What kind of coverage do you prefer in your foundation?
- Medium (58%, 834 Votes)
- Light (27%, 383 Votes)
- Heavy (15%, 210 Votes)
- Other - I'll tell you in the comments! (0%, 8 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,435
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I don’t have major acne, but I do have a bunch of faint acne scars.
I like the natural look of tinted moisturizer though, so I put a little bit of medium-coverage foundation on my cheeks (where the scars are) and then put TM everywhere else. High maintenance, but necessary!
In the summer I like something very light since I have oily sking and most of the time it just slides off anyway (even with a primer). It the fall/winter and tend to favor medium coverage.
Light to medium in summer and medium in fall/winter. I don’t want to feel the heaviness of foundation in the summer and I don’t care to look too cakey or overdone. So during the summer I use MAC Select lightly or the loose mineral foundation or Studio Fix. Any of those work just fine for me. The only full coverage I like is MAC Studio Sculpt, but I usually only wear that when I go to an event (ie wedding or going to a club).
My skin has a good silky appearance when it’s nude, no acne scar or anything that absolutely need to be concealed. I just need a super light coverage to even and enlight all this a bit and that’s all. Like a tinted moisturer (the new MAC in light is great) and a little bit of powder on my nose. I don’t like heavy foundation because I don’t like how it feels on my face. Also the opacity and artificial color of a covering foundation really clash with my white and super transparent body skin.
Light…I fortunately have even smooth skin. One around that time of the month I may get a pimple I conceal and call it day til it goes away after a few day.
For foundation – medium. Otherwise(for light coverage) I use powder.
I’m a tinted moisturizer girl myself and then I just follow up with MAC MSF dusted lightly on top. I have made peace with the unperfect discolorations on my face! Leaves me time to concentrate on doing my eyes =)
Medium to heavy for me!
medium. i have clear skin, i just like it to look more even in tone, so i use mac studio fix.
i do have a mac full coverage foundation i use sometimes.
I have so many broken capillaries that only a heavy coverage foundation can even my complexion a bit (I use mineral brands for that)
I like enough coverage for my scars but not so much that you can tell I’m wearing makeup.
I use light because I don’t feel I need to have lots of coverage. I have freckles that make my skintone a bit uneven and the occasional break out that is about it. For foundation, I like to use a medium buildable one, such as Studio Scuplt and mix in with equal parts moisturizer to make it lighter and sheerer.
Light-Medium. Don’t like it to feel or look heavy. I want it to feel like I am not even wearing any foundation.
I used to like full coverage foundations…And they never looked bad on me, but they never really matched my skin properly.
I decided I wanted a light coverage as I don’t have that many skin problems to cover, and it worked like a charm. I finally got a foundation and powder that matched my skin and didn’t leave a ring around my jaw line.
Products I use now is : Diorskin Nude Foundation / Diorskin Nude loose powder , and for quick make up looks I just put on Mac’s Select Sheer pressed powder. Love them all really.
I almost never wear foundation, but when I do (photographs), I like full coverage. It makes retouching easier.
I prefer heavy coverage because my skin has a lot of redness, acne, and acne scars. However, I hate when foundation looks heavy and cakey, or feels like a mask, so it’s hard to find the right one. Right now I’m loving Revlon Colorstay because it looks very natural on me and feels lightweight, even with the terrible summer heat we’re having.
Light to medium. I want it to look pretty natural – not too heavy. Some days I wear tinted moisturizer, other days I wear a mediumish weight foundation. Sometimes I apply foundation with a brush (for more coverage); sometimes I use a wet sponge (for sheer coverage). So it varies a bit. The important thing is that it still looks like skin when I’m done.
I just love the natural finish of a tinted moisturizer. So I only wear light coverage foundations.
I use a medium to heavy foundation because I mix it with my daycreme to make my own tiented ¨moisturizer
I generally wear tinted moisturizer or sheer down foundation with moisturizer. I like my natural skin to come through since I’ve never been completely happy with the shade/finish of a foundation/tm, plus I don’t have anything major to cover.
Heavy because I like wearing a flawless face. Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall…heavy.
I hate my skin and I do have a lot to cover. However, I’ve learnt that the heavy coverage foundation is not the solution. Plus having a super oily skin doesn’t help either. Now I use the light to medium coverage foundation and use a good quality concealer to cover blemishes, dark spots, etc.
light coverage every year ’round, sometimes moisturizing cream + loose powder only.