L’Oreal True Match Super Blendable Makeup in Porcelain

What: L’Oreal True Match Super Blendable Makeup in Porcelain

Where: CVS

Price: $10.49

Image from CVS.

Remember when I said I hated foundation and you wouldn’t likely see me reviewing it here? Well, I guess I got myself used to stuff on my face by wearing tinted moisturizers and a lightweight foundation, because I’ve finally taken the plunge and gotten a real foundation. I can thank my midwinter pallor for this; I looked in the mirror a couple of weeks ago and realized that my face didn’t match the rest of me anymore. I was already using the palest shade of my old foundation. Clearly, I needed to find something new.

I have a hard time finding foundation that matches me, because I am extremely pale and have yellow undertones. Most of the really pale foundations out there seem to assume that if you’re pasty, you have pink undertones, but I don’t. (It’s hard to tell, because there’s not much color in my skin to begin with, but if you look at me next to my cool-toned older sister, you can tell.) That’s why I love L’Oreal’s True Match line. They offer their palest shades in warm, neutral, and cool tones. I’ve already tried and loved their True Match powder (used it for years), so I decided to try the same shade of their foundation.

I’m happy to say I got it in one! No more tide marks on my skin. I was pleasantly surprised by the formula; it’s not cakey or heavy at all. I don’t even notice it once it’s on. The coverage is good–I can even skip the concealer I usually use on the red blotches around my nose. It lasts pretty much all day, and as a bonus, it’s SPF 17. It’s definitely a keeper; I hope that I can find a shade of it that matches my summertime skin as well.