You are getting aggravated for no reason. Once again, there is a difference between moisturizing and hydrating. Your dry skin cream could be moisturizing your skin, but due to perfumes and what not, it could be dehydrating your skin. moisturizing is for surfaces, hydration is for inside your skin. If your skin is dehydrated moisturizing it only reliefs it temporarily and it could cause your skin to produce more oil to hydrate it or it could cause your skin to flake off or both.

You said you use a brush and get streaks. You also said that you use a finger, and sponge, and still get streaks. So if youre not using a brush when you use your fingers and/or sponge, and you are getting streaks, i don't understand how thats possible. Unless you are confused about what streaks mean.

The clinique serum is a chemical exfoliant but if you use it only when you feel like you should, instead of regularly, your not regularly exfoliating your skin. Think of it like showering, if you only shower 1x week when you see dirt or you think youre stinky as opposed to showering daily so you don't get super dirty and super stinky. You need to exfoliate regularly to get the full benefits of exfoliation. It doesn't work if you just do it once in a blue moon.

Cerave isn't the only skincare brand. So maybe you should focus on ingredients instead of using one brand that has perfumes, baking soda, and citrus oil blends. Those things don't help your skin. I'm happy for you that your skin has come a long way but getting aggravated at someone who is trying to help you, is really rude.

Okay idk why you would post pictures of you not wearing makeup when your main question was about foundation being streaky. I'm not a dermatologist i can't tell anything just by looking at your skin. But the only reason i asked for a picture of your skin (with foundation) was to see what you meant by "streaky". Please don't be rude and argumentative.