The information given on how to find your shade family, undertone and shade are pretty interesting and really help to narrow it down to help you find the correct foundation for your skin tone. From there they give a great easy tutorial on how to use, warm with fingers and apply to face, using a brush or sponge tap tap tap your face to build coverage to your desiered look. To wash off, buff off in a circular motion. It doesn't state to apply a setting spray, but I always do. (I use urban decay and kat von d setting sprays for all day/night wear). I have rosacea aka red cheeks and when it is hot or I laugh more then usual it will cause my rosacea to become inflamed and be red all day long - I found that the dermablend really helped to keep my red cheeks at bay through out the day.