Lancome Air de Teint Review

I was in the market for a new foundation and this beauty popped up. The lovely girl at the lancome counter offered to colour match me. She offered me a small sampled (which by the way is running until now! I use it as a little travel size) it is a very very light weight foundation. I prefer a finish that isn't cakey and it fits the bill. It isn't completely matte however and your skin still shows through. So if you need something heavier this may not be the one for you. It is buildable though.

The dropper is absolutely necessary - there is no other way to dispense this foundation. Drop a couple of drops on the back of your hand and blend using your desired tool (although I would not use a sponge with this).

The Lancome Air de Teint is a beautiful foundation, on the right person. Sadly, I am not the right person. Due to mild acne scarring on a pale face, I like a medium-full coverage foundation that lasts all day on oily skin. This foundation isn't it. With a dropper application, this foundation is lightweight and watery, spreading thinly and evenly over the face. I would be hesitant to apply with anything other than my fingers because, lets face it, $79.99 is far too expensive to be sucked up into a brush or beauty blender. The formula transitions from a watery liquid to an almost powdery finish. As always, Lancome is on point with the technology behind their product. The end result is a sheer, flawless finish on the areas of my face where there is no redness. Flawless, whilst looking like I just have naturally gorgeous skin. Flawlessly breathable, not flawlessly full coverage. Unfortunately, this foundation does nothing for any areas of acne scarring, or the slight redness around my nose. By the time I have touched these areas up with concealer, the flawless, natural finish of the foundation is lost.

I have seen this foundation on women with lovely, clear skin, particularly in the over 30 age category. It is beautiful. They look like glowing angels fresh off a photoshoot. On their skin, the beauty of the foundation is hard to describe. On my skin, the blemishes are all too obvious.

Lastly, like all Lancome foundations, the shade range is VERY limited. If you are in the age/skin category that I described I would certainly recommend trying it in store and requesting a sample rather than buying online.

My staple foundation is Lancome's teint miracle, which I love, but when I saw this I thought I'd give it a try to see how it compares, however, I was really disappointed with this product. It's a light as air foundation, as it suggests, but I found it was much too watery, which made it hard to apply and it has a very matte finish once on that made me look more ill than radiant. Don't get me wrong, I don't like shiny skin either, but this really left me looking sick. I used this foundation for a couple of weeks (with tonnes of blush to brighten up my face) before going back to my staple teint miracle. I wouldn't use this again and I wouldn't recommend it to any of my friends.

I still own my foundation in light beige this foundation isn't my top 5 but its a decent foundation. Mine is like half full but I don't wear it an awful lot just as a quick foundation when I'm on the go. I find using a brush is easier a lot if people use their fingers to apply it but don't! Use a brush

If anyone has tried Lancome Teint Miracle Foundation then you will know what a beautiful product this is with a stunning glowing skin finish and flawless coverage. However Air de Teint on the other hand was a disappointment! With a huge amount of hype surrounding this new product I had high expectations, now just to stress in the Lancôme training it was explicitly stressed that this is NOT a foundation but rather a fluid, a similar texture to a serum with a light as air feel and sheer coverage. Well it certainly is light as air, almost a silicone feel but it has an extremely matte finish bordering on flat and dull and removal was very difficult I had to use a waterproof makeup remover before double cleansing to ensure it was all removed. I would be very intrigued to hear other feedback on this. Hope it was helpful! I think for the price you would be far better off getting the miracle foundation.