A very nice foundation, goes on well, great match until... it turned orange on me.

This is a good foundation that gives sheer to medium coverage. I tend to get very dry in winter and this foundation does provide the extra moisturization I need without looking greasy. It lasts all day and does not oxidize on my skin. The tube makes it easy to travel with. Not my HG though, plus, it is very expensive in that you only get 20gms unlike the standard 30 grams/mil for most foundations.

What you absolutely have to know about this product before you buy it is:
#1 It wears like a TM not a Foundation. Coverage is light to medium and you really have to slather it on to get to medium - however, it's so light weight that you won't really feel it even if you do slather it on.
#2 This foundation is designed for unevenness in TEXTURE *not* unevenness in COLOR. I have a great number of acne scars. The ones that are ice-pick/box-car/due-to-collagen-loss look 100x better after I apply this. The ones that are red/brown/manifest-as-discoloration are absolutely NOT AT ALL covered by this.
#3 This shit stays on your face. Not kidding. I went for a 30min swim yesterday and when I got out of the pool it was still there.
That said, I've only been using this for 3 days so I can't comment yet on acne/pore clogging properties but I love it so far.

I've been putting this to the test. I've worn this foundation for 10+ hours a day. I wore it through a sweaty zumba class one day and while working for 2 hours over a hot, steamy stove on another day. The makeup didn't budge. It looked fresh all day long, even through steam and sweat!
It gives a medium coverage and feels like you have nothing on your skin at all. To me, the look is very similar to what I get with Bare Minerals, but with less sheen. It's not matte or dewey.
I have dry skin, and while this makeup doesn't dry me out, it doesn't add moisture either. I feel a little dryer wearing this than when I wear a creamier foundation.
It's very expensive, so I'm not sure that it looks different enough from the Bobbi Brown stick foundation that I've been wearing to justify the cost. If what I have starts melting off when summer gets here, maybe I'll do it.
If you want to try it, order the sample kit from the Koh Gen Do website. I knew the colors that come in the kit would be too dark, so I called customer service and they threw in some lighter shades plus other samples. It's a good deal for $20 and you get to try the primers and powder.

I ordered #123 from Sephora.com, on my NC 30 skin, this yellow base fdn. blends in seamlessly, and it does moisturize although I always put moisturizer underneath regardless.
I love the tooth paste tube with eye-dropper tip (I prefer that over pump); and the size is about 3/4 oz.
Like most previous MUAers described, "it melts into the skin", which means if you have major issues to cover, this ain't going to do it.
I returned it, not because it's coverage, but because of its price. At the time, there are a lot of drug-store fdn that also "melt into the skin" at $10 for 1 oz. (30 ml).

I went searching for Armani Luminous Silk at Barney's (my first time there...I'm in trouble:), but as they didn't carry it, the awesome sales girl introduced me to Koh Gen Do. As I wasn't familiar with it, she sent me home with a sample. If I'm going to spend this much, it better really impress me. I wasn't immediately wowed, as I'm used to foundations that really cover, so I felt a bit 'naked' the first time I wore this. But I went to work and my boss asked if I was wearing different foundation-that's never happened to me. She said the fine lines around my eyes were less noticeable, and overall it gave a really nice finish. I came to realize the big thing, for me, is that at the end of the day, this has not settled into fine lines! That's amazing! After 10-12 hours, this still looks as good as when I put it on. If anything, perhaps it would need a bit of powder in t-zone. My husband thought my skin looked great too, and is happy knowing that I may not have 'splotchy' makeup come summer. I can't believe I'm about to spend so much on foundation, but I really think this is worth it.

This is the best foundation I have used to date. I recently decided to stop fighting my skin and quit trying to smother and conceal it in heavy foundations (e.g. Laura Mercier oil free foundation, MAC studiofix, Revlon Color Stay). I really wanted to switch to a natural, breathable foundation, with moderate coverage and started this journey first by trying multiple powder mineral foundations (hated all of them due to finish and skin reactions), then most recently I tried Armani Luminous Silk (absolutely beautiful for the first 30 minutes then it quickly slid off and left me looking really weird). For color reference, I'm a MAC NC15 and have this in 012. I tried this in 001 as well and wish I was pale enough to get away with wearing it because it is the most beautiful porcelain color ever (so if you're super fair and have trouble finding a color match, I say give 001 a try!). I have combination skin with old scarring. I like simple routines so I do not use a primer; If I’m paying $50+ for foundation it better make me look good all on its own. I moisturize, apply the foundation with my fingers, and then use a light dusting of translucent powder. When first applying the KGD Moisture Foundation I was thinking the coverage was going to be insufficient, THEN when you step back from the mirror you look like you have naturally, flawless, even skin; it’s crazy!! It just melts away into an amazing finish- absolutely no settling in the fine lines around my eyes. It gets better. It lasts ALL day but is still breathable and easy to wash off. No fragrance which is a huge plus when you have sensitive skin. So here are my only complaints: It is only .71 ounces, every liquid foundation I have EVER used was at least 1 ounce, including Armani. On top of getting shorted 1/3 of an ounce, they just raised the price from $55 to $62. It kills me to pay that much for foundation when I know the cost of making it is $5 TOPS. However, I haven’t found anything even comparable in quality. Lastly, I can’t find it locally. I wish Saks 5th Avenue would start carrying it or a similar nationwide department store.

I sampled this foundation today and when I put it on this morning, I wasn't bowled over by it. It felt nice going on, it was easy to work with, it sort of reminded me of an RMK foundation in a tube I tried years ago. I thought the coverage was above average to good, but not "full" but I wasn't impressed by how it handled my enlarged pores, because I sort of felt it was marketed to minimize them and they seemed like they do without makeup. (I didn't use a primer.) It did seem to have some special effect on my fine lines, making them less visible. So I tossed the half used sample in the trash (I used 113, which was a little bit light, like MAC NC30 probably). I used my SK loose powder after applying a little concealer on some scars. Imagine my shock and surprise when I checked a mirror about 8 hours later to see that I did not need to touch up; there was no shine, caking, creasing, anything; in fact, it looked better than when I had originally applied it and my pores looked way better than when I had first applied. It looked like my skin if it were actually nice. Now I am completely distressed that I threw out the remainder of the sample, my cleaning people came today and emptied the trash. I need to have this NOW. And I want the powder and lipstick and blush too, on the basis that they might be half as good as this. It doesn't contain bad stuff, breakout causing ingredients or parabens, and you don't need a ton of product to get coverage. (Note that the colors seem to run on the light side.) You can buy this online at kohgendocosmetics.com. They sell a nice trial kit for $20. Get it.

$55 for 20g tube

This foundation actually comes in 12 shades ranging in three ranges: ivory/pink, ochre, dark. You can request a sampler of preselected shades on their website to try. I used 113 which was a nice light-medium ochre shade that wasn't too yellow which is characteristic of asian cosmetics.

Advertised as a high-definition foundation that is used by makeup artists, I found this foundation to be very fine in texture, comfortable to wear for long periods of time with a medium coverage. It worked best when used with fingertips and then blended to perfection with a high def. sponge.

I did not feel the need to apply powder afterward, as it has a very nice semi-matte finish. However, when used with a light app. of powder, it stayed fresh for at least 8 hours. As far as the "high-def" qualities...I'm not sure if it works for the purpose...but it would probably photograph nicely.

Overall, this is a pricey foundation...but I liked the texture and finish much better that MUFE and Cargo High Definition products. If you require a foundation for such purposes, it is worth looking into. continued >>

A really beautiful, natural-feeling liquid foundation. It provides medium to full coverage but doesn't feel like you have anything on at all! The only problem is that they only have three colours, so you'll probably end up having to mix your colour up (which is what they recommend). Still a quality product though.