Nico: The odds of a foundation
adapting to all skin tones are extremely low,
but today we're going to be trying a product
that claims to do just that.
This is the Rebelle Foundation from Hailey Beauty,
and it's supposed to be the first foundation
adaptable to all skin tones.
Sure.
Obviously, I'm calling in a few friends
to also test out this foundation.
Just by the looks of it in the bottle,
it's already turning some weird orangey kind of color,
which tells me something is going to change,
but I'm not super hopeful
that it's going to match my skin tone, at all.
The instructions say to pump it
on the back of your hand
and mix with your finger
until you see it turn a color
that you think will match your skin tone.
But right off the bat, it's not doing anything.
It still looks super white.
It still looks super gray.
So I'm just going to keep doing this
and hope something happens.
This product has over 700 five-star reviews, I think.
And I'm confused as to why,
because it cannot be that everyone
who tried out this foundation was lighter than me.
Because I don't see how anyone my skin tone or deeper
can use something like this,
because it's really not doing much of anything.
OK. I'm just going to start applying,
because it's already going to
start blending into nothing.
It's not the worst thing that's ever happened to me.
It kind of just looks like
I accidentally bought a foundation
that was too light for my skin tone.
But it's not adapting,
which is the whole point of this thing.
I don't understand why you would buy this,
if not for that claim.
Producer: Do you think it's giving any coverage?
I thought you were going to say, "Do you think it's giving?"
And I was like, no!
Do you think it's giving? Absolutely not.
It's giving us nothing.
Go, girl, give us nothing.
That's what I'm getting.
It's evening out my skin in a way that I don't care for,
because it's just making me look pale all over.
Clearly this isn't working out for me,
especially not the way they advertised it to work,
but let's see how it works on everyone else.
The texture is really gluey.
Like, not sticky, but it has the feeling of
Elmer's glue before it dries down.
It keeps on changing,
but right now it actually looks like
it has a pretty pink undertone.
I have a pretty neutral undertone,
so I think that's what's throwing it off.
That's actually a perfect match.
Sorry. I'm laughing at myself because
I really thought this was going to be terrible,
but it looks exactly like my skin tone right now.
It had, like, zero coverage.
It had the coverage of water, I think.
Which, I'm having what I would consider
a good skin day for myself,
so it's not that big of a deal,
but I personally would like more coverage,
like, right here.
I have a little redness
and also a little hyperpigmentation
from acne scars on my cheek.
I feel like it at the most evened it out slightly,
but it's not giving coverage.
It has such a shimmery finish.
It's giving me, like, "I am a Cullen" effect,
where it's not like pure glitter on my face,
but it's so shimmery in this light.
I thought this product was really
going to be a winner when I was applying it.
It looked great. It actually was shockingly
matching my skin tone really well.
But because of the oxidation,
because of the finish,
it's just not a product
that I would be reaching for again.
I'd rather just get a foundation in my shade.
This to all skin tones
seems like a stretch.
It's like a peach white. I just,
I don't understand where the other colors
are going to come from.
Do they maybe say to keep rubbing
because eventually you would just rub it in
until it would appear to have blended?
Nico: Until it blends into nothing.
Irene: It's going to seem like it matches
your skin color if you rub it away.
"This is the skin of a killer, Bella."
That's what I think.
It's so shiny. Oh, my gosh.
I don't know what's going on,
'cause it didn't change when I was rubbing it on my hand.
It's not changing on my face,
but the fingers I was using to blend it in
are now very orange,
and also there's a similar shade
stained all over my shirt now.
So I don't know how this foundation chooses
when and where it wants to change colors,
but it seems to have a mind of its own.
Nico: A product like this does sound really promising,
but its main claim, of adapting to all skin tones,
just isn't true.
I feel like all of us just had
that same white cast to our skin,
and it wasn't really changing in color at all.
And because of that, I'm not going to do a wear test.
I'm not going to wear it to the gym.
I'm just going to say don't buy this.