Packaging: I do like the fact that this is a squeeze tube rather than a pump bottle as I feel like I’ll be able to get the product out more easily when it is running low.
The lid twists off easily, even when your hands are nice and slippery from the primer that you’ve just ’smooshed’ all over your face because you were way too lazy to wash your hands between steps…
Product: This is a very runny foundation, to the point that when I am putting the lid back on the tube I can feel it running slightly across the back of my hand, though thankfully it hasn’t managed to escape onto the floor yet. (I squeeze it onto my hand by the base of my thumb and then dab it over my face, or use the beauty blender directly from the back of my hand.
SPF: I like the fact that it has SPF 15 in it, and it didn’t feel heavy on my skin throughout the day. I successfully avoided getting sun burnt at Electric Avenue.
It goes a surprisingly long way, and doesn’t leave me with a greasy feeling, and I don’t think it highlights the dry patches on my nose too much either. It does seem to have a nice finish, while still letting me keep a more natural look and didn’t transfer onto my hands when I touch my face (which is seriously all the time).
Coverage: this is described as medium coverage and I would agree with that. It did a really good job of covering the acne I’ve got on my chin at the moment as well as a blemish on my cheek in a really obvious place just below my cheekbone..
Lasting: Applied with a damp beauty blender over a base of Australis Primer, and then a mattifying powder pressed over top it lasted me from 2pm to midnight at the electric avenue music festival in Christchurch. I didn’t feel like it was going to slide off my face at my dance classes, and it didn’t transfer onto any clothing( yay!). It also still looked ok after I'd removed my motorbike helmet on two rides yesterday.
Touch ups: So I may have had a disastrous (not exaggerating) eyeliner experience where I had to remove the attempted wing from my left eye 4 times (I kid you not, it was horrific). I was able to very easily fix this area with foundation again without it looking super obvious and it easily covered the associated redness from trying to remove the darn eyeliner in the first place.
Application: I had one day that it felt weird to apply and wasn’t behaving the way I wanted to, I realised I’d forgotten to dampen my beauty blender and that totally fixed the problem… so that was user error.
100% loving this and haven’t touched another foundation since I received this trial.
Thanks again Beauty review for the chance to review this amazing foundation. I absolutely love it!!! It offers really good coverage for me without caking into my fine lines. It offers a nice glow but not a massive shine like when someone needs a powder finish. A little bit goes a long way! The texture is nice and not clunky at all. I selected the perfect shade for me, no makeup lines around the neck, it blends in perfect with my natural skin tone. I have been using it everyday since I received it from beauty review and I think I have actually found a foundation I really like and want to stick to. I’m 100% percent happy with this foundation and if you’re thinking of trying it then do.