Watch out for the SPF Flash!

We all know lots of our foundation products (concealers, liquid foundations, mineral foundations) are all formulated these days with SPF in them. Now, don't get me wrong, SPF has its place on our face keeping our skin in great condition but you just need to watch out for one important thing- the SPF Flash:



This sweet, beautiful woman has become the next victim of the SPF flash. The nature of SPF products is to get light to reflect off the face, instead of absorbing it so, naturally when SPF makeup is flashed by light from a camera it sort of bites back by reflecting the light off your face- causing that infamous "white face" look. I know many women who have seen pictures after a party, stupefied trying figure out if their makeup was really that badly matched, if it was the camera angle or something else- it was their makeup. So, if you are heading to any event where camera flashes will be involved- use an SPF free foundation product (and possibly even an spf free moisturizer) and you're face will come out flawless- like this:



Flawless finished for my flashed homegirl Emma Roberts- she is fully flashed by cameras on the red carpet and her face is perfect!

So, ladies, use your SPF products for every day because they do protect your face but when you go out and you know there will be pictures, invest in some SPF free products. And just an FYI, almost every mineral foundation (bare minerals) comes with SPF I have spent hours searching for an SPF free mineral foundation product and I don't think it exists, I think its an urban ledgend.

I hope this is helpful, have a great day and remember- you can do it!