The fact that beauty YT's like you show such CLEAR quality up close shots of real skin with foundation on it is SO INCREDIBLE!!! When I started doing makeup in 2015 I thought there was something wrong with my skin because foundation did not look like what I saw online. I am so grateful that those getting into makeup now have these realistic standards now.
Agreed. I *cannot* stand people's fascination (and viewership) of videos were people are using ridiculous photography techniques that in no way show you how the foundation/concealer is actually going to look in person.
Seriously every beauty youtuber: let me zoom so you can see better. Me: That did nothing. I can't sing a single freckle, pore, bit of texture etc. FINALLY, I can actually see everything!
Hi!!! Sephora BA here - I recommend you use a different base, I feel that the water cream is most likely not doing your skin justice under a formula like this one and you may need something richer. I am combo-oily and adore this foundation but I find skin prep is key because it is more of a natural finish as it sets which can be an issue for a dry gal. Great review, thank you for the lighting changes and closeups 😇
Super interested in trying this, but I have oily skin and have seen some reviews saying it doesn’t hold up well. What base do you use as an oily-combo skin type?!
@@JamiePaige hi! Can you let us know what it’s like with a thick base? I have the same problem with this foundation it cracks around my smile lines, please let us know :)
I was shocked at how much I loved this foundation after the first use. I have combo skin that leans dry and I used the Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré as my base for moisture + a little bit of Tatcha Liquid Silk Canvas on the pores in my t-zone. My skin looked so fresh, healthy and natural, which are all the things that I look for after application. It’s always a bummer when something you want to enjoy doesn’t pan out how you want it to. I hope you try it again. I’m sure you already moisturize your skin very well but I’d say add some extra moisture to your nose and see what happens. Otherwise, onto the next foundation!
Your mom should try this too! I'd be so curious to hear her opinions on her mature skin type/tone compared to yours 💜💜 I love your thorough product reviews, you make some thoughtful points
I'm living for all of these new foundation launches. Both the Charlotte Tilbury and the NARS having been working surprisingly well for me. I recently tried mixing the two and I was shocked how well it wore.
I’ve watched a lot of videos and my conclusion is that dry skin people prefer Charlotte and oily skin people prefer the new Nars. I have normal skin that just eats makeup and Charlotte is gone within a couple hours. I kinda want to try the Nars
I have normal skin as well and went with the Nars. I absolutely adore it! It’s so lightweight and comfortable throughout the day, and lasts really well for me. I work in a dental office so we wear masks all day and it barely rubbed off of my face at all after a 9 hr shift. Personally, I’ve tried all of Nars’ foundations and this is by far the one I will now repurchase over the others. Highly recommend. I hope this helps, have a beautiful day! 🤍
@@andreakristinbeauty3125 this is kinda late but in case this helps anyone who is scrolling in the future, the charlotte one lasted a long day full of activities for me!
Jamie! Thank you so much for the realness! The close ups, the natural light, the pores! Skin has pores and it isn’t perfect! Thank you for being willing to show the imperfections! Love your videos!
I've got dry skin. I love this foundation. I've used it for a few weeks now and have noticed improvement in my skin. I'm with you, I like using a brush. I get a medium to full coverage using a brush.
I love this foundation! I have oil/combo skin and I love how it looks on me. It is light and evens out my skintone. it has been what I have been reaching for since I got it!
A tip with this foundation for dry skinned peeps - mix in a little facial oil with your moisturiser and use hands rather than brush to the foundation. This really helps the product to melt into the skin. By Terry Hyaluronic setting powder seems to work really well to set it and the two in combination give a really flawless, cashmere finish to the skin!
Thanks for this honest review! I'd love to try both this and the CT foundation, but am afraid to drop the money and then not like them! I wish these brands offered small, affordable sample or trial sizes of these products we could try before committing to a big purchase!
I think there should be minis of everything! Soo much gets returned or thrown away before even half used, it's such a huge waste! We NEED more minis!!!
At department stores, the sales reps at the NARS makeup counters will give you free samples. I can’t speak for other makeup lines or locations. I got several samples at Saks and Lord and Taylor (before it sadly closed its doors) in NYC.
I have dry skin with Rosacea, when I first applied this foundation my skin looked flawless so beautiful but as the day went on my skin looked very dry and very makeupy if that makes sense lol I’m glad I decided to get a sample before I bought it. I will try it in the summer again when my skin is less dry. Great review!
I love the new Nars foundation, it's definitely great for my combo/oily skin. It's one of the few light coverage foundations that doesn't get oily in 1hr and I look like I could fry an egg on my face.
I love the up-close shots of how the skin looks like with the foundation on! It really helps us to see what the foundation actually looks like. Really appreciate your effort in putting on high-quality videos Jamie ❤
This is why I rely on your reviews so much- I have pretty much the same skin type and concerns, so you're of huge help for me when it comes to face products. Thank you Jamie❤
Thank you, Jamie, for this video. I had the same problem with the NARS foundation. I have dry skin but, I used a serum and the Bobby Brown face base cream before the Narrs foundation and it attached to dry patches I didn’t know I had all over my face. I immediately returned the product. I hope everyone is having a blessed day!
Oml girl, I'm so glad I found you! I also have dry skin and am dealing with some strange dryness on my nose right now. I'm looking forward to trying the foundation anyway, but it's so good to see someone with a similar skin type do a review. Thank you!!
The new Nars light reflecting foundation is absolutely amazing! The new Charlotte Tilbury beautiful skin foundation is beautiful too! And the newly reformulated Dior forever matte foundation is a major hit for me compared to the previous forever matte reformulation from the first version. The new forever matte is so much like the first formula which was absolutely perfect and I am absolutely here for it!!! I hope for so many more amazing foundation releases this year!!!! I hope this year is an amazing foundation, concealer, cream bronzer, and cream blush and loose setting powder year!!! I can't wait for more!!! I am loving most of the new releases for base products so far! The Rare Beauty stick bronzer is phenomenal!!
Im IN LOVE with the NARS. It’s so lightweight on the skin but also covers blemishes. Doesn’t accentuate my pours either. I have oily skin and it lasts 9 hours on my skin without looking super greasy. I can easily powder and last a couple more hours. I literally crave using it everyday lol
I love this Nars foundation! I have dry skin, but I use a much richer base than you. I get an incredible amount of compliments on my skin now. It's a keeper for me.
I am so obsessed with this foundation. I have maturing normal skin with an oily t zone. It blends and blurs beautifully! I find I don’t even need to powder my t zone, which is incredibly unusual for me. I don’t find it settles into fine lines or accentuates texture. It does oxidize slightly for me as well. This is my new go to!
I have combination skin but also dry skin due to my acne skincare and I am in love with this foundation. It has enough coverage for the little acne I have left and it makes me glowy without being an oil slick. I do wear rosehip oil and the good molecules moisturizing primer underneath.
I have combo skin and absolutely loved this foundation. It took away my redness without covering up my freckles. I did have to do a powder touch up around my oily areas but that is my usual routine with most foundations.
I had the exact same experience with this foundation. I was even wondering what I was doing wrong because everybody of all skin types love it. I love the CT beautiful skin foundation and had no problems with the way it sat on my skin but I felt like I was the only one who did not like this one. I wanted to though but it just didn’t look great at all no matter what I tried.
You should definitely try it again with a heavier/more emollient moisturizer underneath, and maybe with a sponge instead of fingers or brush. I have combination skin, and I'm in love with how my skin looks with this foundation! Doesn't cling in my drier areas and controls my oils in other areas. I find that using my fingers with any med to full coverage foundation creates this patchy/dry looking texture, so I always use sponge or brush! :)
I have dry skin and tried this foundation and LOVE it. I agree that it doesn't sit well on dry patches but I also think it may be the water cream that's making the foundation look not so great. I use a richer primer and it makes such a big difference
Thank you for the honest review and the close-ups. I just got this today and tried it this afternoon. I wanted to be "wowed" immediately and was not. I will give it a few more tries but it might go back :(
After watching I'm a little shook knowing mine is coming in the mail tomorrow! I have combo skin and dont normally fall for hype on new products but this intrigued me. Watching your swatches I also hope I didnt go too light on the shade ...yikes I saw on IG you got the Em Cosmetics masterpiece collection and I am hoping you do a video on that too!! You look so good in neutrals like that. Mind you I already bought the eyeshadow and the blush ..... my beauty spending is off to a bad start this year haha
I have dry and dehydrated skin (thank you winter and pregnancy) and this foundation looks quite flaky and lifeless if I don’t moisturize the hell out of my skin first. But if I do- it’s a beauty. A good serum, cosrx propolis light cream and the smashbox primerizer before that and it is wearing wonderfully. Otherwise it breaks into weird dots everywhere.
This foundation looks so beautiful on! Try it with a thicker moisturizer or a hydrating primer maybe? Eta- wow I just finished the video and I've never seen it do that on anyone else! Maybe you'll have to save it for warmer weather when you aren't so dry? Idk. Cuz it sucks. It's really a beautiful foundation! I haven't bought a foundation in years! But I fell in love with it lol
I have mature (46) skin, combo, not a lot of texture other than some dry patches on my chin. I love the feel of the foundation because it's so thin, I can barely tell I have it on. I will say, skin prep is key. It will cling on to peach fuzz and dry patches. Looks really beautiful on the skin, especially paired with their crystal powder. I would also suggest not over applying it, and trying it the Nars way aka with fingers.
I love BOTH the new CT and this NARS foundations! My skin type is combo-normal/oily t-zone. They’re both beautiful. Hope that helps the non-dry type girls?!
This is the review I’ve been waiting for lol I’m on the same boat with Nars. I either love their individual items or my skin doesn’t like it. I love their radiant creamy and soft matte concealers , eyeshadow palettes (certain ones), and only their soft matte foundation. I’m a true combo skin type but their natural radiant foundation didn’t workout for my skin. It kept peeling off. It was the weirdest experience for me because that has never happened to any foundation I’ve tried. It left my skin looking dry. But this foundation I can’t wait to try. Nars for me is a brand that even if their one product doesn’t work for me I always get excited with a new release… it’s the packaging 😆
The exact same thing happened on my skin, it brought out dry patches on my cheeks I didn’t know I had - but from afar it looked really glowy and nice it was so bizarre?? I might try it again with a thicker moisturizer but I’m not too sure
I have extra dry skin and this foundation looks gorgeous on me, whereas the CT one is super finicky and difficult to use imo. We usually have the same successes!? I’m shook Jamie 😂❤️
Watching this video today and I am now very happy I didn't get this on the Sephora sale! I also have dry areas on my face and this would most likely accentuate it. Especially when I don't have time to fully prep my skin. Thank you so much!
I have combo skin leaning dry outer perimeter and shiny on my nose. This is my new favourite foundation. It has beaten out my HG which is the Chanel Vita Lumiere Aqua. The longevity, feel and coverage are amazing. medium buildable and lasts. Love this its amazing
I have dry skin in the winter and oily in the summer. Lots of rosacea and texture. I love the Nars so much!!! The CT one didn't work for me at all but the Nars one is my holy grail right now.
wow, those really do oxidize quite a bit. good to know for reference. also, thank you so much for doing closeups with no filter, it really helps to understand how the makeup sits on your face.
Thank you! I've been waiting to buy this until I saw your review! I'm glad I did since now I know I can wait to buy this! Your recommendations have been pretty spot on. I have super dry skin
Thank you for the informative video. I use Clinique 7 day scrub 3 days a week to remove flakey skin. In the summer, I also use Clinique toner for dry skin to remove oil and flakes before foundation. This foundation works over Elta Uv clear or Supergoop glow screen
I love how you’ve been wearing your hair lately! Would love to see how you style it (even on IG.) Really loving the natural, easy waves. 💕 Loved this video. Convinced me not to buy a product (which is always a good thing!)
The first time I wore this it accentuated dry patches all over my cheeks that I didn't even know that I had. It looked greasy, but also flaky by midday and it was bizarre. I have combo leaning more oily skin. I definitely do get dry with the Winter weather. I am wearing it again today and I used a heavier moisturizer and set it with powder and it looks alot better today. I often find that I need to see what moisturizer works best for each foundation I try. I also didn't like the CT foundation the first try and loved it the second time.
I just purchased this foundation after watching all the new drops .. I absolutely LOVE it! I have oily combo skin with texture and this foundation makes my skin look so healthy. It held up amazing and I do hair all day with blowouts and long hours it looks beautiful at the end of a 8/10 hr workday. Btw I’ve NEVER liked any Nars foundations.. I’m super happy
From my experience all nars foundation effortless to blend n spread only with finger and sit very well on my skin. This new foundation my new fave, aside sheer glow.
So I'm in my mid-30s and this foundation was SO hyped... So of course I had to try it. Let me mention also that I am definitely on the dry side. I thought it felt nice going on, and it also LOOKED nice at first... but as it settled in, I HATED how it made emphasis on each of my lines, pores, and dryness. Like, as I made facial movements, I could literally see how each pore constricts and contracts... if that makes sense. It started lifting around my T-zone and it just was NOT my jam. Now the Natural Radiant foundation by NARS is a WHOLE different story. I'd say for maturing skin or those on the dry side, the light reflecting foundation is just not your journey. I'd say that it is much more for youthful or perhaps those with normal-oily skin types.
I like a lot of NARS complexion products, except the soft matte foundation. I have dry skin and love this foundation which I picked over the CT one. I use it with the soft matte concealer
I ended up trying this one in a sample, and I don't totally love it. I have dry skin, and I don't usually have visible dry/flaky patches, but I hate it when I can see foundation gathering on dry areas. I found that the Nars was a tad bit drying on me, and I already have a very thorough skincare routine. I saw some extra texture that wasn't visible before applying foundation. As the day went on it showed up in between my eyebrows and around my chin. I also have a pretty fair skin tone and got mont Blanc, and the color was not quite right. It was too yellow, but the cool one was way too pink. I got the sample in store and mont Blanc was my best match. Around the same time I also tried the no 1 de Chanel foundation and it blew the Nars out of the water for me. I think the oil in the chanel one helps my skin stay hydrated, but it does have a fragrance.
Don't worry you're not the only one! I have some dry textured areas around my mouth and it did not look good around that part. Although around my cheeks where my skin is more normal, it looked pretty good. So yes, major confusion. I wonder if wearing it during warmer seasons will help, since my dry areas fades away then.
I think Nars foundation either works for you well or it doesn’t. I would say it’s definitely a foundation for skin that’s normal to oily cause I’ve had issues on my drier days too. Basically skin texture needs to be perfect for it to work. I love most Nars foundations myself but my skin is definitely more normal than dry.
I have been looking for a new foundation for a while. Basically looking for a lightweight and hydrating looking foundation (i hace super dry skin and like a dewy finish in my foundations). So these past videos have been very helpful in what not to buy 😂. Love your content 🧡
I wanna try this and the new Charlotte tilbury foundation but I feel like I already have too many foundation and I don’t want them to get bad. But right now nothing can beat the LYS foundation I love it so much
Jamie , thank you so much for this video ! I noticed the same little issue with foundation . I have kind of similar skin tone as you . I usually go for a tones like you but because of the summer I am in love with color Deauville 4. Cheers and thank you
Obsessed with this foundation!!! The CT beautiful skin did not work out for me sadly, but this looks like a healthy/glowy second skin on me and I can’t put it down. I love it and I have dry/dehydrated, but large pores and sensitivity and this works perfect for me. I don’t feel it on my skin, and it wears amazingly. I powder mid day with their crystal powder to tone down the extra glow and it still looks amazing. I also warm it between my fingers, stamp it on my face and then use my brush to spread it and press it on. This has quickly become my favourite foundation ever. Gorgeous Jamie looks so beautiful on you, so sad it didn’t wear well in the center of your face. I would suggest some heavier skin prep with a focus on exfoliating and more moisturizing. Maybe even a hydrating primer 🤷🏼♀️ Can’t wait to see if this ends up working for you
Thank you for the honest review! I will wait for the hype/PR machine to pass on these two and see if people are still talking about them later this year. Btw the shot of you by the window was so beautiful 💜
i’ve been curious to see which one was better for me (between this one and the CT one) and i think i’m gonna get the CT one! i love the finish so much 🥰 thanks for the great reviews!
Ugh yes I had the same exact thing happen to me with this foundation! It looks so pretty everywhere except for my nose where it immediately starts to break up and cling to dry patches like no other. Foundations tend to not look the best around my nose but this one separates almost immediately which never happens to me! It’s so unfortunate because I wanted to love it because I love other Nars products and this look so pretty on other people with dry skin! I’ve also tried it a bunch of different ways with different bases/skin prep and it does the same thing.
This foundation did the same exact thing to my dry skin. I so wanted to love it! I even tried it with the recommended (per their website) Radiant Primer, and it still looks terrible. I will be returning this. I also have the same problem with the light reflecting eye brightening cream. Their tinted moisturizer applies beautifully on my skin. I did contact customer service for advice, and they recommended applying it to bare skin. Hello?! I need my serum, moisturizer, and SPF, because my skin is super dry! Ugh
I have exactly the same problem with mine. Nose, chin and forehead - highlights dry areas and slips with oily skin. Won't be buying again but I love how lightweight it is.
i watched this before heading to sephora and getting it for myself, but I should've just listened to you bc it CLINGS on my dry spots. I still might keep it though since I love the look from further away, it feels so lightweight, and it could be good for the summer time
After years of working in skincare I think you shouldn't expect your foundation to take take of your dryness or problems with dryness but instead use products to chemically exfoliate and use a better serum and a more emollient moisturizer. I think it looks great on you even after all day but changing up your moisturizer and working in a good or better chemical exfoliant but also help any makeup products lay better on your skin.
I bought this too and Same thing happened! I have dry skin and have to mix it with something more glowy/hydrating or else I look cakey esp on chin (but it looks amazing on my forehead loll)
I was so torn between trying this or the CT but I have severely dry skin as well so I went with CT. I think this foundation does better on normal/combo skin types but hopefully with spring/summer approaching it'll work better for u! Love ur reviews 😍😍
Am I the only one who wishes I could get my eyeliner to look like this, but can never get it so precise? Yours is beautiful. Would love a tutorial if you’re so inclined.
Foundations are soooo finicky. I’m 53 years old, really dry, and super picky. I tried both of these foundations really close together as well. It wasn’t even close for me! I sent the Charlotte Tilbury back (which I never do) and the Nars was AMAZING! I also have issues on and around my nose so I always put just a little putty primer in that area prior to putting on any foundation. Maybe try that and give the Nars (or both) one more try. Thanks for the review!
Jamie you should make a review on the NEW Laura Mercier lighter revealer tinted moisturizer, might be something you might enjoy for something lightweight and glowy 🌞
I suggest to put the light reflecting multi-action treatment lotion on the areas which are drier, leave it for a minute then pat and sweep with a cotton pad. Just try. I promise you will see a big difference. Thank me later. 🥰
People are suggesting online to not use it with a primer/moisturizer... The problem with that is how bad will it look on the dry spots without any kind of primer/moisturizer? They also said shake the bottle. Wondering if that makes any difference.
I have dry skin and this wore so well on me. I used the new nyx electrolyte primer under and my normal moisturizer. I am surprised this is the outcome for you
Thank you so much. I've been wanting to try this because of the hype, but have been skeptical because Nars Sheer Glow was horrible for me... seems like this wouldnt work for me either. I think it would just bring out every ounce of texture that I didn't know I had.
