BECCA Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation in Porcelain

A beautiful, beautifully packaged foundation. This comes in a frosted glass bottle and it really is rather ethereal with its swirls of iridescence. And it promises so very much.

Now I have been a regular repurchaser of BECCA products - I loved their Luminous Skin Colour, a feather light tint which was pared with a stick foundation for concealing, they also made a compact concealer with a split pan of heavier and lighter consistency concealers. What was so amazing was the span of skin shades, I think 33. Some shades were sub- divided into cool, warm and neutral, it was a delight......so what the hell has happened with this foundation and its total of 9 shades?

Now I know that formulations have moved on exponentially since I was first purchasing BECCA some 10 years ago (and the rest), and there is more of a forgiving, sort of wriggle room between shades but I am disappointed to say the least.

Another disappointment is the delivery system - a dropper which is millimetres narrower in diametre than the neck of the product meaning smearing and mess.

So I am disappointed on 2 fronts, shade range and delivery system. Going back to the shade range I have swatched it on my hand below 

BECCA Ultimate Coverage Complexion Creme in Porcelain on left and BECCA Aqua Luminous Perfecting Foundation in Porcelain on the right - there is to my eye about a 2 shades difference and an unwanted warmth to the Aqua Luminous.

So saying this is a really lovely foundation. I can apply 1 pump and it covers without caking and sets to negate the need for any setting powder. It lasts my usual 7 to 8 hours and does not deteriorate or break down or separate. It really does look like my own skin. I just cannot get used to the warmthness of the porcelain shade of this foundation.

I bought mine from Cult Beauty which is currently the only place in UK which carries the porcelain shade.

BECCA Foundation Brush #102

I need a new foundation brush like a hole in the head, but my current foundation of choice is BECCA Ultimate Complexion Foundation and after seeing Alex Byrne apply it with this brush, I felt compelled to buy.

This is a small, densely packed synthetic brush. The fibres are quite firm, and it is more akin to a flat foundation brush but in a more 3D form if that makes sense. It picks up enough product without absorbing the product, and the small pointed head makes for accuracy in application. I find that it is particularly good at stippling product into the skin in order to minimise my pores.

I have photographed it next to the Sigma F180 from the side.

And from above.

I bought this from SpaceNK for £33.