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Sarah Finnan

Business Club Member competition: Win a €400 voucher for fashion brand Kelly O’Rourke
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Brigid: The original female trailblazer
Brigid: The original female trailblazer

Amanda Cassidy

3 pioneering sustainable businesses to visit and support this month
3 pioneering sustainable businesses to visit and support this month

Jo Linehan

Jimmy Choo’s latest bridal edit has arrived
Jimmy Choo’s latest bridal edit has arrived

Shayna Sappington

An ode to one of life’s great joys: the humble little treat
An ode to one of life’s great joys: the humble little treat

Alex O Neill

This Wicklow home is full of rich colours and luxurious finishes
This Wicklow home is full of rich colours and luxurious finishes

Megan Burns

Page Turners: ‘Confessions’ author Catherine Airey
Page Turners: ‘Confessions’ author Catherine Airey

Sarah Gill

Sarah Macken: A week in my wardrobe
Sarah Macken: A week in my wardrobe

Sarah Finnan

Real Weddings: Lucy and Matt’s utterly unique nuptials in Co Donegal
Real Weddings: Lucy and Matt’s utterly unique nuptials in Co Donegal

Edaein OConnell

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Foundation Course


By Ellie Balfe
12th Apr 2013
Foundation Course

According to the dictionary, ‘foundation’ when not referring to building is,?”a type of make-up that is spread over the skin of the face, usually before other make-up is put on, giving it a better and more even colour and hiding unwanted marks”.

That’s the key- evening colour and hiding unwanted marks. It is not meant to be worn as a mask, sitting dry and flaky on the surface where your face used to be. The approach to foundation has changed but we’ve been a little slow to adapt here ie to get on board with the idea that skin should breathe and be seen and shine (sometimes literally) through. All the best make up artists pride?themselves on creating the perfect base or “painting” a face so that it looks flawless even while being breathable and, more importantly, touchable.

Still, it’s the thing that Irish women get wrong the most and maybe it’s not even our fault! We want to ‘put a bit of colour’ in our faces, just enough to match our fake-tanned necks. (But then we’re only tanned from Thursday to Monday, by which point it’s cracking at the seams and has already destroyed the bedsheets).

Let’s all do ourselves a favour and embrace our inner snow white Goddesses. Add blusher rather than bronzer, take back our Wednesday ‘tanning’ nights, chuck out the sleeping bag, use mitts only when it’s snowing, marvel at the wonder of matching ankles and thighs and above all, find a foundation that works. Do it and you’ll even be able to wear your favourite white clothes more than once.

Because I love you I’m letting you in on a secret. Bobbi Brown (my favourite foundation lady) has an offer online where you can buy any foundations/concealer/powder etc and try them out at home. If they don’t suit or match or generally make you go wild with excitement you can send them back, ZERO charge.

Angela Scanlon knows a thing or two about putting your best face forward. Follow her @angelascanlon

 

PHOTOGRAPH BY LILI FORBERG & CONOR CLINCH