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We\u2019ve all done it.\u00a0 We\u2019ve stood in the cosmetics department of Rite Aid<\/a>, Walmart<\/a>, Target<\/a>, even MAC<\/a> and Estee Lauder<\/a> and searched for that right color of foundation.\u00a0 We\u2019ve even asked for help and still we\u2019ve gotten home to find it\u2019s just not right.<\/p>\n So frustrating, so annoying and so damn expensive!<\/p>\n What is a girl to do? Well, first off, trying to match ourselves in florescent lighting at a Walmart is never easy.\u00a0 And second most of us are matching the wrong part of our body!<\/p>\n At makeup counters you tend to test foundation colors on your hand.\u00a0 Big mistake.\u00a0 Your hands tend to get more exposure to the sun and to the elements than our faces do.\u00a0 So they are not the same color as our face, or our neck or our d\u00e9colletage.\u00a0 So how on earth would the color that matches the back of your hand match your face?\u00a0 But it\u2019s not like we were ever taught how to really get the right match, right? RIGHT???? (Damn hippy mom who never wore makeup!)<\/p>\n So, then we do the time tested holding it up to our cheek test only to get home and find we have become a floating head.\u00a0 God I hate floating heads!\u00a0 Or worse we find that nasty line of demarcation.\u00a0 That thing will kill the best makeup in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n So the answer?<\/p>\n The best place to match your skin is your collarbone, first because your face, chest and neck all tend to be a little bit different from each other.\u00a0 2nd<\/sup> you won\u2019t be comparing color to sun damage that can develop on your chest.\u00a0 So if you are matching your collarbone and blending your foundation nicely from your hair line, down your neck and feathering to a finish at your collar bone you will end up, most of the time, with perfectly matched foundation.<\/p>\n One more bit of foundation advice:\u00a0 The color you use in the winter is not going to be the color you use in the summer, so don\u2019t feel bad about having two colors on hand.\u00a0 You can use the two either by themselves or by combining them to create your own custom color match, no matter what time of the year it is.<\/p>\n Well I hope this helps.\u00a0 Have fun out there shopping.<\/p>\n Method Makeup Academy, Seattle’s Makeup School<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve all done it.\u00a0 We\u2019ve stood in the cosmetics department of Rite Aid, Walmart, Target, even MAC and Estee Lauder…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,36,15,120,3,121],"class_list":["post-1571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-seattle-makeup-academy","tag-seattle-makeup-artist","tag-seattle-makeup-class","tag-seattle-makeup-lesson","tag-seattle-makeup-school","tag-seattle-makeup-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}