What foundation did you used to love but no longer does it for you?
I used to love MAC Studio Fix Fluid SO much – like that was my daily go-to for years, but I feel like none of the shades match me well now!
— Christine
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I used Revlon ColorStay in the 90s, I think, but I’ve been wearing Estée Lauder Double Wear for so long I can’t remember when I actually switched.
Anything completely matte. I’m post-menopausal, and my skin has more lines and is much less oily than a few years ago. Matte just makes my skin look dull and older now.
I’m in the same boat, I used to only wear matte and now it makes my face feel tight! Not a fun feeling. lol
Ewwww. Definitely not.
Probably MAC Pro Longwear (is it even still being made?) – it’s just too heavy and too matte for how I prefer my skin to look nowadays.
Yes! They still make it! that stuff is no joke!
I used to love Estee Lauder Double Wear and also MAC Studio Fix powder foundation but now find them to settle in fine lines and look too aging on me. The same goes for Tarte Amazonian Clay foundation.
They are all great foundations with great coverage but as Father Time creeps up on me I find lighter more watery foundations look best….
I totally agree, I wore the MAC one too and it’s too dry for me now.
Just everything that is super flat matte! Well, unless it mixes well with something like MAC Strobe Cream or another cream highlighter/luminizer that isn’t too shimmery or prone to breaking up the foundation’s “integrity” or wear time.
Rimmel’s Match Perfection foundation in porcelain – it was the first foundation I boought that truly matched my skin tones – with the pink undertones. However, it just didn’t seem to last very long on my face before fading, so I started trying other brands and formulas.
MAC’s foundations (what they’re offering now anyway, it seems like they’re foundation range has shrunk), Estée Lauder Double Wear.
It’s so interesting you say that. Ages ago I wore MAC N5 in some stick or liquid and then it wasn’t right. I attempted with Tarte to Chanel to get shade matched, nothing was natural. I think it’s the reason I wear only powder foundation or finishing powder, because it’s just far more forgiving shade wise.
M.A.C. I used to be a die hard M.A.C fan but started to branch out and realized how orange their foundations lean. There are better foundations on the market.
I wore the original Revlon Colorstay for years, but I haven’t liked them since the reformulation (and there’s been at least one more reformulation since then). More recently, I loved Guerlain Lingerie de Peau Natural Perfection and I still have one bottle left, but my aging skin now prefers Lancome’s Care and Glow or Dior’s Forever Glow.
I’m actually going through my foundations at the moment to figure out which one or two I really love. I don’t have many, but I did purchase a few over the last year that had some hype. Right now, the NARS Light Reflecting Foundation is one I might declutter. I have larger pores on my nose and on the sides of my nose and it just emphasizes them so much plus the shade is too yellow. I feel the same way about Estee Lauder Double Wear. The shade match is excellent, but it emphasizes alllllll of my pores and sits so strangely on my nose. The only thing that is really doing it for me right now, foundation-wise is the Wet n Wild Dewy Photo Focus Foundation.
Same with Studio Fix Fluid – I actually still really like it for super long-wear days, but for day-to-day I’ve started using the new Haus Labs foundation and adore it.
I used to wear Laura Mercier Silk Crème Oil-Free Foundation which is thick! I wore layers to cover up my acne. Now that my skin is clear, I wear Revision Tru Physical sunscreen, Chanel Les Beiges Water Fresh Foundation or Vitalumiere, MAC Face and Body or even just concealer to cover the redness around my nose. I struggled with acne for over 15 years and once I got my anxiety and stress under control and started talking care of myself, my acne went away. It’s hard to say if it was age but I’m kinda convinced stress played a big role, especially knowing how stress effects hormones.