The Hit List: Worst Full Coverage Foundation
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
What’s the Worst Full Coverage Foundation…?
What brand/product wins this category? What makes it so terrible?
Thanks to Yvette for today’s topic!
Despite it might works on other people (other skin type), but for my very oily skin, these all sucks: • Kryolan Supracolor • Dermablend Cover Creme • MAC Studio Sculpt • Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick • Naturactor I know heavier coverage tends to look cakey, but those are super cakey when I get sweaty & my face starting oily. They literally like melting, cakey & blotchy! Well, again, this may be due to my very oily skin, it might perform better on the drier skin though!
The worst: Revlon Color Stay foundations. Rash & acne city. No thank you.
Most of the time my skin looks quite decent but during or after breakouts I have to wear full coverage foundation to make face look even. I've tried a lot and the ones I hated the most are EL Double Wear, Clinique Stay True and Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse. Double Wear was way to dry, hard to apply and it looked very unnatural on my skin. The color oxidized and turned orange during the day... Pretty horrible. Stay True was just as horrible as it gets. Dry, orange, patchy... I tried everything to make it work but it just didn't do the job for me. Dream Matte Mousse just melted of my face. As I'm fair, I looked like a pink piggy wearing the light colors. The darker colors looked muddy on me. I still don't get all the buzz on this foundation. My HG is MAC Studio Fix Fluid, works perfect for me. I don't wear it every day but it covers op redness, veins, blemishes and acne scars :).
I don't like any of the MAC foundations. Not even Pro Longwear worked out! :(
MUFE HD is the worst ever. Tried it a few times on different occasion and it;s just terrible on my skin. Thank goodness for samples.
I have a very fair skintone, freckles, and large pores on the tp of my nose so i find it very hard to find a good full coverage foundation...MAC pro longwear is good, but i think they need more colors. Revlon colorstay is awful, it looked so cakey and accentuated all my pores. Yuck. I personally like mineral foundation now. Much less of a hastle
Wow i love d reading all these reviews! I feel the same way, didnt like MAC -ok on the color but horrible coverage & wear. So hate minerals even those its all the rage and its now harder to find any type of makeup that doesnt have minerals in it. Disappointed in Clinique their foundation shades are too dark and peachy for my fair skin. But i do have to praise Shiseido foundation, its moisturing,good coverage and not cakey. The only bad thing is their lightest shade isnt fair enough for the winter during the summer with a little bit of a tan i can wear their foundation.
MUFE face and Body, MUFE HD, Mac (all of them). Maybelline mousse is awful too. Max Factor Colour Adapt and long lasting performance. Bobbi Brown oil free... All can be merrily skipped!
Revlon colorstay and MAC studio fix. Enough said.
I got a sample of MUFE HD and I hate to admit that it felt like I was wearing cake mix on my face! Also I Dont think its suits more oilier skin types like mine
lo'real true match, it is sheer oily and once u gey a some what nice coverage you can honestly sit there and watch it melt off your face!!!
Totally agree! After just three hours it was gone and I was left with a patchy / shiny face. AWFUL!
My 1st and last!Mac was studiofix powder f.looked like Im a walking dead.Dream matte mousse&matte morphose caked..awful.I dont need full coverage,sometimes I just thought I did:)(.and made many wrong choices.If applied correctly mufe f&b&hd are good,now I prefer SG over hd.MFs lasting performance or facenity compact are full enough for me and I have more dry skin.Sometimes I use Joe Blasco,need to use less or its awful too:).The Balm is also very masklike,terrible colourchoices..
I've tried all of the MAC foundation, and even though I'm a total MAC junkie, I hate all of their foundations. The colors are always wrong, the wear sucks, it oxidizes, the coverage stinks...I never have any luck with them. I also really hate the Revlon Colorstay. It didn't cover well and it turned orange on me. I'm currently using EL Double Wear full coverage. Its ok. Definitely having the same problems mentioned below by other users, but I haven't found anything else full coverage that I like better. I'm pale, I have acne, dry skin, and redness...its hard to find something great that works for me :(
I totally agree
I recently tried the Maybelline Fit foundation. I could not get it off fast enough, it was horrible! It magnified every bad spot on my skin! It was crazy bad!
Bare essentual mineral makeup. Sucks. Not enough coverage and hate the finish on me.
Anything that oxidizes. UGH.
I disliked the Mac studio fix fluide , I am nw/nc 15 but the colour of the nw/nc 15 shades were so Orange ! horrible. It felt really heavy and waxy on the skin and dident look natral at all. Really would not recommend for normal/dry skin but may suit normal/oily skin types better.
Studio Fix Fluid is horrible. After 2 hours it starts to melt off my face. I much prefer MUFE mat velvet.
Best foundation I have used to date is MUFE HD with a slightly damp Beauty Blender. Worst would have to be Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse. Cakey, terrible wear, and every shade had an orange undertone!
Two come to mind. (1) Clinique Repairwear. Horrible, thick, like frosting that never dries down. (2) Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse. Ack! Terrible pinkish shades and oxidizes. I do like Revlon Colorstay even though I have dry skin. If I moisturize well, it wears like a dream Good color-match, too.
L`oreal infallible, on the t zone it just melts into an oily mess, high end wise I would say benefit, they are far too orange and leave a definite mask look :(
Mac studio sculp horrible what a waste of money im now using the studio tech work good !!also hate the colorstay drys off so fast u cant even blend and the smells is so bad!
I agree that MAC has the worst foundations, they are not my favorite ones. They clog pores and with time, if you are acne prone, it will make it worse. I LOVE buildable foundations, like Stila, Laura Mercier and my favorite, Lancome Teint Idole Miracle! I really recommend it, you can use as much as you need on those problem areas (redness, dark circles, acne spots, etc) and it won't look cakey. It looks very natural. I combine it with benefit's erase paste for my dark circles, my foundation on top and then a dot of stila concealer, I set it with korres powder and my skin looks perfect after that.
$60/can Dior Airflash omg awful coverage, masque-like, uggh it's probably fine for min coverage but NOT full
personally, I would say for me, this is the best I have bought but, alas, for the cost I can only justify getting it for special occasions. I almost cried the last time I ran out about three months ago. The trick for me was to make sure my face was moisturized correctly and then to keep about 12 inches (as recommened) from the face while spraying. The biggest issue with this is, is afterwards you dont want to use a eyeshadow with too much fall out with out prepping with alot! of powder before hand. On a regular basis I use a Mineral foundation as they have tones that fit my pale complexion without making me look like a ghost.
I don't like LM silk creme foundation.. I got the lightest shade and it is wayy too orange for me and it also melts off my face after just 2 hours.. I was very disappointed.. I've heard alot of good things about this foundation
Sorry to hear that you can't find a shade. You must be super pale if Soft Ivory doesn't work for you. I'd guess you're like NC10 or something. As for the foundation melting off your face. This is a foundation that you must set with powder for the foundation to last. Also, it shouldn't be worn in super hot weather because it is so creamy. Again, sorry to hear you didn't like it.
I had the exact same problem. I wanted to love it, I really like the finish etc but the color was horrid. They need to make lighter shades!
studio fix fluid!
Most people adore this foundation and swear by it but I honestly hate it: Revlon Colorstay. Horrid if you have dry skin and redness. Redness shows through regardless of how much product is used. Too much product obviously results in being cakey. It's heavy and clings to any dry patches. I finally threw it in the trash last week. After exfoliating and using double the amount of moisturizer I normally would, it still didn't work. Definitely not worth the 20 minutes I was spending on foundation alone, just to get this product to work. Awful.
Seconded. It was so heavy, cakey and made my whole face itch in 5 minutes after application. Tried sheering it out with water, moisturizer etc - same thing. Brush, sponge, nothing made a difference. Made my T-zone oilier and my dry spots drier. And NEVER go outside with this foundie unless you wanna look like you're wearing a mask. Also it's very scary to find SO much on the tissue when you're doing your cleansing routine at night. Never again.
Any powder foundation similar to Studio Fix does not suit my skin at all. I have used clinique, chanel, Lancome, and MAC. However, I will say that I do not think it's the actual foundation, I just think it's my skin. I am a very dry skinned person, and powder foundations do not suit my skin type. But on that note, I must say that MAC Studio Careblend powder (technically not a foundation) is the first powder I have found that works on my dry skin without making it look drier!
It has to be every mac liquid/gel foundation i tried. Evem pro longwear, i have HUGE pores, and a few adne scars, and THEY STILL come through the foundation, ive been to mac so many times to try and sort this, first she said it was my brush, so i bought the 109, then she said it was my base, so i bought the base she recommended. Ive yet to try the fix fluid, but im not hoping for much. If anyone has any tips and tricks to help with pro longwear or any other mac foundations im open to suggestions.
I like to use the 190 brush with prolong wear. I wasn't really into that brush before but I found that it works well with that foundation. Also, have you tried their Skin Refined zone treatment? it helps with large pores. I personally think that prolong has a much better smoothing effect on skin than fix fluid does. Trying to correct texture is really hard, no matter what brand of foundation. I struggle too when my skin is having a bad phase.
I LOVE Mac..but there foundations SUCK! Can't find the right shade always looks orange and breakouts!!! :( I'll stick to my Revlon Colors-stay..it's been GREAT for me!
Revlon Color Stay, either version
The worst one is Mary Kay full-coverage foundation. It goes on thick, and oxidizes orange. The foundation is supposed to hydrate, but after a few hours of wear it makes dry places on your skin more patchy and your t-zone oily. Luckily they are discontinuing this product.
i dont like MUFE foundations -- theyre thick and clumpy and not that easy to blend out. NARS sheer glow broke me out.
MAC Studio fix... I turned orange in the sunlight. Love NARS Sheer Glow & MUFE HD.
Estee Lauder Double Wear... is like wear a plastic coverage on your face, absolutely unconfortable for me
I've only tried a handful of foundation, and none of them have been horrible, but I guess the worst is Clinique's perfectly real makeup. It went on fine, but it was completely gone within an hour of putting it on, no matter what I tried, and left a weird residue. I noticed in the summer, it kind of melted on my face too.
Any of those "cream to powder" foundations. They cake up the sponge, settle into my acne scars and pores, and streak all over. Its just gross! Its liquid or powder all the way for me.
Cream to powder once are awful coming from someone that uses powder foundation. It's just a gimmick and the ingredient that make it a cream doesn't help with longevity of the product either. >_>
Honestly id say makeup forevers hd. Its $40 and the coverage is far from great...just sayin!
+1
i'll second that!
Agreed! I bought it and was so disappointed. I would call it sheer to medium at best.
I agree completely. Spent 40 dollars and was very disappointed. My 2 favorite full coverage are Mac Studio Tech and Illumasqua Rich liquid foundation. Illumasqua has some really good color range. Including very very light skin. They have a pure white an a white with pink undertone that u can mix with foundation to get the right porcelain color
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