Just launched from MAC this month is their Next to nothing
face colour.
It’s pretty much a
tinted moisturiser but with a tiny little bit more cover.
Designed to give skin a luminous veil which slightly evens
the skin and hydrates.
What do we think?
On paper we loved it. A sheer base ready for summer, which
will look natural but help to softly perfect the skin. Sounds like a base we
would love.
It feels really nice on application. Balmy, easy to blend in
and smells pretty nice too. The coverage is minimal, like pretty much blends
away to not a lot. Great for those who don’t really like a foundation but just
need a little help (I guess that’s who it is marketed at by naming it face
colour rather than foundation).
It delicately tints
the skin but by no means covers. If you need extra coverage you’ll need to pop
on a separate concealer.
The finish is luminous and radiant but with not a trace of
shimmer thank goodness. Mica and Titanium dioxide are present albeit in small
quantities and although we didn’t think it flashed back on camera, you may want
to test it out on your own skin first before slapping it on for your wedding
day.
The balmy texture means that it sits nicely on a dry skin
but we did find it clung to dry patches. It’s minimal because it’s such a sheer
cover but on close inspection you can see it. We thought that it surprisingly
sat nicer on a combination skin. Would feel too much like a film for an oily
skin.
Sam found that this oxidised really quickly on her skin.
Within 5 minutes it had dried off and set to at least a shade darker so we
would say pick your normal shade and then go one lighter to combat this.
Both Nic and myself
(Stacey) found that this foundation bobbled up and rolled on our skin. This
will most likely be because this is a silicone (dimethicone) based tint. Rather
than being absorbed into the skin these ingredients tend to sit. It’s fine if
you are just buffing over a thin layer and not much else but once you start
building the layers or adding other products on top then you will find bobbles
of base all over your face. We tested this over 3 different moisturisers and
even on bare skin and it still did this so be cautious of that. Sam however
didn’t experience this so it may be that it just reacted with our individual skin.
There are 9 shades and they are categorised in light through
to deep dark rather than the standard MAC NC or NW category. I would say the
lightest shade would be around an NW20 and the darkest would be an NC45.
This foundation is available now in store although I think
it will be out of stock pretty quickly as always with MAC. It’s £27.00 for a
35ml pump bottle.
I was thinking this would be a great base for summer, however, after reading your review I could easily say it is definitely not for me. I have oily skin so the last thing I want is a film of foundation on my skin, I will pass that!
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