great for your skin and your pocket (Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics: Foundation)

Member Name: ellesmellycat

Product:	Lily Lolo Mineral Cosmetics: Foundation
Date:	19/05/09 (59 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: nice finish

Disadvantages: can be a bit messy

I really like this foundation, I wanted something that was easy to use and didn't leave me with tidemarks (I'm not very awake in the mornings!) this has the versatility to look light and natural and still cover up everything I need it to. The best thing about this is that my skin has drastically improved since I started using it.

Don't put it on too soon after our moisturizer sine it will sit in your pours and will really stand out. Also the Kabuki brushes (made from synthetic hair cost £14) are much better for applying this then sponges since they give a much lighter finish, you can apply a couple of layers to get the right thickness, but the sponge doesn't allow you the same control the Kabuki brush does.

The foundation also works really well as concealer, using a smaller brush just dad some on in a more concentrated fashion and you have a concealer exactly the same colour as you foundation, so it won't shop up as much.

Ingredients are Mica, Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides and Ultramarine Blue.
You can buy a Sample (0.75g) for £ 0.99-these are also really good for popping in you handbag and if you want to mix. They have 18 different colour foundations to pick from.
The product comes in 10g pots and cost about £12, the lid comes off really easily so that you can mix colour, I mix some matt finishing powered into mine. Postage is £2.50 to the UK. Each pot last about 6 months, comes in really pretty packaging and every so often they send out discount codes.

The only downside is if you load up the brush too much, you can end up with foundation all over you clothes, but it brushes off easily enough.

Summary: try it before you dismis it!