Looking at the photograph of Illamasqua's white foundation the thought of putting it on your face is probably a bit daunting, not unless you took part in a Christmas pantomime. However this scary little tube has actually come in very handy. Have you ever bought a foundation only to get home and look at it in a different light and realised that it's far too dark? Or buy a foundation just after you've got back from your summer holiday when you're skins all lovely and tanned but then reach the winter months and suddenly you're starting to look very orange? This Pure White (eeek!) foundation is a real problem solver!
When I first started university 4 years ago I was using MAC Studio Fix Foundation in NW25. It was during the days that I used to really overdo the fake tan to get as dark as I possibly could so this was a suitable colour for me. For one reason or another I stopped using Studio Fix for a while, but earlier this year I decided to repurchase as I love the coverage. Not really putting too much thought into it I automatically went for the same shade as I always had done... and yep, way too dark! I'm definitely a lot paler than I used to be and I can't quite believe this shade was actually once a match! Not wanting to put it to waste I reached for Illamasqua's Rich Liquid Foundation which was in my uni makeup kit and mixed the tiniest amount into my MAC foundation to achieve a shade that matched up perfectly to my skin tone. In an instant my orange foundation issue was no more! I had managed to create a wearable shade and it's given me use out of NW25 rather than putting it to waste.
When I eventually run out of my Studio Fix I think it's time I went to a MAC counter and get colour matched again but it's always handy to have a white or even just a very pale foundation in your makeup collection for when things start to get a little orange.
Would you ever wear a white foundation?
love Katya x
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P.S I've had this post in my drafts for a while, and since writing it The Body Shop have brought out Shade Adjusting Drops which are effectively the same concept as using a white foundation. I've not yet got round to trying them myself but they sound fab! Will you be trying them?
