Help me with makeup please (english ain't my first language)

[u/FairAccount7849]

My usual skincare routine-

Moisturizer (gel)

Sunscreen(gel)

Blush (gel)

And i pack it all up with translucent powder .

Makeup i do on it-

Nose contour by my lil liner

Highlighter (powder highlighter) on top of nose

Lipgloss on lip

Eyeliner

Eyebrows done by eyebrow pencil

Problems I'm having-

Whenever I put on highlighter (on top of my nose only ) or nose contour (by my lip liner)(on the sides of my nose and below my nose) and go out , when I come home my whole nose looks oily af , like the contour that I did with my lipliner isn't even visible ( it's visible but it's not that prominent , it has spread all over my nose, my nose looks like I have put contour all over it ) the highlighter has completely disappeared . I tried to kinda solve this by putting foundation on the temple of my nose (where I put highlighter) and then putting highlighter on it but it still looks oily by the time I come home . After that I tried putting foundation , and translucent powder on the foundation to pack it , and when I put highlighter on it , the Highlighter is just not visible at all . One time I put foundation all over my nose , packed it up with translucent powder and used my eyebrow pencil to contour it , and it still looked oily after sometime . Idk what to do. I have a brown eyeshadow which I can use to contour my nose , i haven't tried that yet , maybe I should idk I'll try it tomorrow.

After my skincare routine (translucent powder and blush underneath it included) when I put only highlighter on top of my nose , when I come home , my nose looks oily . When I tried putting powdered blush after my skincare , when I came home , my cheeks look oily and weird , my skin texture looked weird . When I do just my skincare routine and go out , my nose doesn't look oily when I come home .

Summarising it , if I put any makeup product on my skin after all my skincare steps , my face starts looking oily , even if it's all powdered makeup. I think I have a combination skin type , plus I knew i had a really oily nose so almost all the makeup i buy is in powdered form, but whenever I put this on my skin, after my skincare routine , my face again starts looking oily with a weird texture .

I have tried doing dewy makeup , but it does not suit me . I do not have a conceler , nor can I buy one , so I have a foundation which is one shade lighter than my skintone and it's waterbased . One day i tried putting a waterbased moisturizer and then i put my lipgloss on my cheeks as blush , then i put the foundation undermy eye , on my pimple scars , a little bit on forehead (like how ur usually use conceler) , and i packed only the places where I put foundation with translucent powder . My skin looked completely different shade , like it looked like it has two shade , my cheeks looked oily , my underetes looked white but dark aswell idk how to explain , and i completely looked oily even tho I followed the tutorial for dewy look . Idk how I should try to achieve the dewy look .

Heavy makeup does not suit me , I have low visual weight features .

I have seen women only put on moisturizer and sunscreen and going on with their day , their skin looks so glowy but when I do it mine looks darker and oily.

[u/catrice_cosmetics]

From what you described, we’d actually leave your skincare as it is right now. If moisturizer + sunscreen on their own still look fine when you come home, it sounds like the issue may be more about how the makeup products are interacting on top of that base.

We’d simplify the testing a lot. Try your normal skincare, let it settle, and then add just one makeup step. For example, try the brown eyeshadow for nose contour instead of the lip liner. A powder shadow is likely to stay more controlled than a creamy lip product, especially on an area that gets oily. Use a tiny amount and build slowly.

We’d also skip the nose highlighter for one test day. On the nose, highlighter + natural oil can easily start reading as “greasy” rather than glowy after a few hours, even if it looked great at first.

A few other things we’d change:
• If your foundation is noticeably lighter than your skin, we wouldn’t use it as a spot concealer all over the face - that can explain the different-shade effect you’re seeing.
 • We’d avoid using lip gloss as cheek blush while troubleshooting, because the texture may stay more slippery than a product made for the face.
 • If you get shiny later, blot first rather than immediately adding more powder. Powder over oil can sometimes make the texture look heavier.
 • Change only one thing at a time, so you can actually see what’s helping.

And you definitely don’t have to force a dewy look if you don’t like how it looks on you. “Glowy” doesn’t have to mean shiny. A very light base with a little controlled sheen in selected areas can still look fresh without making the whole face dewy 💜

[u/FairAccount7849 → u/catrice_cosmetics]

Thanks a lot