Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation ?

Let me start off by telling: I'm very pale skinned with a yellow undertone to it. My skin is very oily and sometimes makeup just slides off (always need a primer). 

I find that it can be difficult for drugstore brands too make pale foundations (and even harder trying not to make them orange). For years I've been using MAC Pro Longwear foundation in NC 15, but it's a little more heavy in coverage than I need, so I though I might try something new.

There has been a lot of talking about the Rimmel foundation online lately and with good reason. Swatching it in the store it looked a bit orange, but blended out it looks beautiful. I would say it's a light to medium coverage. Not much more. But the smell is very lovely and clean - unlike my MAC one that smells odd.

On the skin it feels like you just put on a light moisturiser, you blend it out and woopti doo perfect skin. It applies really well and somehow - even though I'm a bit of a sceptic about this part - adapts too your skin tone see the pics below. But for the time being I'll have too say it works wonders.
The finish is very natural, but if you've got oily skin like me, you will need too use a matte powder on top.

The packaging is the old one? I think they've relaunched it with a blue cap or something - which means I got mine 50% off making it 5£. 

Both blendet out

LEFT: MAC NC15, RIGHT: Rimmel Ivory

I swatched the ''wake me up'' one as well, but it's too glittery for my oily skin. If I need a little pick me up I'll prime my skin using my clarins beauty balm instead.     




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A perfect MAC Satin Taupe dupe?

Yesterday I discovered something that has been right under my nose for a very long time.. Satin Taupe by MAC is one of my all time favourite eyeshadow colors. As the name imply, it's a satin taupe color with a very light gold sheen too it. It's beautiful! But it is 12£ pr. shadow. That is a ridiculous amount off money - yes I am a student and therefore by definition ''poor''.
So being ''poor'' makes you wanna search and find alternatives, and yesterday that is what I found!

MF on the left, MAC on the right

One off my first shadows ever, was one of the Earth Spirits shadows from Maxfactor. Fantastic shadows for 6£ each (half the price off MAC and always on sale somewhere). It is the color Burnt Bark - a beautiful taupe color with satin fine shimmers.

Now, comparing the two colors I find them too be extremely similar! The only difference is that the MAC one has only a gold sheen too it, where the MF one has more off a fine shimmery finish and a slight nuance cooler than the Satin Taupe.
In texture they are both really similar as well. The MF one is a really good pigmented shadow right up there with MAC (I might not repurchase satin taupe anymore!).
   
The picture shows the color a bit more reddish brown than the colors really are in natural light - they are a slight nuance more cool toned. They look pretty similar don't you think?

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