Revlon claims that Nearly Naked Foundation is light, melts into the skin and creates a fresh look thats like you're not wearing makeup at all!
I have to agree with them. This foundation feels really light on the skin and leaves natural, fresh finish. When set with the matching Nearly Naked powder, the overall look is semi-matte and never cakey.
Packaging is cute but pretty annoying. The bottle just has a regular open mouth that you have to pour out the foundation on your hand, brush, palette or something. I'm kind of a germa-phobe, so I really don't appreciate this. There is also the potential for a lot of product waste by accidentally pouring too much foundation out at once. I have a solution to this below.
Lasting power is pretty good. I have worn this for up to about 7 hours and it held up adequately. I have combination-oily skin so I did have to blot my face several times throughout the day but considering this, Nearly Naked still lasted.
Coverage is surprisingly good! The feel of the foundation is light but it does a pretty great job at covering blemishes and discoloration!
The Shade Selection is not as great as I had hoped. I usually wear Caramel in the ColorStay line, but the Caramel in this line was lighter and more yellow, so it did not match my skin very well. I went a shade darker to Chestnut and this one a little too cool for my skin tone but it is the closest match I could find. It blends out well so the color difference is not too noticeable.
The setting power is really nice! It is quite finely milled, so it sets quickly and does not look cakey on the skin. Opening the casing is a little tricky, though and its oblong size and lack of a mirror does not exactly make it portable.
As I mentioned earlier, I really don't like foundations with open jars or bottles, so for years I have been transferring them to a vacuum-sealed pump like the one below.
I purchased this on E-bay and I'm sure you could find them other places too if you were interested. I love these because it makes it so easy to pump out just the right amount of foundation so there is no waste! There's no straw on the inside because it uses a vacuum pressure to get the product through the pump. Pretty cool huh?
Back to the nitty-gritty's.
The Nearly Naked foundation and powder retails for around $9.99 each in drugstores.
Bottomline: I like this duo! The liquid foundation is light, easy to blend and looks quite natural. I am not a fan of the packaging of either the foundation or the powder. I'm glad I have a plan B in terms of bottle packaging but its a step that I'd really prefer not to take. Shade selection for darker tones is once again an issue but if you want it enough, it can work.
Overall, I give Nearly Naked a 3.5 out of 5.
Thanks for reading!
What's your favorite natural-looking foundation?
Great idea about transferring the foundation to the pumps. I hate it when foundations are in that pot where you have to pour it out to get product. I didn't even think of buying my own pump! I was looking at this foundation today coincidentally! X x
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I really don't know why companies continue to make them without a pump anyway.....lol
DeleteI'm totally gonna try transferring my foundations to a pump like that! I hate it when you have to pour foundations out, I always end up wasting so much of it! And thanks for the review as well, I've heard awesome things about this line.
ReplyDeleteIts really a time and product-saver! Plus, the pumps were only about $3 on ebay! :-)
DeleteI need to try this one out! I'm thinking Caramel might work for me...Toast (shades) I find always are a bit too neutral
ReplyDeleteCaramel might work for you! I find the shades a bit off from the other Revlon lines :-(
DeleteGreat review, Christal! I've been wanting to try this foundation for a while, but I feel like I should finish some of my foundations first!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linh. I know what you mean. Foundations take so long to finish but there are so many out there! :-)
DeleteI love this foundation, just bought it :) I really wanna buy a pump for it too especially this foundation because it is so easy to get too much!
ReplyDeleteThe pump really makes things much easier! :-)
DeleteI really want to try this foundation! I think I need to get a pump like you did first though because I end up wasting so much foundation with bottles like this!
ReplyDeleteIts a great (and cheap) investment :-)
DeleteSuch a helpful review! I've been super curious about this foundation, so this was a great read. Looks pretty promising, as long as you can look past the packaging and find a good colour match. Will have to check this out! :)
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Thanks Jen! For the price, its pretty good. :-)
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