Customize it yourself!
This might have happened to many of you and you wonder how to lighten or darken your foundation shades. Here are some tricks and tips.
How to lighten a foundation that’s too dark?
Whether you bought the wrong one and can’t return it or you’re still finishing an old foundation bottle, you can customize it and maybe create a better match matcher for your skin shade.
One way to make foundation lighter is by applying it with a wet sponge instead.
- Wet sponge:
when using fingers to blend in foundation especially a liquid foundation, it will look darker than when you use an applicator or a brush. So when a foundation is dark, avoid using your fingers, use a sponge instead.
Before using the sponge, dampen it a little. Do not show it under running water. The idea is for it to be a little damp, not soaking wet. Once dampened, take a bit of foundation and spread it onto your skin. - Moisturizer/Primer (Secret Skin DRC Cosmetics)
The best is to add some moisturizer to the foundation. Remove the foundation from the bottle and transfer it into a bowl and add some moisturizer. Mix both products and keep on testing it until the right shade is achieved. - A lighter foundation
Take one of the foundations in a bowl and slowly keep adding the other one until you end up with the right shade. What good here is you end with 2 bottles of foundations.
How to darken a foundation that’s too light?
Just as you can lighten foundation that’s too dark, so too can you make a foundation darker if it’s too light for your skin tone. To make foundation darker, I recommend you to try adding these products either by mixing them ( use the Hand Mix Palette DRC Cosmetics) or by making some correction on your skin directly with a blending method.
- Adding blush or concealer
- Mixing it with bronzer
- Combining it with a darker foundation or tinted moisturizer