After returning home from a 2 week holiday to Egypt in 45 degree heat, and coming home to minus 77 the tan on my face has completely finished and then some! So, my nice dark foundation is around 4 shades darker (Benefit playstick in jump rope), which meant on Thursday it was time to sort my face out! I normally wear Estée Lauder double wear, and my sister just started working at benefit and kept coming home with lovely looking skin, which probed me to buy the foundation she was wearing. However, I had read reviews in Look magazine and a few other magazines about the new YSL foundation, being that it was as good as touché éclat itself. During the last week I have been so fed up with my skin, looking so pale all of a sudden and my foundation being far too dark, so decided to just go for the touché éclat foundation.
Making my way into boots, around 8.20pm on a late night shopping trip, and having just had my eyebrows threaded, I discovered there was no one to help me at the counter.
Because I'd had my eyebrows threaded, most the foundation and coverage around my eyes had come off, so this gave me room for colour experimentation!! After umming and ahhing between 2 different shades out of 22, (which is an amazing amount of different shades, although I am sure boots didn't stock all 22 shades) I went for B50, which was a very perfect match for my skin colour.
What do I think?
I have worn the foundation for 2 days now, along with a new powder which I bought last week from Mac (will review this later in the week), as well as concealer, bronzer and blusher. After the 1st day, which involved a caarrrrazzzy day at the shop, in hot weather, after an 8 hour shift, I came home and inspected the staying power. I was very impressed to see that it looked almost as good as it did when I first applied the foundation. When I buy a foundation, it's staying power is probably the most important factor for me, as I don't have time in the day to reapply or touch up, when I am at work. This for me was definitely worth the £28 investment.
The foundation which comes out of a pump, of which 1.5 pumps is enough for good coverage. I applied by finger tips, when usually I apply by brush, because at the time it was easier. The foundation was very smooth and had a dewy look to it, and instantly brightened my skin. It also has a nice light fragrance which was a positive because it smells quite refreshing. If I was going out for the evening I might double the coverage because it wasn't very thick, which I think is a good thing in this case because it was nice to be able to build up as and when needed.
I would absolutely 100% reccomend this foundation, it is worth the money. I think when it comes to makeup, particularly foundation, the money is worth spending if you can afford it, on a high quality product, because at the end of the day it is your face, your first impression, and what people look at before they look at anything else. Most of all, having good looking skin for me, is where my confidence starts.
Have you tried this foundation? What do you think?
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