Rimmel and Collection Review

Hello everyone,

Today I'm going to review the products on my latest Instagram post @beauty_scene_ which are:

Rimmel Lasting Finish Nude Foundation; Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer and Rimmel Stay Matte Powder that I bought recently from Boots. These are all very affordable products and I will give links below to the Boots website where they can be purchased.

Rimmel Lasting Finish Nude Foundation 

I'd heard some really great reviews about this product and how it is talked of as the high-street 

Nars sheer-glow so I decided to give a try and bought it from Boots for £7.99, which I thought was perfectly reasonable. I got it in the shade light porcelia, as my face is quite fair and I normally find darker tones too orange for my complexion- it is a tiny bit light for me but blends really well and makes me look far more awake so with a little bronzer and a touch of colour to my cheeks it looks great. With my skin being mainly oily, I often steer clear of dewy-finish foundation and tend to go for a more matte look, however this product is somewhere in between as it is quite mattifying but it also gives your skin a radiance and a glow to it which gives off a very healthy look. I know this may be a scary idea for all of you with oily skin, as the one thing you want to do is avoid being shiny, but this product has minimised my oil production a lot and my face doesn't look oily at all. Please if you are sceptical about it, give it a try and I'm sure you will not regret it; I dont know how well this works with dry skin but according to most reviews it is compatible with almost all skin types which I would expect as it is a little dewy, and suprisingly hydrating.  Although I would say that it doesnt really need a powder, those will very oily skin may want to set their base which is absolutely fine as it looks fine with powder over the top too, and would just take the shine off a little bit. So far, it has stayed on well throughout the day, and looks great on a night out as well. It says it has medium coverage which  I would agree with as it covers any blemishes well but is smooth and light on my skin compared to previous Rimmel foundations which I have felt are quite heavy and cakey. I love this foundation! Thank you Rimmel.

http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Lasting-Finish-Nude-Foundation_1525350/

 

Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer

Again, another product that many people are talking about, but I have only just decided to try and I'm pleasantly surprised as I thought this would be the type of product that will not be compatible with my skin but that all others love- good thing I was wrong! I originally bought this in the shade cool medium but found that it was too dark for my skin tone and made me look quite orange, so I it in shade fair and found it was far better yet a bit too light so I like mixing both as it gives me my perfect colour. The coverage on this is great although it still feels light on my face, so it isn't cakey at all; it is so smooth on the skin and the small applicator is useful when you only need to cover a small blemish. I have found it does stay on for quite a long time, not nearly as long as the 16 hour claim but I think the price £4.19 is accurate as I know that they have recently increased its price to this amount due to its popularity. I reccomend this to all but maybe more for combination/normal/dry/mildly oily skin  as I found I did have to apply rather a lot of the product to the oilier areas of my face, but if you are prepared to do that then that's fine. It covers hyper-pigmentation fine; conceals acne very well making an even skintone.The only things I'd change about this product would be expanding the colour range and increasing the size of the product as it seems to run out fairly fast.

http://www.boots.com/en/Collection-Lasting-Perfection-Concealer_1436032/

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

Overall, I would say I am underwhelmed by this product-definitely is good for providing a matte finish however, even with a little bit on, the texture looked completely unatural and it comes off well before 5 hours has gone. So I'd probably only reccomend this to people with completely oily skin as I find it clings to dry patches on my face and does not look flattering at all as it sits in any lines on my skin, so for combination skin, I would be very careful where you apply this. I did think that the shade transparent that I bought it in was good as it still has a nice bronze-like undertone, despite the fact it was pale, which I liked. Maybe this product just doesn't like my skin but I have heard people who love this and would never chose anything else, yet I felt that at £3.99, it wasn't really worth it. I am disappointed as I normally do love Rimmel powder but unfortunately was not impressed with this one overall.


http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Stay-Matte-Pressed-Powder_1015573/



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