What Nicole Wore

It’s not exactly a big secret that I’m not a fan of drugstore foundations; it’s not from a snobby, “I’m better than that” standpoint because if I could, please know that I would, but comes from the fact that Target/Walgreen’s/CVS/Wal-Mart don’t usually have makeup artists walking around, ready to help you find your perfect match.

And sure enough, when Influenster sent me my first bottle of the Maybelline Fit Me! Foundation, it was a bust. While the shade is much too dark, I have liked using it around the outside of my face as a bronzer.  Influenster was kind enough to send me a second bottle of the foundation and I wanted to share my thoughts on it as well as some of the beauty products I’ve been using lately.

While this shade was a closer match to my skin tone, I found that the color was a little too orange and streaky in some places and just a touch too dark.  It’s most obvious in the picture I grabbed from Snapchat further down in this post, but the foundation does not match my neck at all — and that’s after I blended a bit into my neck.

I’ve used this foundation for a few days so I could compare it to the Tarte 12 Hour that I usually wear.  While the Maybelline claims to be a matte and poreless, I found myself getting shiny a few hours after application.  The formula is very runny while Tarte feels more like a gel or thick primer.  I stayed away from liquid foundations for awhile because runny tends to mean messy in my experience. Sure enough, as I was getting ready to take these photos, I found foundation leaking out under the cap of one of the bottles.

I will say that for $8 {and knowing that Ulta frequently runs BOGO 50 promos on Maybelline products}, this foundation is pretty good. Unfortunately, I’m pretty particular about finding a foundation that fits me a little more than this one did and I’ve learned to be used to paying a little more to have that peace of mind.  {Ultra, Sephora and Bare Minerals are all examples of beauty stores that will help you find a match for a non drugstore product, no purchase necessary!}

Still, if I were ever in a jam, forgot my makeup and needed something quick and cheap to get the job done, I’d be willing to pick up this foundation over previous drugstore brands I’ve had.

I started to get low on my Gimme Brow a few weeks ago, so I decided to give Tarte’s brow pencil a try while Ulta was rewarding 5x points on their products. I love that the pencil twists up {like their lip pencils} and is very buildable. I typically “outline” my brow before going back in with lighter, feathery strokes to fill in any areas where my eyebrow may be a bit sparse.  This also has a spooly brush on the opposite end so you can brush your eyebrows into place prior to penciling and soften up any strokes that look too harsh afterwards.  

Loving this color so hard! I ordered three of the ultra satin lips when they first came out and didn’t get this color after seeing some beauty bloggers saying that it was too bright.  I’ve been looking for a bright pink lipstick so when I placed my last order, I ended up putting this one in my online cart. It’s a hot pink with blue undertones and in the tube, I wondered if I was going to look clown-ish.  While it’s definitely a bold color, I think it’s perfect for spring.

{Please tell me I’m not the only person that has an iPhone photo album full of unpublished Snapchat selfies of different lipstick shades for personal reference….}

You can see here the very obvious difference in color between my face and neck. I don’t mind blending a little foundation into my neck, but full out applying it is something I don’t want or need to do.

Thank you to Influenster for allowing me to try out the Maybelline Fit Me Matte Foundation! I was provided two bottles of the foundation by Influenster for testing and reviewing purposes.