Cream vs Powder: The Secret Rule Artists Never Break

There's one rule working makeup artists never break, and most people have never heard it: cream before powder, always.

Cream products (foundation, cream blush, cream contour) blend into each other. Powder locks the surface. Put cream on top of powder and it grabs, patches and streaks — that's the science behind 90% of "my blush looks weird" moments.

The pro order: skincare → cream complexion → cream colour → powder only where you genuinely need it → powder colour on top if you want more. And the less powder overall, the more your skin looks like skin.

It starts before makeup: hydrated skin needs less of everything. Butta Drop for everything below the jaw.