Gone are the days of using a cake of green concealer to neutralise redness on cheeks and noses. 

You know what?  Green concealer makes you look green!

About 3 years ago, whilst browsing the Benefit Counter, I picked up their yellow powder, ‘Bluff Dust’ and had a little play. 

I’d been looking for the perfect ‘suit-all’ powder for years and thought I’d found the ultimate product.  Little did I know that I’d stumbled on the saviour of every red face out there.

I have to confess, the first time I used this on myself, I did look like I’d had a bad case of Jaundice!  Traditionally, most makeup artists press loose powder onto a face and then dust off the excess with a fat puffy brush.  Well, I did this.  Oops is all I can say!

A better technique is to pick up a little of the powder on the tip of the brush and swirl it into the bristles using the lid.  Far less product, far less waste, but still all the anti-redness needed!

But it’s more than that, it’s not just an anti redness powder, it’s the perfect shade for faces.  I use it on 95% of my clients, it sets their base perfectly and because it’s so very finely milled, it doesn’t sit in crinkles and creases.  Yellow is one of the most flattering tones that a skin can have, any skintone, whether you’re yellow based or pink based in your own tone, you can use this with confidence.  Best of all, it works when you have a tan in the summer, or are pale in the winter – see, it’s a real ‘suit all’!

The bonus?  If you’re like me, and after half a glass of wine start to develop red cheeks and chest…. if you’ve dusted this on beforehand, no-one would ever know…!  It actually prevents redness showing through, even when there’s no red there to see, yet. 

Having fallen in love with the yellow powder, it just made sense to test out the ‘You’re Bluffing’ stick concealer.

Not the ‘stick’ concealer of the 80s in that hard crumbly consistency, this is soft and maliable.  With a fine thin tipped brush stroked across the top of the concealer, it’s perfect for precision covering of thread veins.  Literally ‘paint’ a thin line over the red broken vein, cover with a patted layer of foundation, set with Bluff Dust, and an instant flawless finish.

But it doesn’t stop there.  Direct cover of acne scaring, rosacea, acne rosacea.  I had a client once who actually cried when she looked at herself in the mirror.  She’d never seen herself with a flawless face, having been born with dark red skin blemishes.

That’s the best part about my job.  Making someone feel incredible and how they’ve never felt before.

One can only do that with the perfect products to hand.

Sam Donald

www.samdonald.com