Looking for a really good foundation

totally agree!

nightowl

There was recently a very good and informative thread on animal testing of cosmetics, which may be of interest when considering which foundation to wear. Many leading brands have a very poor record when it comes to animal cruelty.

www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1328906-Were-you-aware-animal-testing-of-cosmetics-is-now-permitted-for-many-cosmetic-ingredients

This.

It took me years to find a foundation that I am now very happy with and have found 3
Bare Minerals
Laura Mercier
By Terry - inventor of the Touche Eclat pen when she worked for YSL

I'm another advocate for phoera- love it. I've tried so many foundations and j think this is my favourite and so cheap.

Damaskrose thank you for reinforcing this. One of the posts on the earlier thread was something along the lines that, sadly, people don’t really care about animal cruelty, and I’m afraid that seems to be true.

Estée Lauder double wear. Keep coming back to it !

No 7 intelligent foundation brilliant.

I use Charlotte tilbury...not cheap tho....my DD always comes shopping when I need make up

Likerubysong I go for mineral powder. It seems to morph into the skin.

I use clarins, I think to get it right you need to have the make-up consultant in a department store help you. I always spend on foundation but buy cheaper brands for other make-up products.

After using Clarins for years now using Mac. Love it

I would say go to MAC and get somebody to help you. They do a lot of products with different coverage and a wonderful range of colours to match your skin. They'll try a couple on your skin for you (make sure they put a primer on first) so you can have a good look at the result in artificial and day light.

Clinique every time.

I can't get to a shop, am housebound and stuck in the house, plus are very rural here, so order everything online.

I use this too. I have been asked what I use many times.

Foundation used to be rather heavy .
I recall the tide marks created by Max Factor Panstick !

New foundations are so much lighter and more flattering .

I also rate Charlotte Tillbury ,Clinique and Mac !

There's a huge choice
.
If you are housebound - your main difficulty is choosing the right colour .
Rather than make an expensive mistake I'd go for Avon .
If you really hate heavy make up - Lisa Armstrong is definitely the lightest one , that I've tried .

Esmay

Foundation used to be rather heavy .
I recall the tide marks created by Max Factor Panstick !

New foundations are so much lighter and more flattering .

I also rate Charlotte Tillbury ,Clinique and Mac !

There's a huge choice
.
If you are housebound - your main difficulty is choosing the right colour .
Rather than make an expensive mistake I'd go for Avon .
If you really hate heavy make up - Lisa Armstrong is definitely the lightest one , that I've tried .

I've got an Avon lady! She lives two doors down - I just never bought make up off her before, stuck to shower and hair and handwash etc. Maybe that would be the way to go at first to get the shade and cover etc right. Then I quite fancy trying MAC, it's not one that I know at all but looks good on the website.

I loved Panstick! Used that for years. God knows what I'd look like in it now though

Check out THE ORDINARY. Great products. Foundation under £10

I also used Panstick in the days when I wore false eyelashes painted on lashes as well !

I do remember my Grandma waiting until she thought that I was out of the house and heard her laughing .
I think that she called me a circus clown .
That's was it - I toned it down .

I remember a phase of thick black eyeliner with brilliant white eyeshadow above it. My dad said I looked like a panda ) And then there was the white lipstick......

I also went for the Panda look with my Op Art boots and home made dress , which could have doubled up as a Draughts board .
A similar reflection at the busstop made my mother bin one of her dresses .

Going out one evening , I looked at one of my friends .
She seemed to have an odd frozen expression and looked uncomfortable .
She'd painted her eyelids with her big sister's silver nail polish .

I would suggest going into a shop and get someone to choose the right textured foundation and colour for you... our complexion changes with age. Let them put some on you and then go home before you buy it. See how you like it. I have used Shiseido in the past but now find it far too heavy.It now makes me look older than I do without it!! So I'm currently using Clinique which covers small blemishes and give a nice look but doesn't look made up. A little goes a very long way. It's a lighter texture that still gives good coverage. Good luck.

I'm mainly housebound and also live very rural Philippalll, or I would do that. I used to like wandering around perfume & makeup departments

nightowl

Damaskrose thank you for reinforcing this. One of the posts on the earlier thread was something along the lines that, sadly, people don’t really care about animal cruelty, and I’m afraid that seems to be true.

I know. I find it very sad.