Magic Foundation

...for me. I'm in my 40's, with combination sensitive skin. This would probably be a much better choice for someone with younger and/or normal to oily skin. I am very fair during the winter and 1 Fair was almost too fair for me. (Maybe too yellow, not quite sure.) After it set, it made my skin look very dry. It accentuated the large pores on my cheeks. I felt really uncomfortable wearing it out. Like everyone could see my massive pores. It was so disappointing since I've wanted to try this for the longest time. No matter what I did, primer, moisturizer, finishing powder, or lack thereof. Nothing worked for me. After about six different tries, it has been tossed on the giveaway pile.

I do love this, I was hoping Fair 1 was a true neutral but it was just a tad yellow for me. I will keep it and just use it with a bit of corrector. On my next order I will try the Fair 2 it's a bit more pink and maybe mix the 2. Goes on well a little goes a LONG way and you can build from there! very faint SPF smell but that goes away and I would rather have the slight SPF smell and know that my skin is protected from UV! This ginger BURNS!

Let me preface this review: My skin is normal to dry (dry at the moment) and VERY pale with neutral to more yellow tones. This is honestly an amazing color match. Usually neutral tones tend to look more pink on my skin and that's one of my pet peevs (sp?). I will say that although foundation shouldn't smell nice from fragrance, in my opinion, this stuff smells horrible when you apply it. It's very hard to describe, almost like glue? Anyways, until the foundation sets, the scent lingers so I usually will have my fan running to help move the smell away from me. Other than that, the foundation wears really well on my skin (about 8 hours). I would also say that this isn't full coverage on my skin. This has more of a solid medium coverage since you can still see red zits and some hyper pigmentation. I do use a heavier moisturizer and a hydrating SPF 50 (PA+++) to prep the skin before use. I haven't found it clinging to dry patches or anything like that. Over all, I'd recommend it. But the scent is just so strong and bad, that I couldn't give it a full 5 stars.

Skin type - combination more on the dry side This foundation look beautiful then it first apply, but it starts separates after 1-2 hours and it's made my skin look really flaky, dehydrated and red. I try to use it with wonder glow primer, Mac primer, with and without powder It just look bad

I had such high hopes for this foundation... the first part was learning how to just apply it... I used my Wayne Goss #01 and then for any additional layers I would use beauty blender....BUT ... I had to pack it on to cover the redness in my cheeks... it's not true full coverage for me at least ... I have very much the true definition of combo skin. Very oily t-zone, eyelids and inner cheek and then very dry outer cheeks and above eyebrows. I typically only apply foundation on my redness which is center of my face and above eyebrows and then whatever is left over on my brush I will sweep over the rest of my face to give nice blend (something I learned from Lisa Eldridge). This however would look very powder-y and then breakup in patches... it starts off great but then quickly goes south after only two or three hours. So I'm still on the hunt which is sad because this shade was perfect me!!!

For starters, I can guarantee you that the palest shade is not nearly as pale as the fairest skinned people you know. I've seen a lot of people claim to be fair and say this has worked for them, but if you're truly ghostly this is not the one at all! It should be obvious that with only 15 shades this will not cater for everyone. "For very fair skin" is pretty laughable. I've read that this shade is supposed to be "neutral" but it pulled seriously yellow on me; In all honesty I am slightly cool toned but still, wow! I didn't like the formula either. I would say my skin type is normal but even overlooking the poor colour match, this one was not for me.

This has great coverage. The shade I got 1 fair is great for me a perfect match. Doesn't feel cakey or sticky.

This is the best foundation I've EVER used, and I've tried A LOT of different brands, coverage levels, finishes, shades and price ranges. It covers my scarring without the need for concealer, sets itself and lasts all day, powder products layer beautifully over it, it minimizes the appearance of my pores, and it LOOKS LIKE SKIN. All with a very small amount of product. The line could stand to have a paler shade, but Fair 1 is almost light enough for me to use without a mixer, which is more than I can say for a lot of other brands. I'm in love and will definitely be getting the matching powder asap.

I like this foundation for a natural look. It does not have enough coverage without using A LOT of product to get a nice fully covered glam look. For my skin type (dry, with redness on cheeks) I need something a little heavier to cover the little imperfections that I want covered.

I was so excited to receive this. I am extremely fair with neutral yellow undertones so it can be difficult to find a shade match. I swatches it on my face and it was a little bit dark and still a little bit pink but still workable. I applied this first with a beauty blender but it was like there was nothing on my face. It didn't cover red spots, beauty marks, NOTHING! I thought maybe user error. So then I tried it with two different types of foundation brushes and still it provided almost no coverage.

The reviews on here all say good things and that is full coverage. But for me it gave almost no coverage and didn't work with my skin. I will be returning it.