Revlon Color Stay Foundation Review (Oily/Combo) Skin

I’ve heard and read so many great things about Revlon Color Stay Foundation that I felt I had to give it a whirl. I will admit that I was nervous, as I have oily and acne prone skin, but I jumped in.
You should probably know by now that I love love love my Bare Minerals Foundation, especially for everyday coverage. I have found, however, that it doesn’t quite have the lasting power I’m looking for. I mean, it stays on, but a few hours after application it tends to get a little spotty. And now that I’m filming more for  my youtube channel, I’m in the market for a a more full coverage foundation.
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Revlon Color Stay Foundation in Rich Mohogany
Pros:
  1. Great, full coverage, matte Foundation. I do have to allow this foundation to dry between layers, but overall, the coverage has been great.
  2. No need for a concealer with this foundation. I have tons of hyper-pigmentation from old acne, but this covered my dark spots really well. I just had to go in with a concealer brush to get those particularly tough dark spots, but I got it cover.
  3.  It photographs really well, better, I would say, than Bare Minerals. I think this foundation would be great for a wedding or any professional event.
Revlon Color Stay Foundation in Rich Mohogany
Revlon Color Stay Foundation in Mahogany

Revlon Color Stay Foundation in Rich Mohogany

Cons:
  1. Messy. I’m accustomed to using a powder foundation, so this foundation was a little bit messier than I’d like.
  2. Drying between coats. Because it’s a liquid and you have to let it slightly dry between coats to build the coverage, so I felt that it took longer than I’d like to get the coverage I want.
  3. Acne. I do have acne prone skin, however, for the past 2 weeks since discovering a new device to help combat my acne (review coming soon) I haven’t had a single breakout, that is, until I started using Revlon Color Stay Foundation.  I didn’t have a major breakout, but I did develop three new pimples, one of which left me with a new dark spot :(.
  4. Check out my video review  with my details here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-sxt5hOtKo
All in all, I would not use this foundation daily. Since it did clog my pores, I think of it as more of a go out or filming foundation. I’ll stick to my bare minerals for my everyday foundation.
What’s your favorite drugstore foundation?

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6 Comments

  1. hey girl i use this too and i have to during the summer time! with this foundation make sure you get ALL of it off. it is hard to take off, if i don’t get it all off i break out. i thought it was the foundation but once i started making sure it was all off i didn’t break out as much anymore. my breakouts are due to stress/hormones.

    1. Hey Leslie! I use a battery operated face brush so i do get all of my makeup off, but i think my skin was just reacting to a new product, you know? i haven’t had any breakouts in almost two weeks so I’m back in business! lol.. Thanks so much for the tips, though i will pass it on to my viewers. xoxo

  2. Great! I’m a fairly new subbie so I must have missed that one! No sweat! Whenever you’re ready to do the 5 minute makeup challenge, we’ll be ready to watch 🙂

  3. I tried this foundation and I feel the same way. Everyone else seems to love it, but it just didn’t work for me! Thanks so much for sharing your honest review!

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