First up I'll discuss the drugstore foundation. Boots No. 7 Beautifully Matte foundation. I found my beautifully matte foundation at target for $13.99. I got the color cool beige. Cool ivory was also there which I believe is supposed to be lighter than cool beige. Normally, I would have gone for cool ivory but it looked to have way too much of a yellow undertone for me. My skin is fair with a cool undertone, so there is no way that one would have worked. I settled on cool beige. It was August when I bought this so I was a little more tan (hardly) than I am in the winter. Not that I even tan at all really, but I get a shade or two less pale. Think off white vs true white lol. At the time, this foundation was a tad dark, but if I blended it down my neck it wasn't too bad. This was my first time trying matte foundation. I usually have super dry skin, but as I mentioned in my previous post, during the summer I was blessed with a beautifully gleaming oil slick in place of my t-zone. Because of this, I decided to try a matte foundation. Melissa from melphs on youtube did a review of the boots foundation which lead me to try it.
This foundation is so good at keeping oil at bay! In the summer I still got a tad oily about 6 hours in, but nothing like when I was using Mac's Face and Body foundation. Now that its winter, I don't get the oily t-zone all day. The foundation also didn't break down and looked flawless from when I put it on til when I took it off. When I first applied it with a synthetic kabuki brush it looked super cakey. Then I tried with my dampened real techniques sponge and it looked so natural and flawless I honestly didn't even use a concealer with it, there was no need! It's is full coverage without looking fake.
So if this foundation is so great, why did I move on to MUFE mat velvet + you may be thinking. Well, as I said before, it was a tad dark. And then I got more pale, and one day I looked in the mirror and realized, this. does. not. match. Not even close anymore. So I looked up on the boots site and saw they have a range of 14 shades. So I went back to target to pick calico, which it seems is the lightest shade. When I got to target, I realized target only stocks 6 shades. The lighter one being cool ivory which doesn't look cool toned to me at all! Plus, by this time of year, that one was too dark for me anyways. Which is why I moved onto the Mat Velvet +.
Now, Mat Velvet + is $36, so it is quite a bit more expensive that the boots foundation. Side note: when I was at target and saw the $13.99 price tag I was thinking "Ugh $13.99 for a drugstore foundation! That's expensive!!" But then if I found a foundation at Sephora for $20 I'd think it was a steal! Does anyone else's perception of price change based on what store they're in? Anyways, I first bought this foundation in the color 15, which had to be returned because it was way too light for me, so I ended up with 25 which is a perfect match. This foundation has 16 colors in its range. That may seem like not a big deal, only two more than the boots foundation right? However, it seems that the MUFE offers more shades for darker skin tones, from looking at the online swatches at boots, it only seemed like there was one true dark toned color. Now, in person the other colors might be darker, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt ;).
This foundation is also best applied with a sponge. I think it looks a tad less natural than the boots foundation however. Also, this foundation needs to be paired with a concealer for me. Which is a draw back because it dries fast. When I try to add concealer onto this foundation, it doesn't mesh well. The concealer doesn't blend well with the foundation. Lately, I have been applying my concealer under my foundation and this has worked perfectly. I don't lose much concealer coverage this way like I thought I would. This foundation seems to last as long as the Boots one, as long as I set it with foundation. So I do like this one too.
Final Verdict: I prefer the Boots foundation over the MUFE. I like both, but the Boots foundation is cheaper, it looks a tad more natural, and even if I did pair a concealer with it, which I didn't always do, it blended with the foundation fine. I love the MUFE also, but it is pricier and just dries too quick to be able to put concealer on top of it. Putting concealer under it works fine, but for $36, I feel like it should work as well as the $13.99 foundation, which it doesn't!
Face: MUFE Mat Velvet + in 25
Revlon Color Stay concealer in fair
Mac Careblend pressed powder in light plus
Hourglass Ambient Lighting powder in dim light
Blush:Nars Goulue blush from the One Night Stand palette
Eyes: On Lid: Cream from Lorac Pro Palette
In Crease: Mauve from Lorac Pro Palette
Outer Corner: Mac's Hauxe
Lower Lash Line: Mac's Hauxe
Liner: Stila Stay all day liquid liner in black
Waterline: Rimmel Scandaleyes in black
Mascara: Benefit's Bad Gal Lash, Tarte Lights Camera Lashes, Maybelline Lash Discovery
Brows: Anastasia Brow Wiz in Medium Ash
Lips: Revlon Kissable Balm Stain Matte in Shameless
Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Rapture.
What is your favorite foundation at the moment?
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