Too Faced Born This Way Foundation

My choices for a new foundation are still rather limited due to lack of pale enough shades, though things has improved significantly in the last decade. I found this one while looking at Youtube videos for a recommendation for a foundation in a pale enough shade and I’m glad I gave it a try. Too Faced promises a medium-to-full undetectable coverage, a longwearing finish and a hydrating formula. There’s also a matte version of this foundation. I actually didn’t get the lightest shade in the selection because I feared Cloud looked too off-white, so I bought the second lightest Swan, but Cloud might not be that wrong for me, as Swan is a tiny bit darker than my skin tone. 

Texture: A typical liquid foundation that’s easy to blend and it’s not too fast drying. It feels light on the skin, it’s hydrating as Too Faced promises and the name fits well this foundation, as it’s one of those foundations like Bourjois Healthy Mix that aren’t obviously foundation-ey. However, I have to add that though this foundation and my skin generally get along great, when I started using a new retinol product that dried my skin, this wasn’t hydrating enough and it also didn’t blend as nicely (this only lasted a couple of days before I managed to “rehydrate” my skin). So it’s not as hydrating as It Cosmetics CC cream that’s hasn’t let me down yet when my skin was more dry than usual, but Too Faced is still my best foundation when my skin behaves normally, so most of the time.