Lisa Eldridge - The Foundation Review

Mar 18

If you have seen my other reviews of Lisa Eldridge products, you probably already know that I have looked up to Lisa for years. She was a huge inspiration when I worked as a freelance makeup artist and changed the way I approach my makeup.

I was late to purchasing Lisa’s makeup products, as I knew I wouldn’t use the specific products in the first wave. I waited until her spring/summer launch, when I purchased the Elevated Glow in Crystal Nebula, Enlivening Blush in Pink Soap, Luxuriously Lucent Lip Colour in Kitten Mischief, and the Gloss Embrace in Go Lightly. Upon initial try, I was beyond smitten, but I found myself reaching for them less and less as time progressed.

Fast forward to Lisa’s True Velvet collection for fall/winter 2021, where I finally tried out the True Velvet Lip Colour with Velvet Muse and Velvet Blush Lightly along with the Enhance and Define Lip Pencil in Muse and Blush Lightly. The shipment also included a foundation sample card in Light 1 which included shades 1-4. After I filmed that first impression video, I attended a friend's birthday party, so I had my chance to road test the lip colour, lip pencil, and the foundation in Shade 4 (light with peach undertone). The lip products were nice, but I wasn’t enchanted; however, I LOVED how the foundation wore – but I wanted a better colour match, so I ordered the sample cards in Light 1, Light 2, and Light Medium 1, which allowed me to test out shades 1-12.

Much to my surprise, Shade 5 (light with neutral undertone) was an excellent shade for unifying my slightly deeper and ruddy face with my more fair neutral-cool undertoned body skin. When I purchased the foundation, I also purchased the Luxuriously Lucent Lip Colour in Painterly, Rose Official, and Spirited Away, and to this day, I am still very much smitten. Since I had Lisa’s foundation in the best shade for me, I began testing out applications and product combinations, which led me to start seeing the selective nature of this foundation.

Mid-November, I left for my first vacation in almost two years, and I packed the Lisa Eldridge Foundation and my beloved Laura Geller Baked Balance-n-Brighten, as this made me feel like I would be covered for any occasion that I might want to wear makeup. I didn’t wear makeup until the beginning of December when I was going out for dinner. I reached for my Lisa Eldridge foundation, and I was stunned at how awful my beloved foundation looked, but I didn’t have time to redo my makeup, so I grabbed my face mask and was thankful my lower face would be covered. Once my family and I were at the restaurant, I sneakily chose the seat with the dimmest lighting in hopes my less-than-ideal makeup would be softened… not even five minutes after being seated, my little brother leaned over and said, “Um, why does your face look cakey?” Now that I was feeling mortified (yes, internally, I am that overly dramatic), I was beyond ready to go home and cleanse my skin.

This began my testing phase of mixing and matching the products I had with me, and then going shopping to pick up some new skincare and primers in hopes I could make foundation look better; sadly, I had no such luck and decided to give up on wearing liquid foundation for the remainder of my trip. So the Lisa Eldridge foundation was benched until I returned home, and like magic, the foundation worked as it did pre-vacation. Possibly it was the weather or the climate in my parent’s house, but now I felt the need to push and trial this foundation.

This brings us to this video and all of the experiences with this foundation and my detailed review. If you have tried this foundation, I would love to know your thoughts! Thank you so much for spending your time with me!

Warm Wishes

Zack

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Lisa Eldridge The Foundation in No. 5

Lisa Eldridge - The Foundation Review

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Testing Makeup From Olive Young, Stylevana, & YesStyle

Bright/Clear Winter Color Palette