Rimmel London Match Perfection Foundation

The title says it all. i found my match instantly. Its light enough for the day and easy to build up for a night out. It leaves a nice dewy finish without looking to greasy. I found it lasts a relatively long time which is an A+!

This is a foundation that has truly impressed me, to the point where I’ve repurchased (a first for me, as I usually like to try out different things). It’s a great everyday foundation, which looks natural, and wears well.

One of my favourite things about this is that it has a few fair shades, and the lightest one matches me perfectly. I’m NC15ish in MAC shades (sometimes a bit lighter), and most light foundation shades are too orange or pink, or oxidise throughout the day. However, I have shade Fair Ivory in this, and it is literally perfect; not even borderline dark. So that’s a huge bonus in my books!

The packaging is sleek and feels quite expensive in my opinion. It’s a glass bottle with a blue plastic pump and removable slanted cap with the Rimmel crown logo emblazoned on the top. The pump works perfectly, and gives a generous amount of product – usually I just use one pump for my whole face, but it’s so easy to control the amount that if I need more I can just pump out a little extra without wasting another whole pump-full.

This foundation has a fairly runny liquid texture, and I find it applies best with either a damp sponge (I use my RT sponge) or fingers. Because it is quite runny I find a buffing brush can make it look a little streaky, although it’s still possible to use it, but fingers or sponge blend it seamlessly and make it easy to build up the coverage. One light layer provides light-medium coverage, and evens out my skintone nicely, but it definitely is buildable, and by adding a bit more on areas that need it I can get it to a more medium-full coverage without looking cakey. It has a light cucumbery/slightly sunscreeny scent, but that disappears soon after applying it.

The finish is very natural and what I would describe as satin-dewy. I do set it with a light layer of powder (at the moment I’m using Australis Fresh & Flawless), and I find it lasts a good 4-6 hours before it starts looking a bit shiny on my nose (I have dry-combination skin). If I use blotting paper it holds up for another good few hours, and so I’m quite happy to wear this out all day. It doesn’t make me look like I’m wearing foundation or heavy makeup, it just makes my skin look radiant and even, which is exactly what I want in an everyday foundation.

The SPF does show up in flash photos, so I don’t wear this on nights out or if I know there’s going to be flash photography, but it’s perfect for everyday wear (and in that case the SPF is a nice bonus).

Overall, thanks to the colour match for my fair skin, the lovely natural finish, and the reasonable price (about $22 at Farmers), this has definitely taken the spot of my current favourite foundation. Apart from the SPF flashback, it’s something I’m happy to wear on any occasion, and I definitely would recommend it to others!

I really like this foundation, the price is good and the bottle lasts quite a long time. The coverage is good if you use a good primer before hand, I have uneven skin tone and this foundation hides it well.

In my constant struggle in finding the perfect foundation with my painfully pale skin, I stumbled across Match Perfection. And I love it. Their lightest shade is perfect for my skin tone, and I'm overjoyed by the affordable price!

After whining for months about not finding a shade to fit my fair skin, a friend recommended this product to me in Fair Ivory. It's a perfect match and gives a young dewy finish that lasts for most of the day and will last even longer if you stop touching your face - a habit I struggle with! Definitely my favourite cheaper foundation by far (so far!)

I found this foundation to be quite decent for the price. I really like the packaging because the pump makes it so easy to only use what you need. It doesn't really have a scent, and it has a nice consistency. As with most foundations, I found it applies nicer with a beauty blender or a sponge than it did with a brush. Only downsides were that it did oxidise quite a bit, and it went quite oily after a few hours, but I do have oily skin so this could be why. Aside from that, I would recommend this foundation, although it might be slightly better suited to people with dry skin.

I'm on my third bottle of this and will be repurchased another when I need to :) nice consistency, no scent and lasts on all day :) im very pleased with it for its price. I love the packaging and the pump it comes with.

This is my all time favourite foundation. I use this on a day to day basis, the only days I don't use this foundation is when i'm not wearing make up! I love this foundation because it is super light weight - light than some of my BB creams! I love it because despite being light weight it has amazing coverage and is super build-able for whether you want a light coverage or full coverage! It is easily applied with a damp sponge or brush - I use both! I would 10/10 recommend this product!

I purchased this in the shade ivory, it matches quite well but I might try the shade porcelain next time. It is a great price, $15 on sale at The Warehouse, very lightweight and blends well, a little bit definately goes a long way, it is quite runny but I quite like that as it feels like a moisturiser. The only thing that annoys me is it feels a tad tacky but I guess that could be fixed by popping some powder on top. Will be great for winter time as this is when my skin is the most dry.

I've used this once before and would never use it again it doesn't feel nice going on and it's oily and barley lasts and hour I would never buy or recommend this product ever

This foundation comes in a very pale cooler-toned shade, which i like to use to mix with darker, (and by darker i mean the lightest shade in the range that is still too dark for my pale skin), thicker, more yellow toned foundations to get my perfect colour and a nicer consistency. This foundation on its own is a very thin, dewy formula that provides a light, natural coverage - could be built up to a light-medium coverage.