This weekend I decided to treat myself a little (maybe a lot!) I finally bought the Hourglass Immaculate liquid powder foundation and the Veil primer.
The foundation has been described as a miracle for people with oily skin, this is what really drew me to this foundation as I have particularly oily skin. It is also marketed as full coverage which again for me is perfect, I have a few acne scars that I prefer to be covered. They have a really good colour range and the lovely lady in Space.NK colour matched me to Golden which is spot on. So far so good!
The Primer claims to eliminate redness, minimizes pores and soften fine lines, it has a satin finish and is water resistant. Again sounds perfect!
The packaging for both of these products is beautiful, as you would expect.
I was really excited to get home and try out these little beauties!
What I thought......
The application for me is not great, it's quite hard to work with due to how quickly it dries. The first time I tried it I did so without the primer and I was shocked at how it looked! Patchy and just not nice! I used my fingers to apply as the brush I usually use just seemed to be eating the foundation! So it was quite difficult to blend.
I tried again the following day, this time with the primer. This really did help the aplication as it seems to slow down how quickly it dries and I found blending to be easier too. All in all with the primer it looked and felt so much better.
The coverage, they claim that it is full coverage, I would have to say it is more light to medium. For me this was a bit of a let down, while I like my make up to look natural, I also like it to cover my acne scars, which this just didn't do.
The finish however is gorgeous! Really matte but not powdery looking. I stayed shine free for about 5 - 6 hours before I started to look dewy, not oily, dewy. I usually get about 3 hours shine free when I use Colourstay as a comparison.
Overall I have to say I was a little disappointed, mainly with the coverage. I will continue to use it and hopefully find a way to make it work, as the finish is just what I'm looking for. I ordered the Ambient lighting palette to see if that might help with coverage, fingers crossed......
Thanks for reading.
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