My foundation collection.

My skin is my biggest problem really, I had pretty good skin from about 14-17 and while alot of the girls in my school were struggling with acne, I only ever had one of two spots at a time. Never the less my makeup addiction began early and I bought my first foundation at 14. Just some random Maybelline one that didn't really do much of anything or maybe it was max factor...? Anyways I started wearing it regularly at about 15 when I was getting my first spots, and they horrified me! I didn't need it, but no one in my house wears makeup and I was really navigating blind in the world of beauty looking at Youtube videos for guidance. Watching older girls who knew what they were doing talk about full coverage, and when I heard those words at 15 I guess I thought all my problems would be solved. I maintain, I didn't know what I was doing. I was like "full coverage= flawless skin= must have" doesn't reallyyyy work like that. So I was on Revlon Colour Stay and then MAC Studio Fix Fluid which I never really liked. Then my skin worsened and I started learning about makeup and everything was fine and dandy till about the end of last year when the acne phase hit me. I offically have acne. No it isn't super terrible compared to others but it's pretty bad and I have to wear foundation all the time now just when I was happy with how my skin was aswell... ah life... The point of this post is that I have become a bit of a liquid foundation connoisseur, it's my foundation of choice and next pay check I might investigate some powders as my powder foundation collection is well basically none. I've tried well over 30 liquid foundations short yet experimental life and I now have a pretty solid collection of liquids some I like and some I don't. Below is what I have currently and my short (or not so short as it turns out) opinions on each.




From left to right:
Revlon Colour Stay in Buff   (On the lighter side but good)
Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation SPF15 02 Sand   (Yellowy but good)
Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation Soft Ivory   (Too light)
Lancome Photogenic Lumessence
Dior Skin Forever 022   (Way tooooo dark)
Chanel Vita Lumiere Aqua B20   (Good)
Etude House Mineral BB Cream 02   (Good)
Chanel Perfection Lumiere BR12   (Pink, no...)
Benefit You Rebel Lite   (eh)
Mac Studio Sculpt NW20   (On the darker side but good)

Revlon Color Stay Buff; Colour match is pretty good for my skin but I found it a bit to heavy. I love coverage and thick foundation usually isnt an issue but this always dried really really quickly on my face so if you needed extra coverage, you'd end up feeling masky. The flash back in photos was outrageous though, it might just have been in the lighter shades which I always wore, but it would come out so white! I haven't found that with any of the other foundations I've tried. I've heard people say that it doesn't happen to them so who knows, give it a try. It's cheap a good back up to have. Not something I turn to every day though, its my inbetweener.

Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation SPF 15 Sand 2: I'll be honest I haven't worn much of it at all. It's quite yellow but neverrrr buy a pink foundation, ever... (rant continued below). Get a yellower one and use blush and powder to bring back colour. This foundation is very very very thin and liquidy. It isn't meant to have good coverage I believe it's meant to be low hence why I don't use it. My skin just isn't good enough. I also found this one was a bit oily. I have dry skin, but with this one it left kind of a thin veil over my face, that didn't cover much at all, so why wear product that doesn't do anything for my skin, seemed like waste so I no longer wear it really. I didn't love it. Maybe when my skin improves I'll go back to it. I would say this is for someone with good skin who just wants a little extra summin summin. It's a pretty inoffensive foundation. Oh and I used just your average foundation brush to apply it.

Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation Soft Ivory: Love, hate. With out a doubt. On my dry skin, it cakes and clings to dry patches like no tomorrow. Looks awful. But the coverage is amazing. It is a superrrrrr thick formula that doesn't apply easily as you really need to buff it in to the skin. Colour is on the lighter side for me maybe a little too light actually which makes it not a great choice for moi.  But like I said coverage, coverage, coverage! This does wonders in hiding your skin, and if you take the time to apply it nicely and blend it well and blah blah blah this can look really good. I save it for nights out where I want that extra bit of coverage and I blend it with Dior Forever a darker foundation or apply it beneath my Chanel Vita. Not good for dry skin.


Lancome Photogenic Lumessence: I think this one is in 010... I can't find the shade anywhere. No.. just no. I bought this way back when and I've touched it only a few times. Coverage is okay when you first apply it but it slides off anything you actually want to cover. This is a greasy tinted veil over the face. No matter how much powder I use and hour later nothingggg on my face. It was horrible really... if you have good skin yes sir by all means. It did nothing for me.... literally nothing. I might as well just have taken some oil and put it on my face anddd I have dry skin! It's a greasy formula.

Dior Skin Forever 022: Meh, I can't really comment I was matched wayyyyyy too dark. I must have got it like two years ago now and I've never worn it alone. Way way way way way way way too dark. I don't know how the sales lady fucked it up so bad on my literally white skin. Formula seems nice enough, it's quite perfumed though so maybe not for sensitive skin. I used it to mix with lighter foundation. You would think I was Brazilian with the colour I have.

Chanel Vita Lumiere Aqua B20: I love this. It isn't a full coverage foundation, but it covers alot. I've worn this basically every day since it came out. I wear B20 and it's slightly darker then my skin but I blend it and it seems fine enough. Doesn't cling to dryness, doesnt make my skin oily. Heres the thing though, it isn't buildable I don't care what they say on counters but if I build this it looks crap and patchy and dark. Once its on my face and dry thats it. I'm on my second bottle and while this is a favorite for everyday. I'm looking for something with just that extra bit of coverage. It's quite natural looking aswell. Great, great formula. I highlyyy recommend this but make sure you take the time to figure out how to wear it best for you. I know a few different people who apply it differently for them. I use a 187 stippling brush to stipple then blend in circular motions only applying a thin layer all over the face. Perfecto.

Etude House BB Cream 02: I got it in Thailand,  I don't think they sell it anywhere else. It's pretty good but kind of clings to the fine hairs on your face... I don't have a hairy face... but it kind of like I don't know accentuates them in a strange way. But it's nice and inoffensive. I don't wear it too often because its lightening. But Ill put it in spots that I want coverage which it does well then cover my face in powder for an Al Natural 'going to the beach' sort of day.

Chanel Perfection Lumiere 12 Beige Rose: Formula seems nice enough, it's quite thick but I have this in Beige Rose and the roseeee dear god ITS PINK! The foundation is actually a light pastel pink, and I put it on and I look in the mirror and my face all over, everywhere is pink. It wayyyyyy tooooooo pink. You use foundation to hide redness... why did they create a shade thats entirely pink I'm not sure. I can't imaging it looking good on anyone even if you have pinker skin! Use a yellow or neutral toned foundation to counteract your redness and thennnnnn use blush! If I use blush with this I would look like a clown, I think I do with it on anyway.

You Rebel Lite: I use this under their Flawless something powder foundation which I really like for extra coverage but by itself its pretty awful. I use it as a primer I guess for powder. Its greasy as fuck... just don't bother really.

Mac Studio Sculpt NW20: I've only worn it once so I'll give you more details as I discover them. I just bought it colour is on the darker side, I think Ill need an NW15 or NC15 to mix with it. It blends okay but I found after a few hours it was patchy and kind of gross on my skin. I'll do a full review on it once I've had the chance to wear it a bit more.

That's that. If I have to say another word on liquid foundation I think I'll scream. I hope this helped someone somewhere..