This is a good tip for those who want to use less makeup. It wouldn’t be suitable for me, though. I’m a stickler for lightweight face creams, using a gradual build moisturiser that’s made for the body, not face, would leave me feeling heavy, shiney, and have skin that would be struggling to breathe.

great tips thanks for the read

i ike these stories

A great tip although I’m worried about blotching from tanning creams.

What a great idea. I’d never of thought of doing that.

Great idea

Thanks for sharing your great tips with us.
My daughter goes through concealer like theres no tomorrow so i think i will be trying this out on her.

Very interesting read. Thank you so much for sharing.

what an interesting tip – hadn’t thought of that either

Very interesting, although i am always nervous of any tint as i don’t want to turn orange ;-0

May try this now myself. Have had drastic changes in my skin pigmentation and tone since a health problem. Never used make up prior and find it very heavy on skin used to nothing. Thanks for the tip.

Hey I have some gradual face tanner here. Im going to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.

I haven’t used fake tans for years, so I no longer know which ones are good, and which aren’t. I love the sound of trying this, but I’d appreciate anyone’s recommendations for products to use.

Thanks for the great article. Was wondering though, if you could put the details of the beauty web site up, if that ok with you. cheers cherz.

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  • • hopefullyheidi replied
    • 20 Jul 2014 , 12:56 pm

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  beautyheaven Cherz. I only visit irregularly but find some great articles. There are some things that are oriented towards brands and other articles that are just fantastic tips that I would never have thought about.

Thanks, this is a great tip. I currently use a Colour Correction cream, that I buy for $14.99

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  • • hopefullyheidi replied
    • 20 Jul 2014 , 1:09 pm

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  If the colour correction cream is a green based one to counteract redness, even though it’s expensive I would highly recommend the Napolean Perdis Camera finish powder in G3 (Fair Lady). I’ve seen it on a variety of skin colours and it truly counteracts due to the slight green pigment that is not noticeable when applied. I wear it, as I got given one and it has lasted me forever. It can be used alone or on top of foundation or bb creams etc. I hadn’t found a lot of powders that I liked until I wore this one as most gave a drying, cakey/flakey look but this doesn’t and is ultra smooth.

I haven’t used fake tan on my face, but this might be worth a try. I always look healthier with a bit of a tan but try not to tan my face these days.

I’m worried I’d end up looking like an Oompa -loompa as I can never find a good fake tan that isn’t too orange!

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  • • hopefullyheidi replied
    • 19 Jul 2014 , 1:18 pm

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  I think Dove is not too bad in terms of not looking orange. I’m so fair I find it a struggle to get a nice colour in tans as well, not that I’ve got as much time to do it these days as I used to. My son caught me shaving my legs and asked “Is it a special occasion mummy, ” because these days I do it more infrequently I jokingly said to him when he asked what I was doing that I was shaving my legs as it was a special occasion lol.

An interesting idea, but does it work long term?

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  • • hopefullyheidi replied
    • 17 Jul 2014 , 11:24 pm

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  Long term you would have to exfoliate I guess and start the process over so you didn’t get that build up that you can get from artificial tanners.

what a great tip and one I would never have thought of as I also have pigment to hide as well

Hat’s really clever and would be a real budget saver!