Estée Lauder Foundation

My favourite must have beauty product is the Estée Lauder double wear  foundation. I've been using this foundation for around 8 years now! (ohh I suddenly feel a bit old!) It all started when I was a teenager, I was very ill informed about what makeup best suited my skin tone and type and just bought whatever was in 'fashion' or cheap enough to buy with my pocket money! One weekend I went shopping with my dad, he looked horrified at me and said something along the lines of "What the h**l is wrong with your face?" Yeah I was slightly orange (tangoed used to be the word) but I thought I looked good! Well... apparently not, so he dragged me to the nearest House of Fraser, told me to choose a counter to sit at and politely asked the woman to "sort my daughters face out."

So there was literally no reason I chose Estée Lauder, let's say Estée Lauder chose me? At the time maximum coverage was what I wanted, I wasn't particularly into the 'natural' look so double wear was suggested. I immediately loved the coverage it gave, guaranteed to last 24 hours too.

Some people don't like the consistency of the double wear, it is thick, but you've got to learn how to make it work for you. I use my trusty mac foundation brush to apply and I don't seem to have a problem. Sometimes it can be abit difficult to spread around your face so a little moisturiser is sometimes a good shout before your foundation application.

mac 190 £27.00 http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/flash/brush_finder/index.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT1751

I will do a post on my favourite makeup brushes!

Nivea moisturiser (this is really cheap! Like a couple of pounds)

There are hundreds of colours to choose from, definitely go to a counter and have some tested on your skin. The colour I currently wear is desert beige however almost every two times I visit the colour I walk away with is different so I really recommend getting a colour test everything you go! Speaking of which, the price of double wear has recently increased (again) to £30.00 some may feel this is too much but I buy in average 3 bottles a year... well worth it I think!

Here's my skin
Before double wear

After double wear

Admittedly I don't really suffer from skin problems, I'm a little uneven and have freckles but I just think the double wear really evens out your skin tone. This is just a natural application, I do tend to apply around 3 'layers' for a night out!

Benefits of double wear
* SPF 10
*Good coverage
*Long lasting wear

Cons
*Price is currently £30.00 (correct as of July 2015)
*Can be too heavy for some skin types

I'll post links to places of purchase

House of Fraser
http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Est%C3%A9e+Lauder+Double+Wear+Stay-in-Place+Makeup+SPF+10/162886780,default,pd.html

Debenhams
http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_123008974799_-1

Boots (collect your points!)
http://www.boots.com/en/Estee-Lauder-Double-Wear-Stay-in-Place-Makeup-SPF-10-30ml_1702894/

Any other questions please get in touch!
Thanks for reading
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