Could this be the one?

As you all know I'm on the hunt for the perfect foundation, aren't we all? So after watching a Tanya Burr video were she used a Laura Mercier mineral foundation, I knew I wanted one. The same day Collection (formerly Collection 2000) tweeted they were bringing back their mineral foundation and I took it as a sign. When just mooching round my local Asda, I couldn't find the Collection powder, but did find Loreal's version, so in my basket and onto the till it went. Beep, £15!!! Let me tell you, my mouth dropped, there was a sign near it saying £8 special offer, turns out, not for this product, so let me tell you, I was expecting miracles.

Loreal claim that this powder/foundation combo 'evens skin tone like a foundation/ light as a powder/ long lasting.' It contains 'no perfume, no preservatives, oil free, non-comedogenic, (what the heck is that?)SPF 15.'

As you can see, this comes with its own brush, which I'm not a massive fan off, not soft enough/too tickley for me, I prefer to use my No.7 Kabuki Brush, or a Real Techniques Blush Brush works well too. 

All you have to do is unscrew the top part with the brush attached and swirl it into the powder section. I do find it slightly messy getting the powder to come through the holes, but I can live with it. 

So how did it do?

Just moisturiser and primer on my nose//Just the foundation

As you can see, it really evens out my skin tone, and does a pretty good job of covering blemishes. My bags are still on show, but they're massive anyway, cement wouldn't cover those bad boys.

I really love how light weight this feels on the skin too, it's like you are wearing nothing at all.

As Tanya said in her video, you can apply cream based products easily over the top of this, so concealer and cream blush is fine.

With concealer and other make-up//The end of the day (hence the lower quality!)

It has faded by the end of the day, but what I love about this foundation is touching it up is so easy. Just pop it in your handbag and pop it on throughout the day.

I really like this foundation and think it will be perfect for summer, I wore it on a bike ride and, sorry for the grossness, it didn't melt from any sweat, so perfect for the hot (yeah right England,) summer weather, plus the SPF 15 is no downside.

I also feel like I should mention that the colour match is really great too, whether that is due to the true match quality or what, but that makes me happy.

So not the perfect foundation, but it is really good and I would definitely recommend it for light/natural make-up days. Or hot summer months!

Have you tried mineral foundations? What do you think?

Laura xoxo

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