Need a cheaper foundation recommendation

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Hi All, I currently use Chanel Vitalminere in no 40 and have run out but dont have the money at the moment to buy a new bottle and I have literally none left. Would anyone have any recommendations for a cheaper bottle to replace it with - thinking Rimmel, Maybelline etc. Thanks in Advance

I've been pretty pleased with the Soap and Glory one. I'm v pale and they do one called The Fairest Of Them All. It's not bad at all and I think it was £11.

Most people who use the Chanel one recommend the Bourjois healthy serum one. On here anyway

Chanel and bourjois are the same make up company. I used to work for chanel :) some of the products are identical, save for the packaging.

Personally I love no 7 everyday foundation I think it's called... really excellent. And pale without being pink!

Bourjois - apparently made by the same people as Chanel. Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation = medium-full coverage, long-wearing, non-dewy but not matte (my favourite, as you can get sheerer coverage by diluting with moisturiser if desired but you can also build it when you need to); Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum = sheer-medium coverage, less long-wearing, quite dewy; Bourjois 24 Hour Sleep Effect = sheer coverage, not long-wearing, quite dewy. I think Healthy Mix is quite beige, 24 Hour Sleep is more peachy. There's a new one called 123 Perfect but the reviews have been very mixed so I'm sticking to Healthy Mix - IMO it's the best drugstore foundation ever, and lots of S&B people agree .

Ooops, cross-posts!

Bourjois Healthy Serum is brilliant, as is the concealer. They're often included in special offers at Boots. Get yourself down there missy, you'll never look back

Fairylea - care to share any insider tips on precisely which products are identical, pretty please?

Thanks guys - this is my first mumsnet post and even though I lurk ALL the time and read everyone elses post, I didnt think anyone would answer mine so thanks - will be visiting boots first thing tomorrow:) PS is there any particular shade ye would recommend in the Bourjois Healthy range - I know I'm asking a lot. I would have a reddish complexion

Seriously the rimmel 25hr foundation is fantastic, and this comes from a foirmer Tom ford user!

Nom - I would tell you if I could but I haven't worked for chanel for years now so I have no idea! But I absolutely and utterly guarantee the products are the same - I (still) have friends who work for the production lines and marketing ideas boards for both!

I recently bought the bourjois healthy mix and think its great. I have always used high end foundations, chanel, dior, ysl etc and I think this one is on a par with them. I use shade 53 beige clair but I am asian with fair but yellow toned skin. I think the only thing with it is that there is a limited number of shades compared to higher end brands but if you can find one to match your skin then great.

Oooh Fairylea thats really good to know. I always wondered whether it was an urban myth that they were the same products. I feel another trip to Superdrug coming on...

I use Bourjois products and love the healthy serum foundation. It just seems to make my skin glow. And yep Bourjois is made by Chanel although I wouldn't know (although I'd like to! Hint!) which products are identical.

In the same vein Maybelline, Clinique and Garnier are all made by L'Oreal and even the seemingly 'off-beat' Benefit is made by either Estée Lauder or Shiseido.

I came on to recommend Healthy Mix, but you've been well advised already

Lauder make clinique. And mac and Bobbi brown, origins, aveda, stila, and obviously Lauder products themselves!

Loreal do not make clinique. They make lancome, maybeline, garnier etc.

I've probably forgotten a few but I can't remember any more now! :)

Ysl and no 7 were also made in the same factory but I don't know if that's still the case. Their touch eclat and no 7 equivalent are identical as far as I can see. They used to have the same address on the packaging too!

I have no idea about Benefit. When I worked in cosmetics it was quite separate but it may have been brought out.

I'd be seriously annoyed if I'd wasted my money on Chanel as I thought the Bourgois one was rubbish

Benefit is made by LVMH - who make Dior, Guerlain....

Bourjois I mean-I'm on my phone! I buy bare minerals on Ebay for half the price and have done for a couple of years now but have tried the Rimmel one and liked it.

Another Healthy mix fan here.
Used Estée Lauder for years, but was spending a fortune.
Healthy mix with Mac primer underneath. Lovely glow that stays for the day.
Light but olive skin tone, use no 53

www.loreal.com/Brands.aspx?topcode=CorpTopic_Brand

Thanks Fairylea, that's fascinating. I'm not surprised, so much of the Bourjois stuff is lovely...

I get Clinique mixed up with Lancôme every time... Thanks Fairylea :)

I thought Stila no longer belong to Estee Lauder. That's one of the reasons I use them as quite a few of the companies that belong to EL test on animals to enable them to sell in China.

Max factor face finity. Very good value for money.

My current favourite cheapo is Maybelline Eraser. Seriously better than any posh £££s foundation I've used.

I quite liked the Health Mix but even the 51 (IIRC) was too dark for me (am mozzarella faced) . I mixed it with a palest of pale posho CD one and then it was fine.