Daily Diary By Gabriela

L'oreal Magic Nude Liquid Powder

Hello Everyone!
I have waited a while to do this foundation review because I've had mixed emotions about it in the past couple of weeks.
I've been using this foundation since I first hauled it from ULTA here, almost a month now.
In this post you will see pictures of me wearing the foundation on different days, with flash and no flash.
I will also show you the texture of the foundation, in case you want to give this a try it is no surprise to you.

L'oreal Magic Nude Liquid Powder

Price:

Ulta $12.99

My Shade:

Nude Beige (316)

What it Claims:

This foundation claims to be MAGIC!

No flaws

No Make up feel

Transforms into a powder like finish; leaving face feeling light as if your not wearing make up.

(L'oreal Paris)

My First Impressions:
The first thing I noticed about this foundation was of course the pretty bottle it comes in.
The first time I used this foundation I wasn't sure how to apply it, I had seen reviews and noticed it was very liquidy so I made sure to be very careful with it.
When I first applied it I put it on the back of my hand and I thought to my self how is this foundation a powder!?
As you can see in the picture below if you apply to much it gets very messy, it's a very runny consistency.

First Application:

I decided to put some on the back of my hand, then continue to dot it on my face and use a powder brush from ELF to blend the foundation. This is how I apply most of my foundations, with this one in particular I attempted to use my hands but it's too messy and the foundation is very greasy at least in my opinion.

Day 1

This picture (above) is when I first applied the foundation. It blended evenly and pretty easily and it matched my skin perfectly.

Day 2

Coverage:
This foundation has light-medium coverage I don't believe it can be full coverage because it's very light weight and even when building up the foundation at least to me it gets very oily so I try to avoid that as much as possible, and keep it simple with 1 or 2 layers only.

In the claims you will see this foundations says it feels as if your not wearing make up, well on me it's the complete opposite. I feel the make up melting off my face or just sliding off. Any time I touch my face for any reason I have foundation all over my hands and it's very oily as I mentioned earlier.

Day 2: Mid day

At the end of the day I still have some coverage but around my mouth area most of the make up has come off and because I wear glasses around my eyes and nose there isn't much foundation left.

Day 2: End of the Night

On the picture with no flash (on the left) you can see all my imperfections showing.
At the end of the night I feel like all the foundation has slid off and I'm left with no coverage, but I still have a very oily feeling.

Overall:
This foundation is not one of my favorites, I thought because it would have a powdery finish that it would work good with my oily combination skin. I'm not sure if the heat has anything to do with how this foundation has effected me, I even tried it with a primer, which I've never used and without and it made no difference.
I'm sad that I didn't like it.
If you've given this foundation a try please share your thoughts down below on how this foundation worked for you. Also feel free to check out some of my other foundation reviews on the side bar on the 'Popular Posts'.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope this is helpful.

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First ULTA Haul

Beauty

Hello Everyone!

Today I went to ULTA for the first time.
I've always been curious to go but I always end up at Target.

I've wanted to try different make up brands so I had to try somewhere new.

I was like a kid at a candy store it was so much fun to shop and look at all the different sections they have.

From the higher end to the same drugstore products I'm used to.

It's so organized, clean, and your able to test out most of the products.

The people who work there are so nice and if you have any questions they're there to help.

I don't know what I've been waiting for to go but I will defiantly be going back.

First ULTA Haul

List of Products:

Real Techniques Travel Essentials-Brush Set $17.99 at Ulta

L'oreal Magic Nude Liquid Powder in Nude Beige $12.99 at Ulta

Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Coffee Cake $7.99 at Ulta

NYX High Definition Concealer in Beige $4.99 at Ulta

L'oreal Studio Secrets Lumi Primer $12.99 at Ulta

NYX Super Skinny Eye Liner-Eye Marker $8.99 at Ulta

Maybelline Volume Express Falsies Mascara Big eyes in Blackest Black- Not waterproof $7.99 at Ulta

L'oreal Studio Secrets Lumi Primer $12.99 at

Brushes

Since I have been using make up I have always used in expensive brushes that do the job but don't do it as good as they probably should. Lately I have seen a lot of people on YouTube rave about the Real Techniques brushes from Samantha from the Pixiwoo sisters.

To my surprise the brushes were not crazy expensive, so I was really excited to pick out a set instead of just one brush. They have brushes out on display so you can feel them and check out the quality before you purchase them, which I thought was really cool.

I picked up the Travel Set because it came with the brushes I wanted on top of coming in this cute little set. I really like that it comes with room to add other brushes and not just space for the one it came with.

Eyes

I have so excited to see NYX products!

I have never shopped the collection; I know where have I been right?!

I've seen reviews on the fat marker by NYX and when I saw a skinny marker I wanted to give it a try.

Love the thin tip of the Marker and I swatched it and I'm liking how dark the black is.

Another new beauty product that has gotten a lot of attention in the beauty community, is the Volume'Ex Big Eyes Mascara. I just had to pick it up!

Face

I also had to pick up a new foundation and this one has definitely been on my wish list.

I've also seen some mixed reviews on this foundation, some people love it some not so much.

I've been wanting to try this blush since it came out and when looking through the collection at ULTA I saw a lot of pinky blushes but then the name of this blush got me. Coffee Cake, I mean come on for a coffee lover, this is my color (lol).

The texture of this foundation is really weird, nothing I've ever used before. But the color is very pretty.

I can't remember the last time I purchased a concealer, but I got excited with the NYX high definition line.

I can't wait to try this stuff out!

Here's another first, I have never picked up a primer before and I've seen many people use this stuff and it caught my attention. I'm very excited to try this too.

I plan on doing reviews on all the new stuff I picked up. Feel free to let me know which one you would prefer I do first. I hope you enjoyed my first of many ULTA hauls!

Thank you so much for stopping by!