There are few things more frustrating than spending time meticulously buffing in your tinted moisturizer or foundation, only to see the end result as a patchy, weird mess. Why did it blend unevenly around your nose" Why are there patchy streaks on your cheeks" Why the hell does it look different than last week" Yes, it happens to the best of us, and no, it never gets less frustrating.
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So the good people of Reddit put some action behind their anger and figured out the cause and solution. And, as it turns out, we?ve all been using the wrong combination of products: Apparently, your favorite primer and foundation (or tinted moisturizers, BB creams, CC creams, etc.) can turn into mortal enemies when you slather them on your face, and it?s all because of their ingredients. Basically, most products are either water-based or silicone-based, and if you layer the two together, you?ll get a result similar to that of oil and water?a.k.a patchiness. Weird, right" But also surprisingly logical. Unfortunately, products don?t just broadcast their silicone or water categories on the front of the package, so you?ll have to scan the ingredients on the back to make sure they pair well together.
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?[Ingredients ending in] -cone/-methicone/-siloxane that are near the top of the list tend to signal a silicone-based product,? says the original Reddit poster, kahlex. So if you look at Smashbox Photo Finish Primer...