Highstreet or upmarket foundation?

 

Foundation has always been a difficulty for me as I have never really found "the one" that is perfect for me. I jump from foundation to foundation, trying to find the one that works well for my skin type, but have never been that lucky until recently.

 

I would say that although I'm not prone to spots, I do have quite oily skin, and It's always been a nightmare trying to get a foundation that stays on and doesn't let me get all shiny! So I decided to give a few foundations a little test... I wanted to compare a couple of popular highstreet brands against a popular upmarket brand. So I picked these:

Boujois healthy mix serum in shade 52 vanilla

Rimmel wake me up in shade 100 ivory

Estee Lauder double wear 1N1 Ivory nude

These are the foundations that I'll always at one point be wearing but there is quite a price difference between the Bourjois and Rimmel, compared with the Estee Lauder foundation and it made me think about whether the up market foundation was worth the money I was spending?

Starting with Bourjois - it makes a lot of promises! As a high street brand I've always been impressed with the quality of Boujois' products and the foundation was the same. However, this particular foundation claims to be a 16hr radiance boosting, even, revived complexion. I'm not sure how bourjois got to their 16hr calculation but it certainly isn't correct. whenever I'm wearing this foundation I'm constantly having to top it up and that's a lot of hassle when your on the go!

Rimmel excelled my expectations in this foundation! The anti-fatigue effect and radiance glow peptides made my skin glow! However - again the lasting effects of this foundation disappointed, and I had to repeated top it up throughout the day.

The Estee Lauder foundation however, impressed me so much! It is a very heavy foundation but it makes you look absolutely flawless! And its lasting abilities fulfilled every need possible! The colour variations allowed for me to match my skin perfectly and it really didn't disappoint. the only downside of this foundation is its quite pricy... 

I honestly wanted to hold out hope for the highstreet brands but unfortunately they couldn't compare to Estee Lauder - I think I've finally found my foundation!