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The barely there makeup products I recommend to my male friends | Sali Hughes on beauty

Go-to products for men who want a low-effort way to blur lines and mattify shine

This is a cloudy, colourless gel that when stroked or dabbed across the skin immediately mattifies shine, blurs lines and smooths texture, leaving an otherwise invisible finish (you’ll see no evidence on your shirt collar). My friend doesn’t want to look knackered, which as a father of twins, he usually is Speaking of foundation, it can make all the difference on camera but in inexperienced hands can look heavy and almost too even and monotone to be plausible. If you need a little more coverage (perhaps on darkened undereyes or in the creases of the nose, where redness is common), apply it only locally with a dab of extra concealer – a product I’d advise anyone but a newborn baby to acquire.

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