L'Oreal Paris Infallible 24H Matte Foundation Review

I bought this as I'd heard so many great things about it - woohoo!! 24 hour foundation?! How could I not?! I spent a lot of time in the shop finding the right colour. I finally picked it and went home to try it on. Except, the colour changed after I put it on. It went very, very orange. Yet, in the store, it was a perfect colour. It was also really uncomfortable to wear, it felt heavy. And I ended up throwing away the bottle after a week or so.

This foundation seems to either be loved or hated by everyone that tries it. Sadly for me I hated it. First off, for a drug store foundation I thought it was super pricey. Add a few dollars on and I could've purchased something high end. The packaging was a bit cheap, but I never have liked foundations in squeezy tubes. I purchased this foundation because of all the positive hype about it, which was a big mistake.

The consistency was very thick, almost moussey, but the finish was quite nice. However for something that claimed to be a '24 hour foundation' it barely lasted 4 hours on my skin, even with and primer and when set with a powder.

The thing I hated the most about this foundation though was the colour. I got Vanilla/11 which is the lightest shade available in NZ. Straight from application it was so so pink toned. I am yellow toned, but this was so pink I'm not sure it would even look normal on a pink-toned person. After a few hours of wear it oxidised from the pink to a very patchy orange, and I actually stopped what I was doing to come home and take it off.

I just think that when charging almost $40 for a drug store foundation, there should at least be a more wearable shade range. And I know all brands dramatise the length of wearability, but putting the 24 hour claim on a foundation that didn't even manage to last 1/4 of the time is just awful.

I've just gone on maternity leave and decided earlier this year that I needed to find a cheaper foundation than the double wear I use almost daily. My sister recommended this and I am absolutely in love with it! Not only can I pick it up cheap for almost a quarter of the price online it matches my.skin tone even better than my double wear and it blends like a dream! The colour is perfect, price is right, long lasting (albeit not quite as well as my DW), blends well, I am so impressed!

I choose this foundation as a full coverage foundation (even though it says medium on it, it's as full coverage as my previous full coverage foundation). What I was looking for, was something that was long lasting, had good coverage and was paraben free. This foundation ticked all these boxes.

I chose the matte tube over the pump version, because I was a bit over uncooperative pump bottles and I prefer a matte foundation.

I apply with either my fingers or my artiste foundation blurring brush. Both get a good long lasting coverage, but I think the brush does it slightly better.

Overall the foundation doesn't cake and lasts all day, but you do need to set it to keep it in place all day.

The tube it comes in has a fine tipped nozzle at the end which gives controlled amounts of foundation. What I don't like about the tube, is that I can't see how much foundation is left.

I also found all the shades available really similar to each other and they all seemed to be in the light/medium to medium/dark range, they didn't seem to really cater for light or dark skin.

First of all the shade selection is very limited and the undertones are just, I dunno, too strong(?), the pink undertones and VERY pink and the yellow undertones are so yellow they're almost orange. I went with a yellow undertoned as I usually do but unless Im fake tanned I find myself mixing it with another foundation just so I dont look like I just walked out of Willy Wonka's Choc Factory.

The consistency is quite thick and I didn't find it very easy to blend - I had to use about twice as much as I would normally just to get even coverage all over.

The matte finish is nice(not super matte but nice) and it is long lasting (definitely not 24hr though, more like 5-8) but given some places are charging $45 for it - I'd rather spend the extra $30 and get something high end that will last me twice as long.

Been on the hunt for a long-lasting, medium to full coverage foundation for a while, and this one's hands-down the best for living up to its claims and value for money. Got this and the Infallible Matte Powder and have since repurchased both. Wore this at a summer wedding, entirely outdoors and this lil' baby stayed put! It makes my skin look flawless and doesn't cake even at the end of the day. Have tried the Lancome Double Wear and I still much prefer this, and at drugstore prices why not?

I'm nearly at the end of my first tube of this and I've been really happy with it. I don't need to use powders like I do with other foundations and BB creams I've tried and it says on around my oily t-zone. It also doesn't rub off onto my glasses as bad as others either. The colour match to my skin is pretty spot on as well.

The only negatives I have is - no spf (which in this day and age I find strange) and it doesnt do anything for your skin (such as anti-aging properties etc).

This is my everyday go to foundation!!!! This foundation hides my pores is super full coverage and does an amazing job at keeping my oiliness under control.. I'm yet to find another foundation to replace this one

This foundation has great coverage and has a beautiful finish. It isn't entirely matte, but that's what I love about it. Covers all your imperfections well yet still looks natural. Helps with keeping the oil away too! Can wear for a good 8-10 hours still looking decent on my face.

I so love this foundation! It's easily blended, I love the tube design which makes for easy access to the product. It looks flawless on and is very long lasting, sometimes I have to pitch in and do warehouse labour when I'm short staffed and I tell you, it gets to 40deg in the factory and I will be dripping with sweat but this foundation Does. Not. Budge. I have oily skin and used it with the matching matte primer and it glided on flawlessly with a real techniques 301 Brush Crush foundation brush, the finish was excellent and I needed minimal concealer afterwards. Now the downside. Whether it was the primer or the foundation I'm not sure but the combo on my skin made me break out like never before, within a week of wearing it I had full blown acne across my cheeks and forehead where I've generally been clear and my problem area; chin reigon was so exacerbated there was not a single clear space. I've always had 1 or 2 cystic spots since puberty many moons ago but my whole face has broken out. This is so sad for me because I absolutely loved the way this foundation looks on my skin, it doesn't go cakey or patchy but stays flawless. I would still reccomend this foundation to anyone who has oily skin and wants flawless long wearing makeup, but be careful if you are a sensitive little flower like me!