I know, I know I already have two reviews up on this blog already, and here is another one for you to feast your eyes upon. Fear not i have a few different posts planned to be up soon for a bit of a change. But for now i am going to write a bit about my all time favourite foundation the no7 Instant Radiance foundation. Now i have an essay that i'm putting off so this could be a long one, i'd go and grab a cuppa :)
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| the foundation in the nice mirrored box that it comes in. |
I bought this foundation about a year ago in boots, i got it on an absolute whim because i had a christmas voucher to use up. I had never tried out any from the no7 range before but as boots had just got the new foundation skin match machine i wanted to give it a try. Who wouldn't want to try a magic device that tells you your perfect skin shade! so anyways the lady that used the machine on my face asked what id like to get out of a foundation and because of my usually dry, flakey skin i asked if they had a moisture filled foundation. She also asked about the coverage, because i sometimes suffer with acne i asked for a medium to high coverage. She recommended the Instant radiance foundation. i trusted her opinion and thought id give it a try, i'm SOOO glad that i did.
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| the actual bottle of foundation |
anyways i thought it was time for a review as i have just re bought it after running out. Even though i got the skin colour match test i was still super skeptical about it actually matching my incredibly pale skin but it does indeed match perfectly. Yey its so hard to find a matching colour for my skin, Im sure all pale skinned girls have the same problem (I use the shade Calico.) In the packaging and when you first pump it out the foundation actually looks really dark this is due to the grey ashy undertones which is strange for a foundation as they usually only have pink or yellow undertones. I feel that the ashy grey undertone mimics my skin tone the best although it looked quite frightening to begin with. I went ahead and tried it on my face when i got home and it matched so well you couldn't tell i was wearing anything! it still had all of the coverage that i was promised though. I was so impressed.
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| from left to right: Rimmel Match Perfection in 010 light porcelain (pinky undertone), Bourjois Paris healthy mix in 51 (yellowey undertone), No7 instant radiance in calico (ashy undertone) |
Its the only foundation that i have ever tried that doesn't turn my skin into a dry cracked horrible mess by the end of the day (and believe me i have tried a fair few foundations in the past.) If you also have this problem i highly recommend this foundation to you. If you like a dewey finish then you will not be disappointed, it also comes in 12 shades so theres a shade for almost every skin tone. It's also Hypo-allergenic so you don't have to worry about your skin being too sensitive for it.
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| im terrible at remembering to take before and after pictures so here us my silly face with the foundation on :) (i haven't edited it or added any filters btw) |
Now moving on to the things i would change about it if i could.. It is quite pricy for the amount of product that you get at £12.50 for only 30 ml :( for me living on a student budget that is a bit too much for me to pay. I usually wait and save up my boots points or ask for boots vouchers for christmas, then i try to use it sparingly. The only other thing that i would change about it is how much the pump pumps out at a time, for me it lets too little out at a time resulting in me having to use two and a half to three pumps!
Thanks for reading i hoped that helped if you are on a hunt for a new foundation :)
Mel x
