How do you minimize highlights when using a beauty dish?

I'm using an AB1600 and a Kacey dish with the diffusion sock and often times I get ever so slight highlights on my models forehead and cheeks. How do you get the type of even skin tones that you see in beauty ads?

Get airbrushed makeup and photoshop out the highlights.

Patch tool is your friend.

That's how I've been doing it. I guess I was hoping there was a way of doing this without photo shop.

It depends on what is causing the glare. It could be the make-up is to shiny. Or she is perspiring through the make up. It may not have anything to do with the dish.

I hear that the mineral based makeups are quite shiny. I have no evidence to support this, but Ive read it several times.

I thought that's the whole idea of a beauty dish, edgy light. If you want no highlights, use a softbox.

MDJAK wrote in post #15067197
I thought that's the whole idea of a beauty dish, edgy light. If you want no highlights, use a softbox.

I agree.

but you can use the edge of the beauty dish. I assume by feathering it. Check out sean armenta's video http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=ZtIkhvNH1X0

also you need to place it not too near and not too far from the model's forehead. Too near, you get the highlights blown..too far you'll lose the BD quality..

=) I've been using my beauty dish outside..haven't tried in the studio yet.

but when i did a self-portrait of mine using the BD for the first time, i didn't get the highlights. However, i didn't use any sock.

here's a self-portrait that i posted in the BD thread

whoty wrote in post #15068148
I agree.

Careful there, you can get a real bad reputation agreeing with me.

I try to angle it - so it's roughly parallel to the model's face. This helps to minimise hotspots.

TenOunce, good thread because I'm wondering the same after using a BD for the first time a few weeks ago. Setup was a dish about 4 ft away. Is the specular highlight too hot? Is it too close? What's a good distance? What can I improve in these samples?