June 17th,2015
Hello
readers today I continue my series on “long lasting foundation.” So last summer
after my misadventure with the Lancome Teint idole ultra 24h that you can read HERE
I decided to buy a product that I had already tried in the past. The blackUp matifying fluid foundation.
I got a sample of this one a few years ago and I loved the result: heat resistant, super long lasting, beautiful finish, beautiful in picture. This time at first glance of the foundation itself I noticed that something was different and after some quick research on the Internet I realized that they have changed the formula to improve it….
THE
PACKAGING
The packaging is very
simple for a high end foundation, the bottle is in plastic and there is nothing
fancy about it but at the same time it is easy light so it should be easy to travel with; well it depends.
If you have to travel with it you have to make sure that the bottle stays stand
up otherwise the product will not come out correctly and you’ll have to press
the pump several times in order to get something. So the pump is a big no,no.
Below picture was taken with the blackUp matifying fluid foundation
THE PRODUCT
It has a
creamy consistency and the smell is a little bit chemcal. When I bought it I picked the color
I used a few years back but after opening the tube I realized that the color
had changed also. The foundation was not too dark or too light but it just had
way too much red undertone. I went back
to the store to find an other color with yellow undertone that I could use to
mix with this one but I did not find any. All colors have either red undertone
or are neutral.
In conclusion: the good/the bad
When you apply the foundation the result is mat with a nice
finish and your pores look smaller. But after one hour, two hours, three hours
my pores were looking bigger than normal and I realised that this new formula
was not long lasting on my skin which quickly looked greasy throughout the day, also the foundation would transfer too easily.
An other
bad thing is that this foundation gave me blemishes so I checked the formula
and realized that the new formula contains alcohol denat as the thith ingredient and my very sensitive, reactive, acne prone skin does not like it. For
me the only good thing about this foundation is the fact that it does not
oxidises, meaning that the color does not change to get darker after a while. Will I
repurchase? With
everything I have just said it’s pretty clear that I will not repurchase that
foundation and I cannot advise anyone to do so.
XOxo
Dianna.H
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