A great foundation (L'Oréal Translucide Lasting Luminous Makeup)

Member Name: rubberbandgirl

Product:	L'Oréal Translucide Lasting Luminous Makeup
Date:	07/01/05 (1218 review reads)
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Advantages: light but effective, conceals well, colours aren't unnatural and orangey

Disadvantages: £9ish/btl - dearer than some, but lasts me ages

I am a sucker for 'drug-store foundations' and I rush out to buy the latest cheap make-up in the vain hope that it will be the Holy Grail of Foundations and I'll live happily ever after. But I always come back to L'Oreal Translucide. I guess it's the closest I'm going to get to my Holy Grail.

My skin is fairly problematic. I usually have a couple of spots to conceal at any one time. I have some acne scars as well, and to even out my skin tone is the main reason I wear foundation at all.

L'Oreal Translucide is great. Even when I have a mad moment and use another foundation, I end up dabbing on Translucide as a concealer. And though it may conceal well, that's not to say it's thick. It's nice and light, and as long as you blend it in properly and don't cake yourself in it, you won't end up with a 'make-up face'. That's a very important thing to me - that people can't even tell I'm wearing make-up, and L'Oreal delivers. It blends well and the colour (mine: Nude Beige) is very well suited to my skin - I find that a lot of foundations look that bit too dark or even (horror) orangey on me.

Anyway, those of you fighting those bloody spots, couple Translucide with a dab of concealer and you're away. And besides that, it just makes your skin look nice. 'Healthy Glow' sounds a bit worrying because it's the sort of phrase that makes you think ''Is this going to make my face look like a shiny Oompa-Loompa's?'' But no, don't worry, 'healthy glow' just means your skin looks refreshed and ... well, healthy.

It's not important but I have to mention it --- the Vitamin C makes it smell rather nice too! Oh, and it comes in a neat plastic bottle with a little pump so that none gets wasted and you don't have a bottle covered in crusty old make-up. AND, a bottle goes a long way.

So, overall, I'm very impressed with this foundation and I'd definitely recommend it.

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