buff foundation

I have light olive skin and it has been a monumental task trying to find a foundation that isn't yellow, orange or pink toned and after sampling 100 different foundations (yes that many!!) ...it's a watery formula so feels very light! buff into skin and less is more!...excellent foundation!!

Coverage:
✔ Full

Skin type:
✔ Combination
✔ Oily

Finish:
✔ Matte

What it is:
A lightweight, long-wearing foundation with supreme coverage and an impeccable airbrushed, matte finish.

Highlighted ingredients:
- Chamomile Extract: Helps to calm sensitive skin through hydration.
- Cucumber Extract: Softens and hydrates the skin.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Works by binding and holding onto moisture to naturally plump the appearance of skin through hydration.
- Tripeptide Complex: Promotes healthy, more youthful-looking skin.

I have used Laura Mercier products for over a year. I love the foundation powder - even if I don't feel like putting on concealor or foundation, the powder by itself gives my complexion a smooth, lightweight cover....My Favorite Powder Foundation!...I usually use this as a finishing powder on top of my liquid foundation. It is very smooth & silky! It would also be a good foundation on its own for someone who doesn't need as much coverage as I do.

What it is: A lightweight, oil-free powder foundation that can be applied dry or wet for custom coverage and matte or natural finish.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know: This foundation reduces the appearance of shine, evens the look of skin tone, hydrates, and reduces the appearance of fine lines and pores. It feels light and fresh, wears all day, and stays color-true. The compact includes a sponge applicator.

I use a brush to apply it to my face and buff it in a little bit with a beauty blender but it almost immediately sets itself and it has a beautiful satin finish. ...I’ve been liking this new foundation so far. It offers medium/high coverage and is more matte than what I expected for a serum foundation.

What it is: A 24-hour, full-coverage foundation that quickly perfects with a matte finish, plus visibly improves skin with three-serum technology.

Coverage: Full

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Liquid

Skin Type: Oily and Combination

SPF: 25

Highlighted Ingredients:
- UP302 and Vitamin C: Visibly reduces dark spots and uneven skin tone.
- Salicylic Acid: Re-texturizes skin‘s appearance.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Visibly plumps skin for a more youthful look.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and sulfates SLS & SLES.

What Else You Need to Know: This oil-free foundation provides full coverage and a matte finish for up to 24 hou

Excellent powder foundation. Holds well and not cakey like your typical pressed powder. ...This is like the only brands foundation powders that go fair enough for my skin tone THANK YOU!!!!!!!

What it is: An individual vegan powder foundation refill that delivers fast, full coverage, blurring, and extreme long wear in a magnetic pan.

Coverage: Full

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Pressed powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Lock-It Powder Foundation is formulated with rice powder extract to blur away imperfections, while kaolin, a clay mineral, helps give a diffused-matte finish without feeling dry. It’s ideal for a range of skin types, including oily, dry, textured, and smooth.

Such a beautiful flawless finish, so easy to work with, and it really does just buff right into the skin! I love that it is in stick form, perfect for travel AND it is waterproof, which makes it my new go to summer foundation!...I received my Vanish Foundation and Vanish Foundation Brush from Influenster to review.

What it is: A weightless, waterproof foundation with long-wearing, concentrated coverage in a custom, triangular component for fast and easy full coverage on-the-go.

Coverage: Full

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Stick

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: Free of mineral oil, parabens, phthalates, and triclosan, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.

Shade wise I'm usually a straight up light neutral with a slight bit of a yellow undertone and I am a Buff 2.0 in this and it's PERFECT....I’ve been using the Hourglass foundation stick - which I love/ but have been wanting to switch it up.

What it is: A unique cream foundation that creates a flawless, smooth finish.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Stick

Skin Type: Normal and Dry

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and silicone. This product is also gluten-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This portable stick achieves versatility in application for sheer, medium, or full coverage that’s always beautifully natural and undetectable. When used as a concealer, it swiftly diminishes the look of imperfections, leaving a soft-matte finish.

I've always wanted to try make up by Clinique, I use their cleansing products and I've always liked them. This make ups buffs out my "imperfections" and I feel like I still look natural....This is my favorite matte powder. Stay Buff has a little color, which I like since I don't care for foundation.

What it is: An oil-free formula that maintains a fresh look and feel, all day and night.

Skin Type: Combination and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Oiliness, Dryness, and Uneven Skin Tone

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, mineral oil, and fragrances.

What Else You Need to Know: Clinique’s Stay-Matte Sheer Pressed Powder Stay has a matte finish with sheer coverage. It’s also dermatologist-tested and non-acnegenic.

I like this foundation, it is light to medium coverage and doesn't look or feel heavy like other foundations do!...Loved this foundation. Usually these types of foundations seperate on my oily skin, but not this one.

What it is: A weightless foundation that blurs the line between makeup and skin with medium-buildable coverage, waterproof wear, and up to 12 hours of fade-proof wear.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- High Resolution Pigments and 3D Smooth Priming Powders: Perfecting, cake-free coverage, and optimal color laydown with less product.
- Blurring Bamboo Silk Powders and Hydro-Lipid Matrix: Balance moisture and shine control to maintain skin's optimal state.
- Camelia Seed, Vitamin E and Cacao Extract: Antioxidant-rich formula helps defend against damage by external stressors.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-relea

Their foundation is a 2 in 1 because you get the skin care benefits that no other foundation has.. everyone has their own opinion on this but the foundation is just breath taking.. it sets on its own so no need for powder which I don't like to do.. and it still has the glow of Radiance with soft powder finish on the skin.. it's skin like.. a true medium coverage.. nothing more. .. but I love it because it shows my skin and I love how it sits on my skin... the only foundation I wear.. when I am not wearing this.. ...Favorite foundation Sand 23...This is my FOUNDATION. I have combination skin and this foundation goes all so smooth and it has such a silky texture.

What it is: A weightless, natural looking foundation with buildable coverage for luxurious, long wear.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Liquid

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

SPF: SPF 20

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, coal tar, hydroquinone, and triclosan.

What Else You Need to Know: This silky, lightweight formula helps maintain balance and provides buildable coverage. It leaves skin is visibly plumped with hydration.

Having used matte foundations my entire makeup wearing life, I started to realize those foundations aren’t the best fit for my skin now. ...This foundation offers amazing coverage and feels great on the skin.

What it is: A flawless foundation with breathable coverage and a radiant finish—powered with Estée Lauder skincare to hydrate, soothe, and protect.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Liquid

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

SPF: SPF 45

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Chia Seed Extract: Nourishes.
- Probiotic Technology: Soothes.
- IonCharged Water: Hydrates.