Let’s talk fragrance, people. What’s the first thing you think of when you think of smelly makeup? Grandma’s old lipstick, right? Absolutely. The sad part is that same freaking smell is still in the Maybelline, L’Oreal, and Revlon lipsticks today!
So what though, right? Maybe now you’re thinking of that sugar cookie scented lip gloss that you LOVE putting on. Or maybe you own one of those peach or chocolate scented eye shadow pallets that came out like last year or something. Those actually smell kind of pleasant, I get that.
Maybe your sugar cookie lip gloss and chocolate smelling eye shadow isn’t horrible for you, but what about scented base products? I’m talking scented primers, foundations, concealers, and stuff that is being spread all over your skin that will be on there for like, possibly 10+ hours.
So anyone who’s anyone in the makeup industry has talked, at length, about this foundation. I personally own it, which is why I feel completely comfortable talking about it today! Besides it being a pretty damn good foundation, L’Oreal’s very obvious use of fragrance in this foundation has raised a lot of red flags in the industry, and understandably so.
This lovely lady that hopefully some of you know, Tati Westbrook, made a whole review video of this foundation.
She mentions briefly that she personally doesn’t think that the fragrance is that bad, which I can also understand, but as someone who is coming from only using very toned down fragranced foundations in the past, WOW!
I have oily/combo skin which I find this foundation holds up fine with. I don’t quite see all the hubbub about it as I feel my Revlon Colorstay definitely does a better job actually staying on my skin, but this one has a nice shade that matches my pale skin and lasts pretty average on my skin.
My number one beef with this one is the scent! On my skin, it lasts all day. Luckily it has not given me a headache yet, but I could definitely see how those who are sensitive to smells could really, really hate this one. It’s definitely a perfume scent that, if wasn’t in a foundation, would actually smell quite pleasant. But the thing is that it’s slowly sinking into my pores all day which I am not a fan of.
If you are someone who knows that fragrance often breaks you out, don’t want to deal with that possibility of having a headache, and are just plain not into having fragrance in any of your skincare or makeup, I would say this one is a hard pass. It’s no Dior smell, but it’s definitely not the best.
I’ll probably use up the bottle and then go back to my tried and true Revlon Colorstay.
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