wet n wild

I absolutely love this foundation. Foundation in my opinion is the most personal preference product, so obviously this might not work as well as it does for me for everyone, but for my normal to oily combination skin (normal cheeks and super oily tzone) this is my favorite foundation I own, and I own some very expensive ones. I don't have dry skin but I don't know why anyone with dry skin would buy a foundation that is described as matte and then have sad face when it clings to dry patches (for dry girls I've heard great things about their cushion foundation as a dewier option, but I've never tried it because I already know it wont work for my skin type). I've always bought high end foundations, but I've seen so many youtubers raving about this one that I was curious. I was at Walgreens and there was a sale on wet n wild to where the already ridiculously cheap photo focus foundation was reduced to 3.99 (seriously), so I grabbed two shades on a whim thinking what the heck. Can I just say that I was SHOOK. I think this finish is perfect for skin like mine because not as flat and lifeless as full on matte foundations, but not too dewy to where my face is an oilslick by noon, but the finish is stunning. It's very buildable, and even when you build it up to fuller coverage it still looks very very skin like. It lasts well, not anything crazy (I for one don't particularly care if a foundation lasts 18 hours because I'm never going to wear it that long), but with setting spray it'll look nice for a good 10-12 hours with minor touch up translucent powder in the afternoon for oil control. For all of the people complaining about the smell, it doesn't bother me at all but it is noticable straight out of the bottle, but I think it's important to mention the reason you smell that is because they don't put any perfumes in the product, which is great for people with sensitive skin I would think. I would rather smell the foundation than smell a bunch of perfumes. I have the shades nude ivory and nude beige (my skintone is neutral leaning slightly warm), and they're perfect for me because nude beige is me with a tan and nude ivory is me without one, so I can easily mix them together in different ratios as i fade from 1 to the other. The shade range is decent for a drug store foundation in my opinion, theres a warm neutral and cool shade for fair to deep skin tones. I also love that they write the undertone right on the bottle to take the guess work out of trying to shade match at the drugstore. With the price point it's easy to grab more than one and customize. I would prefer a pump as well, but the spatula is better than just an open bottle, I just usually dab some of each shade on the back of my hand and mix together and apply from there. It applies beautifully with both a beauty blender and a blurring foundation brush (I use the beauty blender for fuller coverage and the kabuki when I want something lighter). If you have combo skin and want oil control without the full matte flat face look, TRY THIS PRODUCT YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.

I bought two shades of this in their old limited edition 'Holo-goth' collection. Terrible name but great product. The first shade was 'Wicked Pink,' a metallic frosted pink. It's way light but it adds a great shimmery effect to the lips. The second shade I bought was 'Gunmetal heart' a purple-tinted metallic silver. It's pretty and surprisingly wearable!

I bought this mascara just a few days ago and I already like this product! Two thumbs up for now.

Here goes the pros and cons list.
Pros:
- It's a dry formula and I don't see any smudges even after taking a nap.
- I don't see any mascara flaking.
- Because it's a skinny wand, I can wiggle comfortably from the roots of my eyelashes and it lifts them up, making lashes looking beautifully feathery!
- Very good product for the price!

Cons:
- I have to keep dipping my mascara wand back into the tube to get more product out and therefore it does take a little more time to apply than when using other regular mascaras.
- Need to be careful not to poke my eyes with the wand!
- Strong chemical smell in the beginning, but it dissipates.

Hope this review helps!

I usually try to steer away from buying cheapo nail polish and stick with my Essie's & OPI's but I couldn't help but snatch thus color because it's very pretty and neutral. This formula dries pretty fast (~5 min between coats in order for no streaking). The brush kind of bugs me because it's not smoothly tapered. Other than that it's opaque in 2 thin coats.

I've repurchased 3 times. Opaque color, not too waxy texture, ease of use, surprisingly simple but useful packaging with a spooly brush in the other end. Doesn't really fade during the day... Great affordable price...
Just, amazing product.