Tuesday 20 October 2015

Review- Bourjois Air Mat Foundation

Hey everyone, 
Recently I popped this photo of myself up on Instagram (@Piperbeauty) of my first application of the new Bourjois Air Mat Foundation and I had a few people ask me to review it. After a few more days of trying the foundation out, I'm ready to give my thoughts and feelings. As you can see by the photo upon first application, I was really impressed with the coverage (the photo is with no concealer or powder) and texture. However I did find the colour was a little off even when blended down my neck. Unfortunaly Bourjois doesn't have a massive shade range and even though I bought 01 Rose Ivory (the lightest shade) it still wasn't light enough for me. I also found this with the Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation too. 
I found that applied with a beauty sponge, it created a nice light texture, almost like your not wearing foundation at all. The bottle implies an undetectable matte finish which I believe was correct. However after I completed my makeup, I had noticed the colour had oxidised on me and I was now 2 shades darker than the above picture. This may not be a problem if you plan to wear the foundation for a short amount of time, however with the light feeling I was planning to wear it for a working day (8 hours). This then short listed the foundation to short wear for myself. 

However for review purposes, I continued to wear the foundation all day and let me tell you within 2 hours it had broken down on my skin. I have (unfortunately) very oily/combination skin so most foundations have to stand the test of time. This foundation did not. I blotted my skin with shine papers and half of the foundation came off with the oil (major brake down). Normally, if this was a working day I would not have any way of re-applying so I carried on with my day as if I were working. After another 2 hours, I came back to my skin and the foundation had completely gone. The oil in my skin had broken what was left of the Air Mat after blotting and just left my face with an oily shine. I blotted again, just to make sure and these were my findings (do not look at the next few photos if grossed out by oil). 
1) First blotting 2) Second blotting 
I tried to take a close up of my skin and as you can see my under eye bags, spots and acne scaring were all visible before blotting. Now as unfortunate as the wear time is on this foundation (for myself) it does claim to have 24 hour wear but I do believe that would be for dry skin. It's light texture and easy to wear would make it perfect for you, however not so much for oily skin like mine. I do like this foundation so I do plan to wear it for when I go out to town or short journeys as the initial coverage was amazing! However when it is finished, I do not plan to repurchase. 

I hope this was helpful to anyone trying to figure out whether they want to try it or not. If you have tried any foundations recently and have oily/combination skin like mine, please can you tweet me (@BeautifulBeads1) and let me know? I would love to try some more out. 
Emma 

*This product was bought with my own money*

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