CoverGirl Ready, Set, Gorgeous Foundation Review

For a long long long long long long long... well you get the point, long time I swore by my Revlon Color Stay foundation, but something changed. I don't know if it was their formulation or my skin, but either way something changed. I noticed that the Color Stay was starting to settle into my pores and with oily skin the size of my pores is pretty considerable. So as you can imagine the settling of foundation into my considerable sized pores was unacceptable. Right around that time CoverGirl released their Ready, Set, Gorgeous (I will have you know I want to type Glamorous instead of Gorgeous every time!) line. Now I haven't tried the concealer or the powder because I am currently pretty pleased with both of them but obviously I was in the search for a new foundation. So I decided what the heck and bought this. Now this foundation claims to be oil free, I think it's more like 90% oil free. I defiitnitely get some oil with this foundation, especially if I don't use it with a primer like NYX Shiner Killer and use it with Too Faced Primed and Poreless. I find it really breaks down around my nose but no more than any other foundation. As for the color match with my skin I think this is spot on. The coverage is also pretty great. I would say this is a medium to full coverage foundation if you build it up to be. So since I love full coverage foundations I definitely like the coverage this one provides. This does settle into the fine lines around my eyes, but less so than other brands. I would give this 3.5 stars out of 5 over all because of the oiliness and the breakdown but for a drug store foundation I'm very pleased and it it my everyday foundation. I just learned to use my NYX Shine Killer with it and I have zero problems :)

Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Full Coverage Foundation Review

Now this is the first high end foundation I have ever tried. However, I don't think that will make a difference in how I review this product. Foundation is foundation whether its drugstore or high end should not matter. Let's start with the basics. This foundation will run you $38 from Sephora. It is available in eight different shades: Fair, Ivory, Light, Light Medium, Medium, Tan, Tan Deep, and Deep. I do like the packaging. The look is cute and goes along with Tarte's all natural theme. I also like that there are two spots in the packaging that allows you see the product inside. The most obvious helpful part if that is to see the color of the foundation, so you can tell if it will work with your skin tone or not. The second part is so you can see how much product you have left. There's a special spot on the right side of the bottle that has makers on it that you can see through so you can see how much product you have left. The consistency of this foundation was a little thick in comparison to other liquid foundations I have used. I'm sure that's due to the amazonian clay. However, it doesn't feel thick or heavy on your skin. It actually feels quite nice on your skin. As far as application goes I do think you need a dense brush to get this all over your face. Because it is so thick it takes a little effort to move this over your face. Now I don't mean you'll be working up a sweat or anything like that, but it does take some work. I personally think a sponge would work best with applying this foundation. Now last but not least; coverage, color, and wear. I think the coverage of this foundation was medium to full coverage. You can certainly build this foundation up to get a full coverage look if that's what you desire. However, I don't feel its a straight out-of-the-tube full-on full cover foundation. Which personally I like. I don't always want or need a full coverage look. I like that you can built it up and kind of customize your look a bit. As far as color goes I think this the best foundation I have ever had that matches my skin tone flawlessly. I bought the Ivory color because I know I'm in that shade range and I was afraid that the color Fair would have been too yellow for me. I was right and I couldn't be happier with the color. Now on to wear. I have oily skin so foundations tend to break down on me relatively fast. Nevertheless, I didn't have that problem with this foundation. it stayed in place and wore beautifully. I did get a little oily on my forehead, but it wasn't anything outrageous or bad. It was a normal amount of oil, my forehead was no oil slick. I honestly think the only reason I noticed it is because I have oily skin. Other than that I don't think I would have paid it any attention. All in all I give this 5 our 5 stars rating. I would definitely buy this again and recommend it to all my friends (and trust me I have!). I hope this review was helpful if you were on the fence about buying this product. Be Fearless. Be Beautiful. Be You.

L'Oreal Magic Smooth Souffle Foundation Review

I bought this foundation about a month ago just to give it a shot. I was using the Cover Girl Clean Foundation with few complaints but I figured trying something new couldn't hurt. The first thing I noticed was the very very smooth texture. It feels great going on your face, and it blends very easily. As for the kind of coverage this foundation gives I would have to say it has to be medium to full coverage. I personally like fuller coverage because I have a fair amount of acne scars on my face. The only down sides I've found is that it is very thick and this is not the kind of foundation that you skip washing your face with. I have acne prone skin and just one time of forgetting to wash my face and I woke up with three new pimples. However, if I wash my face consistently it's not a problem. Besides that the only other problem I had was blending if I accidentally grabbed too much product to put on my face. If I grabbed too much the foundation would kind of roll on its self. You know how when you're trying to get a sticky label off something and it starts to roll up? Well that's what the foundation does if you put too much on, but it's easy to fix if you do put too much on. Those were the only down falls I found and they were more user based than product based. Over all I would definitely recommend this product.

I bought this at Target for about $13