Hi all! It's been a while I know, but I'm back and have some exciting posts at the ready. Starting with today's post which is going to be all about my holy grail foundation by EX1 cosmetics. Like most make up lovers we all set out on a mission to find the perfect foundation in the perfect shade or fancy a change from time to time and try to find something new. It's taken me a long time to find this and I'm so happy to finally be sharing this with you all. So if your one of those people or your interested in finding out why this is my holy grail foundation then please keep on reading :)
ABOUT EX1 COSMETICS
Founded by British Asian Farah Naz, who turned a personal frustration at her limited choice of high street cosmetics into a single-minded passion to create the make up range of her dreams, EX1 cosmetics is a high quality collection of products designed for people with olive skin tones, otherwise know as skin with yellow undertones. Taking into consideration the biophysical characteristic of olive skin the product is also oil free as olive skin (not all) is known to have oily skin. Using only the best in cosmetic technology, this customised approach and attention to detail has not gone unnoticed as EX1 cosmetics is a multi-award winning line of cosmetics that is raved about by a lot of beauty bloggers, gurus and youtubers all over the world.
INVISIWEAR LIQUID FOUNDATION
INVISIWEAR LIQUID FOUNDATION 30ml - £12.50
Description - Clinically and dermatologically tested, 100% oil and fragrance free and non pore clogging. This lightweight and luminous liquid base foundation which is cleverly designed with light diffusing particles that detract attention away from lines, wrinkles and blemishes covers imperfections and work perfectly with your skins natural tones using a velvety smooth, ultra-blendable formula. Giving you the perfect skin-on-skin effect, flaws concealed with make-up that looks barely there, even in natural daylight. Available in 5 shades.
RATING
It is defiantly light weight, however I am unsure how well the light diffusing particles work as lines and wrinkles aren't something I have problems with other than the smile lines, which I do have to keep an eye on through the day as my make up does start to build up in there which I don't think is a fault of the foundation, more the fact that it's an area that moves around a lot. I have a bit of scarring from when I was suffering with acne and this foundation does a great job of covering them which was a key thing in my search for the perfect foundation. It is a velvety smooth and blendable foundation and defiantly gives a natural finish.
DELETE CONCEALER
DELETE CONCEALER: ANTI BLEMISH/DARK CIRCLE CORRECTOR 6.5g - £9.00
Banishing blemishes and concealing imperfections, this is the ultimate skin-trick for a perfectly photo-shopped effect. Antioxidants defend against ageing free radicals while Vitamin E helps soothe and heal blemishes, all in a lightweight super-blendable formula. Available in 3 shades.
RATING
This is an amazing product for helping cover my blemishes and scarring. I don't think it helps heal my blemishes, but it defiantly deletes them, temporarily of course. It is lightweight, but a bit harder to blend as it's got a thicker consistency to it. I haven't tried this product under my eyes as I don't suffer with dark circles, I can imagine it to be nice and light but would recommend for it to be set with a powder.
OVERALL REVIEW
HOLY GRAIL! I have been using the foundation and concealer for over a year now and I love it! The foundation is so light and blendable, it can be built in coverage without looking cakey and I prefer that. The concealer is amazing for covering my scarring and blemishes and I like to use it as I don't like to have a heavy amount of foundation on so they are a dream together. It can wear all day with just a few touch ups as I can get a bit oily, I think the main thing for me with this product is how its created for olive skin. Just like the founder I found it so hard to find foundation that had the yellow undertone to it, especially in the drugstores so having to spend more than the average and go high end with my foundations wasn't something I was happy with. Anything I did find in the drugstore just wasn't that nice in wear and quality. I came across this foundation when I watched a video posted on youtube by the beautiful Amanda Ensing. I thought it was all to good to be true as she raved about it, it was ticking all the boxes in all that I was looking for, so I went ahead and googled it and to my surprise I saw the price which I though was amazing. So, I bit the bullet and decided to buy, using the shade chart available on the website I went for shade F400 and it was perfect, I have since gotten the darker shade (F500) for when I went on holiday and the lighter shade (F300) for when I go a bit lighter in the winter. Since using this I have had a lot of people ask what I use which is why I wanted to blog about it. I've gone through the hard bit of searching and hope that maybe this can help someone. I will leave websites you can find these items on below.
www.lookfantastic.com
www.beautyexpert.co.uk
I hope today's post was helpful :)
Elle xx
