How To: Create a Flawless Base for Blemished Skin with Madeleine Edwards

You’ve woken up with inflamed skin and you have a party on tonight—what to do? Remain calm, carry on and watch Madeleine Edwards’ makeup masterclass for acne-prone skin. Edwards believes that it’s not about layering on the coverage. Instead, it’s about knowing which textures and formulas to use (or avoid) and the importance of colour-correcting for a confident makeup look. Hit play! For a perfectly matte base, Maddie starts off using the Smashbox Photo Finish Mattify Primer Stick all over her face: https://goo.gl/eyft6C Next step is to neutralise that pesky redness with a green concealer. Maddie uses the Urban Decay Naked Skin Colour Correcting Fluid in 'Green' and diffuses it with her finger: https://goo.gl/p7Mi6p For a natural looking base she uses the NARS Sheer Glow and blends it in using the Stila Double-Ended Blending Sponge: https://goo.gl/9WFyUB https://goo.gl/C75frx To conceal anything that's still peaking through, Maddie takes the Too Faced Born This Way Concealer in a shade that matches her skin tone: https://goo.gl/YmYfwU Time to turn that 2D base into 3D! For some dimension, Maddie uses the Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Concealer in a lighter shade than her skin tone in any areas she wants to highlight: https://goo.gl/5dstGQ Maddie prefers to use creams and gels on her skin, so to bronze and contour she uses the Chantecaille Radiance Gel Bronzer and blends it in using the MAC #170 Synthetic Rounded Slant Brush: https://goo.gl/L7vahf https://goo.gl/G8xJJ