Have you ever tried to paint a picture starting from an imperfect canvas? The canvas is your skin and the make-up is the product with which I paint. Do I get the idea?
Let me introduce myself, I'm Alessandra Rizzo, a professional Makeup Artist in various sectors: from fashion to weddings, from television to cinema, which has become my main occupation in recent years.
Skincare is the starting point for an ad hoc framework
Often when they ask me what tricks I recommend, first of all, I ask them what type of daily skincare they follow since having well-groomed and well-treated skin is essential for having flawless makeup.
We are always looking for the best concealer to cover pimples, when instead we should be looking for the most appropriate treatment to reduce imperfections. Obviously there are cases in which, for various reasons, it is difficult to combat our "flaws" (if we want to call them that) but everything can be improved with the right treatment.
It is essential to remove makeup at the end of the day, in fact completely removing makeup from the entire face allows the skin not to accumulate dirt in the pores, which give rise to the famous blackheads and pimples.
If you remove your makeup well, you're already halfway there.
Moisturizing your skin is the second most important thing.
I like to play with different textures depending on the season or time of day. For example, I like to use light serums with sun protection, especially in the summer, such as the HydraSun Invisible Cream SPF50 moisturizer; while in the winter I use richer and more nourishing creams, such as Antipollution Firming Cream .
Additionally, once or twice a week, I use extra treatments like Pure Plump HA4 Hyaluronic Acid Mask to give a hydration boost or Pure Lift Elastin & Collagen to reinvigorate the skin.
Massage by hand (or with mineral stone accessories) is also very useful: it helps to stretch and relax the skin, improving its circulation and appearance and can be performed at any time of relaxation.
Before any make-up, I always do a skin analysis, so that I can work correctly on the face.
Certainly, a fundamental step is to make sure that the eye contour is always well hydrated to avoid annoying expression lines.
Must have par excellence: Fast Anti-Dark Circles Eye Cream combined with the Instant Depuffing Eye Mask .
Skincare isn't just about improving the appearance of your skin, it also helps prepare it for makeup and make it last longer.
Well yes, putting a foundation on a non-hydrated skin, means that the latter will absorb the liquids contained in our product, leaving the other substances on the surface, such as the various pigments. Here is a beautiful cracked effect! that will hardly remain on our skin for more than half an hour.
The choice of skincare, in fact, determines the performance of the makeup and the final result tells us whether we have made the right choice of products or not.
If you want, you can also create effects on the skin.
For example, if I wanted to create a makeup look with very luminous skin, I would use a very rich cream to recreate a glowy effect.
Or I can decide to use only creams and make light corrections with a concealer, recreating a “nude effect”.
Otherwise, by not applying any cream at all and going directly with the make-up on the skin, I will definitely get a more matte effect.
Of course, it is always very important to follow your own skin and understand what you can do and what not, to avoid obtaining the opposite effect of what we wanted.
Knowing how to listen will make the difference.
May your skincare always be with you!
