Recently i got my hands on this foundation from Chanel after hearing a couple of positive reviews on it. Chanel has never been my foundation of choice for two reasons, the first being i feel they never live up to their coverage claims and the second they seem to all suffer from poor lasting ability. The extremely lightweight formula of vitalumiere aqua and the lotus water ingredients peeked my interest enough to try it.
First off packaging! My impressions are that its kind of boring just a plastic tube with a nozzle similar to mac face and body but in a tiny plastic container. Just doesn't look nice enough to have spent 40 euro on. While in theory i would never say to buy a product for its packaging i do really love nice packaging and feel a bit let down when an expensive brand has poor packaging.
Second- texture. This has a very watery consistency that feels lovely going on but lets you know straight away that coverage is minimal, as in tinted moisturizer territory.
Third - Application. Application is a dream partly owing to its light consistency. Its very simple to apply and looks great immediately afterwards but is a very very light foundation! There is pretty much no coverage at all here but does a good job of unifying skin tone after application
Fourth- Result. After about a half hour of wear this started to separate on my face and became very very patchy. It looked like i had never exfoliated in my life. I had to top it up exactly two and a half hours later as it had started disappearing.
Overall i would say this is a miss for me. I didn't see any of the skincare and lotus water benefits that had been advertised and it made my skin look worse not better. As this is yet another disappointment with Chanel i find myself questioning how it has so many customers who swear by it. Do people like re-doing their foundation ten times a day or is it simply the name that attracts so many?
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