First Impressions: Tarte Amazonian Clay Full Coverage Airbrush Foundation

Hi everyone!

A close friend and makeup lover passed this foundation on to me so I could test it out and see how I liked it. She and I have very similar opinions in makeup and 99% of the time, if she likes something, I will like it too. And vice-versa. She tried this and wasn't impressed with it. So naturally, I had to try it too. We have the same undertones so I was going to be a good judge to give this a second opinion. 

This is the shade we use...

The description is exactly our skin tone. So I thought that this would be a good match. This was a very orange product. The first time I touched the brush to my skin I noticed an orange patch that took a long time to blend out! Not a good start. But we will continue...

As for the packaging and product it's self. The packaging is great. You can see the sifter there. You press your brush into the sifter and a good amount of product transfers to the brush. Inside the lid there is a stopper which will prevent the product from spilling all over the place. I love the packaging! 

The product has a very soft and silky texture. Which lead me to believe this would easily blend in the skin. Not the case! Let's continue...

I chose the same It Cosmetics brush I used for my Bare Minerals foundation. It's a perfect brush to apply mineral or powder foundations with. It's dense enough to buff the skin in but not so dense that you can't get a good blend with it. 

The application took a lot longer than I expected. Bare Minerals just melts into the skin and can be buffed in with very little effort. I found myself having to go over the same area several times to get an even coverage. Another thing was that I constantly had to dip my brush back into the product to pick more up. I didn't get anywhere near full coverage that this product claims to give and honestly can't imagine packing more of this product on my face to get full coverage! I could see the product sitting on my skin which was very unflattering. The picture below shows my face after I applied a pretty good amount of this foundation. NOT IMPRESSED!

You can still see a ton of redness in my skin and it made me look blotchy because it is really hard to blend. 

I finished off the rest of my makeup and headed off to church! This was the final result...(sad face)

My first check in is 3 hours later. 

No touching up, no oil blotting. The lighting is obviously different which is my I'm looking more "tan" in this picture. I had oil on my forehead, nose, and chin. I didn't notice the product oxidizing or breaking down. But still, I could see if sitting on my face. Eww! 

So let's just pretend that there is a photo below this because I totally forgot to takes picture at the the end of the day and by the time I remembered I was already washing my face. FAIL! 

Anyway, I had been keeping an eye on my face for the next few hours and I continued to get more oily as the day when on. Which is typical for my skin. The foundation did start to break down and got a really patchy look to it. Most areas of my face looked like I had nothing on my skin at all. 

My final thoughts...

Not impressed! I really would expect more out of a higher end foundation, like this. Bare Minerals performs way better than this. I am going to try this a few more times with different primers and see how it does then but I have to admit that I don't have high hopes. 

If you have tried this foundation or have any recommendations on getting a better result, please let me know.

Until next time...

Xoxo,

Adela