Good evening,beautiful ladies of nairaland. This question goes out to all make up artistes and all ladies in general. I seem to have a problem with make up -foundation and powder. I have bought and used a lot of foundation but none of them gives me that beautiful,dewy look I see on most ladies. I would like to know what brand of make -up to use. Recently,I heard marykay time wise and iman gives that wow look but I've tried it and it didn't work for me. 2) I would like to know which is best to set foundation - loose powder or pressed powder? 3) can I use any iman powder with the mary kay or is there a specific type of iman powder to use. Pls,I really need your help on this. I have oily skin and I'm dark skinned. Thanks

MUA's pls come in and advice..am having the same problem..maybe ots because av used a lot of brands..

Hello Beautiful, All foundations and powder contain oil, even the most expensive brands. Since you have an oily skin, you have to avoid oil-based products (they contain more oil than water). This is because the makeup would smear faster because your sebaceous glands are releasing a lot of oil.

1. Go for the water based products (they contain more water than oil), they have oil control formular: such as Iman Perfect Response, Marykay timewise foundation, Zaron Oil free Cream to Powder, Fashion Fair Oil Free creme to powder, black opal invisible oil blocking powder or Kuddy's Powder. Your best bet is to use the compact creme to powder rather than the tube ones. The tube type smears faster on oily skin as well.

2. Since you have an oily skin go for pressed powder rather than loose. so you have control over it and it sits well on you skin on application

3. Yes you can combine any product....just find the one that works best for you.

Hope this helps.

oh dear....so sorry for all the makeup issues...wish I could have u in my makeup chair for just 30 minutes so we could figure out the best makeup series to use on you.when u go to makeup studios they try out products on you based on your skin tone.some times two or more product have to be mixed to get ur perfect colour. If u in Lagos around Ikeja then call or whatsapp me on 08096577157 and let's fix it

Thank you so much dearie. I'm not in lagos but will be before the week runs out. Will definitely take advantage of your expertise

Was a pleasure having you blackbeau1 so happy we found you your right colour and you really a beautiful lady.