TOP 5 DRUGSTORE FOUNDATIONS | Foundation Fest July 2017

[@pamelawolf313]

I love Maybeline satin skin mousse in the pump bottle. Go. To.

[@Ra-thesunking]

Shelly your eyes look amazing!!! Can you post a tutorial on that look? 💖 it you are beautiful girl!!!

[@goow]

Thanks, Corina! I'll have to see if I can figure out what I did for this one!

[@sandrajones5349]

You are so awesome! Your reviews are fantastic and so thorough. Thank you!

[@goow]

Thanks, Sandra! :-D

[@ooohlala3]

Your eyeshadow is blended so well!

[@goow]

Thanks, Sarah! I go with the "blend until your arm falls off" approach. :-D

[@lilbluefreak]

See, I think cushion foundations are amazing! They've really changed the way my face and skin looks when I apply foundation and now I'm having a really hard time going back to "normal" foundation. Lol Now, I haven't tried any of the American brand cushions yet, only Asian brands which are freakin awesome btw, BUT what I wanted to suggest to you is, once your cushion runs out, flip the cushion over so you make sure you get to use every last drop of product in there, and then once it's completely dried out n finished, fill it back up with some of your favorite liquid foundation. I have the L'Oreal true match LUMI foundation and even tho I liked it alot, I had similar issues with the wear as you did with yours. I'm telling you what tho, I put that LUMI foundation in an empty cushion I had and omg! What a game changer it was for me! It goes on SO much smoother and more flawless than ever before, and I didn't suffer from anymore of the issues I previously had with it when I used It like a regular foundation that was applied with a brush or beauty blender. Idk, I'm just saying, If you're feeling up to it maybe try using the LUMI that way once and see if you feel any differently about the wear of the foundation. I went from just kinda liking it to absolutely loving it more once I put it in my cushion! Just remember to add a dusting of powder and some setting spray afterwards so it sets it n locks it in place, just like you would with any other foundation routine. Idk, it makes it look a million times better IMO. Oooh, and One more thing before I totally talk your ear off, lol,... you can also add sunblock to mix in with the cushion & foundation for some extra spf power, or add basically any other kinda products you'd typically prefer to mix with, to really get that perfect blend you love that's completely customized just for your personal skin type and gives you your fave type of foundation finish. Idk, That's what I did and now I'm having a really hard time finding anything else out there that can beat it for me. Sorry I typed alot, I was just really excited and just thought that maybe you'd be interested in trying to use the LUMI foundation in a different way that I personally think makes it work SO much better! Ok, I'm done now. Rant over. Lol 😉🤗

[@goow]

I think the concept is great but they're overpriced for the amount of product versus a bottled foundation. I haven't yet tried putting a bottled foundation into a compact, though, to see the difference in application. I will try that as soon as my current dream cushion runs out! Lots of cocktailling to try! :-D

[@hollyerickson6364]

Just tried the L'Oreal Infallible Total Cover due to youtube raves, and it is amazing! Love the great coverage while looking natural. Thanks for all your great reviews!

[@goow]

Hi Holly! I'm so glad! To this day, I squeeze it out and think there's no way this is going to work for me, and every time, I love it! It's definitely different in a good way!

[@JacquelynSteen]

I absolutely love your eye makeup in this video

[@lisabowerman3273]

Geek loving spreadsheets right here!!!!

[@goow]

Yeah!!! w00t!

[@jessiszymanski5883]

I love the eye look in this video!!!!

[@goow]

Thanks, Jessi!

[@deeb.106]

Jessi Szymanski me too!!

[@kelseyreed3650]

So happy I found your channel. Same skin shade,undertone and coverage needs 😊 not to mention dry dry skin. Love ur videos so far. Been watching all morning 😍

[@janitplanet]

By the way, I'm so glad I found your channel! I love your spreadsheet idea! After watching this, I was trying to remember if you mentioned the spreadsheet in your Covergirl 2 in 1 review or your CYO review, and where they fell on the spreadsheet. lol

[@goow]

Sometimes I forget to say it in the wrap-up! But here's the link if you need it - geekoutofwater.com/foundation-fest/ :-D

[@sarahinwonderland9248]

You look exceptionally gorgeous today! Your makeup is beautiful and I love love how you did your eyes.

[@goow]

Thanks, Sarah!!

[@laceylynncrafts]

I think you would like the Revlon Colorstay Airbrushed foundation. It's great for dry skin. You had a lot of great picks!

[@goow]

Added it to the list! I've never tried it :-D

[@BossBrookeArmstrong]

Have you ever tried mixing in oil with your foundation? That'll help with dry feeling foundations. Adding 2-3 drops of argan oil, jojoba oil or whatever oil you like 👍🏻

[@goow]

I sometimes do when I wear them, but not when I test them (just so I know what they wear like out-of-the-bottle). Same with setting spray - I almost always wear it normally, but not when I test a foundation (to see its wear on its own). Primer I never, ever, ever, ever skip (while sometimes I skip oil or skip setting spray), so I always test with primer. :) If that makes any sense!!

[@charityoverman]

That eye look is so pretty 🤩

[@mrs.lanesworld4175]

I really like this makeup look today!! I must say that I was surprised to see the loreal total cover beat out the rimmel! Great video, shelly!

[@goow]

Thanks, Linda! I just love the finish on Total Cover so much. I have to do a full face with it, so I don't wear it as often as the Rimmel (can get away with less makeup with the Rimmel), but doggone, every time I put on Total Cover, I'm in love.

[@mrs.lanesworld4175]

Geek Out of Water I guess I'm going to have to try it!

[@ginnyburley9552]

Your skin looks perfect! I don't know if it's this foundation or just that you have great skin (or maybe both). I have a favorite that you probably wouldn't like because I really like a dewy look. It's the Revlon Age Defying foundation. It is one of those classic formulas housed on the lower shelves, but it gives nice coverage and wear time plus it doesn't make my dry, mature skin look dull and flat. I also am enjoying the Ordinary Serum foundation.

[@goow]

Thanks, Ginny! I'm pretty lucky with my skin (avoided the sun for the most part since I was a teenager and realized I just burn to a crisp and that's no fun!) The sun spots I've got on one side of my face from driving an hour each way to work for 10 years and not wearing sunscreen daily drive me nuts, but other than that it's just the usual beginnings of aging... You know, I've stared at that Revlon foundation several times, debating grabbing it. I've never heard anybody talk about it. I will pick it up!

[@susanspann427]

Loving the explanation and details ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@lann1921]

That eye shadow look is so pretty.

[@goow]

Thanks, Ruslana!

[@sarahnicholson1543]

Ok, so I'm about a year late commenting, but I'm pretty sure I watched this before because I had a thumbs up already!!! I'm excited to try the L'Oreal Infallible Total Cover...I really need a good 12 hour foundation but I'm not terribly hopeful. I usually work 8-10 hour days but since I'm a nurse, I sometimes do 12s or 13s...which sucks but, hey, ya gotta do what you gotta do!!! I hope you're having the time of your life in Ireland!!!

[@goow]

Thanks, Sarah! And I still love the Total Cover. It's such a nice lightweight feel, but shockingly good coverage for something so light, and it lasts!

[@lindajohnson.]

Shelly, you give the most detailed reviews. Look forward to seeing all your video's. Love your total look today, especially your eyes....waiting for your next review....

[@goow]

Thanks, Linda! I'm working on the Double Wear Nude review now!

[@missyd.2039]

I think we may be foundation sisters! For drugstore I like the loreal total cover, loreal pro glow and the Maybelline cushion. For high end I recently found my holy grail and that's saying something because I have been looking forever for something I really love not just like. It's the Hourglass vanish stick. I absolutely love it! I bought it in 3 shades. Lol. Before the hourglass my favorite high end was Estee Lauder double wear. And I still do like it alot. I have combination skin and I believe you have dry so go figure. Anyways, I am loving your channel and content. You rock! XO

[@goow]

Thanks, Missy! I do love that Hourglass stick too! The shade I have is my winter shade, so I'm coming into season for it! I should just buy a couple more :-D

[@sarahnicholson1543]

Shelly, I'm new to your channel but I am LOVING it!!! We are close in age and skin tone and I have dry skin too!!! Your reviews are excellent and informative!!! Thanks!!!

[@goow]

Thanks, Sarah! That's the most fun part of YT - finding people with the same struggles (and then the same joys) with makeup! :-D

[@sarahnicholson1543]

Agreed!!!

[@jenhall5718]

Great review as always! I use the Rimmel Lasting Finish which I like quite a lot, but I will give the Total Cover a try! Your make up looks freaking awesome!

[@sherryg1838]

Beautiful eye look! I have oily skin and large pores and like a satin matte also. I checked the list but didn't see my faves. Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless, Maybelline Better Skin and Revlon Photo Ready BB Cream. But my real favorite is tinted sunscreen with NYX Stay Matte powder foundation. Enjoyed the reviews!

[@goow]

I can't believe I haven't done the Matte & Poreless or Better Skin because I've had them forever and use them in swatches all the time! I thought in my head I'd already reviewed them but I just checked and... nope! :) Added to the list!

[@ruthwhite6780]

Thanks so much for a great video. I used to love Revlon colourstay (my skin is a similar colour to yours and Buff 150 was my perfect match) - I think it gives a similar finish to Loreal Infallible and it looks good all day. I am 42 and so stopped wearing it last year as I thought it was emphasising the lines under my eys but I think I was making the mistake of blaming the foundation when the fact is, is that I am getting older and am getting more lines under my eyes. I am thinking I that I should perhaps just use concealer round my eyes. I have bad dark circles so it's something that's a problem for me. I also suffer with dry patches (not really bad but enough for it to be annoying when I put foundation on) so I will give the Rimmel and the Loreal a try.

[@angelathegamingwitch]

Love this eye look you're wearing!

[@angelathegamingwitch]

As for my fave drugstore foundation, I decided to stop wearing foundation several months ago so... lol But I was wearing the Rimmel 25 hour at that point. I was satisfied with it. It didn't blow me away but it was decent.

[@goow]

Thanks! I'm trying to get out of my neutrals rut! And I hadn't played with the UD Electric palette in forever. Yep that Rimmel is one of my defaults... if I can't decide, I know it'll work.

[@janitplanet]

I guess I should be happy there are so many drug store brands that are good for dry, over 40 skin. In the past, I've usually had a 2 foundation rotation - one higher end and one lower end. With so many great drug store brands, I haven't bought a higher end one recently, but now I find myself saying, "It's only 8ish dollars...", and want to buy multiple brands. But really, how many is too many to own at time, especially because I don't wear them everyday? What is their shelf life?

[@goow]

Most have a little icon on the bottle that looks like a little jar with 6 or 12 or 24 in it - the number of months it's good for after opening. A few brands will stamp an expiration date on the bottle but most just have that little number icon indicator.

[@janitplanet]

Thanks for the info! I better check mine!

[@janitplanet]

Thanks for the link!

[@readingmom8940]

Yay Shelly! This is wonderful! Thank you so much!

[@kazkazba2881]

L’Oréal Color Match review maybe?

[@crystalhernandez7299]

You are beyond amazing, enjoy your videos so much, you bring so much joy and happiness. I'm such a BIG FAN and I have only watched one video, can't wait to see the rest!!!!!!! Xoxo sending my love from California

[@goow]

Thanks, Crystal! Hope all is well over on the left coast! :-D

[@crystalhernandez7299]

Geek Out of Water thank you for commenting back, I just want to binge watch all you videos, but I gotta get back to work out here in Scott's Valley and weather is nice. Xx I'm fanning over here, goshing in awe..... Ahhhhh

[@heidihurn9828]

With the Maybelline cushion foundation keep turning the cushion over also you can put any liquid foundation in the compact and does the same job x

[@goow]

Yes! And the FitMe Dewy & Smooth is exactly the same formula. So you can put that in there if you really like it.

[@ambergerhelper7852]

Geek Out of Water I was going to ask something similar. I recall your comparison (genius!), and wondered if you interchange them.

[@analyzingmylife2492]

Wonderful reviews and your eye look is stunning!

[@goow]

Thank you!

[@louanns7247]

Great spreadsheet, thank you!!!!

[@gingyyycakes]

Milani came out with some more light shades of their 2 in one foundation and I have been loving it :)

[@goow]

Yes!! Shade 00A just came in the mail to me today :-D I've got a couple foundation reviews already filmed that will probably go up before it but I plan to shoot the Milani review this week! Whatever day I film it, I'll post a photo to Instagram as a sneak peek.

[@elvisfan209]

Great video! I'd like to hear your opinion of the new Bare Minerals foundation.

[@goow]

The BarePro? Looks like a good one - Added it to the list!!

[@helpfulnatural]

I may have asked this question before on one of your other videos, so forgive me..:/ But have you ever tried Boots no.7 Airbrush Away foundation? It's great for dry skin, leaves a smooth, airbrushed almost velvety finish and it's buildable if necessary. It's also very lightweight, I sometimes forget I have it on! It costs a bit more but it's such a nice formula! I found it at Target but some Walgreen's stores also carry it as well as Ulta.

[@goow]

I have and I like it! I've got a review of it (one of my first videos, so it doesn't have quite the same format as my current foundation reviews, and I say UMM a maddening number of times! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5aZZmuIh8t_r68 - so I'll spare you the torture and say it works well on me!)

[@helpfulnatural]

Ah...I must have missed that video when I started looking at your channel page. The no.7 looked very good on you, moist but definitely not dewy, which I hate too! There is such a fine line between dewy and greasy. I hate the tacky/sticky feeling with it as well. Ugh!

[@ambergerhelper7852]

Shelly! A few things: 1. ❤️ the space buns! Your hair just looks super cute! 2. I knew these, because I screenshot your Snapchat when you showed the list! 3. Where would you rate the Missha BB cream? It's not really drugstore or high end. It's still my number one! I also got it for half price on the Missha website (Everyone beware- the Amazon ones are counterfeit!). 4. Thank you for always being so helpful. Funny story- My husband was humming your outro this morning! I asked, "Do you know what you're humming?!" He replied, "No, but it sounds so familiar!"

[@goow]

I am LOL'ing at your husband humming my outro song :-D I bought it from one of those indie music web sites, and it gets stuck in my head all the time too! It just sounds like something I'd listen to. Ha! Too funny. I just checked my spreadsheet and I never recorded the Missha on there - so I'm going to go re-watch my video and input all the data, and then I will come back here and post where it fell on the list! I'll put it on the drugstore side due to the price per ounce (and it probably will break the top 5 because I do really enjoy it). I'll be back!

[@goow]

Ha so actually I just can't read and it is in my spreadsheet. And I was totally mis-remembering the price lol. So when drugstore and high end are all combined, it comes in 13th (85% B, which in my world I really like anything that scores 80%+). It's 8th overall on the high-end side (and would be 6th overall in drugstore). I'm one step closer today to putting this whole spreadsheet info up on the web as a sortable, searchable thing - I just have to sit down and write the code!

[@ambergerhelper7852]

Geek Out of Water KZbin isn't giving me notifications from you. Get it together, KZbin! I just love the Missha! It works wonders for me. It's the only one I can use consistently.

[@goow]

Ever since they updated notifications, they're totally inconsistent. Meh.

[@pamelav4392]

Love you're eyeshadow.

[@goow]

Thanks, Pamela!

[@kellymoore7383]

Love your eye look today!!

[@goow]

Thanks, Kelly! Colors for the win!

[@JulesOfWisdom]

Great expansive review!!

[@goow]

Thanks, Jules!

[@marlawyatt7449]

you look beautiful in this video....love the eye look

[@goow]

Thanks, Marla! I need to bust out the colors more often! :-D

[@heidihurn9828]

The makeup you have on is lovely looks nice on you x

[@goow]

Thanks, Heidi! I've been trying to break out of my neutrals rut! :-D

[@mfmwfm]

The Ordinary foundation looks interesting. I would try it, but you have to buy it online - correct? Not available in a drugstore - but a drugstore price?

[@goow]

That's correct - drugstore price, but must be purchased online. You can get it direct from The Ordinary, or Beautylish carries it - www.beautylish.com/b/the-ordinary :)

[@breannastratmann5771]

Could you do No 7 Airbrush Away Foundation please

[@goow]

I did a first impressions way back in the pink hair days! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5aZZmuIh8t_r68 I was thinking about doing some updated oldies-but-goodies.

[@ruthwhite6780]

I am in the UK and the Infallible you are using doesn't seem to exist anymore. Have they rebranded it? If so, please can you tell me the name.

[@goow]

Hi Ruth! The Infallible Total Cover is still available in the US through the drugstore chains that carry L'Oreal. Here's a link to it on the US-version of L'Oreal's web site: www.lorealparisusa.com/products/makeup/face/foundation-makeup/infallible-total-cover-foundation.aspx?shade=classic-ivory-301

[@heidihurn9828]

Hi would you review elf and dermacol x

[@goow]

Yes! I've got one of the Elf Flawless Finish - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5i4g4d6Ytagp5Y. I will work on grabbing the Beautifully Bare one, and Dermacol is on my list!

[@Crystalwaltman1]

Do you have a current 2018 list of top drugstore foundations?

[@goow]

Hi Crystal! I haven't done an update video yet but I do keep a running list of my foundation reviews and all of their scores - if you go to the spreadsheet and at the top right corner of the spreadsheet, type "drugstore" it will filter out only drugstore foundations, and they're ranked best to worst - geekoutofwater.com/foundation-fest/

[@LarizaO]

Hi! Do you have a video where I can find if I am neutral, cool or warm?

[@goow]

Hi Lariza! I do! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qma4Z6qhbZmcetk

[@LarizaO]

Thank you! I am enjoying your videos :)

[@goow]

Thanks, Lariza! I hope this one helps!

[@mabellugo]

What do you do when your make up starts breaking down but you still have errands/places to go?

[@goow]

Hi Lourdes! I carry a powder foundation in my bag and touch up with that (usually around my nose and chin). It's enough to even things out at a conversational distance.

[@tinawilliams8107]

Where do u get ur makeup cabinet behind u?

[@goow]

Hi Tina! It's the Ikea Alex 9-drawer unit - www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50192822/

[@heidihurn9828]

Where can you get the ordinary from in the uk x

[@goow]

I believe The Ordinary ships direct to the UK from their site - theordinary.com/. It also looks like QVC UK carries them. Another site I found (and I have no idea if this is a well-known site in the UK or not) is Victoria Health - it looks like they have just about the full line as well. www.victoriahealth.com/brand/The-Ordinary/1053

[@heidihurn9828]

Geek Out of Water ill check it out thanks x

[@orladdin]

I would love to see you review Maybelline Fit Me Matte & Poreless, Rimmel Match Perfection and Covergirl Stay Luminous! You could even do comparisons to Fit Me Dewy & Smooth, Rimmel Lasting Finish and Covergirl Stay Fabulous respectively. That would be awesome!

[@goow]

Added them all to the list! :-D

[@jenr3592]

Have you tried the dermacol? I am looking and can't find it if you do

[@goow]

I haven't yet but it's on my list of want-to-try's!

[@jenr3592]

Geek Out of Water yes please!!

[@annoliviacar268]

Have u tried ELF flawless foundation?

[@goow]

Yes! I reviewed it this past May - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5i4g4d6Ytagp5Y :-D

[@nadynemotherofcatz]

First like & first comment! 🤗🙌👏

[@susanlien7826]

H

[@kasodonnell]

Majority are disgustingly tested on animals unfortunately so will for sure be ignoring those brands and it is a shame that they are being reviewed. However, I think you are great and follow you on IG. Some reviews on cruelty free foundation would be awesome 😊