Review - Maybelline Dream Creamy Foundation

I picked this foundation up a couple of weeks ago at my nearest Boots for £5.99 - it is on special offer at the moment, and will normally retail at £7.99...

The foundation comes in five shades - Light Porcelain, Nude, Sand, Fawn, and Sun Beige. A distictly narrow shade range, which doesn't cater for women of colour unfortunately... No prizes for guessing which colour I chose (Yup, the lightest, ie Light Porcelain... but there really is no prize if you guessed correctly....). 

You get 14g of product, and it has a 12 month expiry.  

As far as I am aware this is now available in Boots. Superdrug and various supermarkets now....

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The foundation comes in a screw top shallow jar, the "lid" section screws off, and clicks open to reveal an application sponge... 

The foundation itself is made for drier skins, and is "Solid-to-liquid, ultra smooth and hydrating" so, if you have oily skin, I wouldn't recommend it... It is a solid formula, which turns into a creamy liquid on contact with the skin, as shown below.

 

I have a feeling that for the foundation to have this property, it may contain some kind of wax derivative...

The sponge provided is pretty thin, and I decided against using it, as I often find sponges apply cream foundation too thickly, and can make it look very mask-like... obviously that's a completely personal thing... I actually used a flat top kabuki buffer brush (my Sonia Kashuk Space NK sale special...to be precise...), and applied this by tapping the brush lightly on the surface of the foundation, stippling onto the face and then buffing in. 

A little of the foundation goes a LONG way, and results in a low-medium coverage, although is buildable, but I felt it looked more natural applied lightly, with concealer covering any blemishes.

The foundation provides a creamy looking dewy finish - If you are after matte, don't bother with this one...

For the first few days of using the foundation, I was actually really impressed - after the disappointment of the other "Dream" products, I finally thought Maybelline had got it right...


I personally loved the dewy finish this gave - a light dusting of powder in the T-Zone was enough to set it nicely, and on my dry skin, it lasted really well - at least a full day at work, and beyond. It felt nice on the skin too, leaving it feeling nice and soft, and for a cream foundation felt surprisingly light, and was easily blended. 


If you were sensing a "but" coming, you were right - unfortunately after about 4 days, I noticed I was starting to get a breakout - I perservered with it, but each day it seemed to get worse. I was really disappointed... I'm guessing this may be due to either the ingredients, or the foundation may just be simply too heavy for my skin, as was suggested on Twitter the other night...

I'll probably use this occasionally until it is used up, but not often enough to break out, because as I say, I really like the look and finish of the foundation, but the breakouts, I can totally do without...

Verdict - Proceed with caution, especially if you have sensitive or breakout prone skin. Not great for matte lovers, on my skin, resulted in a long-lasting dewy finish.