How to Apply Foundation
Foundation can be applied with a makeup sponge or with the fingers … or both.
If you’re using a liquid foundation, dot it on your “T-zone” and use your fingers or a makeup sponge to blend the makeup out toward the hair line, cheeks, and jawline. If using a wet-dry foundation or cream, glide a makeup-coated sponge along the T-zone and blend outward.
What to do if your foundation looks heavy or blotchy? Regardless of whether it was applied with a finger or a sponge, simply run a makeup sponge across the skin to soak up any excess product.
Concealer can also be dotted on skin that is either clean or foundation-prepped. Using your finger or a makeup brush, apply a generous coat of concealer to any dark spots, scars, pimples, broken blood vessels, under eye circles, dark eyelids, or other skin blemishes that you’d like to camouflage.