Face facts (Max Factor Facefinity)

Member Name: Greetchen

Product:	Max Factor Facefinity
Date:	05/02/03 (864 review reads)
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Advantages: Stays put

Disadvantages: poor coverage

I have bad skin. There, I've said it. So now you know. If I had good skin, I could save a fortune by not wearing foundation. But I don't. Do I? No. So an 'infinite' foundation certainly alerted my notice. A foundation that stays all day? Hoorah Hooray and woop de doo! It was like entering a fairytale kingdom where I would finally be the beautiful princess my childhood promised me.

But no.

See if you want COVERAGE, then you'd better look elsewhere, because facefinity can't help you there. I was stupid, I bought it when I'd run out of foundation. ( And I NEVER run out of foundation). I believed the ads, I was mad. I put it on my face, and it seemedlike it would need another coat, so I had to either put none on or loads. And call me vain (because I am) but I would rather people thought "eurgh look at that foundation" than "eurgh look at that face". Unfortunately for me I worked in a shop at the time, now the customers wouldn't have cared if I'd had an extra head as long as I got those jackets down from the top shelf. However shop girls are a nasty bunch, and one of my colleagues was a permatanned orange-tidemarked beauty school student. I have very pale skin and normally foundation makes me about three shades darker than my neck and body, today thanks to the power of MaxFactor I matched, except with exposed blemishes highlighted by a ghostly halo. She proceeded to lecture me on make up. I very nearly throttled her. The girl was caked in fake tan and bronzer with clumped lashes. Dammit I wish I'd throttled her.

I found that the product did smell, and I didn't find it pleasant. I've read from other reviewers that the smell was watermelon. This would explain it as it's one of my most revilled foods.

I found that the product caked, probably because I applied more than they recommend, and also it was difficult to blend effectively without sacr
ificing coverage. It also dried my skin out in places. I had to wear this product for a few weeks and my skin seemed to suffer from it, possibly because it's delicately natured and sensitive. I expect that the skin would be prevented from breathing to a higher extent than from an average foundation because of the staying power.

There were a wide range of colours which enabled me to match my face for once, even if I paid the price

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