Review of the Day: MAC Mineralize Satinfinish SPF 15 Foundation

MAC Mineralize Satinfinish SPF 15 Foundation

Okay, so the other day when I went to MAC to pick up some Prep + Prime, I decided to try their foundation. I don't know what made me think that something would be better than my Halo, but I did, so after the sales girl's spiel about how luminous, long lasting, and smooth this foundation was, I thought I would give it a try. BIG mistake. Huge.

First off, the initial shade she tried to pick out was almost pumpkin orange on my arm, so she went with the NC15, which, on the underside of my arm looked like it blended okay. When I put it on my face, however, I looked like the Vanilla Ghost (Scooby Doo fans know who this is). :)

Also, when applied, it does not have a "glow" or luminosity about it at all. It's shiny. It makes you look greasy. And it doesn't blend well at all. It settles in any lines on your face, no matter how miniscule, and makes them look awful. And buildable? Not even. I mean, your it just smears around, and you end up washing most of it off your face. The coverage is not very good. Not only does it NOT cover blemishes or redness, it creates more blemishes. I used it for two days, and within those two days my face broke out something fierce. And it wasn't because I didn't wash it off. By the time I got home in the afternoon, I had sprouted more new acne. Not good at all.

The staying power is not very good either. It came off on the collar of my coat, on my hand every time I TOUCHED my face, so it got all over everything, thus, by the time I got home, all the coverage was gone and there were more blemishes than I had tried to cover in the morning.

In conclusion, it is oily and greasy feeling, horrible finish, horrible color, horrible coverage, horrible staying power, and awful for your skin.

As much as I wanted to love it, this one is going back to MAC.

Good news is, I have been using my Halo again for two days, and my skin is already back to clear and beautiful! Thank you Smashbox!

I give it 1/5 stars

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Sisi