Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation Review

Fabulous! I has taken me many,many years to stubble upon such a foundation that ticks all the boxes. It sticks and stays, it blends aaannnd it covers all freckles and blemishes. If only it was more affordable and less addictive!

I brought the foundation from the Estée counter and I thought I was in love with it :( until my acne started going crazy! (Usually I don't get it really bad) but it was giving me huge swollen pimples that hurt and so I stopped it and my skin cleared up! (Had already gone through half a bottle). the application of the product wasn't very good either, if you didn't blend within 0.5 seconds you were left with orange lines as it oxidised. I used this once for a ball and the SPF turned the girl whiter than paper in every flash photo. I feel like I wasted $69 on a dissapointment.

I have tried a huge range of foundations and this is my all time favourite. I have Oily skin but I can also get dry patches of eczema. This has the best coverage and the best range of shades out of any foundation I have used. Super easy to apply giving a matte finish. I have used this product for almost a year and every time I try a different foundation, it goes to show just how good Double Wear really is. It lasts me all day AND night with the large majority of the foundation still remaining.

I decide to jump on the Doublewear wagon and give this a go, and for the first few times I wore it I really enjoyed it, gave great coverage it was easy to blend and buff into the skin and did last a reeeeeally long time. Then my skin started to get really irritated when I wore it, my skin started flaking and getting very itchy. I really wanted it to work for me as it isnt cheap, but again after giving my skin a few months break it had the same reaction. But, I do really love the elegance of this product and the packaging is great with the addition of a pump it would be even better.

I am in love with this foundation! The only fault is that there is no pump on the foundation bottle but that can be overlooked easily. The packaging is really nice although it can be easy to accidentally pour out too much product. The scent isn't anything special, and it is such a nice consistency. I apply this with a beauty blender and it looks so flawless, I didn't get quite the same finish with a foundation brush however. I would definitely recommend this foundation, although its a good idea to get a sample beforehand just in case you don't like it, as it is a very pricey foundation.

I am a foundation hoarder but was seriously lacking anything in my collection which provided all day coverage. This came highly recommended, so I picked up the lightest shade online with the hope that it would suit my pale skin.

The shade 1C1 cool bone is the lightest shade available in this foundation. It is a good match to my face, but (as is often the case), is far too dark for my neck- this means I need to bronze my neck to match the two together (something I generally have to do as my neck is white as snow). This foundation is comparable shade wise to Mont Blanc by Nars. Unfortunately this oxidised about a shade darker on me, so keep this in mind when you select a shade.

I found that this foundation works best with well moisturized skin and with a primer that has a bit of slip-either one which is moisturizing, or a silicon primer which doesn't set matte. I find that this foundation can emphasise any texture on my skin so I veer towards an anti-ageing primer (currently fusion beauty) as this offers some blurring along with a bit of hydration. I found that super thin layers were the way to go with doublewear as this can go super cakey otherwise. A little goes a long way and this sets fast so be sure to work in small areas blending in with a sponge as you go. Even though I don't typically have oil breakthrough with foundation I did with this one, so keep this in mind if you have very oily skin. I found that this looked best with my Hourglass ambient lighting powders to set- this gave my face a bit of luminosity whilst still having decent coverage. I think that a setting powder targeted more towards keeping the skin matte would help to control the end of day oiliness more effectively (I just don't prefer the super matte look).

Coverage wise this calls itself a medium, but I would class it more as medium/full, and you can build to a proper full coverage if you work in a couple of thin layers. While I still had about medium coverage at the end of the day I did find that this seemed to highlight all of the pores and imperfections on my skin once this had been on the skin for a few hours. I also didn't like the heavy greasy feel that this had at the end of a long day. I do think that this will be an amazing stage makeup, as from a distance this looks absolutely gorgeous on the skin. I didn't find that the foundation noticeably settled into my pores which is a common complaint for me. Unfortunately for me I think my skin has too much texture to really be compatible with this foundation so will probably not repurchase.

Like the title states this is hands down the best foundation I've used thus far. I have a bit of scarring and still get the odd pimple and this full coverage covers it so well requiring me to use LESS concealer than what i would normally use with other foundations. It is a thicker consistency and oxidizes quite quickly so you need to work with it at pace. It states that it feels lightweight which to me it doesn't. But it definitely is long lasting. I've worn it to all night festivals so we are talking dancing, sweating, squashed up against people, heat, humidity and it is still just as good when the sun comes up as it was when I put it on as the sun was going down (its normally my eye makeup that fails me). The packaging is OK. Kinda cute. Frosted glass with gold. I would definitely use this again and have already recommended it to many people.

I went to multiple counters to be matched and was matched a different colour at every one, but none of these matches seemed to suit my skin. I enjoy this for a little while however after an hour or so my skin feels extremely dry even with the use of a primer and this foundation does not cover my redness at all, I also found it oxidised (went orange throughout the day). Personally not my favourite covering redness is a biggie for me and the only reason I wear foundation so for this reason I personally wouldn't use again, also not a huge fan of the shades available I found all are extremely pink or yellow based so for my olive skintone this doesn't quite match.

This is my holy grail foundation! The coverage is the best I've seen on a foundation and the consistency is just right. In addition there are so many shades and tones to choose from so you will be able to pick one that matches your natural skin tone almost exactly! I mix two shades: 2W2 Rattan and 3W1 Tawny to get the perfect shade. Although the price is quite high; almost $70 RRP for a standard 30ml bottle in NZ, it is definitely worth splurging on and I will continue to purchase Estee Lauder's Double Wear foundation over and over again. It keeps your face matte, which is perfect for my oily ance prone skin, and has amazing staying power.

The hype for this foundation was crraaazzzzyyyy, so I decided to join in with the other and tried it out.

Would I use it again? I probably won't use it again. I still have my first bottle and its only half, its been like 6months now. This is because the matte finish that it give, brought alot of the dryness of my skin out. It made the dry patches on my face appear more.

-It did say, what it said it would which is amazing

-I would recommend this to a friend who doesn't have dry skin.