Review of Maybelline Dream Creamy Foundation

Photo: Maybelline website


I love a new product! I saw this and couldn't resist. I am a big fan of Maybelline make up, i think the mascaras are just as good, if not better than a lot of premium brands. I also really like their lipsticks and a few of their foundations. I thought I would give this a go, as it was new and on offer!
Price: £5.99 on an introductory offer, will be £7.99 normally.
Available from: Boots, Superdrug and all good stockists :-)
Shades: Light Porcelein, Nude, Sand, Fawn and Sun Beige.
What the website says:
"Our new cream-whipped foundation for 100% baby smooth perfection and up to 14hrs hydration
- Specifically designed for normal to dry skin
- Hydrates skin for up to 14 hours
- Skin looks impossibly smooth, feels touchably soft
- Transforms from a solid to a liquid, blends seamlessly.

NEW Dream Creamy, our new cream-whipped foundation hydrates the skin. The combination of rich hydration in a lightweight formula blends seamlessly full-stop 100% smooth perfection for a foundation that stays looking fresh all day."

What I like:
I like the texture of it. It's so much lighter than a lot of "solid" foundations I have tried before, and a lot lighter than the Dream Matte Mousse. It's also really soft and smooth, the texture AND the feel on your skin. It sounds really odd, but when you apply it, it feels really cool on the skin, it would be lovely to use in the summer. I also love the way it glides onto the skin really smoothly. It's also very easy to blend.

What I dislike:
I love a full coverage foundation. I normally use a number of different foundations (not all at the same time, though it has been known!) including L'oreal Infallible, Revlon Colorstay, Mac Studio Fix Fluid, Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Plump Perfect Make up, just to give you an idea! This one just wasn't enough coverage for me. It was a light to medium coverage I would say. It isn't as full coverage as the mousse. If I was to apply it to the coverage I wanted, it wouldn't be very economical.
I also found it quite hard to apply. At first I used a foundation brush, and found it quite difficult. I moved onto using the little sponge included, but it didn't seem big enough, it was just OK. I think I may need to get a bigger sponge and try it that way.
I also disliked the packaging, I found it really hard to open. It's a bit fiddly! You have to screw the top off, and the product is underneath, inside the top. (sounds complicated, but you will know what I mean if you buy one!) The sponge is in a different compartment.
It states it "stays looking fresh all day". I would disagree with that. I would say it only lasted on my skin a few hours.(I used a moisturiser and primer before applying as well, and my skin is dry/combination)

Would I buy again?
Probably not. It's ok for wearing to work, but that's about it for me.

Overall, I love the texture and would be perfect if you were looking for a lightweight, light to medium coverage foundation.

Product: 2.5/5
Packaging: 2.5/5
Quality: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

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