Look For the Best Natural Foundation for You

What do you look for in a foundation?  Do you look for anything special in a foundation?  Do you even wear foundation?  A lot of us don’t, and I’m in and out of that camp all the time because I just don’t like the feel of heaviness on my skin.  At all.  The most I can handle on my face normally is a very lightweight moisturizer and some blush.  When it’s a special occasion or I need serious coverage for family photos or a random photo shoot.  In my day-to-day life I just don’t like the feel of anything on my skin.

Still, my skin is a train wreck, and I feel a little better covering up some of this mid-30’s hormonal skin nonsense.   I’ve been on the lookout for just the right thing for awhile, and today I’m partnering with bareMinerals to share a new liquid foundation with you, called bareSkin, and so far I like it a lot.

It’s pretty important to shake up any liquid foundation before you start applying it because all the mineral and liquid goodness sinks to the bottom of the jar in-between uses.  bareSkin® foundation has been 20 years in the making and the ingredients are pretty nice to have on your face; all non-comedogenic, (which means it won’t clog your pores – that’s pretty mandatory when it comes to your facial skin) hypoallergenic, broad spectrum SPF 20 with JoJoba and coconut.

There’s some serious science behind this bareSkin® foundation, 20 years worth actually, so you know the chemistry is awesome.

Here’s what I look for in a foundation:

• Any foundation I put on my skin has to feel like it isn’t there.  My skin is oily and my makeup slides off my face, so I don’t want a mudslide halfway through the day.
• I want non-comedogenic so my pores don’t get clogged
• I need sunscreen.  I wish I’d told my 17-year-old self how invaluable it is, but she wouldn’t have listened anyway.  Now that my skin is old enough to show wear-and-tear, sunscreen isn’t optional.
• I really enjoy foundation that blends well.  We all should be blending our foundation with a brush anyway, did you know that?  So liquid foundation makes extra sense, especially when it’s lightweight and really blendable (totally a word).
• I buy makeup that’s expensive enough to be good makeup, but I don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars.  It just isn’t worth it to me.  bareSkin has a really, really reasonable price-point at less than $30.  Ridiculous awesome.

Allison

Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!