Jury's not out on whether I will remain faithful to this foundation. I previously used MAC's Mineralize foundation in NW20. Colorwise, NW20 was a bit pinker than my actual skin tone but a close match. NC20 was definitely too yellow, so I guess my skin is neutral, leaning slightly more towards cool.
I tried porcelain ivory and warm ivory in Laura Mercier's moisturizing foundation. Porcelain ivory was too light. Warm Ivory is what I'm using now. It matches my skin tone well as far as not being too yellow or too pink but is a little light. I think it'll work for the winter but I'll have to figure something else out for the summer.
I am still in the frame of mind where I am comparing this foundation to my former MAC foundation and trying to decide which I'm more satisfied with. My skin definitely looks lovely when I wear this foundation, however, I find MAC mineralize to be more hydrating. I had to switch moisturizers when I switched foundations so I'm finally not flaking anymore. This foundation has a more matte appearance than MAC mineralize. I think it holds my makeup on better but I can't help feeling that with this foundation it looks more like I'm wearing make-up (maybe that's the point!).
One thing I definitely don't like about this foundation is the lack of SPF. For the price of this foundation, what was Laura Mercier thinking?! You have to buy HER moisturizer (that does has SPF) so your face doesn't fry in the sun?

This foundation is really moisturizing, but I am fair skinned, and this foundation initially looks like a perfect match, but after I had it on for a while, the color turned really dark. Other than the color factor, this foundation is really nice. However, I prefer a lighter, liquid consistency foundation.

Best winter foundation ever. I am NW/NC20 and I use this foundation in Blush Ivory when I want my skin to look flawless for a long time. The texture is very smooth and liquid-y and blends beautifully. Great coverage and staying power too.

I personally ABSITIVELY POSOLUTELY LOVEEEE this foundation! i have tried several different foundations, but this one is the only one that seems to work with my delicate dry skin. I feel as if it truly quenches my skin's thirst while simultaneously covering up real well. The only think I would recommend is to use a matte powder on top...I was using my normal MAC studio fix powder on top but within a few hours it began to look a bit oily. Other than that, I highly recommend it. It has done wonders for my face and skin! I just love it!

I love how when I put this foundation on my face, without any concealer or anything it covers up pretty well. The initial colour looks great on my skin. This oxidises something terrible on my skin! I had been using Revlon Colorstay in 200 Nude which is a tad too dark for my skin but I can get away with it. The LM foundation is in the color Blush Ivory which is a good shade lighter than the Revlon one but after the LM foundation has been on my skin for about an hour it's a good shade or two darker than the Revlon one!
I always check my ingredients on http://www.zerozits.com/Articles/acnedetect.htm to see what causes acne or irritates skin. My skin get's irritated very easily and this has no ingredient (according to the list) that irritates skin. There are a few 'iffy' ingredients that may cause acne though so I am not sure I would be happy about using this on a daily basis.
This foundation doesn't leave me feeling too oily but it doesn't seem to dry me out although if I hadn't been using my Organic Jojoba Oil (OMG GET THIS IF YOU HAVE DRY SKIN) which I use religiously morning and night straight out of the bottle, then this may be a different story.
Still looking for my HG, perfect foundation though...

My skin is EXTREMELY dry and flakey. It is a struggle for me to find truly moisturizing foundations. The Laura Mercier Creme' Smooth is PERFECT, but I tried this one because it was $8 cheaper. This is just "ok" but it is nowhere nearly as moisturizing as the Creme' Smooth. With this foundation I have to apply 3 layers of a thick, rich moisturizer before I can apply the foundation or it gets flakey and dry. I apply with a damp sponge, even though the packaging recommends a stippling brush. Using ANY kind of brush on very dry skin is a total disaster. It damages the skin and causes it to flake and peel even more. With the Creme' Smooth I only added a drop of moisturiziner on the driest areas, and the foundation took care of the rest. I use the Warm Ivory shade in the Creme' Smooth, but Warm Ivory in this foundation is too dark. Overall, it's just "ehhh." Not awful but not good either. I will not purchase it again, but will definitely go back to the Creme' Smooth. I have gone through 2 jars of Creme' Smooth and should have known better than to switch.

I find it really difficult to get a foundation that matches my skin tone. I guess I am a very rosy English rose because NW20 is way too yellow on my skin. This foundation, Blush Ivory, is the perfect match. I feel like I'm not wearing any, yet it does provide a very good coverage. It's quite expensive but I'm on my 3rd bottle now, and growing very fond of the Laura Mercier range...
Definitely recommended.

I have dry skin, am 45-plus and struggle with covering dark patches of melasma. I wear foundation daily and am always on the hunt for one that hides everything but still looks natural. This is not it (I don't think "it" exists) but it does come close.
I was directed to apply this with a damp sponge and have found that to be the best way to do it. After applying the foundation I use LM Secret Camouflage on the melasma. The combination works wonders.
Some moisturizing foundations become too greasy as the day wears on, or are too "satiny" and gleamy. This one feels natural, not heavy; gives a fairly matte (but not dead) finish; and doesn't need powder. I looked at my face in full sunlight and, if anything, the foundation looked more natural outside than inside! I was sold.
This wears well without changing color or rubbing off too drastically. I love Bobbi Brown's foundations in terms of color match, but Bobbi does not seem to understand that we women may want to occasionally, say, lean our head on our husband's shoulder or give someone a hug without our entire face transferring to their shirt collar or shoulder. LM seems to have a better grip on this.

Does your skin flake when you put on Foundation? does your foundation oxidize and change color during the day? Well look no further for a solution as this foundation solves all these problems. It doesn't cause flakes to appear on the skin after applying and the color stays on for a long time. I have the combination oily Tzone/ dry skin on my face. Tried the Silk Creme foundation, which gave me a finish that was so dry and caused flakes everywhere. I was at a loss, then I tried this moisturizing foundation. OMG, this is my favorite foundation!! It goes on smooth velvety and with no flaking. I tried so many other foundations and this is the only one I found that didn't cause flaking or dryness like MAC Studio Fix, LM Silk Creme Foundation, Estee Lauder, Lancome. I use acne cream which totally dries out my skin, and this foundation is just perfect for my dry skin, is not greasy and produces a finish that is silky that lasts all day long. My skin does feel so moisturized after I apply this on. Also, it comes in a pump, which is perfect for preventing bacteria from going into the bottle. The product sets fairly quickly, but is so easy to blend. If you have dry skin and foundations out there cause flakes to appear on your face, then this is the perfect foundation for you!!! I use the Sunny Beige, and it matches my skin so well, it's a pricey at $42 a bottle, but it's worth every penny.

I use Warm Ivory. This is a beautiful foundation. Blendable, breathable, and lasts all day. Great for travel because I can use the same product for low, mid and high coverage. My favorite LM foundation right now. I looked at Armani and Chanel for my newest foundation, and as usual I went back to LM for a great choice. Also, you get a lot of product for the price, and the pump packaging is really excellent. Better than her tubed products.

**EDIT**: UGHH!!! Why did this product have to be discontinued!?!?! The product that replaced it, Laura Mercier's Moisture Supreme foundation, is complete garbage! However, I'm now using Smashbox Studio Skin 15 Hour Wear Foundation in 1.1 and am EXTREMELY pleased. Oh, hallelujah.

MY HG FOUNDATION!! I have searched for YEARS to find the most perfect foundation, and THIS IS IT!! I have very dry and acne-prone skin, so I struggle to find a good foundation that goes on smooth, lasts all day, doesn't break me out, and doesn't look flaky on my dry skin ... and this foundation does the trick! It goes on smooth and you can easily apply more to the areas where you need more coverage, without it looking cakey. I'm an NC20-25 in MAC, and Laura Mercier's Warm Ivory matches my skin tone perfectly. A little expensive, but a little goes a long way. Will definitely repurchase!

I absolutely love this foundation. Though my skin is clear, I have redness on my cheeks and some old acne scarring that I need a bit more coverage for. My skin is really dry and this foundation lasts all day without drying out and getting flaky.
For application I use a beautyblender as I feel like it's easier to achieve more sheer coverage overall and build up in the areas that I need it. It blends beautifully this way and doesn't feel heavy on my face.

I've been using this foundation (I'm also using other foundations at the same time) for about 4 months now. I've not come to a conclusion about this foundation until now. Overall I think its a good foundation. Let's start with the pros: Firstly, it lasts almost the whole day despite the humid climate; secondly, it doesn't turn greasy on me and it doesn't breakout on me. I've combination skin with a slightly oily T-zone. Thirdly, it has a great finish, looks natural yet polish. At first, I thought it looked masked-like but I learnt to apply it 'properly' & it looks great now. The 'Not-so-great' - it is v pigmented and not as easy to apply as other foundations. I use a mac 187 stippling brush but before i apply it, I have to water it down with a mist (avene thermal spring water). Otherwise I find the finish too heavy. I'm ambivalent abt the colour warm ivory. Some days I find it a tad pink, hence a little greyish on my warm skintone, on other days I think its ok. Its year-end now, so I'm slightly fairer and warm ivory matches my neck colour pretty well. I did find it a tad fair during the hotter days. Overall, I think this is a quality product and I find myself reaching for it quite often. continued >>

This a great foundation. The formula is one of the best I've used, it's liquid yet creamy and therefore very easy to blend. It does not apply streaky nor does it become flaky. It's forgiving of normal-dry skin as well by not emphasising problem areas.
The only down-sized of this foundation, for me, is that it's too dark and beige/pink toned. Unfortunately, the bottle does not indicate any information about the product so I don;t even know what shade I own. That to me is a MAJOR flaw, as a consumer, I want to be able to confidently re-order a product and right now I'd have no idea what shade to get if I want to purchase it online. I'd have to make a special mental note to remember to bring the bottle with me to a Laura Mercier counter in order to colour-match it to make sure I get the right one. So, a major inconvenience if you're a consumer, and just think of how problematic this packaging oversight would be for makeup artists. Anyway, back to the colour issue, I'd give this product a rating of 5 lipsticks if Laura Mercier Moisturizing foundation had more yellow-tone and colour options for those with fair complexions.

well first of all it is quite moisturizing..
I have dry and sensitive skin with considerable amount of scars on the cheeks. So when I look for foundations, it needs to be moisturizing (I mean really moisturizing, not only by its title), needs to have a good coverage and MUST be gentle on the skin. (Some foundations I notice cause whiteheads on my skin)
I've used this foundation twice, and hasn't noticed any breakouts/whiteheads or irritations. It covers nicely and after couple hours the foundation settles in really nicely and my skin looks very smooth and moisturized.
but there's one thing. It oxidizes.
I got the warm ivory.
when I was researching the review of this product, I saw many ppl saying that it does not oxidize. so it might be just me. but it gets a tone or two darker then my skin and my face looks darker than my neck after I finish my makeup... I dunno what I should do about that. for the past two times I've tried it, I used highlighter to brighten certain areas, guess this would work for me since I don't like pale looking complexion anyway (or can mix up with my other foundation which I still haven't finished)
overall I am quite satisfied. I tried the sample of the creme smooth foundation before but the moisturizing foundation goes on less heavier and more hydrating on the face. and it has just about the same coverage as the creme smooth foundation.
I like the pump, it doesn't get messy and I can control the amount of product I want to use. Oh! and a little goes a long way!
if I have the money I would buy the same one in a tone lighter and mix it up with what I have ;)

Perhaps the most important consideration in selecting your foundation is to find a formula tailored to your skin type. Within reason, you can sheer down or build up coverage, and a shade a touch too yellow or peachy or dark or light, while not an ideal situation, can still be manipulated to good results. But if the texture is off, it will never sit easily on your skin. On skin as dry as mine, liquid foundations always catch onto and expose the minute roughness lurking on the surface, no matter how assiduously I moisturize. But Laura Mercier Moisturizing Foundation truly respects the texture of dry skin: a very fluid, cooperative formula that allows you to blend the pigment until you achieve the fine, seamlessly thin layers that disappear entirely into the skin (I wear the shade Warm Ivory on my light, cool complexion). The finish is impeccable, with soft luminosity that turns neither greasy nor blanched in photographs (lighter silicones and no sunscreen). Other than telltale sign of coverage—no one is naturally a uniform color—it looks and feels like nothing. Sometimes I can't tell where I've already applied and mistakenly add more. It's also beloved by Pat McGrath, "This is so light you just touch it over imperfections, and it looks like nothing's there—that's the trick to a barefaced look. A lot of women overcompensate when they think their skin looks bad." (from an old issue of Elle).

However, I would not recommend this for dehydrated skin that isn't truly dry. Though they appear similar, dehydrated skin is differs from dry skin, though you may have both. Dehydrated skin is insufficiently hydrated, or dried out from product abuse, NOT the chronically hypoproductive sebaceous glands that signify dry skin. The higher water content of the Laura Mercier formulation will absorb too rapidly.

EDIT I wonder if my original review was clear enough. This is a slightly older formulation, and does not take advantage of silicone technology as well as Chanel's superlative foundations, which glide over textural imperfections and impart a dewy finish. For most people, with dehydrated but a skin type other than dry, a foundation such as Chanel or Face Atelier is preferable. But on dry skin, which has a very fine, even texture to begin with (tiny pores that produce insufficient sebum), the smoothing effect of silicones is too much, and appears plastic, unnaturally smooth. LM Moisturizing is harder to blend, so if you have rough, textured skin (dehydration + larger pores), it will probably go on patchy and settle into pores. It's advisable not to choose by "finish", as all so-called moisturizing foundations are not alike, but by the actual texture of the formulation and how well it matches the texture of YOUR skin. continued >>

I have been using this for about 2 months and I love it!
It's the very first foundation I have used that doesn't highlight my dry patches. It looks very natural, you can hardly tell I'm wearing make up. It gives medium coverage but that's enought for me. It evens out my skintone perfectly and it lasts well, I'd say 6 to 8 hours.
I occasionally need to powder my nose if it gets a bit shiny, but that doesn't bother me much.
I use one pump for my entire face, applied with a dry sponge.

This is a really good foundation, one of the best I've tried. After months and months of looking for the perfect one, I still haven't found HG, but this comes the closest of all the ones I've tried. Goes on very smoothly and is easy to blend...it's more of a liquidy foundation as opposed to a rich, creamy one. Color range verges on the yellow side, which I wish were more neutral but I can handle that. It gives a wonderfully even and dewy look and instantly makes me look more awake and vibrant. And it doesn't make me break out or make my skin feel dry, tight or oily. I'd say the coverage is somewhere between light and medium.
Really nice formula.

I'm on the hunt for a new foundation and today was my day to try my sample of Laura Mercier's Moisturizing Foundation. For reference, I always wear the lightest shade in foundations and, sometimes, there isn't one that's light enough for me in a given product line. I tried this on in Porcelain Ivory.

When I applied this, I was very pleased with its thin yet highly concentrated consistency which made it very bendable and achieve my desired coverage level quickly. My favorite technique for foundation and TM application is stippling it on with Sonia Kashuk's multipurpose flat-top brush and blending (and blending again!) in a circular motion. This is the technique I used here. The color seemed like a perfect match in my bedroom with natural light. It has a definitive yellow undertone (esp. when compared side by side with MUFE's F&B).

After I completed my routine for the day and went out to my car, I noticed that I could still smell the foundation on my face. When I sat in the car and checked my rear-view mirror (my LEAST forgiving mirror -- but is really useful for double-checking makeup application), I saw that the finish was a bit splotchy and, worse, that those splotches had an orange tint. While I was able to rub them away, I noticed that the foundation was already settling into my smile lines and clinging oddly the teensy bit of blonde peach fuzz under my nose. The smile lines happen but usually that's something that usually takes several hours to show up -- not 30 minutes.

The wear was okay and fairly long-lasting, but it didn't play too well with my setting powder over time and the foundation plus the powder gave me the flakies. Unavoidable since I think this foundation needs a setting powder. I like the coverage and the color, but the wear leaves something to be desired. I haven't tried everything I want to try yet, but I just don't see this foundation blowing others out of the water. If I end up choosing it for some reason, it will be because of the color match only. But for this price, why settle? If this can't look the way it did when I applied it for at least 2 or 3 hours, then I don't think it belongs in the "high end" category.

Meh.

*Edit* : I subtracted a lippie because, in retrospect, 3 was just too generous. continued >>

I hate foundation. Let me start with that. :)
I have pale skin, but with tons of redness and foundation often makes me flaky (although, my skin is only normal-dry). So I need a foundation with good coverage but that doesn't emphasize flakiness.
This was recommended by the lovely makeup guy at Sephora and I'm really happy with it! It gives good coverage, and is fairly build-able (key for me). The finish is nice and soft, a little dewy but not remotely shimmery. Just that perfect, natural finish. And most importantly, the challenge with full coverage foundations, it looks natural and doesn't just sit on my skin.
I've gotten a compliment everyday that I've worn it since I got it!
I'm really pleased with it!
For reference, I got Blush Ivory and I'm NC15 in MAC.