Chances are, if youve worn makeup, youve also had an experience or two with cake-y looking makeup. Ugh. Youve certainly seen it on others: that heavy, chalky, settled-into-every-line-and-pore effect that can happen when theres too much product and not enough blending.
But it doesnt have to be that way! Avoiding cake face isnt all that difficult – especially with todays truly advanced makeup formulas – its simply a matter of using the right application technique.
Beauty tutorials are big on YouTube – a search for “makeup tutorial” and “hair tutorial” yields more than five million videos. In this weekly series, we put a mix of popular and under-the-radar tutorials to the test and show you whats best.
Thats where thisvideo tutorial from beauty vlogger and influencer Jackie Aina comes in. The makeup expert demonstrates her step-by-step process for creating a full-coverage, matte look thats anything but cake-y looking. Its full of pearls of useful beauty wisdom, such as: “The easiest way to avoid a cake-face is to not apply foundation anywhere near your jawline or hairline. ” See? You already learned something.
Watch the full video below to see Ainas full rundown and gain even more of her valuable insight:
