Clinique Beyond Perfecting Foundation and Concealer

I used to be a tightass when it came to makeup. I would say that I still kinda am, but during my time in America, I bought a heck of a lot of makeup. And definitely not items that I would consider cheap either. I am always quite cheap when it comes to foundation for some reason, and this seems dumb as I would call it the most important part of my morning beauty regime. Well at least the it is the largest visual part.

Can you believe that I go into Priceline Pharmacies and basically hope for the best that the foundation will match my skin tone? I would maybe trial a tester, but how easy is it to tell your own skin and face colour, by yourself under fluorescent lights? It's not easy, in fact it's very hard.

The Foundation

I had a leftover $50 Myer gift voucher that I hadn't used yet, and for some reason I had completely forgotten Myer had a beauty section. I just tended to avoid it. I sat down to get my face colour matched by the Clinique lady.

 I had seen a few reviews online before making my decision on this foundation, but what I remembered the most was a lot of people saying that the foundation was too dark for their skin tone. Even in the lightest shade. So to no surprise I was colour matched with the shade Alabaster. Which is the lightest foundation tone. If you google image the word alabaster I don't know if I could really agree. I know I'm not Rihanna but I'm no Iggy Azalea either.

Pictured: Neither of my skin tones.

In the small cheek patch that the Clinique lady put on me, it still looked a tad dark, but we will soon know the reality and how well it truly works.

What Clinique Claims

The Beyond Perfecting Foundation is both a Foundation and a concealer. It is suppose to be full coverage, but lightweight, with a moisturising feature for dry skin. My nose tends to peel all the time, so this seems like a good addition for me and for others with this skin type. The foundation is said to last all day (12 hours), and that once blended and allowed to dry the colour will appear much lighter. 

On the official website, it says that one dip of the foundation wand holds enough foundation to cover your entire face as it goes a long way. It also will stay malleable long enough to properly blend. It is oil free, and dries with a natural matte appearance. After the foundation has dried you can tap the brush in problem areas and then blend as a built in concealer.

Let's give it a go shall we!

The Trial

hell to the no

I do not usually take photos without makeup as a general rule. My skin could be a lot worse but I have a few problem areas that I seriously would like to conceal permanently. I have leaky capillaries in my face. Which sounds creepy and I guess it sort of it, but it means I have purplely red dark circles under my eyes all the time. No matter how much sleep I may get. I also have some redness on my face, and small purple veins in my cheeks. Plus the occasional pimple outbreak here and there. I am sure I could nitpick all day but these are the main things that I like to cover with my foundation and concealer. 

I managed to find a giant silver ribbon to tie my hair back today so here we go. The only thing on my face at the moment is moisturiser. 

I used only two blobs on my entire face to start. One on each cheek. I liked the feel of it immediately, and was able to do my entire cheeks with just that amount. I then did a few smaller dots of foundation on areas that I had missed like my nose, forehead and chin. Then I blended it all in with my fingers. I really like the colour and it matches my skintone well. You can notice an immediate difference in my skin texture and a lot of problem areas are no longer visible.

For the concealer part of the foundation, you just dab on small little dots as you would any regular concealer and then blend it in with your ring finger. My notoriously dark circles are still visible to no one's surprise, but some remaining cheek spots have been covered by the concealer layer.

Conclusion

I am pretty happy with how the foundation turned out. It's quite decent and I would say worth the $50 AUD price tag. I am planning on using this as my day to day foundation, so only time will tell if in the long run this is a foundation that I would like to continue using. 

What foundation do you use, and do you really love it?

UPDATE: After using this foundation for a week, I am still absolutely loving it, perhaps even loving it more now that I'm getting used to it. I did find though that using a primer underneath it cause my skin to go really cakey and cracked. But it stays on long enough to not need a primer anyway. So not a deal breaker. 

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