I'm the same, I don't really *do* make-up but, for cam I just have to or I look like the living dead. I have an olive skin tone so can look quite sallow in the wrong lighting.

I use some beige-ish foundation and some powder in the same shade. In "Real Life" I look like tango-woman hehe, but on cam it looks fine. I have black eye-liner and then put some darkish lipstick on but wipe most off straight away.

It really helps to have a LOT of good lighting, particularly a lamp right behind cam if you can. I'm doing a spot of cam right now with free preview (and I'm decent!), if you want to come and have a look at my awful attempts at trying to look human. I can PM you a link.

I'm in love with mineral powder because it's magic. It's not hardcore e.g. that stuff that's basically wipe-on plastic for photoshoots or video and whatnot, so it might not be right if you want a super-perfect look for being on cam. However, if you're looking for a REALLY simple and minimal (and skin-kind) solution for just a bit of shininess, pop "mineral powder flawless matte" into Google - the first result is the one I use on no-foundation days.

It's white in the pot but goes on colour-less (so no shade matching, woohoo) and just matte-ifies any shine on my face from the generous amounts of moisturiser I always use. It lasts about 6 hours and then I'll either top it up or I'll be home again by then and will therefore no longer give a toss about the texture of my skin.

You can order samples from their website, too, so you needn't spend more than a couple of quid if you just want to test it out. Or, of course, there are other mineral makeup brands that you can check out in department stores if you want to compare price etc.

the only make up I ever wear for camming is lipstick and eye make up, the rest is all done by having good strong lighting. Honestly, jeez I WISH I looked that fab in RL.

Try the lighting basic of having a 'key light' and a 'fill light'.

The key light is the main directional light source, the fill light gives extra more diffused lighting and softened everything out. Also what sort of webcam are you using? I have a logitech - and its worth it, if I use the inbuilt cam on my computer I look like crap.

Oh also look at Mac.
They do tutorial sessions for ?50
which is fully redeemable against Mac products.

I've heard a number of people speak very highly of this.
Though the closest I've ever been to a tutorial, was a natter with the makeup artist
prepping me for my last shoot.