I use a thin liquid foundation and a foundation brush to achieve medium coverage. I use a thicker liquid foundation in place of cover-up because it provides more buildable coverage without the caked-on look of wearing a lot of cover-up.
You will need a thin foundation, a thicker foundation or cover up, a foundation brush, powder, a powder brush, and a palette of some sort to pour foundation on (i use the lid of my bronzer).
Step by Step
Step #1
Start with a clean face. If you use toner, moisturizer, and/or primer, apply these (in that order) and let dry completely before you apply your foundation. Pull your hair out of the way (preferably with a cute headband with a bow. why a bow? "cuz i'm a lady, that's why!").
Step #2
Put a small amount of foundation on your palette. This is the amount of foundation i use for my whole face. Wet both sides of the brush with just a little of the foundation from your palette.
Step #3
Apply foundation to your face using upward brush-strokes. Hairs on your face point downward; when you apply foundation this way, it lifts these hairs and puts the foundation on your skin rather than it sitting on the hairs themselves.
Ever let someone use your phone and gotten it back with foundation all over it? They probably apply foundation using downward brush-strokes, leaving the makeup sitting on the itty bitty hairs on their face. Then when their face touched your phone, the foundation rubbed right off onto your phone (hairs are slick - foundation doesn't stay on them very well).
Step #4
when you've applied foundation to your whole face (or for the sake of my demo, half my face), wipe excess foundation off of your brush (i wipe mine on the back of my hand - just remember to wash it off) and brush all those itty bitty hairs back down. Go over your face a couple times with downward brush-strokes.
Don't worry about covering the area under your eye or your eyelid - I use my thicker foundation (stand-in for cover-up) for that. And if a few blemishes show through you can take care of them next!
Step #5
Get out your cover-up or thicker foundation. Put a very small amount on your palette. Seriously, you don't need to cake it on. the amount bellow is all I needed. Stipple on over blemishes.
Step #6
Using a foundation brush, stipple on foundation under eye in large circles, moving closer to your eye a little at a time. when you've reached your eye, stipple over your eye lid and the side of your nose (covering the entire area around your eye). Then blend smooth by tapping the cover up gently with your ring finger (because it's the weakest, so it doesn't irritate your eye.
Step #7
Make sure foundation is smooth in all areas, blending with the foundation brush where necessary. Then Go over whole face with powder (using large, fluffy powder brush) to set the foundation.
As you can probably tell, i only did half of my face.
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