But this just completely blows everything else out of the water. i’ve tried the Guerlain Meterorites (which did absolutely nothing for me) and the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powders (which were okay, but powdery). Laura Mercier’s Bronzing Primer is one of the best ‘bronzing/glowy’ products out there for WOC. You just need to make sure you apply lightly as it can be a bit trickier to blend out. It blends very easily and the brush applicator makes precision application easy.īenefit’s Watt’s Up is my absolute favourite and will definitely give you the ‘white shine’ that’s popular in strobing. It’s like a sheerer version of Watt’s Up.
Best primer for oily skin woc skin#
And here’s the swatch fest: From Top to Bottom: Benefit High Beam, Benefit Watt’s Up, Laura Mercier Bronzing Primer, Physician’s Formula Sunset Shimmer Strip, Dior Amber Diamond, and MAC Mineralized Skin Finish in Warm Blendīenefit High Beam is a great choice for those who don’t want a lot of shine or are just testing highlighting out.
This is the (almost) complete collection of highlighters and bronzers I own. This ice-queen/white mascara look definitely isn’t the best for women of colour but there are so many highlighting options in both the drugstore and high end that you don’t need to worry. I’ve done a blog post on Korean contouring in the past which is here. I also highly suspect that it takes a lot of inspiration from Korean makeup trends which focuses mostly on the skin and brightening it.
And you can see that there’s a very white/pearlescent highlighted look without any contouring. This new trend known as ‘strobing’ focuses on achieving a luminescent shine. This is the most frequently cited ‘example’ image.