Make Up Forever HD Foundation Review

I've been testing out a few foundations for a month now, and some of the brands that I've tried include Dior, Laura Mercia, and now Makeupforever. The first two brands that I've tried didn't work out too well, so I've returned them.

I've finally decided to settle with Makeupforever(MUFE) HD foundation, not because it's the best foundation ever made, but it's definitely one of the good ones that i've tried & would recommend to some

Make Up Forever Foundation

Claims"The Hd range includes complexion products designed for the new needs of high definition image using very fine ingredients for an invisible, natural make-up finish.

HD foundation combines flawless coverage and an extremely natural finish. The Sericite contained in HD foundation heightens the diffusion of light and intensifies the flow of the skin. Enriched with Relipidum, HD foundation moisturizes* (+46%**) and prepares the skin for make-up. Its usually smooth and elastic texture makes it easy to apply and a pleasure to wear. Skin texture is refined to give a very natural complexion."

Properties:
30 m/ / 1.01 fl.oz
liquid foundation
plastic bottle with pump
unscented
light - medium coverage

Price: $42.00 CAD

Ingredients: Cyclopentasiloxane, Aqua (water), PEG-10 Dimethicone, Neopentyl glycol Diethyhexanoate, Mica, Talc, Phenyl Trimethicone, Sodium Chloride, Laurayl Lysine, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Glyceryl Caprylate, Methylpropanediol, Hydrolyzed Yeast Protein, Phenoxyethanol, Dodium Myristoyl Glutamate, Chlrophenesin, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Butylene Glycol, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Propylene Carbonate, Biosaccharide Gum -1, Parfum(fragrance), Methylisothiazolinone, Methylparaben, Fragus Sylvatica Extract.

Repurchase? unsure


The Pros

- very smooth, slightly creamy texture (really like it) - blends very well and smoothly into the skin - leaves a nice semi matte, "natural" finish - very controllable pump - decent selection of shades - nicely evens out complexion - covers pores well - skin is not cakey

The Cons

- not a long lasting foundation (4-5 hours for combination skin) - not enough coverage for acne prone skin (sheer coverage & will need to use a concealer) - shine and oily t-zone after 2-3 hours.

Recommended For

- people that have minor discoloration, freckles, uneven skin tone and other minor skin issues - people who are looking for light - medium coverage - will not be suitable for people who want a more heavy coverage for acne prone skin -don't have very oily skin ( i have combination skin, and i would need to powder a few hours after wearing this foundation

My Experience

..with the shades....

While trying to find a suitable foundation, I found that finding the right shade is very important and surprisingly hard. For me, finding the right shade doesn't necessarily mean finding the shade that exactly matches my skin tone, but instead the right shade will enhance my skintone. I'm quite pale, and i like to find a shade that gives me a bit of a colour (with a nice pink undertone or at least a tad shade darker to make me look less pale). I've swatched quite a few foundation and some of them are very orang-ie based, which i personally really dislike, but it happens to work very well on people with tan skin.

Here I've swatch a few of the lighter foundation shades that they carry upon deciding which one to purchase. Here is a snap shot of the 3 that i compared

Shade: 119 117 115


Here you can see that, 119 obviously match my hands fairly well, with the yellow/olive undertone. 117 has a bit more "white" (compared to 119) undertone - you would need to be pretty fair to use this shade (else it might look like there is a white cast on your face) and 115 has a pink undertone.



The shade that I'm using is 115 - the pink undertone. It's just personal preference. My last foundation from Elizabeth Arden had this pink almost slightly brownish purple undertone that i really liked (because it made my skin this beautiful healthy colour finish) so now I'm really fond of using pink-toned foundation. BECAUSE, the coverage of this foundation is quite sheer, the shade almost completely match my skin tone.

ALSO, I've tried out the 119, and i think it's a good fit my skin tone as well. IT all depends on what kind of "shade" or "look" you want. It may be 2 shades darker but like i said, the formula is quite sheer, so the colour is not as dark as it may seem on your face once blended out.

..with the formula....

This is definitely one of the sheer liquid foundations that I have used. The finish is very nice, but one of the things that surprised me about the formula is the texture of the foundation. It feels very nice (almost like silky when you rub this into your skin) which makes it blends very easily. You can definitely use your fingers to apply THIS foundation. There are a lot of foundations out there that are too thick, or too drying that makes it very hard to blend, but this one is neither of this. With a easy to blend foundation like this, you can use the stippling brush MAC 189, contrary to a thicker foundation - you'd need a fuller brush that slightly more stiff??(is resistant).

The downfall to this foundation is it's lasting power. In about 4-5 hours, it starts to slips off my face and my face starts to shine (it doesn't look pretty!). If there is something i could also improve about this foundation, it would be the coverage. You would definitely need a concealer if you have any scaring, or breakouts. Any minor discolouration can be covered with this though.

..how it looks on me....

this is 115 blended out on my hands. Do you notice the slight glow? It's like light reflects off it.


& now, it wouldn't mean much if i don't show a picture of the foundation on my face. TADA ~ sorry, no full shot. I'm recovering from a break out, so i don't want to blind anyone right now. Here is a crop of my look on new years using this foundation. I think i also used the MUFE HD powder on top. I think it works well in covering my pores.



OVERALL

I like this foundation, but it's not a HG foundation for me, mainly because of it's lasting power. I don't mind the coverage, because there is concealer for that. I dislike full coverage foundation because 1) they are usually thick 2) being thick they will be cakey! Therefore, i don't go for the full coverage foundation. There are CONCEALERS to cover acne spots. I don't need full coverage all over my face, just on certain areas. To get back on topic - lasting power is a big thing for me. I don't like to reapply my foundation . I need something that would stay put for about 6 hours or more.

Hope this review somewhat helped you in finding that perfect foundation. Finding the right foundation is almost like looking for a soul mate...seriouslyy! haha Take care

<3 Anh

The Canada Goose Jacket

Yesterday, my bf and i were at Yorkdale for some boxing week shopping. The mall is still flooded with a lot of people trying to get their hands on some good deals. Parking is still a pain, when you literally have to fight for a spot, but the drive there wasn't too bad.

Our goal was to get some items that can't be found here, because we both owe each other a christmas + 3rd year anniversary gift. Sadly all the things we were hoping to get were SOLD out, which made the trip quite disappointing. I guess i should've expected it. It's not that they were on sale or anything - it's just the shopping season is giving everyone a legitimate reason to spoil themselves. lol.

My gift to him was going to be a Canada Goose jacket - but they were sold out as well. I've never seen them worn here where i live, however there are people that do wear it. I've only heard about them from my bf. Apparently it's becoming quite popular. Yorkdale had more then plenty of people prancing around in it. We would walk by a group of people and all of them would have on the same coat, just different colours. My bf says "they travel in packs - or rather, flocks" LOL - And for that reason he refuse to own one now. -___-''

oh and if you don't know what they are. They are suppose to be these really warm jackets, that is made out of real coyotes fur. AND apparently there are a lot of fake ones- so do be careful when you shop. So here is a picture i've googled to gives you an idea of how they look.




For the price that they are charging, i don't think it's stylish enough for my liking. But who knows, maybe it looks good on?? Anywas, it has proven it self to be quite popular.
It looks like they might have a chance of becoming the next "UGG"s - for Canadians anyways. LOL . For anyone who knows about them, or own one - What do you think of it? I'm just curious to hear your responses.

Take care

MIA- fustrated

I'm so frustrated, stressed, tired, and confused about everything. At this moment, i lack the motivation to go on and i can't figure out how I'm going to pull it together. I question myself, and my future. I guess this is what it's like to grow up. In that case, i want to be a kid forever...

I haven't been blogging much - mainly due to the fact that midterms are raping me left and right. But I'll hopefully be back soon :)

Just wanted to keep you guys posted - I'm drinking coffee everyday, and the library IS my home

oh & one more thing...I miss you best friend :)



edit: 2 hours later

i just finished class, and i'm studying in my sad little cubical at the moment. I've decided to camwhore a little, since it's been a while. GOD - the lighting here is amazing, cos it blocked out my horrible bags and dark circles!



look at my nails! omg. they're all chipped and i don't have time to even repaint them. it looks disgusting!

The highlight of my day: boyfriend

Sometimes, the funniest things happen with my boyfriend.

The other day, he kindly offered to drop me off at school at 9.30 in the morning. That morning he also had to meet up with someone to pick up a phone for his cousin. When he picked me up, he realized that my phone was low on battery, so he also grabbed the charger and told me that he will take it home to charge it, while i'm in class. Seeing that i'm now phoneless, we exchanged phones.

I didn't really need the phone, but i took his phone for the meantime anywas. I attend my lecture as usual and suddendly the phone started to vibrate. I looked at it, and the caller ID said "DAD". I thanked god, that it was on vibrate, else i would have flipped out, because i have no clue where the setting was on that phone. Anywas, thats not the point of the story. I did not leave class to take the call, because i figured it wasn't important, especiall at 9.30 am! LIKE what can u possible want at 9.30am! Not to long later, it vibrated again, yet again from "dad". I started to panic when it did not stop vibrating, which meant that it was a serious call. Yet, i still did not leave class to pick it up & texted my phone (which my bf had at the moment) and told him that his dad called twice. I figured that my bf would be on his way home soon, so whatever it was, it could have waited. BUT- AGAIN, his dad called the phone!....andd.... eventually, "dad" stopped calling.

After an hour of class, i decided to text my bf (my phone) and asked him why he didn't reply to my text and asked him if he asked his dad why he kept calling. Half an hour later, i got a text saying

i quote exact words: "yep, they thought i didn't go home last night. So worried i got kidnapped. so gay. called your mom too."

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, as you can imagine after reading that i almost burst out laughing during lecture. It was so funny, i shared it with my friend who was sitting beside me (who knew his dad kept on calling!) & she couldn't help but also laugh.

apparently it was his mom using his dads cell phone to call him. She woke up that morning and did not see him in bed, or heard him in the washroom at all. She checked the driveway to see if his car was out there and it wasn't, which made her think that he didn't come home that night. She thought that someone kidnapped him, or at least jumped him. HAHAHAH. Now, my boyfriend doesn't look like those ripped muscular guys on tv, but he's average weight, with some meat, bones, and muscles. I'm sure he can pack a punch. WHO WOULD ever think of kidnapping him??!! it makes no sense, which makes this ridiculously halarious.



so the whole day, i made fun of him & this morning,

i texted him: "hunnie,where have you been? i kept on calling you but you won't answer, did you get kidnapped??"

his reply: "can you come to 123 bay street to get me? They need 1 million in cash, and in twenties only."

My reply: "can you try to bargain with him for $1.00 plus one oh henry bar instead"

( we bought a bag yesterday night and there was only one left this morning)

his reply: "these men are serious, they mean biz hun. I said my gf doesn't have that kind of money. But they said how come my value is so low? i said well ya know, i'm just for show. Now they know they kidnapped the wrong guy. I guess i'll be here for a while, -plus they like mars bar.

My reply: "turn on your charm hun, maybe they like men"

his reply: "he might like the charm, and keep me forever as his lover"

hahahahahha, and that's the end of our convo. hahaha. It was just so cute, and funny i wanted to share with you guys. My boyfriend and i can get a little random, but it's those wierd things that keeps the relationship exciting.


if this post made you at least smile, i'm glad. but if it was completely like ..."w.t.f..??" i apolgise. This just cracked me up, and is surely a moment to remember in our relationship.

:)