Wednesday 13 May 2015

My Currently Coveted: Foundation

Hello Again,

Most of us have a holy grail product somewhere within our collection, Bases are my favourite product to read about, to apply and generally ask people what foundation/similar product are they wearing. To cut a long story short, I am obsessed!

The coveted foundation that I am reaching for at the moment is Estee Lauder Double Wear, especially within the winter months. I am aware there are some true die hard Double Wear fans and some people who are not so impressed.

The foundation comes in a jaw dropping 31 shades (I hope this is correct, please do not lynch me if it isn't.) Estee Lauder cater to the palest of skin tones right up to my gorgeous dark beauties, this is really important to me because although I am pale a lot of my friends are darker than I. One friend in particular is of Kenyan origin and has the most beautiful clear skin, but complains that it is difficult to find a match that doesn't make her skin look ashen and sallow.

EL claim that it has 15 hours wear time, so I thought I was the best person to test drive this. As you may know I work 12 hour shifts, and my foundation normally slides off my face during the day. Double Wear did not disappoint me, I applied it before going to work with the rest of my makeup typically applying a setting powder and off I went. At Midday is when I normally see my foundation starting to fail on me, but I was surprised to see DW had not budged. By the end of my shift, my blusher had started to wear off but the foundation was still where it needed to be.

So it does not budge, it does not transfer or smudge. Delivers a medium but buildable coverage and has SPF 10. In consistency it is surprisingly runny, but do not let this put you off its coverage is medium - full with a semi matte finish, although I felt it was fully matte.



The biggest problem I have/had with this foundation is that it does not come with a pump, now I have searched everywhere online to see if it ever had a pump, it appears not. EL do not seem to even sell a pump separately which is a nuisance, but I got one on Ebay for approx. £3.

I got colour matched at the EL counter who colour matched me to two shades, when I am not tanned I was matched to 1C1 Cool Bone and with a small coating of fake tan I am 1N2 Ecru.


Please excuse the swatch I am not tanned at the moment.

If you want a medium - full coverage foundation, that feels super light on the skin then Double Wear could be for you. Retailing at approx. £28.50, its not the cheapest foundation but I feel it is worth it if like me in the cooler months you feel you require some extra coverage.

Let me know what your coveted foundation/base products are, I would love to know your feelings.

Thanks again for reading.

Natalie x

Saturday 2 May 2015

MIA

Where have I been?

Hello again my friends, I have again been MIA. I do not want to give any excuses but I have been extremely busy with my full time job. I have been jumping through appropriate hoops to prove myself and worth in my job, and have succeeded in gaining a course which will help me in my career.

I hope you have all been well, stay tuned for reviews, hauls and chit chat.

Natalie xx