I picked up both the foundation and the L'Oréal Infallible Setting Spray because I ran out of my Urban Decay De-Slick and couldn't exactly justify spending $30 on one.
The foundation claims to be a 24-hour wear, demi-matte finish with an air light texture and oil control while providing medium coverage. As someone with oily skin who lives in the southwest where we hit temps over 100 F regularly with monsoons during the summer, I was a little apprehensive this would hold up, especially since it's a drugstore brand.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that this is in a squeeze tube. It's much more hygenic and easy to control how much I need. The back of the packaging is easy to read and provides all the information you need at a glance.
The consistency of this is like a happy medium between the Urban Decay Naked Skin and the Tarte Amazonian Clay Foundation. It's not quite as thick as the Tarte one, but not as runny as the Naked Skin is. It stays where I put it on the back of my hand, but is quite soft feeling.
I applied this yesterday morning around 8:30 am with a dampened Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge. It applied like a dream, and set quickly. I set it with a bit of the bareMinerals READY® Touch Up Veil and a couple spritzes of the L'Oréal Infallible Setting Spray.
Here's what it looked like in natural light. It doesn't feel like I have anything on my skin and it covers all of my redness. I was able to build it up in a couple areas where I want more coverage without it looking cakey or like I was wearing a ton of foundation.
This was about 12:30 or so. The air conditioner at work was broken, so I did end up quite sweaty. It still looks pretty well, and I didn't feel like it was melting off or anything.
Here's what it looked like roughly 2 hours later, once I was able to get inside and cool off a bit. There's a little breakdown on my forehead and the tip of my nose, but this isn't anything I would touch up.
Here's the end of the day, around 9:30 or so. At this point, I've had the foundation on for 13 hours and it still looks really well. My forehead and nose are a little shiny, but otherwise everything has really held up well.
Here's what my makeup wipe looked like when I finally took my makeup off around midnight. I was impressed that there was still that much foundation on my face after wearing it for 16 hours without touching it up and sweating pretty well throughout the day.
Overall, I give the foundation a 10 out of 10. It holds up super well to high temperatures and humidity. My face still looked pretty decent at the end of the day, and I never felt excessively shiny or like my foundation was melting off. I wouldn't recommend this is if you have dry skin or large patches of dry skin because this would definitely cling to it.
What are your thoughts about this foundation if you've tried it? Are you going to?
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