leppy
Well-known member
Hey guys.. I am not a fan of too much glitter except on special occasions but this MSF was so beautiful I couldn't resist it so I've been playing with it a lot since I got it, and I've come up with some tips that have so far at least really made it work for me.
Firstly, those pretty platinum silver veins running through the skinfinish are a good deal of the problem. If you got one that doesn't have much platinum veining, consider yourself lucky! They look beautiful and certainly add to its appeal in the pot, but they actually consist of large pieces of glitter. Large being relative to the fine pearl of skinfinishes in general, despite all the hubbub beind made about it, most shimmery or glittery products are as bad if not worse.
Anyway, if you take a pair of grooming scissors or anything like that and poke the skinfinish in the bronzier areas, you'll notice its pretty solid. You'd have to press to push a chunk out of it, which of course you should not do! However, if you even touch the platinum veining lightly it starts to crumble. Now this next part is completely up to you whether you want to do it, I don't want anyone complaining to me later that they don't like the way their skinfinish looks now, but I gently scraped out the large areas of silver, and found it did not go too deep. You won't be able to get all of it, or at least I don't suggest you try digging out every little bit or you might end up with a pile o' shimmer left instead of a skinfinish. Anyway, getting rid of those large areas is a good start. Using a large brush to "use" up a couple of layers of product helps as well.
On to the application: Do NOT apply this skinfinish with a fluffy brush or a skunk brush or any such thing. Apply it with a regular, semi-dense blush brush that doesn't fluff everything about that much. Trust me, it is not too much colour applied with a blush brush. I'm an NC15 and if its not too much on me, it isn't on you either. I believe the one I use is a #116 but it could be a #129 and I'm too lazy to go look
Edit: Forgot to mention that loading up the brush & then gently blowing on it will get even more of the silver glitter off as its usually just hanging to the fluffy bits at the end.
Apply it the way you would blush, but once the product has transferred to your cheeks from the brush, use the brush to buff it into your skin, at least 5 round strokes, and then move to the next cheek. Buffing also improves the pore magnifying effect that skinfinishes sometimes give as well.
Next take a large fluffy powder brush such as MAC #150 and sweep it starting at your forehead and in diagonal motion downward and off your cheeks. Use the fluff brush to spot remove any silver shimmer you see under your eyes or anywhere else, as it doesn't cling to your skin the way the rest of the skinfinish does.
Most if not all of the larger silver shimmer will be gone by this point, leaving a beautiful pale bronze glow that has much finer silver and gold/bronze shimmer when you look up close.
Sounds like a lot of work, but honestly I believe its worth every bit of effort as the end result is so beautiful! Anyway, I hope this is helpful to someone!
Firstly, those pretty platinum silver veins running through the skinfinish are a good deal of the problem. If you got one that doesn't have much platinum veining, consider yourself lucky! They look beautiful and certainly add to its appeal in the pot, but they actually consist of large pieces of glitter. Large being relative to the fine pearl of skinfinishes in general, despite all the hubbub beind made about it, most shimmery or glittery products are as bad if not worse.
Anyway, if you take a pair of grooming scissors or anything like that and poke the skinfinish in the bronzier areas, you'll notice its pretty solid. You'd have to press to push a chunk out of it, which of course you should not do! However, if you even touch the platinum veining lightly it starts to crumble. Now this next part is completely up to you whether you want to do it, I don't want anyone complaining to me later that they don't like the way their skinfinish looks now, but I gently scraped out the large areas of silver, and found it did not go too deep. You won't be able to get all of it, or at least I don't suggest you try digging out every little bit or you might end up with a pile o' shimmer left instead of a skinfinish. Anyway, getting rid of those large areas is a good start. Using a large brush to "use" up a couple of layers of product helps as well.
On to the application: Do NOT apply this skinfinish with a fluffy brush or a skunk brush or any such thing. Apply it with a regular, semi-dense blush brush that doesn't fluff everything about that much. Trust me, it is not too much colour applied with a blush brush. I'm an NC15 and if its not too much on me, it isn't on you either. I believe the one I use is a #116 but it could be a #129 and I'm too lazy to go look
Apply it the way you would blush, but once the product has transferred to your cheeks from the brush, use the brush to buff it into your skin, at least 5 round strokes, and then move to the next cheek. Buffing also improves the pore magnifying effect that skinfinishes sometimes give as well.
Next take a large fluffy powder brush such as MAC #150 and sweep it starting at your forehead and in diagonal motion downward and off your cheeks. Use the fluff brush to spot remove any silver shimmer you see under your eyes or anywhere else, as it doesn't cling to your skin the way the rest of the skinfinish does.
Most if not all of the larger silver shimmer will be gone by this point, leaving a beautiful pale bronze glow that has much finer silver and gold/bronze shimmer when you look up close.
Sounds like a lot of work, but honestly I believe its worth every bit of effort as the end result is so beautiful! Anyway, I hope this is helpful to someone!
