Tarte Amazonian Clay Full Coverage Airbrush Foundation Review

I'm not too familiar with this line, but the hype on this airbrush foundation was too good to ignore. The package is unique and lightweight. It's about the size of your palm. When you remove the lid, the opening for the powder is small and covered with a mesh liner - it has a unique dispenser for the foundation - you press down on the mesh liner and the powder covers your brush. Then you tap off excess on the side of the container and the excess is easily captured by the angled sides, so the foundation falls back into the mesh liner opening, ready for another use - no wasted product!

The foundation texture is soft and silky, and when applied, it's extremely lightweight and breathable. I was most surprised that it didn't have a cakey/dry feeling when on the skin. The product blends easily and you can build up coverage slowly. I find it lasts the work day, but with oily skin I usually blot oil and reapply to my t-zone. The foundation doesn't settle into fine lines and it looks so natural - it's like my face at its best. And I actually feel like I don't have any make-up on, it doesn't slide off as mineral foundation does, and it's so lightweight that I'm not sure I'll ever go back to liquid foundation.

The brush is sold separately, and it's a bit hard to use at first, as the handle is short, and the bristles are super short and a bit firm, but it does the job. You can find larger brushes. The brush fits perfectly into the foundation mesh area so I'd highly recommend getting the brush or something of similar brush size.

I found the colour range to be good but a bit hard to pick because I have fair skin that I find hard to match, but the descriptions on the website are very helpful.

This is such a lovely foundation. It is best on oily, combo and normal skin. It does work on dry skin as well, as it is hydrating, however I have noticed when applying to really dry skin clients it will grab to the dry spots a little bit. Not too noticeable but it’s still present. Truly looks airbrushed though and it’s a great bridal foundation! Lasting power is really good, best with primer. Without you probably will get some feathering away in the chin, jaw areas after about 6 hours.

This foundation has great packaging and comes in a great colour range. The best feature of this foundation is how light weight it is. Your skin truly feels as though it is naked!

However, I found that while the foundation is buildable, the mesh dispenser only releases small amounts of product at a time and therefore it is incredibly time consuming building coverage! I also found that the foundation emphasised dry skin.

I recently was in Sydney and HAD to stop by Sephora. This was on my wishlist due to all the amazing reviews on YouTube, especially from one of my favorite reviewers Essiebutton. I picked it up in the shade Fair Honey which is for fair skin with peach undertones. The shade range for this is pretty awesome. I didn't pick up the matching brush as they had run out, but I felt the one they had there and realised I had a pretty similar one at home, the Sigma Round Kabuki F82. So I think as long as you have a dense kabuki type brush you will be fine without it.

The packaging of this is kind of strange. A normal plastic bottom in a brown shade that you can see the powder through. The top is nice in a fake wood sort of print. I like that it is a wee bit rubberised as it makes it easier to open. Once opened the product is held under a mesh opening, its kind of like a fishnet stocking and moveable. You can press your brush on it to get the product on your brush. Strange, but I have other lose powders that are really annoying as the powder flies everywhere when you try and get it on your brush. That doesn't happen with this.

The powder itself creates a lovely finish on the skin. You can really buff it in to the skin and it looks really natural. Makes a medium finish, it is a wee bit build-able but I wouldn't say it was full coverage. I really like that it is build-able as I can easily apply more to the areas I need it while still making it look like one easy layer. I love it as a foundation by itself but I won't be repurchasing as my MAC mineralise skin finish can be used on top of liquid foundation as well as buffed into skin by itself. Whereas this if placed on top of liquid foundation just sits on top, it can only look good when buffed into the skin which disturbs the liquid foundation underneath.