Hey guys!
So I mentioned in my Winter Haul post a while back that I bought the Revlon
Colourstay foundation and the Revlon Photoready primer. Today, as you probably
have already guessed from the title, I’m going to review both these products.
Now I had been eyeing up this foundation for a while.
I had heard good things, but for a drugstore foundation I thought it was a bit
on the pricey side (it retails for about 18euro in Ireland). However I received some
Boots vouchers for Christmas and I thought might as well give it a go.
I think you can imagine how annoyed I was when I went
back a week later to the very same Boots and saw that they were having a 2 for
€20 offer on Revlon face products! So to suppress my anger I decided that I was
still going to benefit from this offer and bought another Colourstay
foundation and the Photoready primer.
So enough of the back story let’s get on with the good
stuff! The two foundations are both in the shade 180 sand beige, however one is
for normal/dry skin and the other is for combination/oily skin because my skin
can vary. For some reason they’re actually slightly different colours, the
dry/normal is a bit darker so I tend to use that when I’m going out and the
combination/oily for everyday use.
I would definitely have to say that this foundation
gives very good coverage. Normally I only have to use a small bit of concealer
with it because pretty much everything is already concealed. It has a sort of
thick consistency without feeling like it’s clogging your pores. It’s quite
natural looking, especially the lighter shade but at the same time you can
still tell you’re wearing makeup, I mean it is foundation! Also the staying power is amazing. The one drawback of
this foundation is that there’s no pump!! I have to just pour a bit out on my
hand and hope it doesn’t go everywhere.
To be honest I don’t exactly know what to say about
the primer other than it does its job! It feels really smooth when you put it
on and I do think it makes my makeup last better though honestly I haven’t done
a proper with/without comparison. Compared to other primers though, which
usually come in small tubes, there seems to be a lot of product in it, so
you’re getting your money’s worth. I really just got it because of the offer
because although the foundation is pretty great I didn’t think I needed 3!
So to finish, I would recommend the Revlon Colourstay
foundation. It is that bit more expensive than most drugstore foundations and
though I do really like it, there definitely are other options that would be
almost or as good for less. In saying that though, it is only a couple of euros
extra and I think it is probably worth it because of the quality. The Revlon
Photoready primer seems like a pretty run of the mill primer to me. If all you
want is something to keep your makeup on your face (like me!) then it’s as good
as any and you do get a lot of bang for your buck.
Until next time,
Catriona xo
These look really good! I always go for the cheaper products because I don't usually wear much makeup, but I'd definitely try these if I did hahaha Great review!
ReplyDeleteonmywayacqua.blogspot.com | Acqua xx
Same usually haha! But I was really impressed with both these products, maybe look out for deals cause they're definitely worth a try! xo
Deletei wish i bought a darker shade of revlon colorstay foundation. the one that i am using is not doing its best job :(
ReplyDeletebut anyways i still love the foundation!!
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Oh no :( It is hard to find the right shade you can see even two I got with the same name are slightly different! xo
DeleteThese look like great products, I've never tried the colour stay foundation but might pick it up it sounds good :) xxx
ReplyDeleteZoe ♥ MammafulZo
Would recommend! :) xo
DeleteThis is a great post! I never really use primers so I might think about trying this! x http://hollybanfield.blogspot.co.uk
ReplyDeleteThank you! Do, it's pretty good! xo
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