Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation Review

I received a trial version of this foundation from the pharmacy last year while they had a free colour matching promo going on. The lady matched me spot on and I went home with a 10 day sample of Desert Beige. This foundation definitely stuck to my skin like nothing before it ever has. I could fall asleep on the couch after a big night and wake up with pretty much flawless makeup the next day - amazeballs. I applied it with a flat top foundation brush and found it a but streaky, and then tried my Bionic Buffer brush and it worked fab, smooth airbrrushed skin for the whole day. A little goes a long way, and I got way more than 10 days out of my little pottle - and I like full coverage too. The only downsides are that it smells quite chemically, and the price! Holy moly the price! Its the only thing keeping me from repurchasing, but other than that I reckon this warpaint is great!

I found that this product clung to my dry patches and looked horrible, I also got colour matched wrong by the lady at the Estée Lauder counter so I'm not very happy with the experience in general. However my sister uses this and loves it, she doesn't have dry skin and always looks flawless with it on, so it all depends on your skin type.

What an awesome range of colours to match every skin tone! Even managed to find one that matched me perfectly, cool bone.

I found the coverage superb and they staying power was incredible, managed a full 12 hour shift with out any flaking. However I felt it was quite dehydrating for my temperamental skin and after about a week of use my skin was very dry and dull. Solved this problem by mixing with a BB Cream because I couldn't stand to let such a great colour go to waste.

After all the hype about this product... I really wanted to love it. But unfortunately I just cant! Big thumbs down for me.

I have quite oily, breakout prone skin. Everytime I use this foundation my skin breaks out worse than it ever has. The product itself slips around all day and needs to be touched up constantly. I definitely would not buy this again for the price it is!

I LOVE this foundation, it lasts all day on my oily skin and looks incredible. I like the fact that it is a medium to full coverage so I can sheer it out for a really light application or I can apply a little more and have a flawless face. Colour is really nice too for my pale pink undertone skin.

It's been a week now and I'm impressed. This foundation is long wearing and does not move! I had a nap and when I woke up it was still there. I didn't even use a primer with it but the coverage was even and full just how I like it! If you like sheer coverage this may not be the foundation for you but I found that it really concealed imperfections well and was not oily ( I have combination/oily skin) but was impressed with this Matt finish.

I had found it so hard to find a good foundation i had tried so many from expensive to cheap and finally i got recommended to try double wear it has been 4 years now and i still love it as much as i did on the first day! i use to find my make up wouldn't last all day and now this with a bit of powder and im set for the day!

THIS IS COMPLETELY AMAZING!!! It only needs a tiny bit to cover your whole face, and it stays on for so so long!!!

I have a love hate relationship with this foundation.

Love - because it stays on all day, it almost looks flawless and its full coverage, not sticky

Hate - can look cakey, you need the exact amount or less to make it look flawless, it can take a tiny dab of this to make you look cakey, it feels heavy, i can just feel it on my skin, its not a natural finish, you can definitely tell you're wearing foundation, can't find a spot on match to my skin tone, price is expensive

It seems like i have more cons than pros but i really do like this foundation but only on days I'm out and about all day, and you need a refresher like mac fix + or something to make it look less heavy and cakey

This is definitely expensive, but definitely worth it. I got colour matched and tested the foundation out for a few days before buying a bottle and it is one of the best makeup decisions I have ever made. I get home at the end of the day with my makeup looking just how it did when I applied it in the morning! This is very full coverage and in future I will most likely save this for days where I want extra coverage or special occasions, nights out etc. This really goes on and stays on, doesn't go patchy or flaky, doesn't fade or wear off. Every other foundation I have tried sinks into those smiles lines every day and I find myself trying to blend them out when I go to the bathroom - I couldn't believe it when I didn't have this problem with double wear! Applies and buffs into the skin well, I have tried this with both a duo fiber brush and the RT buffing brush and both work well with this foundation.