WHY IS MY DEMI LOOKING CHALKY?
Your Demi will look chalky when you’re using too much, placing your color outside an area of excess color, or the color is wrong. When using a RED (R1, OR1, RO1) and the area goes chalky you may need an ORANGE or YELLOW (O1, O3, OY1, YO1 for light-medium, and OY1, O5, O7, for dark and rich skin tones) If you are using ORANGE and it goes chalky try a YELLOW (YO1, Y1 for fair, OY1, YO1 or NY-1 for darker skin tones) If you look washed out you’ve over-filtered the area. Take it off and try again with less.
Trial + error is the BEST way to learn. Set a timer and practice, practice, practice. Avoid resorting to G1 or Y1 at the start you’ll use them way less than you think you need) You’ll realize you have much less to cover when you tone the skin first. O5 and O7 are great to grab because they will allow you to add color and bring back vibrancy to the skin. (The darker your skin tone the more likelihood all you need is the oranges and OY1). You can also use IIID Bronzers like: Bella, Palm, or Tanlines. When you are filtering in a contour or blush area, keep into account the color you’ve added to the skin. Most spots in those areas once contour + blush have been applied will most likely need more oranges/yellows like O5, O7, YO1, or OY1
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT:
Trial + error is the BEST way to learn. Set a timer and practice, practice, practice. Avoid resorting to G1 or Y1 at the start you’ll use them way less than you think you need)
ALWAYS TONE THE SKIN FIRST:
You’ll realize you have much less to cover when you tone the skin first. O5 and O7 are great to grab because they will allow you to add color and bring back vibrancy to the skin. (The darker your skin tone the more likelihood all you need is the oranges and OY1).
You can also use IIID Bronzers like: Bella, Palm, or Tanlines.
FILTERING IN CONTOUR OR BLUSH AREAS:
When you are filtering in a contour or blush area, keep into account the color you’ve added to the skin.
Most spots in those areas once contour + blush have been applied will most likely need more oranges/yellows like O5, O7, YO1, or OY1
FILTERING SPOTS (FRECKLES/MELASMA)
Always address the darkest point within a spot. Spots can be yellow/green (use R1, or RO1), they can be purple/brown looking (use YO1, or OY1), or they can be blue/brown looking (use O3, or O5).
FILTERING REDNESS/ROSACEA
When addressing redness, it’s important to remember that often the redness is not the problem. It’s the dark points within the redness that are the problem. Those are usually excess blue, purple, or green. Once you hit the darkest points within that “red” area it will look more smooth and you’ll find redness is actually very natural and pretty. If the red area is clearly defined (like you could outline it) then you may need to tone first with YO1 (for bright red), OY1 (for medium skin) or O3 (for fair tones) then hit darkest points.
ALWAYS ASSUME THE COLOR HAS EXCESS BLUE:
While assuming isn’t usually something we should do, in this case it works. Remember you’re targeting excess color not the color you see. And always keep in mind the surrounding colors of your skin. Erasing all color isn’t the goal. Balance is. Something can look purple, but actually just be excess blue and once you remove that you’re left with a color that blends in with your skin.
FOCUS ON BALANCING THE SKIN NOT COVERING:
Demi is really incredible. Keep it simple and don’t try to overdo anything. Set a timer if you have to so you aren’t staring too long. Try using as little product as possible to the point you don’t see product, just see it magically erasing excess color. (Takes practice, but you really don’t need much) If you feel like you want to layer 3D foundation on top you can but that means you didn’t use the right colors because it should practically eliminate the need for foundation.
