I love when I get stuff in the mail, especially unexpected goodies! I got the new Marc Jacobs Shameless foundation in the mail right before I left for Las Vegas, so it became my travel foundation for that trip. (I was originally going to bring the Fenty foundation but was meh on the matte finish for my going out looks.) It was risky, bringing a brand new, untested product with me, but life is about adventure, right? Before we get started, I received this product for free from Influenster (my referral link, fyi) in exchange for an honest review.
The Marc Jacobs Shameless foundation has the following claims in the description - "24-hour wear," "provides buildable, medium coverage that blends seamlessly," and "the perfect level of coverage allows for flexibility." The foundation comes in a sleek squeezy tube, which some have complained feels cheap. I like it, I like easy to dispense products. I'd rather a cheaper feeling squeeze tube than an intricate glass bottle with no pump. (Looking at you, way too many luxury brands.) The entire black bottom pops off for the squeeze portion of the bottle. The foundation needs to be shaken, or you'll get some liquid with some clumps in it. Once shaken, it's a fairly liquidy foundation that doesn't appear too heavy.
I usually use a beauty blender to apply foundation over a mattifying primer (NARS Pore & Shine Control.) For the life of me, I could not get this foundation to sit right on top of my primer. If my primer was not immaculately applied, evenly spread out to the thinnest possible layer, this foundation clumped up on it. I tried mixing it with moisturizer (belif Aqua Bomb) to see if it would thin out and be more forgiving, and no dice. As I had only brought one primer with me, I tried it with a more hydrating primer (Becca First Light Priming Filter) at home, just to give it one last shot - same problem. The foundation just did not sit right on my skin, making for an uneven looking surface for the rest of my makeup. Due to this, I feel like it did not live up to the claim of "blending seamlessly." The coverage, however, was solidly medium - covered redness but my freckles were still somewhat visible. Unfortunately, the product also highlighted my large pores on my cheeks.
Concerning wear time, I wore this to work once over a hydrating primer, and it did not hold up well. Halfway through my day (4-5 hours in) I noticed the foundation visibly breaking down on my chin. I am oily, and I do normally wear a mattifying primer, but something claiming 24 hour wear shouldn't be looking crappy at hour 5. I didn't wear the foundation long enough with a matte primer to see how that lasted. (Not to mention it wore worse over a matte primer in terms of application.)
I received the shade Y130, "light with yellow undertones." I'm fairly pale, with more yellow than red in my complexion. The foundation claims that due to the coverage level, this foundation can be flexible - I still found it far too yellow on me. However, it wasn't too dark, and I think the next Y shade up would be too dark on me. Even when slightly sheered out with moisturizer, it didn't exactly fit.
I really tried with this one. I really didn't want to "wrong shade, one star" it, even though it wasn't really my shade. It just didn't work out for me at all. I'm glad I got the chance to try it, and I passed it along to a friend so she could give it a shot as well. I picked up a foundation sample from Sephora halfway through my trip to make sure I had something better to work with. On to the next one, I guess!
Pros:
- Easy to use packaging
- Medium coverage
Cons:
- Applies poorly over primer, both hydrating and mattifying
- Emphasized pores
- Breaks down much sooner than 24 hours
- Foundation starts to break down halfway through an 8 hour work shift, let alone 24 hours!
- Doesn't really seem that "flexible" in shade range
Marc Jacobs Beauty Shameless Youthful-Look 24H Foundation SPF 25 in Y130 - $46 for 1.08 oz
Review - 1.5/5 (I liked the packaging...)
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