Hello everyone,
Today I would like to review Nars all day luminous weightless foundation. It has been a while since I review a foundation. I am in the shade,Medium 2- Santa Fe in this foundation. I have been using this foundation on and off since last year. So, it is quite safe to review it now.
The website claims benefits of this foundation as below.
Benefits
- Lightweight, full-coverage and long-lasting.
- Suitable for all skin types.
- Even Tone Technology neutralizes redness.
- Weightless Long-wear Technology uses flexible polymers and treated pigments that move with the skin.
- Oil-free and paraben-free.
I can use this foundation either with blending brush or beauty blender. I have been liking this ELF blending brush for applying foundations.
As you can see, the foundation is water based and runny. They said one pump is enough to cover the whole face. Normally, I use one and half pump to get more coverage.
Ready to see my bare face? Here you go below!!
I applied moisture and primer ( Too faced hangover ) before foundation. I always use hydration primer under this foundation as it sometimes clings to my dry patches around the mouth area. As it is water-based foundation, I find that silicon primers do not work so well under it.
This is after applied one and half pump of the foundation. You can see it has pretty decent coverage to cover my dark spots and it evens out my skin tone. One thing to take note is it set pretty quickly so you need to apply half face first and blend quickly. As it claims, the foundation feels very weightless on my face and it sets to luminous finish throughout the day although it dries to matte finish in the beginning . I think you don't even need to set with powder for dry skin types. For combination skin like me, it controls oil on T-zone more than other foundations and lasts all day.
After I had done full face, the foundation looks even better. I think it looks great in photos too.
To conclude my review,
Pros
Weightless
flawless finish
Controls oil
Long lasting
Wide shade range
Great for photos
Cons
Can sometimes cling to dry spots
Can give cake face if you apply too much ( for this foundation, less is more )
Expensive ( around SGD 75 )
Overall, I really like this foundation and it works as they claim. It is one of my top foundations after too faced born this way. I recommend this if you need higher end foundation that provides great coverage and long lasting effect for all day usage. This works well for Singapore humid weather in my opinion.
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Violet
