Maybelline Fit Me Foundation

I usually always end up with the lightest shade of any line of foundation so I stuck with what I knew and got 110. It is REALLY light. In the winter months it is just wearable and in the summer (even though I don't get much sun at all) it makes me look like a ghost! I thought 115, the next shade up, looked too pink in swatches I'd seen online, but I probably would have been better off with it. As it is, I can only wear this in the winter when I'm super pale.

*side note - The shade 110/Porcelain Ivory in Maybellines Dream Smooth Mousse is a few shades darker than the same number in Fit Me. The 110 Smooth Mousse foundation is slightly too dark on me and the Fit me is too light. This makes it difficult to find the perfect color in a new line even within the Maybelline brand. It's a mystery why they didn't notice and remedy this*

The foundation has an spf of 18 which I LOVE. Sunblock is probably the best ant-wrinkle product you can use. I hate getting burned or even "kissed" by the sun. I love my pale skin!

The product has a sort of baby-powdery fragrance. It's not particularly unpleasant and it mostly goes away several minutes after application (you can still smell it a little) but I prefer my cosmetics to be fragrance free.

It's quite thin and really easy to blend out and looks amazing right after application - natural and satiny - but after just a couple of hours something starts to go wrong. It starts looking powdery and cakey and blotchy. It makes well moisturized skin look really dry, even though it isn't. BUT when I set it with a powder this doesn't happen and I get a nice natural finish for several hours. I don't have oily skin so I'm not sure what the issue here is. I only know that when I wasn't setting it, it wasn't working well with my skin.

I've tried applying it with my fingers, brushes and sponges. All methods have worked just fine, but I find that I get the best results by blotting and pushing the foundation into my skin with a  moist sponge.

FINAL VERDICT
If you love a light, natural look give this a try! There's a large shade range so you should be able to find one that suits you. It's at the lower end of the price range and available just about everywhere, so you don't have much to lose.

 

Shade 110