Without knowing a little about your skin, you will find it very difficult to choose the powders that are going to suit you best. Your recipes will be tailor made for you and your choice of ingredients unique for your skin, so this piece of information is something you will need to hand.
It is not only important to understand whether you have normal, dry, oily, combination or sensitive skin but also your skin tone and undertone. Knowing which skin type you have will help you to choose the correct base powders to formulate with and will also help you to match your foundation colour to your skin tone. You will also gain a better understanding of which colours will suit you overall and this is not limited to your eyeshadows, lipsticks etc but includes your choice of clothes and jewellery. So as you can see, this is quite a useful piece of information to know.
Step 1 - What's My Skin Like
Summary: When you know what type of skin you have, you will be able to pick and choose the right combination of powders to work with in your formulations to enhance and even improve your skin.
Step 2 - Skin Tone
Summary: Knowing your skin tone along with your undertone will help you to achieve the perfect colour match for your skin when formulating any makeup.
Step 3 - Undertone
You can also do the following:
Summary: For those with cool toned skin, you will want to choose colours at the cool end of the spectrum i.e. if you choose pink it would be a pink with a blue undertone. Those with warm toned skin will want to use colours at the warm end of the spectrum i.e. if you choose pink it would have a more peachy undertone. For those of you lucky enough to be neutral you can wear just about any colour you want!
When formulating your makeup, knowing the undertone of your skin will allow you to use colours that will suit you, flatter you and make you look vibrant and bursting with good health. In contrast, wearing colours that do not compliment the undertone of your skin will not flatter you and possibly make you look a little unwell.
So, knowing these three facts about your skin should help you in formulating the perfect makeup just for you.