Hey beauts.
Recently, I've been on the hunt for a high coverage foundation that won't cost me an arm and a leg, unlike my MAC prolong wear and Estee Lauder Double Wear. Lately, I've seen a lot of adverts advertising the L'Oreal Infallible Total Cover foundation. Of course, being a lover of make-up I had to pick this up and try it out for myself.
This foundation is marketed as a "full coverage, matte, long wear and weightless foundation". Basically, the perfect foundation for me. What more could a girl with oily, acne prone skin want/need in a foundation? I've tried L'Oreals Infallible range before this foundation and I've loved the other foundations I've tried.
SHADES:
I have fair, pinkish under toned skin. I found it quite easy to find a shade that suited me perfectly. I am shade 12 Natural Rose. Now there is only five shades of this foundation available. Which is quite common for most drugstore foundations, however it has been done before when drugstore brands offer a much wider range of shades. This wasn't a problem for me, but if you have really dark skin then it might be.
PACKAGING & PRICE:
The packaging is slim and not too bulky. It's a squeezy tube foundation, which I don't have an issue with. In all honesty it just looks like most drugstore foundation packaging to me. so there isn't much to say on this front. This foundation costs £9.99, which in the grand scheme of things is on more on the pricey side for a drugstore foundation. They usually cost around the £7 mark. However, this is still really affordable and an absolute bargain.
APPLICATION:
I'm loyal to beauty sponges and always use them to apply my foundation, concealer and any other cream products. So naturally on first try of this foundation I used my beauty sponge. I was super impressed with how it blended and it still looked flawless even though I applied it with a beauty sponge that can often suck up some product. This for me made it a winner because I'm not a fan of how foundation looks when it's blended with a brush.
FORMULA:
The formula is moose like and thick. It isn't runny at all. When you squeeze this onto the back of your hand it feels like it would be quite heavy on the skin. However, it is not heavy on the skin at all! It is most definitely light weight and when I wear this I don't feel like I'm wearing makeup because it's so light. This isn't cakey either and is matte when you first initially put it on, but does become a little duey throughout the day. I would usually be annoyed at this as if a foundation claims to be matte, I expect it to stay matte. But I actually like the finish of this foundation after a few hours. Although it becomes duey it doesn't make my skin look as shiny and disco ball like as others have in the past. It actually gives a really love glow. Obviously I use a mattifying primer and a finishing powder, so this does help with the finish.
COVERAGE/HOW IT WEARS:
Now this foundation is marketed as high coverage, so I was super intrigued to see how actually high coverage this was. So when I first applied it I applied it on half my face only. I was taken back by how high coverage and flawless this is. It definitely doesn't lie on this front. However, I would say that this does make my skin look rather dull and doesn't brighten it. Which does result in me having to go a lil cray cray on the highlighting concealer, but that's not a problem.
Now on the long wearing front, I wouldn't recommend this as an all day foundation because I've worn this all day numerous times before. And by the time I come home the foundation has often come off around my nose and my hairline. I wasn't surprised by this as my nose is oily and foundation rarely lasts around my nose. I keep this aside as my evening foundation as I find it wears best for a few hours instead of all day. This isn't really ideal as I was looking for a foundation to last all day but I'm still happy with it none the less.
TO CONCLUDE:
I'm super impressed with this foundation. L'Oreal are absolutely killing it with this Infallible range, this isn't my favourite in the range but is definitely up there with one of my favourite drugstore foundations. This is the perfect foundation if you're on a bit of a budget and still want to have a full coverage, flawless look. I definitely recommend this!
I hope you enjoyed this little review. Let me know your thoughts on this foundation if you've also tried it!
Kiera
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