Make Up Forever HD foundation review!

Hello, my beautiful, flawless fans. It's been a big summer, what with the successful run of Bombshell Baby, trips to Disney World, etc, but now I'm back! I want to get started with a review of a product I started using during the run of Bombshell Baby! For the past few videos we made and the show I did at the Duplex, I used a really heavy, awful foundation by Max Factor that I thought would give me a lot of coverage...but it just felt awful on my skin and I couldn't stand it. SO, I walked into Sephora and they were having a special deal on the Make Up Forever HD Foundation. I got the foundation, the HD primer, and the amazing HD powder for $70. Normally, the foundation and powder alone would be $80, so throwing in the primer, which is normally $30, made it a great, great deal.

So I happily brought these new products to my dressing room. The primer is great, but I knew that because I had used it before. I applied the foundation and I was just instantly THRILLED with it. For a liquid foundation it feels so wonderful on the skin. It's easily blended (I use my Samanthan Chapman foundation brush) and the coverage is really amazing. I've been wearing it daily and using less product for a more natural look, but this foundation is easy to build on and was good for stage as well. Also, I look stunning in the pictures, so it was clearly working :)! If you use liquid foundation, I highly recommend this one. Here is the foundation in action...

Also wearing Yves Saint Laurent concealer, Ben Nye concealer, MUFE HD Powder, MAC Russian Red Lipstick, MAC Nylon eyeshadow, NYX brown shadow, Kat Von D Tattoo liquid liner, MUFE lower lashes, etc.

elf High Definition Powder V.S MUFE High Definition Powder

Hello, my gorgeous, flawless looking fans! This past weekend I used a LOT of makeup for Bombshell Baby! and tried a lot of new things I had purchased, but hadn't had a chance to use. One of these was the elf High Definition Powder. I had used the MUFE High-def powder for a while. I liked it a lot, besides when it came to flash photos in areas I applied a lot (like concealer), but I was interested in another option, especially one that costs less than $10.

The MUFE powder costs $32 and while it is WONDERFUL, I honestly can't say it is wildly better than the elf powder which is $6. I have issues with the MUFE packaging. It is difficult to get the powder out. The elf package comes with a powder puff of a pretty good quality and it is just a nicer packaging. It's larger, so maybe it's not for carrying in your purse, but it's a superior package. The ingredients to these powders are actually very similar. The MUFE powder is truly better, but for $26 more, I would choose the elf powder over it for every day. A makeup artist would definitely want to go for the MUFE powder.

I used both of these during the show and found them both to be wonderful.

Makeup Forever HD Powder and Flash Photography

Hello, my gorgeous, makeup wearing fans! These pictures have been going around for a while, but I wanted to spread the word about this just so this NEVER happens to you. Makeup Forever has a translucent HD powder which is designed to make people look amazing with HD cameras. It has a silicon in it which fills in your skin and reduces wrinkles, smooths out skin, etc. It's a fabulous powder that is used for movies, film and everyday...but if you are going to taking flash photographs DO NOT WEAR IT! Unfortunately, when applied heavily on concealer, which is what you SHOULD do for under eye concealer so it doesn't crease, it is so strong and reflects so much, that in flash photos the areas that you apply the most powder to show up as white and powdery. NUTS! Obviously Nicole, Ashley and Eva's makeup artists didn't know this...now they do. Also, check out Wayne Goss talking about this and doing a demonstration!