Understanding finish and texture
Six words, no shared definitions
Matte, satin, natural, luminous, radiant, dewy. Six words, no shared definitions, and one reason you keep buying the wrong base.
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How to evaluate foundation performance
Four different failures wearing one name
When a foundation fails, almost everyone reaches the same conclusion: it does not last. But four completely different things get described that way, and they have different causes and different fixes. Separating them is the single most useful skill in complexion testing, because three of the four are solvable and one is not.
Breakdown is not the same as transfer
Product leaving the face versus product moving on the face. Different causes, different fixes.
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Colour shift, and how to actually check for it
Photograph at hour zero in fixed lighting or you cannot make this claim at all.
Separation and where it starts
It nearly always begins in the same three places, and where it begins tells you what caused it.
Finish change over time
A satin base going shiny at hour four may be doing exactly what it should. Know the difference.
Why conditions matter more than the formula
The same base can pass at 22 degrees and fail at 36. A review that omits conditions is not reporting a result.
A test you can run at home
Three photographs, one napkin, fixed lighting, four check-ins.
The stage this explains Wear window Conditions
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