FOTD: Revlon Color Stay for Normal to Dry and Almay TLC Foundation

I decided to wear two foundations on my face to compare. They are both long wearing foundation with good coverage. I put Revlon Colorstay on left side of my face while Almay TLC on the right side.

I have them both in shade buff. They both have super good coverage and staying power. I am very happy with their performance today. 

Revlon seems to have a tiny bit better coverage than Almay. But it's not easy to detect. I wore them today to go hiking under sun for an hour and they both stayed very well. They did not leave any mark around my nose where I put my sun glasses.  They both stayed for more than 8 hours without touching up. 

It's 15 degree in Toronto today. Humidity 72 %. 

Forever 21 Haul (3) light sweater

Pointelle Knit Sweater in Coral. It's around $14 plus tax after discount.

Forever 21 Haul (2) Cardigan

1. Rhinestoned Cardigan. Pink. It's around $17 plus tax after discount.

2.  Rhinestoned Cardigan in cream. 

Forever 21 Haul (1) sweaters

I got them online when it was extra 30% off.

1. Neon Sweater. One of my favorite. It was around 12 plus tax after discount.

2. Open Knit Sweater. I bought them in cream and coral color.

 

3. Essential large loop sweater in ivory

FOTD: Clarins Everlasting Foundation

The foundation I am investigating today is Clarins Everlasting Foundation. It is one of the best foundations I have in my opinion. 

My skin is not in its best condition since I have a period pimple on my right cheek and the face is slightly drier than normal because I did not sleep well. 

Before I apply this foundation, I put Dior hydra life cream and Olay complete sensitive skin Spf 30 moisturizer, then I apply Clarins Everlasting Foundation with my finger. Since it's so creamy, it's very easy to blend into skin. I feel it is one of the foundations that help skin to achieve porcelain skin in a fastest and easiest way. The finish is also beautiful, not matte not flat at all, but covers very well. It is one of the very few foundations does not dry out my under eye. The lasting power is also great, it's the 10 th hour I am wearing it (I finished my makeup at 7:00) and still it looks so perfect. 

I am very pleased with the foundation today because it performs so well even in my bad skin day. 

FOTD: YSL teint de pearl fine sheer and pearly powder foundation moist skin-radiant complexion spf 18 pa++

After trying my Dior liquid foundations I removed them and applied YSL pearly powder foundation.

This powder foundation is a new one. I bought it from Strawberrynet last year and I believe it was released more than 3 years ago.

My favorite foundation routine is sunscreen with powder foundation. So I like powder foundations with some coverage.

YSL pearly foundation is not sheer in my opinion. It's not a very high coverage foundation but it's for sure not as sheer as some setting pressed powder. By applying this powder foundation with my The Body Shop mineral kabuki brush, it achieves more than medium coverage.

The finish is not matte at all, I guess it's because of the pearly ingredients in the powder. I like the finish because it not only offers coverage but also makes skin glow. It has some soft matte finish but with glow on the face.

The staying power is good as well. I applied it in the morning around 11:30 and it still stays. I did not touch it up.

To sum up, a finely-milled foundation offers good coverage with a beautiful finish.

Dior Nude foundation and Dior Fusion Flawless Foundation first impression

It's a long day today and I tried my two new dior foundations this morning for around 3 hours. I do not call it a review, neither a FOTD, it's just a first 3-hour impression.

I put Dior Fusion Flawless Foundation on left side of my face while Dior Nude on the right side.

I did not have good impression on these two foundations in the first 3 hours. To me, Dior compact foundations are much better than liquid foundations.

The texture of Dior Nude liquid foundation is thicker than Flawless foundation. I think it should be the other way around because the foundations which claim to be flawless are usually thicker while foundation with more natural looking are thinner, liquidier and runny (such as Revlon Nearly Naked).

I like thicker and creamier texture foundations because they are more emollient in general. However the Dior Nude liquid is very hard to blend on my face with my fingers. So far there's no foundations I have are not blendable with my fingers. I was also surprised that with its thicker texture, the coverage is very low. I do not feel the foundation dry, it's just hard to blend. I do not expect too much coverage on this liquid foundation, however I do hope it has more beautiful glow than my Guerlain powder foundations since Dior names this foundation as 'skin glowing makeup'.

In terms of Dior Flawless foundation, it's very liquidy. I had impression that it's much thinner and runnier than Revlon Colorstay foundation. The foundation for sure has better coverage than Nude foundation but not as good as my other higher coverage foundations such as Revlon Colorstay or Estee Lauder Double Wear. With one thin layer, the coverage is around medium.

All in all, I did not wear these two foundation long enough to tell if they are good or bad.  However I do think the compact foundations are better than liquid foundations. By wearing both foundations in short 3 hour time, I do not feel anything superb. I think drugstore foundations can achieve such finish and look as well.

I will keep trying these two in the future as it becomes cooler here.