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You won't ruin your skin--just be diligent about removing makeup and washing your face every night
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[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />. Wearing sunscreen helps, you could incorporate SPF in your foundation or loose powder. From the way you're describing it, your makeup doesn't seem excessive or anything. But if you want your makeup to look a little more natural, I'd recommend the following:
-tightlining your waterline (i.e. liner on the lower lashline) with black tends to look a little harsh, especially if you tend to draw it thickly. Instead, you could use a brown liner; only line to the outer 3rd; or,just altogether stop wearing liner on the lashline.
-opaque white eyeshadow on the browbone might look a little unnatural depending on your skin tone--instead, you could opt for a cream-colored shadow. or just skip it.
-you could probably just go for a tinted lipgloss instead of lipstick.
-if you are sensitive about your skin, the foundation/concealer is totally fine. though, there are ways of applying where you probably wouldn't need as much product. You could look into something like the BeautyBlender (they sell similar stuff at Target and CVS, they all do the same thing); you basically stipple/bounce the foundation on. otherwise, if your skin is fine but you still want a little coverage, go for a tinted moisturizer or a BB cream.
-if you want to really cut back on makeup, you probably don't need the eyeshadow.
-you probably don't need the blush.
Just curious, is there any evidence/factual basis for that?
The pigment in the foundation acts as an spf and wearing foundation acts as a barrier, I have been told this by a dermatologist.
While Titanium and Zinc oxides provide UV protection they are very whitening and so are used in small amounts in makeup, so unless you're getting in touch with your inner geisha this isn't really what you want to count on for protecting yourself from the sun. Instead, look for something that claims SPF. Since last summer products that claim SPF are no longer cosmetics but over the counter drugs according to the FDA. This means they are labelled like OTC and, more importantly, the SPF claim is tested (which wasn't necessary before). The ingredients to look for are ingredients like Homosalate and Octisalate, among others.
Also, if anyone claims shea butter protects from UV keep in mind that while this is true, shea butter has an SPF of 3, making it unsuitable for UV blocking purposes.