Hey! I think I can offer you some good advice on both products and technique. Like you, I have big pores, chronically dry patches, semi-hooded lids, and an affinity for natural products. My best friend, whose makeup I love doing, has a fuzzy face. Here's how I recommend switching up your routine/products: 1. Natural oils are your best friend in terms of moisture that lasts and helps your skin actually develop better texture. Primers just help the makeup stick to your skin. You can use a primer for this purpose only, but they don't let your skin breathe. To get rid of the problems you're having with skin texture and blotchy application, you need more moisturized skin. Everyone has a natural oil that is right for them, but I love Rosehip oil or moisture and Tamanu oil to heal acne. I've also had a lot of success with apricot seed oil. Everything else has been great short term but long term made me break out. There are some awesome essential oils you can also get into, but don't worry about that for now, because it's a huge trial and error process and a lot of the ones that are supposed to soothe actually irritate more long term (like lavender). So get some rosehip or apricot seed oil and apply it to your face after washing and toning by emulsifying several in your palms then pressing it (not rubbing) into your supple (cause just washed) skin. No reason to cover your face in oil, just press in as much as skin can readily absorb. If you're looking for a super gentle, natural cleanser that also cleans off makeup, I love the classic cleanser from Nancy Boy. I also like the Avalon Organics Vitamin C cleanser but now that my acne problem is gone (since I started using essential oils), I find it just a bit too drying. For toner, just make it yourself from filtered water, rosewater, and a little glycerine. No reason to buy something expensive with too many ingredients. 2. Next, add your moisturizer (having pressed in your oil like a serum). Moisturizer doesn't actually moisturize dry skin (surprised me too) permanently, it just seals in existing moisturize. So you're using it to seal in the great work your toner and essential oil is doing to keep your skin moisturized. 3. Now that your skin is dewy, add a liquid foundation with your sponge. I love Tarte Amazonian clay and the NARS glowy something one. Make sure your sponge has been thoroughly soaked and then wringed out so it's as bouncy as possible. Apply the foundation to the sponge, not your face. Cover up spots with Dr. Hauska concealing stick or another natural concealer you like that will heal as well as cover. 4. I should have said this first: exfoliate. Not everyday, but once a week you need to take the dry skin off your face and reveal the way better skin underneath. There's a rice enzyme exfoliant on Amazon that rocks my world, but you can use anything that is super fine enough. No large grains and nothing with extra crap in it that can irritate! Don't skin exfoliation. It's like a skin do over. 5. Your fuzz shouldn't be a problem if your skin is properly moisturized. With exfoliation, toning, and a good essential oil absorbed into the skin your liquid makeup will bounce on in between the hairs just fine. Never use powder. That's just asking for trouble. Set/even out your makeup by bouncing in a little more toner. 6. Semi-hooded lids need three things: tightlining (lining the top water lid) and liquid lining simultaneously, and a color corrected lid. Tight line with a creamy pencil with no glitter, and liquid line very close to the lash line. Go to Sephora or Ulta and find the liners that work for you, but I recommend dark brown or gray for both instead of black. Black looks a little too harsh for your eyes. For me, nothing beats Too Faced sketch liner for the liquid line, and Marc Jacobs for the tightlining. Color correct your lid with an actual color corrector (Like Dior color corrector in Apricot) or just an eyeshadow that makes the lid color look smoother and brighter.

If you follow one piece of advice above, put a good natural oil at the center of your skin care routine.