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Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:31 am  |
I got this on the recommendations of MUAers. I was a little tired of using MMU - I had used a full jar and a half of Laura Mercier's MMU and found I wanted a better finish. There were gripes I've had with it such as fading throughout the day (or you can say melding with your skin). This causes any additional dabs that I made on imperfections for concealing purposes would be very obvious on my skin and would not look natural at all. The rest of my face of course was wonderful. Although the surface of my face could get oily by mid-day, my skin was in fact quite dry and after I blot my face would feel quite tight with MMU (as it is a powder and thus has no moisturizing properties).
So I turned to this - this is wonderful! It's super lightweight, coverage is better than you average tinted moisturizer, as an SPF of 20, color match was good (I use #2) but they have no.8 (white) and no.9 (apricot) which serves for your to mix and blend to get a right color match or increase the luminosity or for highlight/contouring purposes. The finish is completely natural, can't tell you have anything on, blurs imperfections, is buildable but this IS supposed to be sheer so if you need medium to full coverage this will not be for you. I just dab this a little more on imperfections and voila - I don't even need concealer! The staying power of this is also wonderful, 30 degrees this will look the same after an 8 or 10 hr day. I don't see the need to set this with a loose powder but if you want to look more "matte" you could. I was also told by the sales that if you mix in no.8 in a 3:1 ratio (3 parts normal color, 1 part no. you will get more coverage. I don't exactly know how it works but she did do it in front of me and yes you do get more coverage that way.
I would recommend using this with a foundation brush - something fuller, not your average flimsy ones like MAC 190 and the like. I think the best brush would be Armani's own blender brush or Shu no. 18 (NOT 18R), 18 is their regular foundation brush, or the like. I did try it with my MAC 189 and that worked much better than my Trish McEvoy foundation brush. A brush gives a better finish than just fingers.
However this product is made ONLY of silicones and is no different from say Smashbox's primer so if silicones break you out, STAY AWAY! But this texture feels more whipped and moussey than other products with the same ingredients thus it does not feel heavy on the skin at all. The texture on your skin feels "slippery" I don't find it greasy just slippery but not everyone will enjoy this texture so try at your own risk.
All in all I like this way better than other TMs which I've tried because this STAYS on my skin. I was using LM's tinted moisturizer before and within 5 minutes of being outside in 40 degrees it literally melted off and I looked SOOO bad. This will NOT do that and I've been using it for almost 2 weeks to be confident about this point.
This is definitely another wonderful product that I will repurchase.
PS: You can find a swatch of all the colors from Karlasugar's blog and the comparison of colors with other foundations to help you find your match. |
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