Pay Attention to Areas That Crease
Foundation creases because skin moves — there's no way around that. But you can tweak the way you apply your makeup to help reduce how much it creases around your mouth, eyelids, and undereye area. To start, Hughes recommends you avoid layering on too much product to areas that experience a lot of movement, like your nasolabial folds and the crease of your eye. Once your base layer is applied, she says to "puff your cheeks" by filling them with air, then use your fingers to press the foundation into that area. Raise your eyebrows and repeat that process on your eyelids as well. This helps blend your foundation into those areas and reduces creasing.
Set With Powder
Setting with powder is an optional last step. Those with oily skin can benefit from a light dusting of setting powder to their T-Zone area to keep shine at bay and help keep makeup from slipping. For this, use a small fluffy brush and tap some powder into the areas you need it. We like the One/Size Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder ($30) for this.
