The Secret To An Even Complexion? Use Multiple Shades On Your Face
There is no single perfect foundation match, according to Myricks. Instead, we need to match to the different shades on our faces. “We have been sold a myth,” Myricks told E!. “Everybody is looking for their one perfect shade of foundation. And if you look at it in reality, the face is three-dimensional.“
Whether you have dark spots and hyperpigmentation or not, no one has a single shade across their entire face. Normally, there are lighter shades in the inner portions and darker shades in the outer portions.
“If you do find one thing that can go over your entire face, it probably has more coverage, and also it’s flattening out everything beautiful about the dimension of your face,” she said. “[That’s] why you have to go back and add blush and bronzer, and contour. You’ve got to put all of that dimension back because you erased it.”
Myricks’ advice is to use varying shades that match the dimensions of your face, or use correcting pigments to seamlessly balance your face if you have unwanted dark spots or redness.
“Around my mouth is maybe four shades deeper than the rest of my face. So, I have to think differently. I have to think about correcting and neutralizing those tones to create the appearance of a more even tone,” Myricks told E!.