- Hey everyone, and welcome back
to the Adore Beauty YouTube channel.
My name is Amelia.
In today's video,
we are going to be comparing MAC foundations
and hopefully this can be your go-to guide
for helping you to find the correct formula for you.
So if we haven't met before, I am a makeup artist,
a beauty content creator, and I also used to work for MAC.
So it was my job to know all about the products,
the formulas and the foundations
were some of the most popular products that I would sell.
So the first foundation that we are gonna start with
is the Studio Radiance Face
and Body Radiant Sheer Foundation.
This is a really popular foundation
with makeup artist, beauty enthusiasts,
and just everyone in general.
This is the thinnest
of the foundations that we're gonna talk about.
This is a sheer coverage, but it is buildable.
This is the formula that I'm wearing right now.
You can see how luminous it is, how hydrating it looks
and also how natural it looks as well.
So it has a very sheer natural, radiant finish.
This is also waterproof, which is amazing.
This is a really good product to use if you need to wear it
for a longer period of time, if you have dry skin
or if you just like a really dewy look to the skin.
And also if you're gonna be sweating a lot
this is a foundation that I find stays on really well.
This is also really popular body makeup.
So as the name suggests face and body,
you can use this on legs.
I pop it onto my neck and chest
if I have any imperfections that I want to even out.
I actually used this on my wedding day.
My chest was more exposed
and I wanted to give myself an nice glossy finish
so I did actually use this.
I am obsessed with this foundation.
This is my most favourite of all the MAC foundations.
Big, big love for this one.
So that's the Studio Radiance.
Next up is the Pro Longwear
Nourishing Waterproof Foundation.
So Pro Longwear foundations
are all about long wearing formulas that stay on.
This one has a 36 hour wear.
I don't know why you would need to wear your foundation
for 36 hours, but it's good to know that it lasts that long.
This formula is medium to full coverage.
It's buildable.
You will see me applying it and I do two layers of it
so that you can see how well it covers.
It has a really lovely dewy hydrating finish
and this can also be worn as a concealer or as a foundation,
just depends how you like to wear it.
This is also a waterproof formula
like the Studio Radiance that we talked about just before.
So I would say that this is the sheer coverage
and then this is like the full coverage version of it.
When I worked at MAC a long time ago,
this was relatively new and it also wasn't as popular.
I think at the time it was still all about
more satin finishes, more matte finishes,
so people weren't really sure
about how well this would work.
But prolonged wear formulas have always been quite popular
because it's all in the name long wear.
Everybody wants their makeup to last.
So yeah, love this formula.
Next up we have Studio Fixed Fluid.
This is probably the most popular foundation that MAC has.
This is their medium to full coverage satin,
matte finish foundation.
This is all about giving you coverage.
It controls shine, it controls oil.
It gives you that flawless finish and it is buildable.
So you can do medium coverage
or you can build it up and do a full coverage.
This was really popular when I was working at MAC
to use on like formal makeup.
If people came in and they were going to a special event,
you were always going to pick up
these Studio Fixed Fluid Foundation
because it was just so good for events.
I feel like with makeup trends being more geared
towards natural radiant finishes,
this may not be as popular at the moment.
I know that I don't pick this one up very often anymore.
This is a foundation that, yeah,
I would still wear for a special event.
If anything, I might share it out
with a little bit of the Studio Radiance.
You can mix the formulas together.
That's quite fun to do
and it is a really good foundation still.
And then finally
we have the Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation.
So this is a medium to full coverage powder foundation.
This has an ultra matte finish
so you can see in the video it is completely matte.
There is no shine.
This helps to control oil.
So this is really great
for somebody who has a really oily skin type
or somebody who just gets oily
progressively throughout the day.
I would suggest using this just as your foundation,
or you can use it with a fluffy brush
if you wanted to add an extra layer
of coverage to your liquid foundation.
I'm gonna hack them back to when I used to work at MAC.
What we would actually do at the time
is we would sometimes sell these together.
So the Studio Fix Fluid
and these Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation
we would sell them as a duo.
So people were walking out with really full coverage bases
because these are two foundations
and so sometimes we'd be like,
buy the liquid foundation and then buy the powder
and then you can touch up with this throughout the day
which is true if you wanna keep adding more coverage,
but if I was to recommend a powder to use
on top of Studio Fixed Fluid,
I would go for something a little bit lighter,
more just like a touch up powder,
one that has much thinner coverage or a translucent powder
rather than this one because it is a foundation on its own.
I don't really know how
many people use this product anymore.
I would say it is really just geared
towards people who have an oily skin type
or somebody who just likes a traditional powder foundation
or somebody who likes a matte finish.
But yeah, it's still good.
It's still good.
It's not my cup of tea, but if you are oily
and you love a matte finish,
then this is a really beautiful product.
Okay, so let's do a quick summary of all the foundations.
Studio Radiance is sheer buildable coverage
with a dewy radiant finish and it is waterproof.
Prolong Wear Nourishing Waterproof Foundation
is full coverage.
It has a radiant dewy finish.
It can be worn as concealer or foundation
and it is a 36 hour wear foundation.
Studio Fixed Fluid is medium to full coverage.
It has a matte finish and it helps to control oil and shine.
Then finally, we have Studio Fixed Powder Plus Foundation.
This is medium to full coverage.
Again, this has a 12 hour wear, a matte finish,
ultra matte finish
and it helps to control oil and shine.
Okay, I hope you found this video helpful.
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