- 'Tis the season of no filter.
Welcome back to another episode.
Today we are trying out the new foundation
from Laura Mercier.
It's called The Flawless Lumiere Radiance Perfecting
foundation.
(upbeat music)
I wanna see what the new Laura Mercier
flawless foundation looks like on me.
- Me.
- So this foundation comes in 30 shades,
it's $48 and it promises to be luminous in any light
for up to 15 hours of coverage.
- So I've never used a Laura Mercier foundation before,
but I'm super excited to try this.
- I've always heard about Laura Mercier foundation
for being really glowy, super natural.
- I'm not a big foundation person,
but I do love her glow setting powder.
- I love that the brand came out with
a deeper shade in their setting powder
so I've been using that in conjunction with the concealer,
so I'm really excited to try out the foundation
because if it's anything like the concealer
(snaps fingers) it's gonna be good.
- So I went online to find my perfect shade
and I settled on two, I'm either a Praline or a Chai.
- So I look at the shades and I think I'm somewhere
between 5C1 and 6N1.
I'm used to mixing shades, but, um,
maybe I don't have to.
- I'm gonna use the shade Praline.
It kinda looks like it has the same warm undertones
as my skin tone, but I'm gonna swatch it
just to make sure.
- Okay, I'm gonna start with Praline.
- The bottle looks super cute, it would look so chic
in my bathroom, I love the way it looks.
- Ooh, I love that it comes with, um, a top.
My other foundations, like, from other brands,
don't come with this top.
- Okay, so I'm going to be swatching the Vanilla shade,
so let's see if it's a good match for me.
- So I'm gonna try this shade 3W2 Golden.
Um, we're gonna see how this looks.
Doing a real quick swatch.
- Okay, so 5C1 looks a little light.
- Feels really kind of lightweight,
almost like a moisturizer a little bit.
(upbeat music)
- 5C1 is not it, let's try,
and at first glance 6N1 looks too dark,
but, I have to mix.
(upbeat music)
- So this looks a little bit deeper than my skin tone,
but I really like the formula,
so far it's really smooth and really moisturizing,
which is great for my skin right now,
because it's a little bit sunburned.
- So I just color matched right here on my arm
and it seems like a really good fit,
'cause you can't really see the difference,
um, so I really like Praline but
I'm gonna give Chai a chance.
- Ooh, that actually is a super good shade for me.
So I actually really like the Vanilla shade for myself,
I'm obviously extremely pale,
this is on the lighter end of the spectrum,
but it does have the same kind of yellowy,
warmer undertones in the shade that I have
in my skin tone as well, so I'm excited
to see how this is gonna look on my face.
- So I think Praline is actually a little bit
too dark for me, it seems a little bit lighter
in the bottle than it did on my skin tone,
instead I'm going to try Golden,
which seems like a warmer beige tone.
I think this color is a little bit too light for me.
The next shade I'm gonna try is Chai.
This one actually still feels a little bit
too light for my skin, I might need to try to mix
a couple shades to get to the right one for me.
- So I think I'm gonna try the Chai now,
it looks like it might be a little bit too light,
but I shall see.
(upbeat music)
Oh my gosh, look at this.
Chai is just a little too light.
So I'm gonna go with Praline,
and now I'm gonna apply it to my face.
(upbeat music)
It goes on super smooth, ah.
Wow, this is like so relaxing in a weird way.
(upbeat music)
- So I really like the consistency of this,
it feels super lightweight, and I really like the shade,
this is 3W2 Golden, and I feel like it's a match.
So I'm just gonna apply this with my fingers.
It feels really smooth on my skin.
It doesn't feel too drying either, which is good.
I don't feel like I'm gonna get any flakiness
or any of those creases that you can get from
when you use foundations and your skin's maybe
a little too dry.
- So, this is 6N1, this is way too chocolatey for me,
this is 5C1, this is Nutmeg, and it looks a little light,
but I think I'm gonna work with Nutmeg
to see how that looks.
(upbeat music)
Feels very smooth, very lightweight,
even putting it on my face right now,
it doesn't really feel cakey.
- So before I do put on concealer or foundation
of any kind I do like to warm it up
in between my fingers a little bit,
I just think it helps the product to go on a lot smoother,
and it does feel super smooth, I will say.
It feels a lot like a moisturizer,
actually more than it does a foundation,
which I personally love.
And I do feel like it's soaking up a little bit
of the oily sweat situation that I have going on
on my forehead, so it really is a great power product.
- I mixed together Chai and Praline to get my shade.
(upbeat music)
- So, final thoughts, I am definitely sold.
The application was super easy,
the coverage is full and flawless.
- This 3W2 Golden really suits me.
My skin isn't suffocating under super heavy
or caked-on makeup.
- Final thoughts, I love the way it feels,
it feels very smooth, it feels very lightweight.
I hate when I can feel foundation on my skin,
and this one feels very like skinlike, it feels very light.
- I personally actually loved the foundation,
I thought that the Vanilla shade worked really well for me,
it not only matched the overall color of my skin,
but the yellowy undertones that I have as well,
which is awesome, that can be super hard to find.
- The fact that I had to use two shades though,
to find my skin tone, is a little bit more difficult,
I'd like it to be kind of easy and quick.
But if I were to have like, multiple shades
it would be really easy to rely on this formula.
- I love it, the shade was cracked,
I have like literally no complaints at all
and I am very excited for the next 15 hours
of full, flawless, Lumiere perfecting coverage.