Be Talk: Revlon New Complexion Makeup

Brand: Revlon

Product: Liquid Foundation

Line: New Complexion

Shade: Sun Beige

Price: 515 INR

Quantity: 35.5 ml

Many a times I get questions from girls-asking me to suggest a good foundation-an ideal one for everyday wear in Indian conditions. It should be something that wont harm skin as well as the pocket and also should be long staying, giving a non-patchy finish and which must also be available in a wide variety of shades to  choose from. Whew-sounds like finding the perfect foundation is like finding the perfect Man for a finicky girl!!! :D

Okay so here I am going to review my most used foundation out of all-something I have been using since 2009-only to remain ever impressed and loyal (I haven’t bought any other foundation so many times!) to this product. Why-because it is an almost “perfect man” in the world of foundations :D

I found the following details about this foundation in Medplus Beauty website from where you can order. There are currently three shades available. What is bit alarming is that this product often goes out of stock-so I buy my next pack just when my current one is around the middle of the bottle .

Courtesy: Medplus beauty website

The shades are:

Peach beige

Medium Beige

Sun Beige

The writing on the foundation pack says:

For the look of a perfectly natural skin:

@Light as air foundation that allows the skin to breathe

@Gives a no makeup look and feel

@Covers imperfections with light to medium coverage for a smooth even skintone

@Provides sun protection with SPF 4

@Oil free non pore clogging irritant free

Me Talk:

I have been using this foundation almost for the last 3 years, almost everytime I have went out. I have always found it as my HG foundation and very difficult to replace with anything else. The liquid foundation is runny in texture and easy to blend. 

It usually needs a setting powder for the foundation to stay put all day long. I have used it in sultry summers when the skin feels almost like seeping out all the body fluids all day long. The foundation in such days didn’t wash away or smear with the sweat-nor did it come off on hankys when the face is wiped with them. Also-the texture is indeed so feather light-that it actually gets absorbed like water on skin-and yes-that too in heavily humid summer days. In winters-this becomes a no touch up foundation when topped over a hydrating lotion/moisturiser. 

It gives a decent coverage to some acne marks that I have. The finish is flawless -in the sense that the coverage is buildable but the foundation doesn’t look cakey or patchy. It never caused me any breakouts-if I cleansed it away properly. As for the sun protection-I  have observed that after months of going out in the sun with this on- my face has not tanned much-and I don’t use a sunscreen. I guess the foundation helps in that way too!

Without Flash

With Flash

SO to sum up:

1) Easy to blend-when in hurry-I simply blend it with fingers like a moisturizer.

2) Stays all day long even during summer

3) Doesn’t melt in sultry summery weather

4) Gives medium coverage-sufficient for concealing minor acne marks and blemishes

5)Doesn’t break out even on by super breakout prone skin

6) Doesn’t feel uncomfortable or heavy on the skin-even in humid weather

7) Several shades available to choose from. The shade Sand Beige suits my skin tone to the T!

8) Price is reasonable-even with everyday use-the foundation may last for 2 months or more.

Down side:

1) Availability becomes an issue at times

Ratings: 100%

FOTDs: Its not difficult to find my pics wearing this-given that I have worn it so many times :D

 

Be Talk: Faces Mineral Liquid Foundation

Brand: Faces

Line: Mineral

Type: Liquid Foundation

Shade: Beige (03)

Price: INR 499

In the last haul of last year-I bought a bunch of Faces products. I dint have a prior preview of most of them-it was an impulse shopping session (actually I got bored of waiting for a friend and hit a big Cosmetics store in North Kolkata to vent my frustration somewhat :D)  So there I went-and got the Faces Minerals foundation for myself.

PS: I am obsessed with foundations of late. Before this I bought the Lakme Intense White Foundation which I thoroughly disliked. And more the number of times I get a wrong product-the more I freak out to get a better one :| I hope my mom is not reading this…

Okay-So I got a description of this foundation from the Health Kart website-where it is available at a discount of 60 bucks.

FACES Mineral Liquid Make up 

Faces Mineral Liquid Makeup smoothens and illuminates your natural skin tone. Its light weight formula does not drag or cake up. It contains vitamin E that helps renew your skin tone from within.

Faces Cosmetics is an internationally acclaimed cosmetics brand from Canada.

This is written on The Carton:

1) Smoothens and Illuminates your natural skin tone

2) Light weight formula that doesn’t drag or cake up

3) Vitamin E helps renew your skin from within

 Me Talk

From the first day of use-I am smitten by the awesomeness of my first mineral foundation. I prefer a dewy look and a foundation that has a shade close to my wheatish skin tone and also which doesn’t give a patchy finish. The Faces minerals foundation fits these bills like it was made to be my perfect foundation!!! This foundation isn’t exactly liquid-it has the consistency of a slightly thick cream. It gives medium to full coverage. It comes in a tube with a nozzle-which I find more convenient than a bottle or tub packaging.

What I like is that-this foundation needs no setting powder or compact. On blending properly-the foundation gives an instant pearly glow to the face. I have never seen any other foundation to do this before. The blending is easy as the foundation glides on and on-until the last bit of it is absorbed into the skin. I off course use liberal amounts of moisturizer beneath it. As I said-I dint use any powder to set this foundation-still it doesn't melt or make me sweat. 

Also I have noticed that with other foundations-the face turns darker as you sweat and move around in the sun (Umbrellas and sunscreens are like an extra luggage to me forever :D). However, I found the Faces foundation to maintain the original shade and finish all day long! And the best part! It didn’t break me out at all-I have used it twice so far-and somehow-I don’t know how-my face looks tad brighter after its daylong use!!!

Just after applying

 Do you see the nice blending and finish!

 

After a day long wear WITHOUT any touch up

SO to Sum up:

1) It gives a flawless finish. By flawless I mean-non-patchy-non cakey-and-non oily/slathering

2) Easy to blend because of the creamy consistency

3) The coverage is medium to full and it doesn’t budge with heat or sweat

4) Foundation doesn’t melt-but due to oil mines in my T zone-that place slightly “glazed” after some time. Dry skinned people wont have this problem

5) It didn’t break me out at all. On the contrary-my face looks brighter after everyday I use it.

6) This shade (Beige 03) is a perfect shade that compliments my wheatish skintone.

7) No whitish casts-it render the skin a pearly glow after applying

8) The tube with nozzle prevents wastage or contamination

9) Only 2 blobs like the one in the picture is enough to cover the face and neck.

Down-Side:

1) The quantity is only 25 ml. And given that you would thoroughly love the product-I wonder if one tube would last a month!

2) The packaging should have been made transparent-so that the quantity remaining could be understood.

Recommendations: 100%