Beauty Product Reviews

Brilliant Color!

This is a review of #423 Matte, a vivid pink. It is very matte and very pink! The lipstick is very buildable: it can go on very thick and intensely colored, or with a light hand for a wash of color. I have very dark, colored lips and it is hard for me to find a lipstick that really shows up. This one does. It lasts pretty well through food. Like all matte lipsticks I have tried, this one is drying on the lips, so I wear a gloss over it for comfort. If you love pink, this is for you!

Excellent Color Match, Easy to Apply

Gena Beige matches my skin perfectly. F1 is also a good match. Skin color: NW20 / Buff in Revlon Colorstay Cream / Beige Rose 20 in YSL Teint Eclat.

I watched Kevin Bennett's YouTube video on how to apply RCMA foundation and his technique works well. He says to warm up the foundation and get it pliable, then use fingers to apply it to the face. Then use a foundation brush to buff it in.

I don't like the look of this foundation with powder on top: it is too unnatural a look for me. I prefer just the foundation since it is so matte.

It is excellent value: you need to use very little at a time for good coverage. I like the fact you can buy different sizes directly from RCMA if the size offered here is not what you want. RCMA also offers samples.

The only negative I could mention about this foundation is likely operator error and not the foundation. I have a few broken capillaries that I absolutely want to cover up. This foundation for some reason is pretty poor at doing that, despite its huge percentage of pigment and thick texture. It covers, but a litte bit later I notice it has broken down and revealed what I want to cover. Revlon Colorstay does a better job on these areas.

The foundation never turns a different color and lasts as advertized. I even tested it by wearing it to a spin class since they say it withstands heat well. I think if you really are wearing it on a set, you need much thicker coverage than I applied, though, to make it look as it did when it went on. It still looked pretty good after an hour of intense exercise.

I like the fact it doesn't transfer off the skin very much at all, even when the wearer is hot.

The RCMA blush set looks terrfic with this foundation, applied the same way as the foundation. It looks more natural than any other blush I have tried.