Revlon Photoready Foundation and Lorac I'm so Sensitive Primer Review

Hello! I'm combining two reviews in one post because I have used the two items together yesterday. First off I wanted to go over the Revlon Photoready Foundation.

Now, I have used this foundation before about a year ago and I did like it, but at the time I was trying out so many different foundations and simply forgot about this one. I decided to give this foundation a try again because I remember I did like it. I have the shade 004 Nude.

Here is a swatch. It is a little two pink for my skin, but if I go a shade up, it will be too light for me, and if I go a shade darker it will be too dark for me. I was still able to work with the foundation.

So this is what it looked like when I first applied it. The coverage is great! And I think it looks great in photos!

After a couple hours. I ate something so my lipstick wore off and I didn't bother reapplying because I was about to go wash my face anyways. haha! Look at the shiny-ness on my forehead! Honestly, I do not get oily from this foundation. The reason why I did get shiny is because I sprayed on some NYX dewy finish makeup setting spray on top. When I use a regular setting spray like ELF I don't have that issue.

So I wore the foundation for this entire past week and I was just not loving it like I thought I would! I would go into work a little pale faced because the foundation was not oxidizing quick enough to match my skin tone, and I was having issues with it looking patchy/cakey and it emphasizing my dry skin! I do use a moisturizer before and setting spray after applying my makeup and I did not have any issues last Monday (which is when I first tried this foundation as pictured above) but during the entire week the foundation was looking bad!

 So I did my research. I started looking up reviews and just looking for really good primers for dry skin. I had a feeling that I was just not using a good enough primer! I mean, it's strange to me though because on the weekends I just don't do anything different as far as my foundation routine goes, but it always looks so much better than on the weekdays! But anyways, So I did some research and then thought back to about a year ago because my skin looked so flawless last winter and I was thinking about what it was I was using on my skin. And this is what I ended up buying at Ulta:

I featured this in my last post. So I bought the Urban Decay b6 spray because that spray made my skin feel and look sooo good! I went through the entire bottle in like a month! And then I bought the Chill Makeup Setting Spray so that my skin would look smooth and flawless! When I was in Ulta, I was originally looking for this Palladio foundation primer, but the Ulta I went to did not have the brand, so I went straight to the Lorac area and picked up the Lorac I'm So Sensitive Primer.

That night, I was deciding how I was going to apply everything to get my foundation looking smooth and preventing my skin from looking patchy and dry. So this is what I did:

step1: Apply moisturizer. I use the H20 gel moisturizer
step 2: Then I sprayed a couple sprays of the UD B6 spray on my face and let it dry/set
step 3: I took a small amount of the Lorac Primer and put it all over my face and let that set. (side note: It has an unpleasant smell. It's not over bearing or anything like that, it just smells weird. It's not a lovely smell.)
step 4: I used L'Oreal Magic Perfecting Base on my eyelids and under eye area ( I have oily eyelids and need a primer on them so that when I powder them they don't crease.)
step 5: Applied my foundation. I usually apply my foundation with a brush, but this time I decided to use my sponge beauty blender instead to get a smooth finish
step 6: After doing my blush, bronzer and mascara I sprayed the UD Chill Setting spray.

So let me tell you...My face was ON POINT yesterday! My skin was sooo smooth and hydrated and I did not have any issues with shiny-ness! I was very pleased with the results!! I did powder just a little bit on my eyelids because like I said, my eyelids get oily...and around my mouth to prevent the foundation from creasing when I smile and on my chin.

It looked GOOD! I would HIGHLY recommend the Lorac Primer AND the UD setting sprays. Honestly, the UD sprays were the first setting sprays I have ever used, but they are expensive, so I switched to ELF And NYX setting sprays to save money, but this entire time I have been using them, they haven't been helping my foundation stay looking good this winter! I am thinking of sticking with the UD settying sprays during the winter when my skin really needs it and then in the summer using the drugstore ones. hmm.

Revlon Photoready Foundation: LOVE the foundation because it is full coverage, easy to blend, and it looks great in photos. I do have issues with it while I am in uniform because my face does look lighter than my neck, but I think that is just an issue that I can't resolve because I can't blend the foundation down to my neck in uniform because it rubs off onto my shirt.

Lorac Primer: do not love the smell at all! But it is cooling and refreshing when I first applied it and it made my foundation look soo good! Hid my pores pretty well. I was having issues with my pores being emphasized with the previous primer I was using. This one does the job and I don't have issues with patchy/dry/cakey looking skin!

I think all the products I used work really well together and I just love the end result! I don't have to worry about my face falling apart throughout the day and looking disgusting anymore! :)

What are your thoughts on ANY of the products I have mentioned above? Also, what primers, foundations, and setting sprays do you use and would recommend? Please let me know! I would love to know what you think!

FOTD from Feb 23rd

I love a nice bold lip. :) I really enjoyed doing my makeup this past weekend. Just wanted to share my makeup look because I thought it was lovely! :)

Haul!

Just wanted to share a little (but expensive) haul I did. I burned a whole in my wallet this month. LOL!

I went to Ulta yesterday and picked these up. I couldn't resist! I will talk about these in a later post!

I went to the BX last week and picked up this powder. It was on sale for about $2.49. I will do a review on this later! I need to test it out more.

I went to Wal-Mart a few days ago and picked this up in the clearance area. haha So far, I am LOVING THIS! I will talk about it later too! ;)

I also picked this up in the clearance area! I haven't used it yet, but I thought it was pretty cool, because it comes with three different shades of concealer.

And I picked up these two concealers for contouring! I won't be doing a review on these, but it may appear again later when I do my makeup using these!

L'Oreal Visible Lift Foundation (with the pump) Review

Hello! I have another review before I go to sleep! I tried this L'Oreal Visible Lift foundation yesterday! 

I did not take my own picture so here is an image of it I took from bing images:

I bought the color 144 Light Ivory, only because they did not have a good selection of colors in the BX. :'( I was like "well, close enough..."

Here is what it looked like on my face with flash! I did like how it looked in pictures! In person, it did not look good at all! My pores were so noticeable and I did add powder on top, but I always do, and the foundation on my nose looked splochy and around the front of my face it looked cakey. ugh!

 

Face at the end of the day. A little shiny, but I would say that it isn't the foundations fault, it is the NYX Dewy Finish Makeup Setting Spray that I am using. oopsies! As you can see, half of my face is white, and the other isn't! Guess the foundation does leave a white cast, but how odd that it is only a piece of my face.

As you can see, it did it again in this image. Guess it is only on a section of my face because that part of my face is facing the camera more directly. 

Anyways, I did not love this foundation. The color was a little off, but that is not the reason I did not like it, I could've went somewhere else to get a better matching shade, you know? No biggie...but it just looked so horrible in person! It was cakey and splotchy on my nose and front of my face! It did cover up okay, but faded a bit through out the day. It is a light to medium coverage in my opinion...it's alright. I wasn't loving it so I returned this one as well.

Almay Truly Lasting Color Foundation Review

Good Evening! I wanted to do a post before I went to bed! Here we go!

This review is on the Almay TLC Foundation. I picked it up in the BX for $12.49. A little pricey, right?!

I got the foundation in the color 140 Buff. It was the only color they had that was NOT pink. And I assumed that since I have lightened up a lot that it was my color! So when I got home, I did a swatch test on my arm as depicted below:

It is had to tell, but it is a little off center, it is more to the right, and it is shiny. It matched me perfectly! It did oxidize a bit and I tested it on my arm as well as my neck! I did it three times and it matched perfectly! I was so pleased! But then, when I actually wore it, this is what happened:

My face is like, WUT THE....

This is after about 15-20 minutes. I had no choice but to take the picture in flash because I was already in the car about to leave for work and it was still dark, aha. STILL TOO LIGHT!!! GRR!!

This is what it ended up looking like around lunch time. It did oxidize more, but it was still not a perfect match! 

Little light still. I would say that it did look a lot lighter in person. And I just did not like the product! I did not like how it looked on my face. 

It is a light foundation, I had to layer upon layer just to cover up my acne and acne scars. It took way too much time! And it was not my color in the end! grr! I returned it in the end. I did not really see it fading throughout the day and it did stay on for a really long time! That part I did like but the color was a no-no for me, LOL. I did not have any issues with it drying up my skin (which is a major factor for me, because I have very dry skin in the winter with lots of flaky skin). This foundation holds up alright, but overall, I was not impressed with it. I thought it was also a little too expensive as well!

The BIGGEST downfall for this foundation is the fact that it also made me breakout. Normally, even though I have sensitive skin, I do not break out from foundations. But I noticed every day that I wore this one, I broke out. 

What are your thoughts on this foundation if you have tried it?

Back! & Maybelline Superstay Review

I'm baaaack! I've been sick!!! But I am feeling much better! I went to the ER twice within the last two weeks! But all is well! I just recovered the beginning of this week!

Being kawawa at the ER. LOL

Anyways, back to makeup! So I wanted to give my review on this Maybelline SuperStay Foundation!

I did swatches on my arm. The one on the left is in the color Classic Beige. The one on the right is the latest one I bought, Sand Beige. Looks a little too dark, right?

SOOO, I took pictures when I first applied it and it ended up scaring me at first try. It was TOO light! It scared me!!

GHOST FACE. LOL

This was when it oxidized a bit before I went to work.

Couple pictures I took from last week before I went out to do errands. Flash makes it look a little white.

So, I am having mixed feelings about this foundation. Yesterday, I wore the foundation and when I looked in my car mirror after work, it oxidized so much, it looked orange! Don't get me wrong, it looks amazing indoors, but once I step outside, it's a different color. grrrr! I want consistency! I do not like looking like a ghost when I first get to work and then an Oompa Loompa at the end of the day!

So I am really not feeling this foundation right now. Since I don't have that many options in foundation, I just went back to my Elf Foundation in Sand. It's good. I do like it, and it matches well, but the smell bothers me a bit and I do not like that it does not set quickly.

I went to the store today and bought three other foundations! I will post them in my next blog!

What is your experience with the Maybelline Superstay foundation? Or how about the Elf one? Please let me know! :)