When it comes to foundations, I’m always trying the newest ones that come out and hoping they are the holy grail of product for me. Fortunately, I stumbled upon L’oreal True Match Foundation last year, and I have been loving it since then. Also, get this…you can actually download the L’oreal Matchmaster App for your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch and get a personalized match to your complexion and skin tone, with notes about what type of undertones your skin has! Where will technology take us next? To see my review, photographs, swatches, how I apply this foundation, as well as some screenshots of the amazing Matchmaster app,
So many of us have a hard time finding our “true match” when it comes to foundation shade. Even my mom, at her age, feels somewhat wary of walking into a drugstore and choosing a foundation shade for fear of purchasing the wrong one. L’oreal has an incredibly fast, simple tool for you to use if you’ve got an iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, called the L’oreal Matchmaster App. I downloaded it on my iPad 2, and was able to use this tool to not only find my perfect foundation shade, but also to learn a little more about the undertones in my skin. Here are some screenshots of me using the app:
Upon opening the app, you can choose to find your shade and true match by taking a mini-survey, or even choose the “store locator” tool which allows you to use your current location to find stores that sell L’oreal True Match near you.
The survey will ask you a few simple questions about how your skin reacts to the sun, the color of your hair and eyes, and which jewelry type do you look best in. Once you’ve completed the questions, which take less than five minutes, you will get a customized shade number, as well as a customized complexion undertone description. Here are mine:
Interestingly enough, I typically use W5 Sand Beige during the fall/winter, and W6 for when I have a tan in the late spring and summertime, so it was nice to know that I was matching myself up correctly. The app is completely free to download, and really helps in a pinch if you or someone you know is looking for their perfect shade of foundation without having an expert right in front of you to match you up!
You can see in my before picture that I have some leftover spots from breakouts, as well as some current ones. I’ll demonstrate how I apply this foundation so you can see how easy it is to get a flawless complexion using True Match.
Using a stiff-domed brush, I literally “buff” the foundation into my skin using circular motions. The dome brush allows me to get into the crevices of my face, such as my nose, around my mouth, forehead, and eye area. Use a buffing motion until you can no longer detect any product on your face, as the L’oreal True Match will literally blend into your skin before you know it.
You can see that in my after photograph, my imperfections are now covered, redness and blotchiness is a thing of the past, and my skin now has a “perfect” base for the rest of my makeup. It takes me less than a minute to buff this foundation into my skin, which is by far the best thing about L’oreal True Match. This is one of the most buttery-smooth foundations I’ve ever purchased.
The only thing about this foundation that I wish would change is the open application bottle…meaning, there is no pump to dispense the perfect amount of product. I simply use my finger to cover the bottle opening, tip downward, and apply spots of foundation on my cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead before buffing out. It’s a simple way to make a regular application bottle easier to work with.
True Match Matchmaker App allows you to find your precise True Match shade by determining your unique undertone and depth through a series of focused questions. Once you find your True Match shade you will be able to use the store locator feature to see which stores carry your shade as well as see who your celebrity undertone match is and get other product recommendations based on your unique shade!
Disclosure: Compensation was provided by L’Oreal Paris via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of L’Oreal Paris.
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BeautyGala says
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