Face

From Heather, Shimz:

Hi Everybody–

Lancome Color Ideal is a prod­uct I’ve been using for the last 2 or 3 years, and it has become a sta­ple for my make-up rou­tine that I use pretty much every­day. Hopefully the infor­ma­tion that fol­lows is help­ful, although if there are any points I missed or any addi­tional ques­tions, let me know. This prod­uct is avail­able online through multiple sources, as well as through depart­ment stores, though I believe that Sephora does not carry this par­tic­u­lar foun­da­tion either online or in-store.

Ingredients:

 Titanium Dioxide 2.5%, Water, Isododecane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Butylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Isoeicosane, Disteardimonium Hectorite, C9-15 Fluoroalcohol Phosphate, Linalool, Sodium Chloride, Limonene, Isostearyl Neopentanoate, Panthenol, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Cetyl PEG/PPG 10/1 Dimethicone, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Hexyl Laurate, Fragrance, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde, Hexyl Cinnamal, Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Butylparaben, Tocopherol. May Contain: Mica Iron Oxides B12468/1.

Cosmetic Qualities:

Coverage for this foun­da­tion, at least for me, is about medium; it does an excel­lent job of pro­vid­ing an over­all smooth and nat­u­rally matte fin­ish, thought I rec­om­mend using con­cealer with this prod­uct for addi­tional cov­er­age of facial imper­fec­tions such as chicken pox scars, facial red­ness, or any other type of notice­able blem­ish. The tex­ture is creamy and easy to spread, and it is build­able when used with a light pow­der to a cer­tain extent. The qual­ity of each bot­tle I’ve bought has been con­sis­tent, and the pig­men­ta­tion is also excel­lent. This is also one of the very, very few foun­da­tions that I’ve found that actu­ally matches extremely fair pink skin-tones (I use the I-20 color both for sum­mer and win­ter), and they offer a wide range of col­ors. For those that wish to have a cos­metic with some sun pro­tec­tion, this foun­da­tion is avail­able with SPF 15, and it is also oil-free.

Allergy note:

I have never had a reac­tion to this foun­da­tion in any way. While I do use a primer under­neath much of the time, this foun­da­tion does an incred­i­ble job of pro­tect­ing my skin, and pro­vid­ing cov­er­age on the places on my face that are less than per­fect, such as hives, chicken pox scar­ring, and any other blem­ishes that appear. While this foun­da­tion does have a scent, it is not over­whelm­ing or heavy, and hasn’t caused headaches or any other type of reac­tion in that regard. However, I do rec­om­mend that any­one who is inter­ested in this prod­uct take extra time to check the scent, in addi­tion to per­haps rub­bing a small amount of the inside por­tion of the elbow to ensure that it will not have any type of adverse affect. (I’ve been told that this is the best place to check to see if a prod­uct will cause an aller­gic reac­tion, and I’ve pretty much found this to be true in most cases) (Editor’s note: I think she meant wrist)

Overall Impressions:

Excellent Product! While this prod­uct is some­what expen­sive com­pared to many other foun­da­tions, I would highly rec­om­mend that any­one sen­si­tive to cos­met­ics try a sam­ple of this prod­uct. The over­all qual­ity of the prod­uct is excel­lent, and the color stays true both with each bot­tle and at the point when it is applied to the skin. In the case of my sen­si­tive skin and aller­gies, this prod­uct hasn’t caused any irri­ta­tion at all, and I’ve been able to use it suc­cess­fully for a few years now. I’ve been very impressed with this foun­da­tion, and it was the basis for which I decided to try other Lancome prod­ucts that have been equally as excel­lent in that regard.

Thank you!

Heather

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