This year Quo Cosmetics released the Matte Revolution Foundation* ($24.00 CDN), a foundation and concealer in one that provides full coverage while feeling absolutely weightless. The formula is creamy and promises to blend seamlessly to even out skin tone and give skin the ultimate matte finish. This kind of finish is foreign to me as I prefer my skin dewy, but as I have been getting more and more into matte lipsticks, maybe a matching foundation might be interesting?
I see matte finish foundations on other people a lot and when I worked in Sephora, a matte finish was the only way to come into work! I always went with dewy skin being a skincare rep because I felt like clients would wonder why I looked so made up while trying to promote a natural skincare brand. Like if the brand you work for gives you such great skin, why are you wearing high coverage foundation?
I received shades #1 and #2 with #2 being the better option for my light-medium skin tone. This foundation is for all skin types, even sensitive, and is definitely full coverage which I have never used before. I applied this foundation with a damp Beauty Blender and a few dabs goes a VERY long way! All of my redness, dark circles and areas of blotchy skin tone were just erased! I can see why people like this finish and coverage! Matte skin looks a little flatter as dewy gives the skin dimension by having skin shine in all the right spots, but I didn't mind. This felt like totally new skin for me!
It's funny because #1 SHOULD work with my skin tone as #2 looks quite orange on my skin tone when swatched, but then on my face #2 seems to work!
Final verdict: This is probably the most intense foundation coverage I have ever worn and though I can't say that I enjoy this kind of coverage every day, I did enjoy the finish way more than I thought I would. The matte finish lasted all day so that even when I came home I still looked relatively shine-free and polished so if you are looking for something long-lasting and matte in finish that doesn't feel like you are wearing the world's weight in foundation give this Quo one a try!
Quo Cosmetics is available at Shoppers Drug Mart.
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