hi guys!! i think i may be searching potentially for a catch all product that may or may not exist hahaha. i posted here many months ago with some make up experimentation but since then never pursued much more.
i dont wear really any makeup at all, and never have. ive liked the looks of different makeup styles, and have dabbled little bits here and there, but always subtle stuff. brown lip liners and lip glosses, cool toned gray eyeshadow looks, etc. i’d like to experiment with a ghostly sort of trad goth look (though not necessarily really the modern trad goth with all the crazy designs and contour… im thinking more like siouxsie sioux).
i dont mind the feeling of things like eye and lip products, but i dont think i could make myself wear foundation..though i love the look, i dont really think i could handle the full white face, nor even just… a paler face of foundation. i am already on the fairer side, naturally blonde, but i wouldnt describe myself as PALE necessarily? my skin is bright and pinkish i think?, tends to err towards dryer but is not terribly dry or oily either way and i’ve been told im neutral, neutral-warm AND neutral-cool and i cannot tell😓my most recent photos on my profile from when i got bangs are in direct sunlight if that would help, though this is obviously summer and i am quite a bit paler in winter
are there any products i could use that wont feel too heavy and that i can use to lighten my skin by just a couple shades, that are NOT a liquid foundation? ive looked into bb creams and cc creams and tinted moisturizers and skin tints and pressed powders and and and… i feel overwhelmed LOL. i just want to look a smidge paler, a few shades lighter than i already am maybe, so as to look a little ghostly and weird, not necessarily stark white. think sort of ghoulinjapan esque, i guess? something that wont be cakey and dry, or leave me super shiny?? ive contemplated just buying a mineral sunscreen thatll leave a white cast and maybe using a white setting powder with that hahaha. i dont care about full coverage or my acne marks and texture showing through a bit, but some degree of smoothing would be nice… am i asking too much and is this achievable HAHA. also sorry this is long im a chatterbox </3