Applying Powder

Powder is an effective beauty aid to make the skin look even soft and auractive. Powder is the last item of your make-up. It is available in two fonns-cake and powder. While choosing a powder, keep in mind your complexion, and choose a shade that goes with it, otherwise the two shades, one of your complexion and the other of your powder will not match. The skin will look blotchy. Do not use cake powder, if you have an oily skin, because it contains an oil-base. While using powder, be sure your locks of hair are not dangling on your face. Apply powder with a clean, cotton puff and discard the used one.

Powder should be dabbed on the face slowly dexterously with a trained and steady hand. When applied with light pressure, it settles down in the pores. Do not forget to use it on the neck. Dust off extra powder. A powder brush or a cotton wool pad are the best to dust it off. If powder is not well-set, the face looks blotchy. Powder gets stuck on eyebrows and eye lashes. Brush it off with an eye brow brush with an anti-clock wise movement (from the end of the eyebrow up­wards).