Foundation: New BB Shade and Review MAC Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation

Feeling adventurous I ventured out to Carnaby Street which is just off Regents Street here in London, England, to the MAC Pro store. A very sweet guy with the most amazing eyeshadow (Bruce) helped me choose a foundation for my skin. He asked me what I wanted it to do and what my skin was like. I wanted something to cover the blemishes, something that was medium coverage and something that matched my T zone Combination Oily Skin. He measured me up with suggesting NC35 as the right shade but then changed it to NW35 after noticing warmer tones in my skin. He applied it with a MAC 187 brush (it felt so light!) and upon first glance it was really good! I looked clean! Also as a 10 years veteran of stick foundations the liquid/gel application of this foundation felt light and airy. I felt that the coverage was good. He powdered me with some powder (didn't catch the shade/product name) to set the foundation.

As the day wore on I would periodically check the foundation in the mirror, I noticed two things. First it became a little greasy like it was dirty and secondly it itched the hell out of my excema patch on the forehead and temples. This is where I really needed the coverage as the redness in the Excema Screams out. I knew there and then that this foundation wasn't going to work for my skin. Maybe its the gel base that did it.

Later in the day I was at Selfridges and tried on the trusty Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick in a new shade. This one is half a shade darker than what I normally wear (which is Natural), this new shade: Warm Natural was suggested by the handsome young man at the counter who thought it would match more perfectly to my skin tone and would be less of a contrast around the darkened areas of my lips. The natural stick works but my blemishes are so considerable I need to take the shade darker to make sure I look the same all over. SO, it worked. So now I am definitely going to be buying this shade - but I won't be throwing out my Natural stick - no indeedy I'll definitely be using it alongside this new foundation and try and apply the Eve Pearl method of foundation application.