I Took the Plunge Into Liquid

Since Maybelline discontinued their Great Wear liquid foundation, I have not used another liquid makeup...until now. I still remember the name that was the perfect match for me and didn't break me out- True Beige. I even kept the bottle that is somewhere in the closet and it's probably all nasty.

I thought I'd take a break from my mineral foundation (Everyday Minerals) and give liquid another try. So I picked up Revlon Colorstay liquid foundation in Warm Golden (#310) for combination/oily skin.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

• 1 ounce for about $12.99 at drugstores
• Contains SPF 6 (Titanium Dioxide 7.3%)
  
• Two formulations: Combination/Oily skin or Normal/Dry skin
• Available in 20 colors ranging from fair to dark
• Patented SoftFlex formula
• Transfer resistant

• Active Ingredients: Titanium Dioxide (7.3%)
• Inactive Ingredients: Aqua (Water, Eau), Cyclomethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Butylene Glycol, Boron Nitride, Dimethicone, SD Alcohol 40B, PEG/PPG 18/18 Dimethicone, Nylon 12, Tribehenin, Isododecane, Polyisobutene, Sodium Chloride, Cetyl PEG/PPG 10/1 Dimethicone, Bisabolol, Serica (Silk Powder), Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Malva Sylvestris Extract (Mallow), Lilium Candidum Bulb Extract (Lily), Lactobacillus/Eridictyon Californicum Ferment Extract, Cymbidium Grandiflorum Flower Extract, Serica Soie (Silk), Alumina, Polydimethylsiloxane/Polymethysilesquioxane Copolymer, Ethylene Brassylate, Methicone, Trisiloxane, Sorbitan Sesquiolate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, May Contain (+/-): Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77492, 77499)

Warm Golden (#310)

(All pros and cons are based on my personal opinions & experiences)


PROS

• Great oil control- I didn't even need to use blotting sheets all day, just an occasional blot with a tissue. Being an oily gal, I was amazed!
  
• Very minimal color transfer- When I blotted with a tissue there was hardly any color transfer
• Medium to buildable coverage
• Seemed to be waterproof
• Long-lasting- Didn't wear off throughout the day
  
• Oil-free- See ingredients above. Also contains silk powder, vitamins A & E.
  

CONS

• Couldn't find a good color match- Their tones are not yellow enough for me. (See the swatch below) The blob looks yellow-toned but when blended out you can see it turns pinkish.

(Swatched heavily on the inside of my arm- one of the lightest parts of my body)

• Dries quickly- You have to work on a small area at a time and blend quickly.
• Hard to remove- The only thing that removed the swatches was my eye makeup remover. Facial wash, liquid soap, shampoo and baby wipes did not take it off! I used facial wash and a soft cloth to wash my face and it seemed to come off. The swatches required more effort to remove.
• Strong, sweet alcohol scent- Can be bothersome
  
• Broke out- After the second and third times I used it, I noticed a few new breakouts. I got one blemish on my forehead where I rarely ever break out so I attribute that to the liquid foundation.
• Messy to work with; no pump; clean-up was horrible- People say loose mineral makeup is messy but oh my gosh, this was SO messy. I used an empty jar (see below) to pour my makeup onto and used a stippling brush to apply. It took 4 cotton balls of eye makeup remover to clean my brush and another one to clean the jar (used as a palette). There's no way I can leave that makeup to dry on my brush and jar all day but I don't have to time to clean up after getting ready in the morning. With my mineral makeup, I don't have to wash my brush until a whole week.

The leftover, stuck-on mess

FINAL THOUGHTS

Despite the list of cons, if you can find a good color match and if you don't break out, then it can be
MAGIC IN A BOTTLE.

ALTERNATIVE USE: Since I don't want to waste $13 plus tax, I tried it as an eyeshadow base and it works pretty good. It creased on me half way through the day. I haven't tried it over TFSI yet but that would probably help with creasing.

Hope this helps! =) I'm sticking with mineral makeup =P

More Everyday Minerals? Of Course Baby!

I had to order another, yes, yet another EDM 12-piece $50 kit because I needed some foundation colors to mix since I was recently experimenting with all my samples. I make a custom mixture of Winged Butter, Golden Medium & Olive Medium Intensives. And since their special was freaking awesome, it gave me another excuse. The special was two new blushes that came in two black puff jars. I couldn't pass that up! I picked up a few extras too. Here's what I got:

1. Flat-Top Brush- now I have one with the bamboo handle
2. Eye Kabuki Brush -had to pick up another for concealer and blending
3. Foundation Brush- I don't use liquid foundation but I just had to get this
4. Eyeshadow Brush- WAY BETTER than their old one with white bristles
5. Golden Medium Intensive Foundation (Olive Family)
6 & 7. Olive Medium Intensive Foundation (Olive Family)
8 & 9. Winged Butter Intensive Foundation (Golden Family)
10. Coffee Break blush- makes a pretty eyeshadow
11. Cool Breeze eyeshadow- pretty, shimmery pink-lilac color
12. Exhale eyeshadow- I thought this was more of a milk chocolate color but it's just a matte, medium chocolate brown with no red tones, contrary to the website description; lighter than their Dark Brown Brow color and less harsh looking

EXTRAS:
13. Wallaby eyeshadow- matte cool purple with more red in it
14. Casual Friday eyeshadow- matte, true purple; more blue in it than Wallaby
15 & 16. Two Closeable Sifter Jars with the new blue lids- these have a semi-circular part on top of the sifter that rotates 360 degrees so you can cover all the holes up once your done tapping out your minerals. You can adjust it so that only a few holes are available.

FREEBIES:
17. Going Green For Pink blush in a black Puff Jar- muted dusty pink
18. Pink Snowflakes blush in a black Puff Jar- shimmery light pink
19-23. Sample Kit- Spring concealer (my fave)
-Deep Wine blush-matte, earthy, reddish-brown
-Olive Neutral foundation
-Light (Golden Family) foundation,-a little bit darker than Winged Butter (Golden Family) which I wasn't expecting; nice surprise
-Light Martian (Olive Family)-looks very similar to Olive Neutral


The puff jars that the freebie blushes came in. They're black! Really not ideal for blush so I depotted one into the new closeable sifter jar that I got.

The unlabled little jar on the left is Wallaby eyeshadow

Swatches with flash (click image to enlarge)

Swatches in natural light (click image to enlarge)

Sorry I didn't swatch the foundations (click image to enlarge)

Closeable sifter jars

Brushes L to R: foundation, eyeshadow, eye kabuki & flat-top buffer brushes

Woo that was a lot of stuff and I still want more! I swear I'm an Everyday Minerals junkie. =P

*UPDATE* Oct. 20
I used my new flat-top brush pictured above with the bamboo handle for the second time and noticed major shedding which never happened with my other 2 flat top brushes with the birch handles. Major disappointment. My other flat top brushes never shedded one bristle. Maybe they changed the glue that they were using or I don't know. So I guess the flat top brushes are not the same quality anymore. =(