I am a creature of
habit when it comes to my make up. I am also a lover of the cheap and
cheerful due to the adulting world taking all of my money for stupid
things like rent and utility bills. However when you get absolutely
wasted and lose your handbag containing your foundation and eye liner
you have to get what is available.
I live quite far
from town so taking a trip after work would be useless because
everything would be closed. However I didn’t need to go to town.
Supermarkets have make-up stations now (stations...is that what you
would call them?...probably not) so I thought I would simply walk in
and find one of the few foundations I am a fan of (usually costing
around £7 or £8). Of course when I got to the supermarket all of
the make-up stations had been close apart from L'Oreal. There was an
option of 3 different foundations and I didn’t particularly like
any of them, but I was sick of everyone saying I looked ill at work
so I picked this little gem!
Retailing at £10
it's not much more than I usually pay, although as I was angry at the
time this seemed like the end of the world. I bought this in shade
125 – Natural Rose. I am a very pale person but I find getting the
lightest shade is always to white for me. Even though I am pretty
pale my skin tone is more pink than white. I am so happy with the it
matches my own skin tone better than any other foundation I have used
before.
I am used to a
foundation that comes out quite thick, like a cream. I like a full
coverage. So when I saw this looked quite thin I was worried the
coverage wouldn’t be what I wanted. I would say this leaves a
medium coverage but it is very build-able and it didn’t take much
more to get the coverage I am comfortable with. Adding extra layers
of foundation always gives me fear that it looks a bit cakey or
leaves a mask., but it left such a natural look, almost like I wasn't
wearing any foundation at all. I did however have to stop using my
moisturiser as I found if I applied this over the top it went all
crumbly! I blame the moisturiser here not the foundation.
I work in an office
so sweating off my make-up isn’t really a problem I have, however
after a whole day I have always found I look a bit dishevelled when I
get home and the foundation has just fell off of my face leaving all
of the covered spots and black rings visible. Working solely with men
I don’t want to be reapplying make-up all day. This foundation has
changed the game for me, getting home and still feeling like I look
half decent is great, I might need a top up on certain parts but for
the most part the imperfections are still disguised with the help of
the foundation.
The absolute
nightmare of losing my make-up along with my handbag still gives me a
cringey feeling in my stomach but I am actually glad I tried this
foundation. I would have never have paid the extra few pounds to try
this!
I may be obsessed
with make-up but I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough to
write a beauty post, so I am hoping my very limited technical
knowledge was enough to do this product justice!!
