No Powder Day 10 and 11

Phew, nearly over! Its great actually trying so many different foundations and seeing which ones I would like to buy for their staying power and just for how good they look from day to night!

Day 1, 2 and 3
Day 4, 5 and 6
Day 7, 8 and 9

I am really liking this challenge... but I am not sure I will keep up the whole no powder thing... If anything I will search for a very light or hydrating powder if there is such a thing!?

DAY 10
Estee Lauder Equalizer foundation


Start of Day: 9am

This applies well and doesnt streak too much. I applied this with my MAC 109 brush and then used my MAC 187 and stippled it all over my face. This is described on the website as a sheer to medium coverage foundation, but I found this more medium... but I did build it up with 2 layers. It has evened out my skin tone nicely and I have had no need to any concealer on my face. I did however need under eye concealer and brightener. It has dried to a more satin finish... it is a little bit dry on my t-zone now that it has dried.

End of Day: 

As I said earlier, this got quite dry and that fact didn't change through the day! This might be better for oilier combination skin types than mine. It did however last all day and still looked great even though I was touching my face all day being with Amber and playing around with her.

DAY 11
Korres Watermelon Tinted Moisturiser


Start of Day: 9am

The best tinted moisturiser ever... it has amazing coverage and goes on so smoothly. It dries pretty quickly though so you have to blend pretty quick. It dries to quite a luminous finish, and it stuck to my hair a bit. I did put my hair up after I took this picture though!

End of Day: 9pm

Hmm this isn't the best on its own, It would really need a setting powder with it as it does feel quite greasy through the day as you can see in the above picture. My skin tone is still even though which is a plus! I just love how great coverage it is!

THE END

Will I stop using setting powders?

No, I dont think so, I think I still need a little something more on my face to even everything out and give me a much better coverage.

This was great though for testing out how foundations act on their own, without powders over the top. As you may have noticed through the course of this experiment that some foundations acted and stayed a lot longer than most. Take Origins Youthtopia, Nars Sheer Glow and Estee Lauder Double Wear, these are all ones that have stood out to me and just think what they are like with powders!