How To Avoid A Slippery Make-Up Mess
Glitterati Gets Silly About Silicones:
I have a question about silicone interaction: There’s a lot of buzz lately about “mousse” foundations. From what I can tell, these are made up mainly of silicones. I was wondering how a silicone-based foundation primer would interact with a mousse foundation? Would it be any different than applying a liquid or powder foundation over the primer? ( i.e., maybe it’ll all end up a super slippery mess, or perhaps the foundation will grab on extra well). Thanks for your input Brains, and keep up the awesome work!
The Right Brain Stays Serious:
Without a specific mousse foundation to evaluate it’s tough to give a definitive answer, but that won’t stop us from speculating!
We doubt if you’d see a significant interaction because of the types of silicones involved. Cyclomethicone is frequently used as a dispersant for the powders and pigments found in foundations and primers. This type of silicone doesn’t leave much of a residue because it evaporates off the skin after it deposit other ingredients in the formula.
And we doubt that mousse foundations contain a lot of silicone that would negatively interact with your foundation primer for a couple of reasons: One, mousse foundations don’t normally use heavier, slicker silicones because they are anti-foam agents and a mousse has to foam; two, if the mousse was “mainly” silicone it would probably leave a heavy film on your face; and three, using a lot of those kinds of silicones would be very expensive.
What’s more likely is that these mousse products are using some water soluble silicone (perhaps a dimethicone copolyol) that won’t inhibit foaming or make your face feel too slimy. So you probably don’t have much to worry about.
Of course we’re just theorizing based on general principles but if you have specific products in mind, forward us the ingredient list and we’ll take a look. And by the way, nice to hear from you again Glitterati!
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S. Says:
Actually, I used to apply my Lancome Magique Mousse Foundation over my Smashbox Photo-Finish primer and never had any problems, myself; rather the foundation looked silkier and more even. If you’re still unsure of the effects, I suggest asking your local Lancome counter for a sample of their mousse foundation and applying it over a silicone-based foundation primer, to see for yourself.
Glitterati Says:
Oh spiffy, thanks Brains! I was thinking about the Cover Girl Whipped one in particular; you’re right — there’s a lot of dimethicone & dimethicone-related things in there.
Thanks for the tip, S! I will definitely try it over my Smashbox primer… I’ve used the Sephora one under it and it’s been alright so far.
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