Makeup Tips: This Maybe The Reason Your Makeup Is Flaky

Ever wondered why you seem to be following all the beauty commandments and drinking enough water but your skin is still dry and in turn making your makeup look patchy and flaky?. Its probably because its drowning in layers of dead dry skin… Not good!

Before your makeup can be flawless, dewy and natural, your skin must be prepped well enough to absorb it. The removal of the oldest dead skin cells from the skin’s outermost surface (generally termed Exfoliation) reveals clearer, brighter skin,the ultimate canvas for your foundation to glide effortlessly on.

You can choose a mechanical or physical exfoliants per your budget and skin type, which ever way you choose its much safer to go for its natural alternative as they are less likely to irritate your skin or even better “Do It Yourself”!! (Aleast you can pronounce all the ingredients, its sure of relatively cheaper and you are sure of what you are feeding your skin).

With DiY exfoliates you are literally spoilt for choice, from salt to sugar scrub recipes ,there are so many combinations you can alter to perfectly suit your skin type (ah! how we love the practicality of DIYS’). HOWEVER IF you are not moved about all this DIY rave or you are just bored with your recipes, you can try Hammamat’s Coconut Body SCrub – our Timeless fav, ‘Teiva”s face and body scrub or ANike’s solutions face and scrubs.

When your skin is properly polished ahead of any makeup application, trust us you would be amazed at how dewy,breathable and natural your skin will look.