Achieving a perfect complexion starts above all with a good skincare routine.
Makeup helps to sublimate it and highlight the face, provided we choose the right products for our skin type.
Who better than actresses and actors to choose the most effective cosmetics in this area?
Constantly in the spotlight, celebrities are well placed to point out which ones guarantee smoother, perfectly even and luminous skin.
The members of the Madame Figaro
Stars Beauty Prize jury
tested the new products in this category released in 2021. Among the nominees and winners of this new edition in partnership with Sephora, certain make-up products for the complexion stood out.
The foundation
What's the point ?
First step, the foundation primer prepares the skin for make-up, while ensuring a perfectly uniform finish and longer wear.
Some are enriched with cosmetic active ingredients that take care of the skin and revive its radiance.
Which one to choose ?
Dry skin can favor a moisturizing formula that will relieve feelings of tightness before make-up.
Oily or combination skin will prefer a mattifying and/or smoothing version to avoid areas of shine.
The right gesture to apply it:
The foundation is applied after its serum and/or its moisturizer, with the finger, with a brush or a make-up sponge.
Our selection:
Silky Fluid Beauty Serum by Gucci, winner in the “
Tone makeup
” category of the Prix Beauté Stars
Madame Figaro
2022.
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Silky Fluid Beauty Serum by Gucci Presse/Gucci
Concealer or concealer
What's the point ?
Concealer or corrector can camouflage small imperfections and dark circles, as well as unify the complexion.
Which one to choose ?
Dry skin or those with dehydrated eye contour have every interest in favoring creamy and moisturizing formulas.
Mature skin can opt for an anti-aging formula that smoothes crow's feet wrinkles.
As for combination to oily skin, thicker and pigmented textures will provide better coverage.
The right gesture to apply it:
Just before the foundation, with a small brush for the face or with your finger.
The foundation
What's the point ?
Essential for having flawless skin, it unifies the skin color of the face and ensures a better even complexion.
Which one to choose ?
For dry, mature skin, makeup experts recommend a hydrating formula combined with a lightweight texture that provides all-day comfort.
Combination skin can turn to a non-oily, oil-free and non-comedogenic fluid foundation.
The same goes for oily skin, which will also favor covering products with a mattifying finish, or compact powder formats.
The right gesture to apply it:
According to professional make-up artists, the ideal is to apply it with a sponge for the complexion moistened beforehand.
The foundation brush is also a good option.
Finally, you can always apply it with your finger by warming the material in the palm of your hand beforehand to ensure better penetration.
Our selection:
Luminous Silk perfect radiance foundation by Giorgio Armani, nominated in the “
Complexion makeup
” category of the Prix Beauté Stars
Madame Figaro
2022.
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Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Perfect Glow Foundation Press/Giorgio Armani
Bronzing powder
What's the point ?
Bronzing powder (or earth of sun) revives the complexion and sculpts the contours of the face.
It is increasingly available in a liquid version, like “
drops
” of tanning.
Which one to choose ?
A shade a shade darker than her natural skin tone, with brown rather than orange pigments.
The right gesture to apply it:
By adopting the contouring technique.
With a large kabuki brush, start from the base of the hair on the top of the forehead, then glide over the bridge of the nose, the top of the cheekbone and finally on the mandibular line.
Our selection:
Terracotta bronzer by Guerlain, nominated in the “
Makeup complexion
” category and Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Antipollution Sun Drops, winner in the “
Sephora Innovation Prize
” category of the Prix Beauté Stars
Madame Figaro
2022
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Terracotta bronzer by Guerlain Presse/Guerlain
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D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sun Drops from Drunk Elephant Presse/Drunk Elephant
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The blush
What's the point ?
The blush or blusher is the final touch to the make-up of the complexion to display a healthy glow.
It brings radiance, color and luminosity to the face.
Which one to choose ?
For dry or mature skin, make-up artists recommend liquid or creamy formulas that melt on the skin and give it a glowing appearance.
For combination to oily skin, a powder texture will provide better hold and help neutralize shine at the same time.
The right gesture to apply it:
With an angled brush, starting from the cheekbone and going up towards the temple.
Our selection:
Blush Liquid Soft Pinch "Joy" by Rare Beauty, nominated in the "
Makeup complexion
" category of the Prix Beauté Stars
Madame Figaro
2022.
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Blush Liquid Soft Pinch “Joy” by Rare Beauty Presse/Rare Beauty
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