Illuminiser - things you should know…

Illuminizer – is sooo popular right now!
This is a product that can look amazing – especially when you’ve just finished your makeup, but how does it look in one or more hours time?
It can quickly tip the face into looking anything from a bit too shiny to super oily and even to looking years older depending on the skin texture to begin with.
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The trick is a couple of things:
1) Placement – I tend to put it just where I actually want the shine rather than all over the face – that way I have much more control over how this looks on a client when I’m not there one hour or more later to deal with shine appearing in places I don’t want it.
2)  Skin Type – if the skin leans into being oily, I wouldn’t put illuminizer underneath the foundation- the skin will naturally give me illuminizer, it’s then a matter of controlling the oil so I have shine where I want it.
3)  Skin Texture – acne, scarring, raised bumps, obvious dryness or crepe like skin (aged skin) – adding illuminizer here is like shining a huge torch and yelling at everyone to see that skin is not perfect. Every lump, dent and / or wrinkle is now highlighted and really obvious to any onlooker! It creates the opposite of what we want!

However when I do use illuminizer, one of my favourites is @kryolanaustralia Shimmering Event Foundation – I use ‘Pearl’ for pale skins or ‘Golden Beige’ for warm skin tones – as shown on photos 4.