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Tue May 01, 2007 2:52 am  |
I've been using this for about 2 weeks now and I must say I'm in LOOOVE! This is a very lightweight foundation that offers medium to heavy coverage. I use so little of it that I still have some of my sample left that the SA made for me. This gives me a very polished look, a glowy finish similar to the finish of LM's Mineral Foundation (as a lot of you are now familiar) and covers well with only a small amount of product so the 1.7oz tube will last forever, plus it's buildable on problem areas. It NEVER enhances my flakies and seriously - NO foundation, liquid, cream, gel, powder or mineral has EVER been able to accomplish that. You can't see my flakies even close up with this foundation. The trick the SA told me was to STIPPLE this on with a sponge - do not use a brush and do NOT blend downwards or upwards or however you usually apply liquid/cream/gel foundations, just STIPPLE. And WOW, honestly I was quite suspicious of whether "stippling" would blend the foundation properly or give me enough coverage but I now believe that this is the best technique I've learned ever. The stippling allows you to spread very well with just the right amount of coverage, the foundation itself just blends right in. I can see how if you apply it like regular foundation it will probably start off with a sheer coverage and require layering but the stippling gives you the needed coverage in one step. Plus if you need more in problem areas the stippling allows for an easier concentrated application. Usually if I happen to have a cyst I will put some mineral on top and that gives me a perfect concealing effect, so I don't even use concealer with this foundation. But I do use finishing powder on top of it to set as a preference. I don't get oilier with this compared to when I'm using MMU and the foundation lasts all day with the same wonderful finish. No caking at all even after a long day and some oil breakthrough. No breakouts at all either! Usually with any foundation even MMU sometimes I find an extra pimple after a long day of makeup which seems normal to me (not that the makeup was breaking me out but the fact that I had a long day of makeup on me probably ended in one or 2 clogged pores). But I haven't experienced this at all with the silk creme! That really is a first and I think it's due to the fact I really only need a very small amount of it so my skin isn't as suffocated. Sometimes I feel this lets my skin breathe better than MMU because I'd have to layer MMU for the needed coverage which might end up suffocating my skin anyway. I highly recommend and it MAY possibly be HG for me (still too early to say though, I'm reluctant to give any foundation HG status). For those of you who use MMU on a daily basis this is the PERFECT alternative on those days when MMU just doesn't work or on days where you want an extra polished look (plus you can always layer MMU over it). I might still use MMU on a daily basis myself just for the purity of it but I honestly do prefer this to LM's MMU or any other foundation/MMU I've ever used.
I use Creme Ivory in this, I'm about MAC NC20, fair to light with fair olive skintones. This corresponds pretty well with LM's Real Sand as when I compared my samples the colors looked almost the same and on my skin it seems to be the same as well. I think Rose Ivory would be equivalent to Tendre Rose. Creme Ivory is still slightly darker than my skintone and a tad too peachy. I don't think this will work for those with fair skin. |
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