Review on Smashbox's fairest foundi

Smashbox's High Definition Healthy FX Foundation Spf 15 in F0 and Photo Finish Color Correcting Foundation Primer in "Adjust" (thank you for the samples, Anja :)) are in the spotlight today.

Unfortunately the foundation is a bit orange on me... on the swatches I have compared it with MAC Face & Body foundations in C1 and C2 (also light to medium coverage, rather liquid consistency). Smashbox's High Definition Healthy FX Foundation offers light to medium coverage and a lovely glowing result. Forgot to take a "before" picture, sry.

green primer, Smashbox's foundi and a layer of
EDM's Olive Fair in semi-matte to counteract the orange
(note tone difference with the neck)

Foundation primer is very similar to the Monistat anti-chafing gel in structure but just like anti-chafing gel, it does not protect my makeup from sebum for I am a true oil refinery. The greenness seems to work a bit but the foundation put all the red back again. I truly think I need a grayish yellow foundation...

I'll try the green primer with other foundations as well - and I still have to test the samples of the ordinary Photo Finish Foundation Primer (often compared to Monistat anti-chafing gel but since even that will not keep sebum under control, am a bit worried there might be no difference for me).

MAC C1 seems to be the lightest and most neutral of the three

stuff used: Pearl Sunlight is under the eyes

Olen olnud väga hõivatud ja ka veidi laisk, postitustes on ilmatuma pikad vahed ja materjali aina koguneb, koguneb, koguneb... Vabandan.

Sain posu pisikesi testreid ja nüüd aegamööda olen neid proovinud. Smashboxi heledaima meigipõhja võivad lumivalgekesed kenasti maha kanda - oranž. Suvel saaks kanda aga talvel ei õnnestu... 


Primerid e aluskreemid on silikoonipõhised ning peaksid poore vähendama, jumet ühtlustama ning jumestuspõhju paremini peal hoidma, see rohekas primer peaks ka nahapunetust vähendama ja minu meelest oli mõningane efekt täitsa olemas - enne kui oranži foundi jälle peale panin. 

Siin võrdluses toodud MACi C1 ja C2 on MACi Face and Body Foundation'ite heledaimad külmad meigipõhjad. Ma tõesti, tõesti tahaks kohata mõnda külma tooniga jumestuskreemi, mis poleks ORANŽ.

EOTD Smashbox Viewfinder trio

Anja, a very nice person from Denmark, sent me some makeup samples and stuff she herself is not using - thank you, Anja! So today I used the MAC C1 sample (I have to find out, which formula) and her Smashbox eyeshadow palette Viewfinder. 

I am also trying out Bella Pierre's moisturizer, which smells like Orto's (a very old Estonian brand) cucumber cream. Ingredients seem to be those of an ordinary moisturizer: Aqua (Deionized Water), Glycerin, Caprylic/Capric Triglycerides, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Polysorbate-60, PEG-150, Glyceryl Stearate, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Triethanolamine, Disodium EDTA, Titanium Dioxide CI 77891, Parfum (Fragrance), Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Retinyl Acetate (Vitamin A). Traditional and safe, works well during winter.

MAC's foundation seems to be a bit orange, there's quite a noticeable tone difference between face and neck:

Smashbox's eyeshadow trio is subdued and very usable although I cannot see myself using the pink tone much - it disappears on my lids but manages to leave the eyes look tired. I use it very little, just to blend out the dark color and the gorgeous highlighting color. Highlighter is very nice - subtle sheen and glow, nothing too extravagant. I used the same tone under the eyes too. The dark cool brown in the palette reminds me of very dark dirty gold, a matte brown with plenty of golden hilites mixed into it.

I wanted to test the coverage of the MAC foundation and did not use any additional concealment - reddishness on the cheeks is well visible.

Pics taken in daylight, after application. By 5pm there's some creasing (used Manhattan's eyeshadow primer).