• The foundation can look ashy and grey if not chosen properly.
• Undertones tend to have different color variances ranging from light to dark, so you may need to blend and mix a range of shades for different areas of the face.
• African American skin tends to be darker across the brow and chin and somewhat lighter on the cheeks. To even this out you may need to apply a lighter foundation on the forehead and chin and a little darker shade on the cheeks.
  

Concealer and Foundation

Concealer should be used under the eye and can also be used to lighten up a dark forehead or chin. Foundation is your all over color and is to be used to even out discoloration on the skin.

Finding the exact match foundation has a lot to do with the depth and tone of the skin. 

• If the skin is medium tone, choose a foundation with a yellow and peach undertone like chestnut and tawny. The tawny range will blend better with the undertones that have more of deep red warmth. 
• Try glominerals gloPressed base in the chestnut range when working with the undertones that have more of a sallow color to neck and face. This will even out the yellow in the skin. You may also want to blend the chestnut around the perimeter of the face then the tawny on the cheeks and nose area.  This will give a beautiful finish with a natural effect.
• For a very dark skin tone, use a foundation that has a slight blue cast like cocoa.

Eyes

• Skip the neutral browns like khakis, taupe, and yellow browns.  They won’t allow the eye color to stand out.
• Use colors like grey, black, burgundy and plums:

  glominerals gloEyeshadow: blackberry, blue suede, mahogany, midnight, ocean, onyx	gloEyeshadow blue suede
  glominerals gloEyeshadow: haze and twinkle make beautiful brow bone highlights	gloEyeshadow honey
  glominerals gloEye shadow trio: amethyst and mulberry	gloEye trios amethyst
  glominerals gloCream eye liner: ebony, slate and eggplant	gloCream eyeliner eggplant

Blush

• Lighter blush color will look ashy on the skin. Try colors that have a deep plum and berry tone.  Sometimes if the skin looks even enough you can skip the blush.

  gloCream blush plumeria	glominerals gloBlush begonia and spice berry or gloCream blush plumeria
  gloBronze sunkiss	glominerals gloBronze sunkiss bronzer and gloBlush sandalwood make a great contour
  gloDust24k bronze	Use glominerals gloDust 24K bronze to highlight the skin

Lips

• Deep colors in browns and reds will look most natural and more modern.  Bright colors stand out too much and don’t compliment the skin.

  glominerals gloLip stick: aubergine, bordeaux, cinnamon, cabaret, jamaica, siren, snapdragon, sugarplum and vixen	gloLip stick aubergine
  glominerals gloLiquid lips: adore, desire, and sultry	gloLiquid lips adore
  glominerals gloGloss: bronze glo, cherry blossom, poppy and shine	gloGloss bronze glo
  glominerals gloLip pencil: currant, raisin and vino	gloPrecision lip pencil raisin

  
  *gloPrecision eye pencils can double as a lip pencils for darker skin tones. Brown and deep plum work especially well.