This is what I'm looking for in a foundation. I want a foundation that looks like skin without being too sheer. I want it to cover everything while looking like I'm wearing nothing. I want it to give me that slightly dewy radiance of youth. I don't want it to have crappy ingredients. I want it to be sanitary, preferably packaged with a pump dispenser. I do not want to have to take a mortgage out in order to purchase it.
I have said it before and I will say it again, I have never been one for drugstore cosmetics and if there is one item everyone should spend money on, it is a good foundation. With that being said, I am a girl with an insatiable appetite for foundations and sometimes you just have to go with your budget. Drugstore foundations have been, in my experience, heavy and cheap looking. I do like L'Oreal True Match (and I hear their Lumi is good too) but other than that I have steered clear of them. Over the holidays, when my foundation whore ways kicked in and that monkey was on my back, I wandered over to Revlon after reading a bunch of rave reviews about their 24 Hour Colorstay foundation. I'm so easily led.
I liked that it was a full coverage foundation and decided to give it a try. My first impression was good, it had reminded me of my MUFE HD Foundation but I have since gotten over that feeling. They have completely different finishes. Honeybuns did think I had my airbrush makeup on and commented on how smooth my skin looked.
The good, it covers everything pretty well. It is a full coverage makeup and will cover most skin blemishes and discolorations, without looking heavy. Depending on the night's sleep that I've had, I sometimes don't even need under eye concealer. It does last and has a nice matte finish and I don't usually like a matte finish. Matte for me equals dried up and old looking. Ladies, be careful with matte makeup-it can age you. This doesn't look either, it just looks matte, not shiny, not dry-just perfectly, naturally matte. I don't use powder with this because that might be too much matte for me to handle.
The bad, it comes in a bottle without a pump so you have to pour this somewhere-on your sponge, the back of your hand, on a palette? Somewhere and there is no control so don't pour out too much. The ingredients are not great, there are parabans for those of you concerned with them. Lastly, if you have dry skin you may want to skip this product. I noticed that where I had a little dryness on my chin, the foundation magnified it and clung to it and made it look noticeably dry.
I've applied this with a brush and with a Beauty Blender and it looked good with both. A little more natural with the Beauty Blender. Can we discuss my Beauty Blender for a minute? I was never on the Beauty Blender bandwagon. I purchased it when it first came out and I just didn't get it. I did not get what the big deal was. It was tossed aside and very rarely used. I find myself reaching for it more and more lately and I think I may be falling in love with it. This may change my foundation game, hopefully for the better. Maybe this tool will help me finally settle down with one foundation.
So final thoughts, do I love it? It's good. Am I sticking with it? Probably not-Are you surprised? Maybe I'll revisit it in the summer when my skin is in need of mattifying. Is it worth the cost? ($10-$13 depending on where you buy it) If you are looking for a full coverage, matte foundation for not a lot of money, it is definitely worth it. If you are not, I would save my $$ and purchase something you really want. I mean really, anything in the $10 range is worth it if you want to try it.
As for the 24 hour staying claim. I have no idea. I have never worn makeup for 24 hours in my life and I really do not know why anyone would need their makeup to last 24 hours. That is just gross. It did last through my work day and a short cat nap on the couch.
You can purchase Revlon products in all major drugstores and supermarkets.
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