Revlon ColorStay Foundation - Normal/Dry Skin Review

I have tried many foundations over the years but Revlon Colorstay is like my holy grail of foundations. The packaging includes a pump so it's not messy to use and you never waste product. It is the PERFECT shade match for my skin, and applies smoothly with a brush or sponge. It provides a great medium to full coverage, depending on how much you apply, and lasts all day on me. It's the only foundation I wear now!

When I first started wearing this, I was going through a phase of having very dry and patchy skin. I'm not sure what happened, but when I put powder on after applying the foundation, it went VERY cakey, and my pores appeared to be massive. Perhaps I applied the foundation on too thick or it was too wet ?? It does have great coverage and is pretty long-wearing, I wouldn't say it was 'lightweight' though. It actually feels pretty heavy on the skin, and does look rather cakey. Next time I tried using a transparent powder and applied it with a powder brush, and it looked a lot better. My skin has since gone back to being oily and I only use this foundation on occasion, and when I do then yes, I have to reapply powder a few times a day because I get so shiny as it is not made for oily skin! When I had dry skin it didn't dry my skin out anymore, and didn't flake off extra dry patches. If you have normal/dry skin I would say give it a go! I won't bother buying it in the oily skin version because it is pretty pricey for just an okay drug-store foundation. You can get high-end makeup for a similar price ??

This is my absolute favourite drugstore foundation! The coverage is amazing, it hides all my blemishes and discolouration without looking caked on. This foundation has lasted me a good 9 hours with the Revlon powder. I've never had a chance to find out if it would last a full 24 hours but I don't think anyone needs their foundation on for that long. Only downside is all the foundations are slightly pink/cool toned so being someone with olive skin, it was a bit difficult to find my perfect shade.

For some reason, this foundation will work for me one day, then look like a cakey mess the next! I moisturise and look after my skin, but I do find that if I have any dry patches, it still clings to these areas. For me, the coverage is medium, and does not cover where I have darker pigmentation from scarring I think the cakiness seems to happen if I try building the coverage, so I find I have to keep coverage light to prevent this. That being said, I continue to use this foundation as it does provide good long-lasting wear and is a perfect shade for my skin. I use either a good quality foundation brush or beauty blender to apply, which stops it from streaking. I make sure to powder afterwards which seems to help with smoothing everything out as well.

This was my go to foundation it has good coverage, I do find it does wash me out and u look very mono-toned so if you don't contour/blush you may look very washed out.

It is great for its staying power without needing to be set which is a great advantage, I barely need to use concealer either with this product as does have the full coverage effect and hides blemishes well.

I have this foundation in both normal/dry and combo/oily i like to use the dry verson in winter and combo in summer. This is and always be one of my favourite foundations. It has such a good selection of shades, medium coverage (buildable to full), matte finish and lasts all day it does not oxidise or cake up on my skin. Highly recommend

This is by far my holly grail foundation of all time. there is such a wide variety of color ranges to choose from. And I would say it is defiantly a full coverage foundation that has a flawless semi dewy finish on my skin type. however i don't believe it is true to the fact of long lasting, it doesn't last more than 8 hours with starting to fade. even with a face/foundation primer

This foundation is perfect for my skin, i had really bad acne in my early 20's and was super paranoid about it and so now i am so picky about what i put on my skin. This foundation provides great coverage with out being too heavy and doesn't cause my skin to break out.

Revlon colourstay is fantastic,I have this foundation in the colour sand,I apply it with a sigma f80 kabuki brush,I blend it into my skin with the brush,it is full coverage and leaves your skin flawless,for a more sheer result I have used a damp beauty blender,skin still looked flawless,I found it to stay on at least 10 hours ,then when I checked my makeup I was only oily on my chin and forehead,I recomend this foundation if you like the staying power of a foundation,I would buy again for sure.

This foundation has been the best I have found. It is very affordable (which is always good!), it is light to apply and does not feel like it is caked on, gives great long lasting coverage, and is SPF20. Love it!