Flippin' 'eck! Bourgois Healthy Mix Foundation...

[valiumredhead]

It's a bit flipping good,isn't it?

Why did none of you vipers tell me about it before

On sale in Boots atm for £6.99. It's really good and I hate liquid foundations usually and normally use mineral powder. I don't even need to use concealor over my redness -amazing and unheard of!

I'm impressed so far, let's see how long it lasts and if it turns orange or patchy but so far so good. Oh and I applied with Real Techniques brush , I did it using fingers first and it looked awful but the brush made all the difference.

[hippermiddleton]

I agree! I couldn't see what the fuss was about, because it made my pink skin look very yellowy, but applied with the Real Techniques Face brush... amazing.

[NotBeingRudeBut]

Is that different to the Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum? That's what I use and it's fab too!

[valiumredhead]

Yes, different to the serum one but in the same range. I ummed and ahhed about the serum one but decide against it. as the other one was cheaper

Hipper - I think the yellowness counteracts the redness well but looks dire applied with fingers or a sponge!

The concealor looked interesting too, might have a look next time I am in there, I ran out of time today.

[IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowIt]

Keen to try this but they won't give a sample will they? I usually always try a sample to see effect in all lights. Did you just have a quick try and go for the one that looked the best?

[valiumredhead]

I know I am NW20 in Mac so I googled ' What shade Healthy Mix for NW20 skin?' and up came a very helpful review. There were samples in Boots and I put some on my jaw - went outside with my compact mirror, had a look and went back in and bought the one that looked best.Really useful to know your Mac shade as many reviewers use it as a comparison ime.

[IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowIt]

Ah ok thanks. I don't use mac unfortunately..YSL or Dior.

[valiumredhead]

Try googling using your colour shade in YSL and see what comes up.

[IfYoureHappyAndYouKnowIt]

Thanks will do

[valiumredhead]

Well I'm pretty impressed it stayed put while I cooked the tea in our steamy kitchen and I still like the colour.

[FracturedViewOfLife]

If - Try putting the shade and make of foundation you use in here and it should tell you what shade you are in every foundation. www.findation.com/

I'm going to try the foundation with a brush now as when I tried it I wasn't too impressed with it. Didn't think to try using a brush.

[valiumredhead]

The stipple brushes are the best ime tons better than the flat foundation brushes which are next to useless imho.

[Monty27]

What is this brush you all speak of please?

[valiumredhead]

realtechniques.com/shop-collection/your-finish-perfected/stippling-brush

[valiumredhead]

Tenner from Boots!

[valiumredhead]

You would not BELIEVE how long it took me to c and p that link as I'm on my phone

[hippermiddleton]

I've got the £9.99 face brush - best brush I've ever had. (Blimey, they're even cheaper in the US...)

[valiumredhead]

The whole set is only 20 quid iirc, so a real bargain.

[valiumredhead]

Have really got the hang of it this morning and it took no time at all to apply - I've been using Mineral foundations for years so I had to stop and think how to do it yesterday but today was fine. I used less on the brush and did one side of my face at a time to compare the difference - the colour is REALLY good. Used a tiny bit of Bare Minerals concealer which seemed to go on really well over the top. Very tempted to get the Healthy Mix concealer as well!

[willybreeder]

The concealers great too!

[valiumredhead]

Oooooo, right that's it, will get some tomorrow

[valiumredhead]

What are the colours like? There seemed to be only 3, do they run very light? I'm usually a medium.