Tuesday, 22 February 2011

I finally found *the* perfect foundation.



Hi everyone! After going through lots of different foundations, brand after brand, DS and HE, I finally found the most amazing foundation I have ever used. Carmindy Your Skin Makeup by Sally Hansen ($13 something at CVS, but I actually found It at 75% off!). It's like a foundation mixed with a tinted moisturizer. It is dewy, moisturizing, light, just enough coverage, never looks cakey, and actually looks like skin, just like the name says. Light-Medium coverage, which I really like, I don't like heavy foundations. Best part is that this is the first foundation that doesn't give me a white cast in pics. I thought that would never happen! I went through so many! Used ColorStay thinking It worked well, but I was so wrong. Not only did It come out white in pics (keep flash away from this one), but I realized It would make me look grey. Especially when I tried to blend It to make look more natural. The more I blended the greyer It made me look. It was so strange. Even Dior Skin Forever gave me white cast big time (really keep flash away from this one), and was too much coverage so It didn't look natural. This one looks totally natural, especially since they actually got the undertones correct. I use Golden beige, which is a mix between yellow/warm/olive. It's exactly me, how did they know?? I top It with Carmindy Truly Translucent Loose Powder in Med/Dark ($12 something at CVS but this was also 75% off!)  and my skin is flawless. It's the perfect powder for this foundation and an absolute must. Btw, that powder is the bomb. Sets mu all day, I don't need to reapply, and has just a little bit of shimmer. Just enough shimmer to look glowy but without looking like a disco ball. Even this powder looks natural. I love both of these products so much. I've been using them for 2 weeks so I've worn them long enough to know if It works well or if It breaks me out, which It doesn't. WIN. If you're having a hard time finding the right foundation I really recommend this. This is like when you find the perfect man and you don't wanna let him go. I'm keeping this one.





LOVE the packaging. Love It.




Wearing both foundation and powder. With super right flash up close...Look, no white cast!! HALLELUJAH! It's a miracle!

Check out how ColorStay strained this sponge grey! I heard that ColorStay stains sponges but I didn't believe It at first! O_O Ewwww. And this was after washing It!



Foundation Ingredients:

Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloane, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Ethylhenyl Palmitate, Pentylene Glycol, Trimethysilosilicate, Butylene Glycol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Glyceryl Ethylhexanoate/Stearate/Adipate/ Ethylhexyglycerin, Methicone, Disodium EDTA, PPG-15 Stearyl Ether, Polysorbate 80, Retinyl Palmitate, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Zea Mays (Corn) Oil, Xylitol, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Fruit Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Leaf Edtract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Quercus Suber Bark Extract. May contain: Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Zinc Oxide.

Powder Ingredients

Mica; Kaolin; Silica; Squalane; Potassium Sorbate; Lauroyl Lysine; Magnesium Aluminum Silicate; Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil; Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Powder; Sorbitan Isostearate; Sorbitan Stearate; Fragrance (Parfum); Punica Granatum Extract; Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract; Citronellol; Hydroxycitronellal; Linalool; Butylphenyl Methylpropional; Amyl Cinnamal; Geraniol; May Contain/Peut Contenir: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891); Iron Oxides (CI 77489, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499); Ultramarines (CI 77007); Manganese Violet (CI 77742); Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163); Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510); Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288); Chromium Hydroxide Green (CI 77289)


Hope this was helpful! Thanks for looking! :)



Love,


Sonia