Foundation Review - Estēe Lauder Double Wear

Ahhhh Double wear... I cannot tell you how many times I have reached for this over the past few years! It is an iconic staple in any professional and everyday makeup kit. I recently repurchased this after trying a few other foundations and I have to say it's the one I always go back to!

First off, Estēe Lauder offer a shade matching service for the double wear foundation. They use this little device that scans certain parts of your face and neck to find your ideal colour... let me just say this has never worked on me. The colour that the machine selects, has always been so far off my actual match and has selected the wrong undertone, colour, shade everything, so take what the machine says with a pinch of salt and make sure the colour is tried on you before you buy it.

If you can't already tell, I colour match myself to the foundation and am usually the shade 1N1 Ivory Nude. The foundation comes in a really beautiful square glass bottle and a gorgeous gold top... however, there is no pump.... no pump? Estēe lauder for £33.50, I would please like a pump, so I don't have to waste product pouring it onto my hand and trying to guess the right amount. But on the plus side, you can buy the foundation pumps from mac that fit perfectly into the bottle, which are also cheaper than the Estēe Lauder ones!

Now the foundation itself is stunning. Double wear is my OG holy grail foundation. I could try a million foundations and still come back to this. It feels so luxurious, provides insane coverage but still looks natural and doesn't look cakey throughout the day. It covers my acne scars, but still makes me feel natural. Another thing is that it lasts! This does not move throughout the whole day and only starts looking oily after about 8 hours. I have worn this without a setting spray and it has lasted the same amount of time. I cannot get enough of this foundation and the only thing that kills me is the price, but I honestly think it's worth it, you need the tiniest amount and this can last me 3 months.

Overall, a really amazing foundation, just use your own eye when colour matching and don't take the machine's shade match as bible!

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