen.
With lifting effect. Such tonal products usually contain special polymers that provide a visual lifting effect.
Matting. Yes, mature skin also often suffers from excessive shine in the T-zone.
With glowing effect. The popularity of this variety is easily explained – when talking about the skin, between the words “radiant” and “young” they put an equal sign. In addition, products of this class optically smooth the skin and retouch imperfections.
The composition of anti-aging tonal creams
Foundations are water-based with the addition of volatile silicones or silicone oils to lock in moisture and protect the skin. In addition, the formula contains waxes that give the texture plasticity, which allows the product to be evenly distributed. Colored micropigments are responsible for the optical function, which not only cover imperfections and even out skin tone, but also reflect light in such a way as to give it radiance.
It also often includes:
hyaluronic acid for moisturizing and optical correction of irregularities;
vitamins as an antioxidant (for skin) and preservative (for formula);
plant extracts that moisturize, even out color, fight redness, soothe;
oils that maintain moisture levels and strengthen the hydrolipidic mantle of the skin.
How to prepare your skin for foundation
How to ensure that the foundation lays down evenly? A few simple rules will ensure an impeccable result.
Regular exfoliation Dead cells accumulated on the surface of the epidermis make the skin uneven and do not allow the tone to be distributed evenly.
Good hydration The more hydrated your face is, the smoother the foundation will go. This rule works flawlessly.
MakeUp The primer will smooth and even out the skin, filling in bumps and fine wrinkles. Plus, it will provide the foundation with additional durability, which is never superfluous.
Funds rating
This review includes the best foundations for aging skin – according to the editors of Healthy-Food.
Foundation with lifting effect Liftactiv Flexilift, SPF 20, Vichy
Due to the plastic, but at the same time non-greasy texture, the cream is evenly and easily distributed, smoothing out irregularities, and does not clog into wrinkles. It has good durability and, with regular use, the ability to correct wrinkles and increase skin elasticity thanks to the innovative Collagil complex.
Foundation Alliance Perfect “Perfect fusion”, L’Oréal Paris
The combination of classic and hybrid pigments allows this cream to adapt to the color and texture of the skin, creating a perfectly even coverage without a mask effect. Essential oils and vitamins in the composition care for the skin and maintain a comfortable feeling from the moment of application to make-up removal. Foundation is enriched with hyaluronic acid.
If you apply under this foundation day cream “Hyaluron expert”, L’Oréal Paris, you get an excellent supply of moisture and a wonderful effect of elastic, fresh, smooth skin.