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Four Steps to Flawless Foundation

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From our award-winning Pressed Base to our extensive selection of beauty essentials, each of our antioxidant infused base formulas is designed to nourish, correct and protect. In an array of problem-solving shades to suit every beauty ideal, glo minerals is more than makeup: it’s a foundation for transformation. These are our four easy steps to flawless skin.

Four Steps to Flawless Foundation

1. Prime

Create your own perfect canvas. Start with a smooth, more uniform surface by filling in fine lines and imperfections while extending the wearability of your foundation. If you’re dealing with smudging, creasing or disappearing foundation, adding a primer to your morning makeup routine will make a noticeable difference. Learn more about how primer works.

A little primer can go a long way. Most formulas like Face Primer or Tinted Primer SPF 30 can be applied with a liquid foundation brush, but an oil-absorbing formula like Mattifying Primer should be applied with the fingers in small sections.

Dimethicone, a silicone-based polymer has a silky texture. It conditions and protects the skin against water loss with a light, breathable layer and minimizes the appearance of fine lines.

Four Steps to Flawless Foundation

2. Base

Embrace the full spectrum of flawless skin. Our top-selling, skin nurturing foundations are available in a variety of finishes, coverage levels and shades—allowing you customized complexion perfection. First, select a mineral foundation formula with the finish and coverage you desire, then find your color match.

Four Steps to Flawless Foundation

3. Conceal

Often flawless skin cannot be achieved with base alone, so that’s where concealing comes in. Correct with concealers and camouflage. Concealing isn’t just about covering up. Concealer can also be used to highlight certain areas of the face and brighten the complexion. These richly pigmented mineral formulas allow you to effortlessly cover imperfections to even and brighten your skin.

One common question we are asked is why we recommend applying concealer. After you apply foundation, you will likely find that your foundation’s coverage is already hiding any unwanted blemishes, redness or hyperpigmentation. Ultimately, applying your products in this order allows you to use less concealer. Less is more!

Four Steps to Flawless Foundation

4. Set

Finish your look with a setting powder and hydrating mist. Designed for weightless coverage and shine reduction, this final step sets your look to last and leaves your skin looking flawless.

Block Priming Technique: Multi-Priming How-to

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Block Priming Technique: Multi-Priming Made Easy
Model: Brennah from Live Love Lash in Denver, CO.

By now we’re all familiar with multi-masking, applying various masks on different areas of the face to treat multiple skin concerns. Guess what? Priming is now personalized, too! Anyone can prime like a pro with glo’s signature Block Priming Technique.

Makeup artists know that priming, an often overlooked step, has great impact on the look and wear of your makeup. Say sayonara to smudging, creasing or disappearing foundation throughout the day, when you add primer to your morning product lineup. Viewing the face in block segments allows you to zero in on the perfect primers for your skin’s specific needs. glo’s Block Priming Technique sections the face into five areas: forehead, nose, chin, cheeks and eyes.

Follow our primer guide below and watch our demo application to pick the best glo minerals primer for different block segments. Multi-priming has never been so easy.

Forehead

Nose

Chin

Cheeks

Eyes

  • Any level of oil production, prior to any eye shadow application: Shadow Primer
  • Dryness, expression lines: Under Eye Primer

Block Priming Technique: Multi-Priming Made Easy

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“No Makeup” Makeup Tutorial

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We love the “no makeup” makeup trend because it highlights your natural features. Even your skin tone and add natural coverage with a tinted primer then conceal and highlight with liquid concealer. Choose a blush that flatters your skin tone. Bronze for some natural, warm contour and add a little shimmer highlight to bring out your cheek bones. Finish off the look with a nude lip gloss.

 FACE

  1. Apply Tinted Primer SPF 30 with your fingers. If you use a brush, use Dual Camouflage/Foundation Brush for a similar application.
  2. Apply Luxe Liquid Bright Concealer in sunburst. The shade sunburst is great to disguise dark spots and under eye circles. Blend with the Dual Foundation/Camouflage Brush.
  3. Apply Luxe Liquid Bright Concealer in high beam. The shade high beam is great for highlighting. Blend with the Dual Foundation/Camouflage Brush.

CHEEKS

  1.  Apply Bronze in sunkiss to the hairline and cheeks using the Luxe Setting Powder Brush.
  2. Apply Cream Blush in fig to the apples of the cheeks using the Blush Brush.
  3. Top cheek bones with Shimmer Brick in luster using the Contour/Highlight Brush.

EYES

  1. Define brows with Brow Quad and the Dual Brow Brush.
  2. Blend Eye Shadow in coy through the crease with the Eye Blender Brush.
  3. Brighten the waterline with Precision Eye Pencil in peach.
  4. Coat the lashes with Volumizing Mascara in black.

LIPS

  1. Apply Gloss in pueblo.
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How Face Primers Make Mineral Makeup Wear Better & Last Longer

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Primer makes a big difference in the look and wear of your mineral makeup. If you’re dealing with smudging, creasing or disappearing foundation throughout the day, add face primer to your morning product lineup and you will notice the benefits instantly.

What is Makeup Primer?

Usually made from a dimethicone-based formula, primer retexturizes the skin to prepare it for the rest of your makeup. Dimethicone, a silicone-based polymer, has a silky texture. It conditions and protects the skin against water loss with a light, breathable layer and minimizes the appearance of fine lines.

Primer for mineral makeup comes in a few different formats. There’s face primer to prep your skin for foundation and concealer, shadow primer for your eye shadow and under eye primer for concealing the under eye area.

Why You Need Face Primer for Mineral Makeup

Face primer prolongs the wear of your mineral makeup and improves the appearance of foundation on your skin. Who doesn’t want that? Think of your skin and makeup like canvas and paint. You can apply paint directly to your canvas, but priming it first increases the longevity of your work and makes the surface easier to work on, so you won’t have to use as much paint. The same principles apply with face primer. It’s worth the investment and the extra step in your morning routine!

Primer fills in fine lines and blurs imperfections, and with a smooth, even surface, your products will apply more easily. Since you will need to use less makeup to get the same coverage, you will save extra cash in the long run. Plus, primers creates superior surface adhesion, so your makeup stays in place and lasts longer, especially in extreme weather temperatures and conditions. Hot and humid in the summer or cold and dry in the winter, primer is going to be your new BFF.

How to Apply Makeup Primer

  1. First, apply your daily moisturizer and allow it to absorb into your skin, so you’re working with a hydrated surface.
  2. Then, put a pea-size amount of your face primer on a dome-shaped foundation brush and apply a light layer all over the face starting with the t-zone (nose, forehead and chin). The dome-shaped brush gives the same pressure as a touch of the fingers.
  3. If you use a transparent formula, follow with your foundation application. If you use a tinted primer, wear it alone as an alternative to foundation or layer with a base for extra coverage. Enjoy the all-day wear!
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Mineral Makeup on a Budget: Pro Tips on What to Pick

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Mineral Makeup on a Budget
For anyone trying to stick to a budget, makeup might seem like something you can skimp on, but when you apply products to your skin every day, you want to be sure you’re spending your pennies on quality ingredients such as those found in mineral makeup. Plus, the perfect lipstick truly can make you look and feel your best.

Tackle your limited beauty budget head-on by giving yourself a monthly spending limit, and hold yourself to it. Each month when you’re debating what product to purchase next, make a list of priority makeup items that you need, and that will tell you where to put your money. Focus on the seven essential steps: prime, base, conceal, set, eyes, cheeks, lips. Make sure you have one item from each category before you build up the rest of your collection.

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Primer – Spend Now, Save Later

Primer might sound like an extra step, but when you prep your skin the foundation applies more evenly, resulting in less product used, and when your foundation last longer, you won’t need to touch up as often. After all, the most expensive item on your list will likely be your base.

Base – Stick with What You Love

Luckily, a powder compact or tube or liquid foundation will last you several months with daily use, and even longer if you go makeup-free on the weekends. Once you find your holy foundation, stick to it! At most you might need two foundation shades, one for the summer and one for the winter.

Conceal – Determine Your Needs before You Buy

Depending on your skin concerns, concealer might be a step you can skip. If it’s not, narrow in on your desired result: do you want to brighten? hide a blemish? conceal redness? Then you can determine if you need an all-over camouflage, under eye concealer, color-correcting concealer or a brightening concealer. If your foundation offers enough coverage, you may find yourself needing less concealer.

Set – Reapply Less, Re-buy Less

Setting powder is another way to extend the wear of your base. When you’re starting your mineral makeup collection, begin with your primer and base, see how it wears throughout the day, and then select your perfect setting powder. If your skin is oily, you’ll want a clay-based powder or if you’re going for a smooth, flawless finish, try a translucent powder.

Eyes – Kits Go Farther

For your eye makeup, begin with a neutral eye shadow palette that will work for any time of day and every season. Value sets and palettes pack in both the products and the savings. When you’re trying to get the most bang for your buck, a mineral makeup kit could be a great way to try new mineral makeup without spending a fortune.

Cheeks – Consider Multi-tasking Options

Cheek color can last for what seems like forever, so opt for a multi-tasking mineral blush shade that can double as bronzer or eye shadow. If you’re not a fan of rosy cheeks, choose a contour kit that covers bronzer, contour and highlight all-in-one.

Lips – Have Fun and Switch it Up

If you’re looking for an easy way to update your look on a budget, cheeks and lips are going to make the most noticeable difference in your look. Do you typically rock a nude lip? Try a bold, berry, like Suede Matte Crayon in sorbet, instead. Plus, lip products are usually the most affordable, so you can switch it up more often!

Once you have your core set of product, expand your shade selection and start building your arsenal of makeup brushes.

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