Coverall Cream Foundation

For the past year or so this has been the only foundation I've been able to use that does not look horrible on my skin. I have very dry, red skin, and my old go-to foundations (Revlon colorstay, Maybelline age rewind, Makeup -forever HD) just have not been working out for me, even with my pre-make up routine where I exfoliate, moisturize, and then apply a primer. The texture of this foundation is perfect for my skin. It's a bit thicker - more like a cream, like it says, but still thin enough to where it isn't a paste, more like the thickness of most primers. It's coverage is wonderful, and it doesn't cake up so you can go in and reapply to any spots you need to cover a bit better. I apply it with my fingers or with a damp sponge, and it looks like skin. It gives a natural-looking, satin finish, and wears nicely throughout the day. It normally does wear off a bit around my nose, but I'm fine with it. At least it's not making my skin look like it's cracking or flaking away. :P The smell is... not the greatest. But, for the price I can deal with it. Since I've used it so often, it doesn't bother me as bad. What I love most about this is I can set it with a powder, and even though my skin is very dry, it doesn't appear to be that way. MAC Mineralize skin finish goes beautifully over it. Definitely say this is best suited for those with normal, to dry, to very dry skin, since it is quite moisturizing, and just a bit thicker overall. The only other downside is that (at least where I love) they don't have the best selection for darker shades. The light shade range is great, but it seems they only run light to darker-medium shades.

When I bought this it looked too dark for my skin tone, but then I used it on my skin and it was a amazing colour! I stays on long, the only bad this is that it smells.

I was actually very surprised with this. I am pretty pale, and finding a foundation or concealer (I have to use a white one) that matches me is the challenge of my life. I really was not expecting anything from this, considering it's Wet N Wild and it's $4. I don't even remember why I bought it, but I'm glad I did. The color works for me, it's light and pretty neutral, maybe leaning a little yellow but still neutral. Most pale foundations are either so terribly pink or so horribly yellow that they aren't even foundations anymore, just paint. It covers my redness and acne scars pretty well with a white concealer underneath and is buildable. It lasts fairly well, I can usually make it through a day at school without needing to powder, though I don't have particularly oily skin. I've been using it for over a year now (with Makeup Forever Matte Velvet #15 under my eyes, bridge of my nose, cupids bow and cheek bones to brighten a little) and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm mainly excited about the fact that I've found something that matches me that also costs $4.

I had my doubts about this product's quality since it's probably the cheapest foundation I've ever seen in the market, at no more than $4 for 1oz of product--cheaper than any Rimmel foundations! But there are so many wet 'n' wild products that I love, and with such a low price-point, there was hardly a risk. And this one was definitely worth risking.

At first sight, the packaging design sits somewhere between cheap and high-end, since it's so simplified. The shades are a little tricky to choose from just by looking at the tube as well, as they all look barely look a shade lighter or darker from each other, all in the medium skin-tone range--no pale shades, no deep shades.

I have roughly an NC25-NC30 shade match in MAC's SFF, and found that the best match from wet 'n' wild Coverall Cream Foundation was 820 Medium/Tan, which is typically a shade name much darker than the typical foundations I would be suited for (light/medium). Luckily, this shade 820 Medium/Tan suited my yellow undertone well! The formula is actually lightweight and a little jelly-like rather than thick and creamy, and offers medium coverage. Not quite full-coverage like the name implies, but since the color sheers out a little, it looks natural and it's a little buildable after letting a layer dry. And it's easy to blend.

The foundation takes a little while to dry since it's quite moist, and offers no shine control even after it sets. Unless you like a radiant/dewy look, which I don't so much because my T-zone gets oily in about 3 hours of wearing this alone, the complementing Coverall Pressed Powder works great to both set the foundation, control the shine for 5 to 6 hours, and boost coverage. And the powder is about $2 or $3.

However, I find that shade-wise the pressed powder and the cream foundation shades don't seem to correlate; I found that the Pressed Powder 825B Medium was better with the Cream Foundation 820 Medium/Tan instead of Medium. But with two close-matching shades together, they're extremely affordable and work really well. With powder, I have to blot my face with oil sheets by the 6th hour. Without it, I have to blot at 3 hours. Doesn't last a full working day, but for the price, 6 hours of stretched shine control is pretty good on oily skin! And the foundation's coverage does last me until I get home from work, which is about 12 hours of wear time since applying. Nice.

Not a huge issue that I have with this foundation, but it's confusing: the web site states that this foundation contains SPF. Nowhere on the actual squeeze tube does it say that it contains SPF, and it doesn't smell like it does. To be safe, I always wear moisturizer with SPF underneath the foundation to ensure that I have sun protection.

The biggest qualm that I have with this foundation is in its packaging. I typically store the tube up-side-down (dispenser up) because the dispenser tip is a very wide hole that product just leaks out (worst case scenario: gushes out!) of if stored right-side-up. Amount of product is really hard to control when the tube is full, but it's less hassle as more product gets used. Less pressure, I suppose. But it was a pain in the beginning, as a lot of product got wasted this way.

Overall though, this was definitely worth trying out. I have used other foundations that I prefer better although they are higher-priced, but for those who are on a strict and tight budget, I highly recommend giving this foundation a try alongside its pressed powder partner, for about $5 together. Best-valued face combo for the quality.

When I originally bought the foundation the color in the bottle was too dark. I figured I would mix in a lighter foundation... When I tried it on it blended amazingly, instantly turned to the color of my skin, it was very inexpensive about 4 dollars, I can't complain....it doesn't have all day wear I wear a primer and set it with a powder and it only lasted a few hours...I have really dry skin and it worked we'll but u need to work quickly... It can get a bit cakey... I would say it's a medium coverage, it is light weight but it has an odor of like a strong foundation (crayons in a way)

No good....saw this in the dollar store and thought what the heck i might as well try it and it was cheap so why not....well boy was that a bad decision. Goes on dry and ashy. Color range sucks. And it made me break out more then i normally would. Straight to the trash

This foundation is unbelievable for $4. I can honestly say it covers well. Sometimes I can even forego concealer on zits because it does such a good job.

I apply it first by smearing it on my face, then I take elf's flat powder brush and I blend. I set it with Rimmels stay matte powder in translucent. This system works better at lasting and keeping shine at bay than Lancôme makeup for me.