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.
Pros:
- Great, full coverage, matte Foundation. I do have to allow this foundation to dry between layers, but overall, the coverage has been great.
- 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.
- 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 Mahogany |
Cons:
- Messy. I’m accustomed to using a powder foundation, so this foundation was a little bit messier than I’d like.
- 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.
- 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 :(.
- 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?
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.
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
This review makes me want to try this…hmmmm
ha ha, i hear you. try it! xoxo
I use this sometimes && I like it! I don’t get acne at all but I wouldn’t use it if I did. I have seen some horrible after effects in some friends that use it && do have acne prone skin. Other than that, I like it. I use milk of magnesia as my primer which definitely helps with oil control && one coat of revlon color stay (in mahogany). Love that I don’t have to use too much of the product to get full coverage. Thanks for your review! P.S. I would love if you did a youtube tutorial/review of using milk of Magnesia as a primer to bring more peoples attention to the amazing much more dimepiece-friendly primer!
Hi Camille, I do have a blog post about how much I love milk of magnesia as a primer. I also talk about it one of my earlier videos :). I’m still not ready to show my bare face to the world just yet which is why i haven’t done the 5 minute makeup challenge or a full face routine. I’m gettng there, but not yet. Once I do, I’ll do a tutorial with milk of magnesia. Thanks so much for stopping by! xoxo
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 🙂
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!