Yeah, BR32, I thought it will be too dark. I'm pleased to know you found a way for this foundation to work on you.
I agree!!!I almost died on the spot tonight when I walked into Saks and saw the new foundations. I came away with a sample because Saks can be funny about their returns. I did try it on the side of my face and #94 Ambre seemed to be perfect. The nice saleslady gave me enough to do my face maybe 3 or 4 days. I got a good feeling about this. Even when I got home and looked in the mirror, it seemed to blend right into my skin. The texture is a dream. I think I will have to sit Mufe in a corner. I told the saleslady "I love Chanel. It's about time you guys acknowledged the existence of my people". I smiled, but I was dead serious. She said "I know" apologetically.If all goes well tomorrow, I will be heading back to buy this foundation on Saturday.
This foundation is more matte than the Mufe face and body. It also sets faster and feels lighter. I think it has a bit more coverage. Face and Body is still my favorite, but I prefer this over Mufe HD, though. I look like I have the skin of a 20 year old with the Face and Body stuff. I wore the Chanel foundation all day today and it looked really good. It looked even better after an hour or so of wear.
That is so weird and random. Just checked here and it seems to be available at some department shop site, but I could not click on it yet. Maybe they are still updating their site.i'm pretty sure that i read that we won't get this foundation in the uk until next year. at least it gives me a chance to use up my newest bottle of vl aqua foundation!
I swatched Face and Body once, and quite like it. I don't like MUFE HD, I bought a bottle of it. Now if I can get samples of Face and Body to try it on my face for a few days, I'll know if I want it. Good to hear you are enjoying chanel perfection lumiere.
The Louise Young version is synthetic. I think its the shape (huge domed head) that really makes it work so well. I love that thing. For the perfect 'airbrushed' effect though... you're right, nothing beats natural hairs.
HD goes on too thick for me all alone. I don't need/want that much coverage and it sticks to my dry skin in an unfortunate way. It works great with Mac Lustre Drops. The LD don't make my face greasy or overly shiny and it makes the HD go on smoother. I prefer F&B because it looks more like my skin, just better. When I was in class today, I was laughing and I put a piece of paper up to my forehead. I was like
when I noticed some of the Chanel foundation rubbed off on the paper. That's another difference between this and my 3 mufe foundations. None of those transfer for me. Not even the duo matte powder.
It transferred for you? Hmmm, I don't have that issue. I use a 'very' thin layer of it though, because it totally adheres to my skin. I don't get any transfer once it's set. Takes about 5 minutes for it to set on my skin, but I'm VERY oily so I figure that's why.HD goes on too thick for me all alone. I don't need/want that much coverage and it sticks to my dry skin in an unfortunate way. It works great with Mac Lustre Drops. The LD don't make my face greasy or overly shiny and it makes the HD go on smoother. I prefer F&B because it looks more like my skin, just better. When I was in class today, I was laughing and I put a piece of paper up to my forehead. I was like
Yeah, it did transfer. Nothing major, but I was surprised. I think I used a pretty light hand with it. The real test will be when I get caught in the rain.
I had the same problem.B10 looked perfect in the bottle but it turned orange on me. Not 'cheeto' orange but it was noticeable. I'm going to try Mac Matchmaker next, I have a sample of that. It acutally looks dark in the jar but we'll see.
I didn't get any transfer either, but like you I'm also quite oily. Been wearing Perfection Lumiere daily for about a week now and happy to report no breakouts! I'm quite happy with my purchase, and glad I jumped on it. Surprisingly I've quit using my beauty blender/foundation brushes and just apply with my fingers and blend with my 187. I think it might adhere better and longer than it's already great wear time if I wear a primer...going to try out Koh Gen Doh's yellow primer once Sephora's F&F rolls around in the next two weeks (10/20 according to MUA). Needing a travel kabuki for my Poudre Universalle Compacte and debating between Chanel's Petit Pinceau or Too Faced's retractable kabuki. Anyone have either of those and can share their thoughts? Chanel's pressed powder seems to be pretty hard (my ecotools kabuki barely picks up any product), so I'm probably thinking Chanel's travel kabuki would be best as I hear it's a stiffer brush..but I HATE how it's not retractable.
