So I'm back again (mini fist bump moment), and today I'm going to share with you my long awaited first Hit, Miss or Maybe series. This was one of the first ideas I had when I started my blog just because I try so many of the same products (just by different brands) as I can never decide which one to get, I figured why not put my indecisiveness to good use and share my personal experience hopefully helping one of you decide for yourselves. It's fairly straight forward I'm just going to try three different brands and score each one on things like application, durability etc and of course personal opinion and then the one with the highest points will be the hit and so on.
Okay so for my first Hit, Miss or maybe I decided to try out a product that I just can't seem to stop buying (no seriously I buy a new one every time I go makeup shopping lol) and that is foundation. There are so many different kinds of foundations all of which are great for different things, but with summer around the corner and the inevitable shine that comes along with it (for me anyway) I decided to try out 3 matte foundations, in the interest of fairness I applied each foundation using a beauty blender and on top of the same primer. I also tried each one for at least a week.
1. Barry M £5.99 2. Revlon £12.99 3. L'Oreal £7.99
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| I probably should have taken the pic before I used it lol ;) |
Packaging: 3/5
Application: 3/5
Coverage: 2/5
Feel: 4/5
Longevity: 3/5
Personal Opinion 3/5
TOTAL: 23/35
The packaging was ok and I loved the bright pink writing but the plastic does make it feel slightly cheap. This foundation applies fairly easily but as it is more of a low coverage foundation it did tend to come across a little patchy and I found it a little tricky to cover some of the redness caused by my rosacea. It was however extremely light weight and lasted through the majority of the day with only light touch ups (mainly across my nose). In short I think that this is a fab foundation for the price and would be a good one to use on days when you want a light weight foundation but don't need a lot of coverage.
Next we have the L'oreal Paris infallible matte foundation in the shade natural rose (12)
Price: 4/5
Packaging: 4/5
Application: 5/5
Coverage: 4/5
Feel: 5/5
Longevity: 4.5/5
Personal Opinion: 5/5
TOTAL: 31.5/35
I have to be honest I immediately fell in love with this foundation. The packaging is simple but effective it's easy to control how much you use and takes up a lot less space in your makeup bag than some others. It's very reasonably priced applies fantastically leaving a really beautiful finish. It is a medium coverage foundation but it's very buildable if you need more coverage, although I didn't actually need to build it up as it covered everything once I added my concealer. It lasted throughout the day really well although I deducted 0.5 points just because I needed to touch up slightly on a couple of the days.
And last up we have the Revlon Colorstay foundation for oily skin in shade sand beige (200)
Price: 3/5
Packaging 3/5
Application: 3/5
Coverage: 5/5
Feel: 3/5
Longevity: 2/5
Personal Opinion: 3/5
TOTAL: 22/35
Now this has been my go to foundation for so long that I never thought I would change foundations again, but when I first started using Colorstay there were not that many options for us girls with super oily skin and so this one was definitely the best one that I could find. The price is once again reasonable for foundation although the highest price of the 3, but the packaging itself is a big let down simply because it doesn't have a pump. without a pump you can't control how much you pour out especially with it being a fairly runny/watery foundation. The application is pretty easy and the coverage is fantastic, it definitely covers up every little blemish, however it feels very heavy on my skin and this was the worst of the 3 when it came to lasting throughout the day. All in all a great foundation for anyone needing a high coverage foundation but I would make sure to take a little pot of it with me for touch ups on the go.
So the Results are in and my recommendations are as follows...
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