Thursday Tips - Tanning Hands & Feet

Happy Thursday to you all! Today I'm sharing another beauty tip, this time it's a tanning tip and one I hope will help you out when it comes to tanning the harder areas to get right - the hands and feet! There is nothing worst than extremely badly tanned hands and feet as it gives away a self tan job a mile off! But yano we've all been there.

So what I've be doing for years and find it always gives me the nicest tanned hands and feet is using an old foundation brush for the job. I find it applies the product so much more evenly and of course working with a smaller tool means you can be more precise in the application. So I make a claw hand shape and put a small amount of tan onto my mitt and dap my brush in it and tap off the excess product onto a clean area of the mitt, once that's done I start to apply the tan with the brush in circular movements starting from the wrist and gradually moving closer to my knuckles then I'll give each finger a coat. Sometimes I might even go back in with a second light layer depending on how dark my overall body is. Once both hands are done I will carefully wash the palms of my hands and my fingers with a dap of fairy liquid and water to ensure no tan transferred onto these areas! No one wants orange palms now!! My feet are done the same way, blending the tan from my ankle into my foot for a natural gradient. 

To make sure my hands remained tanned for as long as my body I'll pat my hands dry after washing them instead of rubbing as of course the rubbing action will lift the tan off the hands much quicker. If you're finding that your hands aren't staying tanned long enough compared to your body, top them up using a tinted moisturiser for a natural effect. Also another little trick is to apply a clear coat of nail varnish to the nails as tan can stain the natural nail yellow especially if you're a regular fake tanner.

So those are my tips for tanning the give away areas of our bodies! If you found this post helpful please drop me a comment and follow my blog! And if you've any little tips and tricks of your own please do share as I'd love to try out new techniques. 

Thanks to reading X

Catherine 

Thursday Tips - How To Make Your Foundation Last All Day

Hi everyone! So I've decided to add a little segment to my blog called Thursday Tips, which I will give whatever beauty tips I think you might like and that would help you out. I'm starting off today with my tips for making your foundation last the whole day. 

• First off, always leave some time after applying your moisturiser before adding any other product. Applying foundation on top of moisturiser straight away means the product will just sit on top of the moisturiser and will slide off your face. Allowing a few minutes for your moisturiser to sink in means that your foundation will be able to grip the skin better and last longer throughout the day.
• Always prime! I know some people don't see the point in using primer before foundation but I honestly swear by it. Priming the skin with a suitable primer helps the foundation to stick better to the skin and last so much longer. It also helps the foundation look more flawless on the skin so definitely find one suited to your needs, like if you suffer with open pores and fine lines find a pore filling primer, or if you have uneven skin tone find a tone correcting primer, if you need extra hydration in the skin use a hydrating primer and if you struggle with oily skin find an oil control primer. 
• Apply your foundation in light layers. Going in with a tonne of foundation at once is never a good idea, your base will look cakey and more than likely slip off your face in no time. Instead apply thin layers of foundation and build up coverage slowly. 
• Use a foundation suited to your skin type. Naturally enough if you've got oily skin and use a dewy finish foundation it'll be gone by lunch time, trust me been there and looked like a disco ball. If you've oily skin look for matte or demi matte finish foundations. If you've very dry skin then look for natural or dewy finish foundation as matte finish foundations will crumble and go patchy on dry skin. 
• Always set your face with powder. Even a light dusting of powder will help lock in your foundation and stop it transferring and fading. 
• Use a setting spray. I never thought setting sprays made a difference until I started using one, particularly the Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray, it's honestly incredible. Setting sprays help to set your products in place but are also amazing for bringing your makeup back to life. If you use a lot of powder products, such as a powder to set your face, bake under your eyes, contour, blush and highlight then you'll know at times your face can look very powdery and feel tight and uncomfortable, well that's why you need to use a setting spray it gets rid of that powder look and locks your makeup in place for longer. 
• Don't touch your face. I know it's hard we all do it, whether it's a flirt with the hot guy that works in the coffee shop or your nervous reaction but touching your face after spending hours at your face only transfers your makeup and makes it fade much quicker! So next time your flirting just twist your hair, ha! 
• When using hairspray always cover your face or do your hair before. When hairspray gets onto foundation it can make it crumble and shiny looking and we don't want that.

So those are my tips for making your foundation last longer. If you've any other tips you'd like to share please leave them in the comments section. Hope you enjoyed this post, also if you'd be so kind as to follow my blog it'd mean so much! Enjoy the rest of your evening. 

Catherine X