Hello everyone! Today I will review a liquid foundation for you: The Bourjois Paris City Radiance Liquid Foundation.
Cost: $7-$17, depending on where you buy it.
This foundation has SPF 30, an anti-pollution screen, and radiance-boosting pigments.
Brand Promises: The brand promises that this foundation will refresh and even the complexion. It will have a natural finish, brighten the skin, and give 24-hour hydration all day long. This foundation’s anti-pollution screen will also prevent carbon particles from adhering to the skin, which will allow the skin to breathe comfortably.
1. Rose Ivory
2. Vanilla
3. Light Beige
4. Beige
5. Golden Beige
6. Golden Sun
I have the shade 5 Golden Beige. For a foundation, the shade range is way too small, so this is not an ethnic-friendly foundation.
My Skin Type: I had normal skin since I was a child, but recently it has become oily.
Before Applying This Foundation (No Face Makeup)
After Applying This Foundation
This foundation adds a sheen to the skin, so if you have oily skin, you may not like this foundation. If you have normal skin, I suggest setting this foundation with powder.
White Cast/Flashback: This foundation has a white cast/flashback; it is too white on my skin, so I don’t recommend this foundation for anyone with a tan or darker skin.
How It Looks: I do not like how this foundation looks on my skin. I feel that my skin looked better, healthier, and younger before I applied this foundation.
Coverage: This foundation has excellent coverage. It is full coverage. You can layer this foundation where you need more coverage in order to build it up and get more coverage.
Scent: This foundation has a strong perfume/fragrance smell. When I smelled this foundation directly from the bottle, it gave me a slight headache. I normally don’t have a negative reaction to fragrance, so I think there is a chemical in this foundation that my body does not like.
Dark Circles: This foundation did lighten my dark circles, but my under-eye area still did not look very good; In this area, it looked like the foundation just cast a shadow over my under eye area, rather than improve and smooth out their appearance.
Lines: This foundation did settle into the lines underneath my eyes, but it did not settle into any other lines on my face, such as my smile lines.
Final Thoughts
I have other foundations that I like more than this one, but it is not a bad foundation. I think this foundation is only for a select group of people; people with light-colored skin, such as Asians or Caucasians, and not for people with any sort of tan or darker skin. The coverage is excellent for this foundation though. I do not come across foundations that I feel can reach true full coverage often so this is impressive. All in all, I do think that this is an excellent foundation for people with dry pale light-colored skin who are not sensitive to fragrance. For everyone else, I do not recommend this foundation.
