{"id":7946,"date":"2015-11-03T18:21:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/?p=7946"},"modified":"2015-11-03T22:05:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T18:05:57","slug":"charlotte-tilbury-magic-foundation-my-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/2015\/11\/03\/charlotte-tilbury-magic-foundation-my-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation, my review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8220;Is it magic or is it foundation?&#8221; Charlotte Tilbury doesn&#8217;t\u00a0go in for half-measures to\u00a0brag about\u00a0her latest foundation, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottetilbury.com\/uk\/new-magic-foundation\" target=\"_blank\">Magic Foundation<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>But\u00a0Charlotte is like the <strong>hawker<\/strong> of the makeup world, really.<br \/>\nYou know, these streets merchants who are selling improbable stuff by auction, &#8220;Folks, don&#8217;t hesitate! There won&#8217;t be enough for everyone! This product is outstanding, it&#8217;s a bargain! &#8221; And that&#8217;s how we end up with either a masher\/ a cherry pit remover\/ a yogurt maker that once purchased, will probably end up in the basement very quickly&#8230;<br \/>\nWell, of course, the difference here is that the products she&#8217;s selling are actually <strong>great<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But still, Charlotte is not afraid to\u00a0<span class=\"sel\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8R_YJY_u670?list=PL9WjqNUaue6ZIFwYh5RKdM1MrytdsCjTR\" target=\"_blank\">roll up her sleeves<\/a>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0talk about her eponymous label herself in many videos or even on her own counters when she can.<br \/>\nAnd the least we can say is that she has no doubt and\u00a0no complex. Her products are the <strong>best in the world<\/strong> and she firmly believes it!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, even if she&#8217;s not super subtle, her <strong><span class=\"sel\">power of persuasion<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is very strong and effective:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ST7TM_h-7mM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I challenge you to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8R_YJY_u670&amp;index=1&amp;list=PL9WjqNUaue6ZIFwYh5RKdM1MrytdsCjTR\" target=\"_blank\">2-3 Charlotte Tilbury&#8217;s videos<\/a> in a row and not feel the urge to <strong>buy all the products<\/strong> she&#8217;s talking about! I&#8217;ve never heard so\u00a0many &#8220;amazing&#8221;, &#8220;gorgeous&#8221;, &#8220;wonderful&#8221; and &#8220;woooow&#8221; in such a short amount of time! (I know, I&#8217;ve never watched teleshopping, thats probably why lol).<\/p>\n<p>Well I&#8217;m joking here but the fact that Charlotte Tilbury products are actually very good in general and also literally adored by the entire beauty addicts community doesn&#8217;t exactly help us\u00a0resisting them.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I wasn&#8217;t able to&#8230; <strong>I needed it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation, presentation:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8803\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>What Charlotte Tilbury says about it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">My Magic Foundation is a miracle in a bottle that transforms skin for all ages, skin tones and skin types.<br \/>\nI have worked with laboratories for five years to create a \u201chyper-intelligent\u201d formula that gives full-coverage yet feels completely weightless, with all the anti-ageing and protective benefits of a luxury skin cream. It conceals imperfections, glides on like a dream, and literally feels like a second skin.<br \/>\nWhether your skin needs just a bit of perfecting, or you struggle with a frustrating issue like acne, melasma or rosacea, my Magic Foundation will give you a perfect looking skin day, every day!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So it&#8217;s a high coverage liquid foundation which still feels\u00a0very light on the skin (unlike a lot of high coverage foundations I&#8217;ve tried like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esteelauder.com\/product\/631\/22830\/Product-Catalog\/Makeup\/Double-Wear\/Stay-in-Place-Makeup\" target=\"_blank\">Est\u00e9e Lauder Double Wear<\/a> for example). It&#8217;s supposed\u00a0to cover all skin flaws like pimples, blackheads, enlarged pores, redness, age spots and even dark circles (not mine unfortunately <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-sad\" title=\":(\">sad<\/span>  ).<\/p>\n<p>The finish is <strong>semi-matte to matte<\/strong> but not flat at all; it&#8217;s very <strong>luminous<\/strong> on the skin. It&#8217;s also <strong>long-lasting<\/strong>, which is perfect for the hot and sweaty Dubai climate. We had a lot of crazy humidity days here these last few months, so it was easy to crash-test\u00a0this foundation! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<h3>Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation,\u00a0my test and thoughts:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Innovation and formula:<\/strong> The brand boasts a formula infused with anti-aging ingredients (moisturizing hyaluronic acid, firming Laricyl and antioxidant vitamin C). But I&#8217;m not sure about this, really. For me, a foundation can&#8217;t have a real treating action on the skin as\u00a0it&#8217;s supposed to stay on the surface of the skin. Now if it doesn&#8217;t dry the skin out and protects it against pollution, it&#8217;s always good. <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-smile\" title=\":)\">smile<\/span><br \/>\nIt also contains an <strong>SPF 15<\/strong> (which is not super useful in Dubai because it&#8217;s too low but this could be interesting if you live in a temperate climate).<br \/>\nFor me, the innovation here is more in the <strong>light feeling<\/strong> on the skin even though\u00a0it&#8217;s a rather high-coverage\u00a0product. You can barely\u00a0feel it, it doesn&#8217;t feel like a mask. When you live in a hot country, it&#8217;s a real bonus!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Color Range:<\/strong> <strong>15 shades <\/strong>from very light to very dark, which is really\u00a0not bad at all! I have the shade<strong> #3<\/strong>, a neutral beige not too pink or too yellow, perfect for my skin tone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_open.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8805\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_open.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Packaging:<\/strong>\u00a0the 30ml bottle is very pretty but <strong>not practical at all<\/strong>, especially at first. The cap has to be raised to be opened and I almost let it fall on the floor because I didn&#8217;t understand how it worked (yes, I&#8217;m a little dumb\u00a0sometimes :P). And because it&#8217;s a glass bottle, it would have been a disaster! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-sad\" title=\":(\">sad<\/span><br \/>\nIt also contains a<strong> pump<\/strong>\u00a0which let&#8217;s be clear, distributes way too much product! You need to be careful with it if you don&#8217;t want to waste too much product.<\/p>\n<div class=\"portrait-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_smith_foundation_brush.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8806\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_smith_foundation_brush.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation Smith Foundation Brush\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_beauty_blender.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8804\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_beauty_blender.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation Beauty Blender\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Application:\u00a0<\/strong>I tried many ways to apply it and once again, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beautyblender.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beauty Blender<\/a> is a winner. This egg-shape neon pink makeup sponge has no equal for blending foundation onto the skin. And when it comes to high coverage\u00a0formula like this one, the finish\u00a0is way more <strong>natural<\/strong> when you apply with a Beauty Blender!<br \/>\nI also really like using a makeup brush-especially a short, dense brush like the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithcosmetics.com\/products\/115-foundation-brush\" target=\"_blank\">Smith Cosmetics<\/a> (on my photo) which is\u00a0great but I would love if\u00a0it didn&#8217;t cover my face with hairs every time I&#8217;m using it! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-uneasy\" title=\":\/\">uneasy<\/span>  At this rate, it will be bald in less than two months! (nice, especially considering the price&#8230;). So, I rather use my beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoeva-shop.de\/en\/104-buffer\/a-8000106\/\" target=\"_blank\">104 Zoeva<\/a>\u00a0brush and the result is perfect! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-smile\" title=\":)\">smile<\/span><br \/>\nIn quantity, I generally use 1\/2 pump, that&#8217;s more than enough!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Pigmentation and coverage:\u00a0<\/strong>I just want to clarify\u00a0a little the Charlotte Tilbury claim here because it&#8217;s not necessarily the most covering foundation I&#8217;ve tried. I would say it&#8217;s between a <strong>medium and a high coverage<\/strong>.<br \/>\nHowever, it doesn&#8217;t completely cover the imperfections in my case, I have to layer (<strong>1 pump of product<\/strong>). It&#8217;s rather buildable\u00a0and doesn&#8217;t leave a cakey finish. But in my case, I prefer to use a concealer for the areas that I want to hide and to cover\u00a0only where I need. <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Finish:<\/strong> it&#8217;s\u00a0a little noticeable on the skin but the result remains <strong>pretty and natural<\/strong>. It doesn&#8217;t emphasize\u00a0the pores or the dry patches too much. I would say it&#8217;s a <strong>semi-matte finish<\/strong>. I personally use powder to set it but normal or dry skin could easily skip that step.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Lasting Power:\u00a0<\/strong>the <strong>lasting power\u00a0is very good<\/strong> and I&#8217;ve tried it in quite extreme conditions: there was some days in the last few weeks, where it was 99% humidity in Dubai, and I was spending my days outside house hunting. Little to no AC involved of course. A real joy as you can imagine&#8230;<br \/>\nWell, I wouldn&#8217;t say that my foundation remained exactly the\u00a0same after a few hours in the heat, but the result was more than acceptable. It was always there, a little more greasy of course, but it hadn&#8217;t disappeared! Good job, Charlotte! Maybe it is magic, after all! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8211; Value For Money: <\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">like all the Charlotte Tilbury products, it&#8217;s not cheap (<strong>$45<\/strong>). However, I think it&#8217;s a great product so the value for money\u00a0ratio is not that bad.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Finally, here&#8217;s the swatch:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_swatch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8807\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte_tilbury_magic_foundation_swatch.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation swatch\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As you can see\u00a0in the photo, it&#8217;s quite <strong>creamy<\/strong>, but it blends into the skin very easily, I promise\u00a0you! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<h3>And on me:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"portrait-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magic_foundation_charlotte_tilbury_face.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8808\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magic_foundation_charlotte_tilbury_face.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magic_foundation_charlotte_tilbury_face_zoom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8809\" src=\"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/magic_foundation_charlotte_tilbury_face_zoom.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I used the shade #3\u00a0(1\/2 pump) and I applied it with my\u00a0Beauty Blender.<br \/>\nAnd in case you&#8217;re wondering, my lip combo is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maccosmetics.com\/product\/13852\/340\/Products\/Makeup\/Lips\/Lip-Pencil\/Lip-Pencil\" target=\"_blank\">MAC Boldly Bare lip pencil<\/a> with the beautiful lip-gloss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anastasiabeverlyhills.com\/makeup\/lips\/lip-gloss.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsten by Anastasia Beverly Hills<\/a>. <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<h3>So, in summary:<\/h3>\n<p>[wprs-pros][wprs-cons]<\/p>\n<p>This is a <strong>good foundation<\/strong>, especially if you fancy something more covering but still natural and very comfortable to wear.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure I would call it &#8220;magic&#8221; like Charlotte but hey, now we know it, she always exaggerates a little! <span class=\"wp-smiley emoji emoji-wink\" title=\";)\">wink<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Magic Foundation is available on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/fr\/fr\/product\/664763\/Charlotte_Tilbury\/fond-de-teint-zero-defaut-tenue-longue-duree-magic-foundation-spf-15-shade-3-30-ml\" target=\"_blank\">net-a-porter<\/a>\u00a0(but not the US site unfortunately) or on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlottetilbury.com\/uk\/magic-foundation-shade-3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Tilbury website<\/a>\u00a0for 29.50 \u00a3 ($45). The release date is not known yet for the US.<\/p>\n<h5>And you, have you tried the Magic Foundation by Charlotte Tilbury? If not, what is your favorite high coverage foundation?<\/h5>\n<p>Cr\u00e9dits photos: bonniegarner.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is it magic or is it foundation?&#8221; Charlotte Tilbury doesn&#8217;t go in for half-measures to brag about her latest foundation, the Magic Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"wide-image-layout","iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,255],"tags":[416,808,826,1454,1457,681,1459,1456,811,1455,1458,667,1452,931],"class_list":["post-7946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-beauty","category-makeup","tag-anti-age","tag-base","tag-charlotte-tilbury","tag-charlotte-tilbury-magic-foundation","tag-coverage","tag-foundation","tag-long-lasting","tag-magic-foundation","tag-makeup-2","tag-my-review","tag-perfect-skin","tag-review","tag-swatch","tag-swatches","entry","override"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}