digon91 said: Hi there, first of all I love your blog! I have oily/combination skin and I normally cleanse, moisturize and then use a spot treatment as part of my skin care routine before I apply make-up. Where in my routine would I apply primer? Thanks in advance!
What order to put on your products can be a confusing topic so I’ll walk you through it.
Cleanser: before makeup cleansing is essential to remove any build up of products, dirts and oils on the skin. In the evenings you should cleanse twice if you’ve been wearing makeup but in the mornings once will be enough. If you are feeling lazy you can just use a face wipe or a cleansing water in the mornings. Directly after cleansing is where a toner will be used if you use one.
Treatment: Treatment ALWAYS goes before moisturiser, never after otherwise they won’t be as effective. Whether it is a serum, spot treatment or eye cream you are using put this on after cleansing and before moisturising.
Moisturiser: always after cleansing and applying a treatment, it is the heaviest out of all these products and is designed to maintain moisture in the skin rather than treat it.
SPF: Only during the day time, if you aren’t using a moisturiser with SPF in it you need to apply a specific SPF after (in which case, why aren’t you using a moisturiser with SPF you silly, you)
Primer: Your primer goes after all your skincare products and before all your makeup products. It’ll increase staying power because of the silicons and make your makeup go on a heck of a lot smoother.
Foundation: Next of all goes your foundation which will basically provide a base for all your colour products and even out your skin-tone.
Concealer: Hundreds of people get confused with this. Concealer always goes after foundation unless you are colour correcting. If you apply it before foundation it’ll just rub off, plus foundations usually cover most minor imperfections anyway.
Next of all your contouring/bronzing, illuminating and blushing! Finish it off with a lip colour. As for eye makeup I highly recommend applying your eye makeup BEFORE you apply your face makeup so that eyeshadow fall out doesn’t ruin your base.
Also: It is very important that you allow each product to absorb in-between steps, otherwise this can result in patchy makeup. I like to allow at-least 2 minutes for each product to absorb, if you are impatient you can take 1 ply of tissue and gently blot off any excess product.
I hope I helped you and if you need anything else feel free to ask.
If any product you use irritates you discontinue use immediately.