review: rimmel match perfection foundation

I've been trying my hand at different liquid foundations and one day whilst innocently perusing the makeup stands at Boots, I saw that Rimmel had £2.00 off their foundations. I spent about 20 minutes swatching and colour matching foundation and I finally settled on this one. I picked the shade, 201 Classic Beige and I must say, it's pretty much a perfect match.

The foundation itself isn't too liquidy at all and usually one pump of this will be enough to cover my face. I do like the pump design as it helps me judge how much foundation I need and there's very little room for any wastage.

It applies like a dream with my Real Techniques stippling brush and has a slight floral scent to it which I found pleasant and not over powering. It has medium coverage and leaves a nice dewy, natural finish. For me, it's the perfect daytime foundation. 

Staying power wise, it's pretty good. For your standard 6 hour day, you'll find you won't have to touch up during the day but I've worn this for a 10 hour shift at work and it's almost all but gone by the time I come home.

This foundation retails for £6.99 which I think is a great price for a drugstore foundation but I like waiting for some great offers that Boots and Superdrug do. 

Vanessa

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Review: Make Up Forever HD Foundation

I decided to do this review before making a decision as to whether I was going to throw this out. I'm sure the reasons for my decision will become more apparent as I write this review.

I bought this foundation after hearing so many great things about it on blogs and YouTube videos. This was technically my very first high-end foundation as well as my first liquid foundation purchase so you can tell I already had quite expensive taste! I was lucky enough to come across this when I stumbled upon a Sephora when I was visiting my friend's city in Spain.

I managed to match my skin (albeit, all wrong) to Shade 125 and I really loved using it when I got back to Scotland. The coverage is really good. It has that fine line between being too heavy coverage and not enough coverage and has a buildable formula so that you can control how much you want to apply. It possesses the amazing ability to not be too heavy on your face but you're still aware of it being there. From there, for me, it all goes downhill.

I'm quite stingy when it comes to using up make-up because I spent so much money on it, I was worried I was going to run out. I rationed it to the point where I just stopped using it. Probably not a great idea as I can truthfully say that I bought this back in the Summer of 2010 (I can hear you all say 'ewwwwww' in the background!) As a HD foundation, I thought that it would look amazing in photographs but I experienced severe 'ghost-face' on a recent night out where I risked using it again. A lovely reader suggested mixing in with a darker foundation but I realised that I don't have a darker foundation to mix it in with (fail). 

I'm on the absolute verge of throwing it out! I truly believe that this is unsalvageable! In saying that, I would definitely re-purchase it again if I come across it but I would love to speak to a sales assistant about it first before parting with my hard earned cash!

What do you think about this foundation? Am I going about it in the wrong way?

Vanessa

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