No7's Foundation Match Service Update 2

I have recently being experimenting with new foundations.  I decided to use No7's Foundation Match Service Update which you can see my first impression of here.

I updated you on how I felt about the Beautifully Matte foundation here.  Needless to say I wasn't blown away and felt as if the colour matching claims of No7's Foundation Match Service had been exaggerated.

I wanted to see if this would be the case in both of the samples I received.  I have been trialing the Stay Perfect for a while now and can honestly say I love it.  It is a wonderful match for my skintone.  It stays really well on my skin and I love the slightly dewy healthy finish it has.  It honestly looks like my skin - but better.

I am still working my way through the extremley generous sample size I was given but will probably be purchasing a full size when it runs out (and I am no longer on a project pan).  It is the fist liquid foundation that I feel comfortable wearing.

Due to my success with this foundation I am going to try wearing the Beautifully Matte again to see if my mind will have changed since I first tried it a few weeks ago.

No7's Foundation Match Service Update

I recently used Boots' new No7 foundation match.  You can see my first thoughts on it here.  I used the Beautifully Matte foundation yesterday and I'm not entirely sold on it if I'm honest.  The foundation itself seemed fine.  It applied nicely, had good coverage and held up throughout the day.

My issue with it was the fact that I didn't feel that it matched my skin.  I felt rather ridiculous wearing it, though in the interest of writing a review I did leave the house and go about my day.  It was a bit too dark for my liking and it made it extremley obvious that I was wearing foundation.  Which was not the look I was going for.

I am disappointed that the entire selling point of finding my 'perfect match' is the one part of the foundation that I was let down by.  I will wear it again to see if I feel differently about it second time around and will also try out the other foundation sample that I was given to see if that suits me better.

So for now my recommendation is use the service and get samples before you buy full sizes of any of the foundations.

I will keep you posted.

Has anyone else had any experiences with this service?

See my second update here

No7's Foundation Match Service

Today I took a little jaunt into town and thought I would try out the snazzy new foundation matching service from No7 in Boots.  You can see some information about it here and see the stunning Lisa Eldridge talking about it here.

If I'm honest I wasn't sure what to expect but I do find it ridiculously hard to pick a foundation in shops where the florescent light are making everything look strange.  Then you want to try it on your face to see if it actually matches but there are hardly any mirrors and there is the fear that you will be left wearing too dark foundation on one half of your face for the rest of the shopping trip.  All in all its my idea of a nightmare.  That's why I love Benefit so much, they do all the hard work for you.  It is quite common amongst high end brands that you can be given a consultation and they will pick a shade that will match you.  Yet this is the first time I have seen it on the high street.

So in I popped to Boots, when I got in  I was disappointed that there wasn't much advertising for the service itself.  Had I not have known already I wouldn't have realized it was available.  However when I asked the women at the counter they were friendly and helpful.  They had a few technical difficulties with the device but this was solved with the classic 'turn it off and then on again'.  I heard two clicks when it was held to one side of my face (on the jaw) and then two more on the other side.  The magical device then determined that I am the shade 'Soft Rose'.  Shallow I know but I really like the name of this shade, usually I am a shade named something rather unglamorous like 'Beige'.

I was then given the choice of taking home some samples to try.  I chose to have a sample of Stay Perfect and also Beautifully Matte.  I really like this aspect of it as now I can try them out whilst during normal everyday things.  I will try one tomorrow and see how its holds up through the day.  I have never really used No7 foundations before so I am hoping that I like them and that they make fill the liquid foundation void in my makeup bag.

Have any of you tried this service?


See my first update here

See my second update here