Rarely do I fall in love with a foundation this powerful and this fast. Significantly stick foundations, which generally tend to drag on my pores and pores and skin and take some time to combine. Nonetheless the Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Hydrating Foundation Stick has shocked me – in an effective way. It’s quick and easy to utilize, and the portability is phenomenal.

Billed as the first clear, water-based stick foundation, it feels cool on utility, even on the most popular days. I wore it all through this month’s crazy heatwave in Paris and it nonetheless felt super-refreshing.

In actuality, it feels further like a liquid – just about moist – fairly than a stick foundation. And it goes on simply, with a glowy finish. Which is as soon as extra in distinction to most stick foundations, that are normally dry and mattifying.

This, I suppose, is due to the volcanic sea water from Jeju Island (hiya, Okay-beauty!), pink algae and camellia japonica flower extract. These hydrate the pores and pores and skin and forestall water loss. There’s moreover olive-derived squalane to moisturise and SPF 25 for sunscreen touchups on the go.

Safety begins off as light-to-medium nevertheless it certainly’s really buildable. And it doesn’t actually really feel sticky or tacky on the pores and pores and skin. Neither does it get cakey throughout the dry bits of my complexion. The least bit. I uncover it lasts me a wonderful 6-7 hours sooner than starting to interrupt up throughout the nostril nevertheless it certainly’s easy to the contact up as a result of portability.

The portability and ease of use, on the end of the day, are what I actually like most proper right here. I usually don’t placed on foundation by way of the daytime, so the Rescue Stick makes it easy to make up my face for ultimate minute conferences, meals or date nights. And I will merely combine it in with my fingers, although Bare Minerals recommends a brush. It takes about 10 seconds this trend.

The Rescue Hydrating Foundation will also be good for journey – the entire consolation of a liquid foundation, with out slicing into my liquid allowance.

Nonetheless – and this could be a large nonetheless for acne-prone pores and pores and skin – the Rescue Stick has dimethicone inside the system. Dimethicone creates an occlusive layer over pores and pores and skin, which can entice micro organism, mud, grime, sebum and lifeless cells to congest the pores and pores and skin and set off breakouts. To be truthful, Dimethicone is present in quite a lot of foundations nonetheless I’d always counsel teenage or great blemish-prone pores and pores and skin to try a sample for a few days sooner than committing.

Secondly, I am not thrilled about Bare Minerals bringing once more some not-so-skin-friendly chemical substances like EDTA and BHT. Let’s return to further minerals, people?