Afternoon beauty fix: Dry, flaky skin fighting with your foundation?
My flaky and dry skin is causing my foundation to look awful. How can fix my face so makeup looks nice again? No foundation, no matter how hydrating it may be, will look its best when worn over skin suffering from deterioration. To get your skin smooth and primed to retain moisture, try using a buffing tool during the face-washing portion of your regular routine.
The top layer of your skin, the epidermis, is composed of numerous layers of cells, and the outermost layer is mostly comprised of dead cells. Though dead cells usually slough off naturally within a month’s time, you can give their progress a gentle nudge by washing up with a complexion brush, like Sephora Collection Face Complexion brush ($5, at Sephora) for faster rejuvenation. Follow up with a thirst-quenching moisturizer, like Elizabeth Arden Prevage hydrating fluid ($140, at department stores), which uses soy proteins and peptides to restore your epidermis to a healthy state, and glycerin to keep it smooth and satiated for improved makeup application.
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