MAC Foundations

MAC Studio Fix Powder Foundation

Mac Studio Fix is probably the best powder foundation out there.  It  has a silky, very fine powder application giving you a nice, natural, and smooth finish.  You can use it wet or dry.  Using it wet, you get a heavier coverage. 

 It can be very versatile, giving light, med to a heavy coverage.  To get a light coverage use a brush applying it like a loose powder.  Medium coverage, you just apply dry with the sponge applicator.  Using a wet sponge when applying, you get a heavier coverage.  Be warned that your foundation will go a lot faster.

What I love about it is, that you can really get an appearance of a flawless complexion with this powder.  If you have big pores or acne scars, apply this last over your foundation and loose powder…your skin will look amazingly flawless.  Somehow it does more than just a loose powder, giving more of a silky smooth finish.

It is best for dry to slightly oily skin types.  It is not recommended for the very oily skin type.  This foundation the MAC Studio Fix foundation is the most popular and most widely used foundation in the whole makeup line.

MAC Studio Tech Foundation

The MAC Studio Tech Foundation is a cream to powder finish.  It is a heavier foundation but can be versatile as well.  It has a light feel and is easy to blend.  The coverage is light to medium and buildable to a heavier coverage.

It is also best for normal to dry skin.   It is not recommended for blemish-prone skin.  The finish is not a matte finish.  I would recommend using a loose powder to set this foundation. 

MAC Full Coverage Foundation

The MAC Full Coverage foundation is from the Pro Makeup Line.  It is as the name says…full coverage.  It blends well with a creamy finish which will need a loose powder to finish and set.  It can be used just as a concealer.  It can be also used as serious camouflage on birthmarks and scars. 

It is very heavy and I really do not recommend it for daily full face wear.  Maybe for a special photo shoot or just  as a concealer.  Also, this foundation is  not recommended for the blemish-proned skin types.

MAC Blot Powder Pressed

The MAC Blot Press Powder is not really a foundation but totally a neccessity to have and keep in your purse.  It’s a press powder without the excess powder, which is great for touch ups without getting cakey.   It really works great to take away the shine. 

My favorites out of the MAC foundations and I continually use are MAC Studio Fix and MAC Blot Powder pressed.  I have used them forever and keep replacing or should I say rebuying.  It is the best I’ve seen in their category.  Category being….Power Foundation and Blot press powder. 

The other foundations are great as well, just not for everyday wear.  So, if I am doing a makeup job then that’s where the other two foundations come in, photo shoots, proms, and weddings, etc.

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Sephora Colorista Custom Makeup Palette

The Sephora Colorista Custom Face Makeup Palette is a $155 value and sold for $36 at Sephora.  It’s a full face makeup palette of beautiful makeup colors.  There are 40 eyehadows, 5 gel liners, 15 lipglosses, 4 blushes and 2 bronzer colors.  There not only great colors but well pigmented as well.

The palette includes a mini empty palette that you can fill and take with you on the go.  This Sephora Colorista Palette is filled with colors that you have used in the morning and you can do touch ups throughout the day.  It can also be for….taking your look from day to night, just fill in with the nighttime colors and you’re set to go from the office to a night on the town.

(Also used in pictures are the gel eyeliners)

green-eyelid/gray-crease/white frost-highlighter

green-eyelid/bright blue-crease/white-highlighter

Plum-eyelid/silver-crease/light-highlighter

light browns-eyelid/darker brown-crease/white-highlighter

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Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup

Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup is my favorite foundation that I love and have used for years.  BUT, still I look and try, and look and try some more. I DO love my foundation so you might ask….then why don’t I just stop looking.  The reason is…..the color, it is a bit light for me AND in pictures I can and have looked ghostly.

Especially in the summer, I really feel uncomfortable with the color.  Believe me, I’ve tried the next color darker which is tawny, and it’s too big of a jump and way too dark.  So, I got desperate, bought it anyway and tried mixing the two colors but that got a bit too much of a bother to do.  Anyway, this foundation, the Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup in the color SAND,  I absolutely adore, with that one exception.

The reason why I love Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup so much is because it has great coverage, without any heaviness, it goes on very light with a matte finish which is really nice.  I am one that does not like to do touch-ups, who has the time, so at the end of the day when I look in the mirror, I get a nice surprise and I still look great.  Before this foundation , it would be OMG, I went around like this!! The longevity is the best I’ve seen.  The color has a nice amount of yellow in it, where it brightens your face.  If you can find the right color to  match your skin, this foundation would be the bomb for you!

So this is what I do with this foundation and make it  work for me.  I use this foundation as a concealer/spot coverage, concentrating on areas around my eyes, darker areas or redness around my nose and lips.  This foundation is great for this because of it’s, stay in place, long-wearing quality.  Then the rest of my face, if I feel my skin needs it,  I use a second foundation thats a darker color with a lighter coverage to complete my whole face. This is where my trials and experimenting comes in.  I haven’t found one foundation that I like.  This is my dilemma…

This will explain why I review so many foundations and have one favorite that I do really love and fall back to.  So I do have my good ol’ faithful, but am still searching for another one to love and adore that works for my whole face.  I need one that fits all of my needs.

My most ideal foundation would be one that stays in place(longlasting), the right color, and a foundation that has the option of going from light coverage and can build to heavy, when I need it, and doesn’t break me out.

So, I will continue to review the foundations that I come across in my journey.  I feel that foundation is  the number one single most important product that is used in your makeup routine.  That’s why I keep searching…So, until then I will use my Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup in the color SAND.  Who knows if I will EVER be able to replace my Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay in Place Makeup.

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