Rimmel London Lasting Matte Foundation

After hearing a lot of my makeup obsessive friends going on about this foundation I simply had to try. I was after full coverage without looking cakey, or feeling cakey.

*Update, After revisiting this old friend I found i Didn't enjoy it so much after trying higher end foundations. It felt really sticky on, and I felt my face was unclean so had to wash it off! When you set with powder etc it feels like you're layering and layering more makeup on, not a fantastic feeling. What works for some unfortunately didn't work for me again. I so wanted to love this This is perfect for that! It's thick formula is easily spread with a stipple brush, it covers all my freckles, imperfections, and dare i say it under eye bags (I am a mum) And looks matte, flawless, I love it !

I find it sets well, and blends well, and the Ivory was perfect for my pale skin tone (was a stab in the dark picking a shade). Very totally super happy with it

I was looking for something to give full coverage without looking over done, and this has such great reviews so I eagerly purchased it while on sale off the ASOS website. I chose the True Ivory shade.

I really wanted to love this, but sadly it's just wasn't right for my skin type.

It does give a great matte finish, and it is full coverage, but I found the result much too dry looking for me, and I didn't like the overall finished effect of it. I'm not quite sure the colour was a great match for me either, as I looked a bit pale. (Picking a shade was hit and miss online).

It's a very thick mousse, and I found you really don't need much at all to get good coverage. I used my fingers to spread it over my face, and then my brush to blend it in. It's really easy to work with.

For the price, you can't really complain too much, it does what it says it does!

Whilst the packaging says it is 'feather light' I personally find it quite heavy. Not a bad thing though because I have lumped it in with my other full coverage foundations. It is also advertised as matte, which it isn't. I wish it was, as that was what I was after. On a brighter note, it's super easy to apply and blend in.

I love Rimmel! Howwwwwever, this foundation is so meh. I was recommended it as its a full coverage foundation. The texture is like a thick mousse. It covered everything and lasted all day but I looked super cakey and found that even set with trans powder or setting spray it way so thick and transferred onto everything.

I suppose if you didn't need full coverage but wanted a matte finish, this would be a good one for you. Just make sure to blend blend blend ❤️

I'm a big fan of full coverage foundation, so I am very excited to try. The packaging looks high-end, in its little black and tan tube. The coverage is very full but the finish was not what I was after.

The formula seemed rather hard to blend and did not look natural on mel. Maybe it was my dryish skin..

I will stick with my Estee Lauder doublewear for full coverage foundation.

I usually love and I mean LOVE Rimmel foundations but this one let me down. I had so many raving reviews and for me it just felt very heavy on the skin and quite hard to buff in. Also the colour range wasn't amazing :(

First things first I absolutely hate the texture of this foundation especially when its on my skin its thick and heavy and prevents your skin from even breathing. I only used this product twice before it made my forhead break out and I never breakout on my forehead.

After hearing good things about this foundation I thought I'd have to see if it truly was that good. I purchased the lightest shade they had which was 01-Ivory. The downside is that for drugstore brands you sometimes don't get a tester to trial the foundation first, which was the case with the whole Rimmel stand at my local Farmers. This is off sit by the fact that the foundation is under $20 or less during promotions so if you find its not a good fit its not a massive loss.

I love the design of the little tube with its purple writing and crown, but felt a little ripped off at only 30ml the tube looked so small in my hands compared to other foundations I own that fall into this category.

Formula wise I was surprised to read that it was a mousse type so wasn't quite sure of what to expect when I squeezed it out, as the only mousse type foundations I have had are the whipped ones in jars. I found that the product came out with the resemblance of cupcake frosting (that is the best way I could think of describing it) not thick or runny but light and puffy. As it sat on the back of my hand it looked as if it was going to work well on my face.

Application, I have tried both with brush and with sponge, finding that the sponge works best as the mousse texture doesn't get readily absorbed into the sponge, but the brush application is streaky. Sponge allowed me to blend into my neck, it was looking good then it started to set and the colour changed on my face to a very orange/peach colour that was emphasised on the neck, it required blotting off and blending with a little CC cream to get the right coverage.

It was a long lasting foundation that didn't move off my face or smudge, it stayed in place from early morning right through to the evening when I removed it.

I normally love mousse foundations but i found this to be a bit heavy and cakey on the face. I have tried applying it with a light hand with a brush and a beauty blender and building it slowly and my skin just didnt like it. It looks good for a few hours and then it all started going down hill. I would still wear it if i was going out for dinner or to the movies etc just not on an every day basis.