Hello :)
I've always quite liked Bourjois foundations, I think they always smell nice and fruity and offer a nice finish. I saw the advert for the new '123 Perfect' and was obviously intrigued by the claims of perfect skin... who wouldn't be? I thought the idea of combining three different colour correcting pigments was quite interesting, and not something I'd seen before.
Bourjois claims that the foundation has “3 correcting pigments – 0 imperfections.
1) Yellow pigments – anti-dark circles
2) Mauve pigments – anti-dull complexion
3) Green pigments – anti redness."
I got the shade 51, light vanilla - it looks a bit pale in the bottle, but 52 looked waaaay too dark for me..
The shade range seems limited - I could only see 5, and those were all definitely in the 'fair'. The shades also all seemed fairly yellow toned, which I think is standard for Bourjois. I wish drugstore brands would do a more varied shade range! It annoys me. The foundation has an SPF10, which makes it lighter, maybe? Hmm...
(I'm wearing MAC woodwinked/NARS Isolde on my lids and MAC costa chic/Barry M lipgloss 11 for reference)
I like the finish, it's fairly satin - I gave it a quick dusting of MSF natural to set it, but I do that generally.
I'm not a massive fan of a dewy finish, and this foundation doesn't make me look too glowy ;)
Blended out lightly - I am tanned at the moment so it looks pale on my hand aha..
Completely blended
I'm not sure about the pigment claims - I have a fair bit of redness in my cheeks, and this didn't seem to make a massive difference - I use a primer to counteract the majority of the redness, and this didn't seem to add too much of a difference. I do have a bit of redness around my nose and that seemed to cover it up fairly well.
In terms of the mauve, I don't think I really have a 'dull complexion' so I don't think this added anything?
The yellow pigments did seem to cover my dark circles, so yay for that.
I also don't think it wears for up to 16 hours, as it claims. I'd say 7/8 hours, on my fairly normal skin.
The recent surge in foundations claiming to be 16-24h is annoying - a) who wants to wear foundation for that long and b) the claims are never true!
I like the smell though - very fresh and fruity, yum.
Overall I am liking this foundation, and will keep using it over the summer. I think it's quite a natural, medium finish.
Available now at Boots/Superdrug for £10.99
Have any of you tried it?
Laura xx
This looks really good! I hate that Bourjois foundations are all yellow toned too, I'm more pinky and have to adjust their foundations so that they suit me better! x
ReplyDeleteIt is annoying, I'm pinky too :/ drugstore brands need to start accommodating! aha xx
DeleteReally like the glowy finish its giving your skin you look so radient!
ReplyDeleteI agree all theres foundation promises are very OTT!
Liz
http://www.aspirationsofglam.blogspot.com
xxx
Thanks, babe! I know, it's just silly aha xx
Deleteit sounds very nice:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Caise :) xx
DeleteI have this foundation as well, and I'm not a massive fan of it, I think it's given my skin some kind of reaction so I'm going to use a different one for while and see if that changes. I'm jealous of how well it's worked for you though! :)
ReplyDeleteI agree about the "long wear" promises, I can't think of anybody that would want to wear a foundation for that long anyway- and it can't be good for your skin! xx
Really good review, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI own this and class it as one of my most worn foundations. I like that it's such a buildble coverage for my skin type and it does seem extra yellow toned which balances out my redness around my nose and side of my chin. I can suffer from rather red acne scars and it even seems to cover those without the need for concealer.
Jules x
http://flabbyface.blogspot.co.uk