MINI KEYAKI V2 – Part II – Examples

My skin is extremely dry and sensitive, with sun damage and imperfections. I don’t do skin treatments, I am trying to change this and find treatments that suit my needs. In the meantime, I need a good serum and an extremely emolient cream before my make-up. The very emolient cream is why you don’t see the dry patches here but they are actually everywhere. This means that my make-up application needs to remain dewy, and I cannot go for full coverage for a full day wear. I don’t regulargly use foundation primers but I do use an eyeshadow base everyday.

I apply one layer of Natasha Denona Face Glow, shade 40, with the Jumbo Base, patting it and then blending the application softly, from the center outwards, working with the tips on the slanted side of the brush.

Then, I use the Detail brush to place the IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Undereye (shade Neutral-Medium). This brush is precise enough to target just the darker areas around the eyes, sometimes it’s a dark line.. sometimes it’s a huge circle… but I can just paint it and since the brush still has layers and some body, I can use this same brush to diffuse and blend it and keep it just along that area where it’s needed.

If I need more brightness or coverage around the eyes or in specific areas, I will apply more concealer (a pen type of fluid concealer) or just more foundation and I will use the Jumbo Worker to blend it.

If I need to touch-up my foundation during the day, this is the brush I will use as my foundation tends to disappear under the eye area, specially when wearing a mask.

Since I cannot wear a lot of foundation, I love to use the Danessa Myricks Waterproof Cream palette (The Essentials) to add more structure or a bit more coverage just locally where I need to. These creams are wonderful and they do not emphasize pores or wrinkles.
I need to mix the two lightest shades in her palette to find the right color to use, I use the Jumbo Base to stamp the shades and to blend. I will use the Jumbo Worker if the placement needs to be more precise. Sometimes I place with the Jumbo Worker and blend out with the Jumbo Base.

I usually don’t need to set my foundation with powder since my skin is so dry. Sometimes I use powder bronzer to set as it delivers structure while setting at the same time.
I will apply it with this Soft Face brush, this brush can move with enough precision around the face and stay away from the cheek area for example.

You can also use the Soft Face for buffing and finishing powders but it’s going to be a gentle buffing, it’s an airy brush with movement and moderate firmness.

If I need to set my foundation on a smaller perimeter I will use the Jumbo Worker, I love this brush paired with lightweight pressed setting powders like the Surratt Perfectionniste.

My foundation application is usually very dewy due to the emolient skincare that I need to use, but depending on the humidity outside or if it’s a special occasion, I will set my foundation or I will add a little bit more coverage with powder or even a powder foundation and using the Jumbo Base brush, here I used the Dolce & Gabbana Foundation Powder (shade Warm 100).

The lipstick combo in this pic is Tara Lynn’s collection with C. Audette. On the eyes I used the latest Wayne Goss Smoky Quartz palette.

The Jumbo Base is also a brush I love to use with cream blushes, or even hybrid formulas, here I used it with the Nars Exposed Cheek palette, the shades in that palette have a gel-powder type of formula. I love the dewy and subtle result of the bright shades in that palette paired with this brush, it gives a very natural flush of color.

I stamp the product gently and the brisles diffuse the application as they bounce on the skin.

If I go for a powder blush, I’ll use the Soft Face brush. This brush can be used with blush, contour or finishing powders.

It’s quite small in size but it splays out and moves softly, it can also be used with bronzer as I mentioned before but for a more structured application of bronzer.

I often use the Jumbo Worker with highlighter, specially with hybrid formulas, with creams and liquids. I pick up the product with the surface of the brush, press it or tap it gently and blend out.

For the application of powder highlighters, it may work but the result will depend on the texture and the intensity of the product that you use. If you want to use an eyeshadow as highlighter, this brush will probably fit the smaller pans and allow you to do so easily.

The Detail brush is a versatile workhorse. Here I am applying the Mac paintpot in Constructivist all over the mobile lid, and extending on the outer V, depending on the angle we can work with the tip, the edge or the side of the brush. I used it for the bottom lashline too with the same paintpot.
This brush is really easy to use, with powders, creams or toppers, it allows to build up the application effortlessly. Here I worked with a cream but if you use only powder shadows, it works too.

I applied a neutral shade on the crease area with the Crease brush. The size, density and shape are ideal, it’s not a floppy brush so the tip of the brush is easy to manoeuvre, it can be used on the entire eye area, on the crease or on the mobile lid.

I use the Detail brush to work with the glittery shades or toppers, here I am working with the Hourglass Scattered Light in Aura that I placed on the mobile lid on top of the Mac paintpot.

I love to apply bright lip colors with this Detail brush. I don’t love to wear super bright colors as they don’t usually suit me but when applied as a soft wash of colour, without liner, I do absolutely love them!

This brush is not going to deliver a precise placement at all but it’s what I love about it, just a soft veil of a bright beautiful color is perfect for me!

This lipstick is Mel’s Puffin, the one she did in collaboration with Christian Audette. It’s now my most loved and used lipstick, for so many reasons.

My favorite technique to apply it is with this Detail brush. The soft hue achieved with this brush is perfect for me, although you could use pretty much any brush to achieve this application.
Mel, I am always and forever thinking of you.

I will use the same brush for several tasks so a microfiber towel is really useful to clean them in between products.