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Maybelline Superstay Foundation Review + Berry Colored Look

Maybelline Superstay Foundation Review + Berry Colored Look



Products Used in this Look:

Too Faced HangoveRX Primer
Maybelline Superstay Foundation (110 Porcelain)
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer (fair)
Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder              
Okay Guys, I wanted to love this drugstore foundation, but it's just not doing it for me.  I usually try every new foundation with the Too Faced HangoveRX primer because it's my top favorite and I know how great it works for my skin. A lot of the time this will do and then it's the waiting game on how the actual foundation wears. With this particular one, I had issues from the beginning. These pictures are from the very first time I tried this foundation. I have worn it a handful of times since. As you may know, I like to really wear the foundation several times to really be able to see if it is a keeper or not. This also helps me determine which is the best way to apply it (sponge, brush, etc.), what primers work great with it, and even other products as well! 
This one was tricky for me. I noticed it sinking right into my pores and making them so noticeable! After wearing this for about 5 hours (no touch ups) I was a greasy mess! I seriously thought to myself "I hate this foundation" and didn't even want to try it out again! I still needed to know if I could make this work with other products, so I took some Smashbox pore filling primer on my problem areas and left the rest of my face bare. Awful. I ended up looking so dry and patchy. The third time I used the Evelyn Iona Green Tea Primer all over and added the same Smashbox primer to the problem areas. Again it was a fail. This time around it looked cakey. I was honestly about to give up on this foundation and then I decided to give it one more shot with the Too Faced Primed & Peachy Cooling Matte Primer. I used that all over my face with no extra pore filling primer and by the 5 hour mark it wasn't looking too bad, but I was still creasy in my expression lines! This primer minimizes the appearance of my pores, while also keeping my skin matte so the foundation didn't get oily.  The longest I normally wear foundation is around 8 hours. That's a good work day and any foundation that last on my skin that long is a great one to me! This claims 24 hour wear, I'm not sure about that, but I doubt it. This is a great drugstore foundation when it comes to coverage that doesn't oxidize. I'm in the shade 110 porcelain and it matches me well. The coverage is more of a medium, but buildable. This foundation was still a tricky one for me to figure out with primers and one that I'm really going to have to remember how to apply, but I still personally have trouble with it creasing and/or sometimes looking patchy in areas! This one is also hard working with concealers. It did alright with Tarte Shape Tape Concealer, but not so much with the Urban Decay Naked Skin Concealer. It was so patchy under my eyes. 
This foundation gets a 7/10 for me! 

                                                                                   
Ciate Bamboo Bronzer (palms island) 
City Color Be Matte Blush (blackberry)
e.l.f. Heart Defenser Highlight (cream side)
Face Brushes: 
XO Beauty Vegan Flat Face (foundation)
L'oreal Infallible Sponge (concealer & powder)
It! Cosmetics Chic Powder (powder)XO Beauty Vegan Bronzer (bronzer)
It! Cosmetics Chic Blush (blush)XO Beauty Vegan Shimmer Tulip (highlight)
bh Cosmetics Carli Bybel Palette

(left to right)
Base: Top Row/First Shade 
Crease: Top/4th Shade
Outer Corner: Top/5th Shade
Lid: Top/2nd Shade Very Inner Corner & Brow Bone: Pink Highlighter on the very bottom left
Eye Brushes:
Morphe RG24 (crease)XO Beauty Vegan Eyeshadow (highlight)
finger (lid)
It! Cosmetics Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil 
Still Huge Extreme Lash Mascara
Mac Fix +
Maybelline Lipstick (bit of berry)
Finished Look:



Shout out to the L'oreal Hair Elvive Revive Leave in Conditioner for doing wonders to my hair! 
Also, a big thanks to Influenster for sending it to me complimentary for testing purposes! 



































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