I already wrote about how much I like Lottie London and how you should totally check it out if it's available near your location.
I picked up their Selfie Ready foundation in a huge sale which is currently going on in the Rossmann drugstores and I'm very curious if I'm going to like it or not. I love so many of their products, so I have my hopes pretty high. Also, I haven't heard many people talk about their foundations, so maybe there's a reason for that...what ever it is, we will find out!
You can find the previous post where I wrote more details about this foundation and its ingredients, shade range and other stuff. Here we're looking for the real info about how it performs, wears, separates, plays with other products...etc. So let's get to it.
Just to recap, it is a matte, waterbased, medium coverage foundation. All of these claims seem to be true just from the swatches.
Day 1
It Monday...I like Mondays, because I usually don't really have to go to work and I have school in the late afternoon. So, there's a lot of time for me to walk around the city, manage what needs to be managed and so on. The weather is starting to be quite hot and I have a few packages that I need to pick up. All of them are at different parts of the city (of course...) so I'll be a good day to test a foundation.
As always, I like to use my regular base products to see if the foundation plays nicely with products I use on daily basis.
List of used product
Gabriella Salvete Pore Minimizer Skin Primer
NYX Honey, Dew Me Up Primer
Lottie London Selfie Ready Foundation, shade Ivory
NYX Can't Stop Won't Stop Concealer, shade 1.5
Lottie London Ready. Set! Go. Setting Powder, shade True Translucent
183days Loose Powder Shaker, shade Porcelain
Catrice Brow Colorist Semi-permanent Brow Mascara, shade 03
Maybelline Browdrama Mascara, shade Transparent
Essence I love Colour Eyeshadow Base
Revolution Iconic Division Pallete
NYX Glitter Goals, shade oui oui
183days Galactic Juice Pallete
Physician's Formula Eye Booster Liner, shade Ultra Black
Fenty Beauty Vivid Liquid Liner, shade Papaya Mama
NYX Worth the Hype Mascara, shade Black
Flormar Satin Touch Eyeshadow Stick
RL de Young Chocolate Bronzer
Zoeva Opulence Blush Pallete, shade Impossible to Move
Lottie London Strobe Stix, shade Starstruck
NYX Bare with Me Multitasking Spray
Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint, shade Unbutton
Wear time: 9 hours
After 9 hours I got home after a very long day. The foundation didn't feel heavy or cakey but I haven't really seen myself since I left the house.
The smell has faded after about an hour, thank God it did. Still, an hour may be a bit too long for someone but the important part is that is doesn't stick around the whole day.
When I finally looked in the mirror as I got home, everything looked very polished. I looked smooth, fresh, not like I was running around for hours at all. My highlight, my bronzer, everything was in place and looked really just about flawless.
I did blow my nose a couple times so there was a bit of distorted foundation around my nose, nothing major though. Between my eyebrows, the situation was much better than usual when I sweat this much.
To conclude day one, I am actually very impressed by this so far.
Here's a picture of me as I got home, there's a not much bad to see at all. Only I look tired as hell, but the makeup looks pretty neat.
Day 2
Another day, another wear test. Today I totally forgot about going in with liquid base products, so I will test that tomorrow. So I quess it's another day to see how it goes with normal products that I use.
I don't have nearly as much stress today as I had yesterday so I quess we'll test a good old working day wearability.
List of used products
Gabriella Salvere Pore Minimizer Skin Primer
Essence Prime Studio+ Glow Boosting + Pore Minimizing Primer with Pink Clay
Lottie London Selfie Ready Foundation, shade Ivory
Revolution Conceal and Correct, shade Peach
L'Oreal Infallible More Than Concealer, shade 322 Ivory
Jeffree Star Cosmetics The Magic Star Setting Powder, shade Fair
183days Ready to Brow Ink, shade Ash
Catrice Brow Colorist, shade 03
Essence I Love Colour Eyeshadow Base
Revolution x Soph Extra Spice Pallete
183days Galactic Juice Pallete
Maybelline Tattoo Liner, shade 900 Deep Onyx
Physician's Formula Eye Booster, shade Ultra Black
NYX Worht the Hype Mascara, shade Black
Bershka #nosunbuttan Bronzer, shade 02 Paradise Hack
183days Finish Touch Blush, shade 010 Touch of Peach
183days Gleam Pot, shade 010 So Champagne!
Rimmel Instafix Setting Spray
NYX Suede Liquid Lipstick, shade Bottoms Off
Wear time: 14 hours
Oh boy was I wrong when I thought this is gonna be an easy day. I had way more stuff to do and it was waaaay hotter than I expected. Long story short, I haven't been this hot since last summer.
The foundation wasn't looking as fresh today. It got a little crusty on my forehead, the marks under my glasses were very deep, between my eyebrows things got a little patchy.
However nothing that laid on top of the foundation separated and it still looked nice from a normal distance. I wasn't very happy with the concealer, but that's for a different post. I felt gross though and I really wanted to get it off my face when I got home. Still, considering how long I had the makeup on my face, this was a pretty good durability test, but you can tell even from the picture that it's looking pretty oily and dewy.
Day 3
Today is the day when I test the foundation with some cream and liquid products. I like this testing because I don't use all my cream products enough and it's fun to do something different once in a while. Also, these liquidy products sometimes tend to pull the foundation, create patches or not sit on the foundation well, so I think it's nice to give it a shot and see how it performs.
List of used products
Lottie London Insta Filter Pore Eraser Stick
NYX Bare with Me Hydrating Jelly Primer
Lottie London Selfie Ready Foundation, shade Ivory
Jeffree Star Cosmetics Magic Star Concealer, shade C3
Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Setting Powder, shade Butter
Catrice Bouncy Bronzer, shade 020 Cuba Vibes
Maybelline Dream Matte Blush, shade 30 coy coral
183days Ready to Brow Ink, shade 010 Ash
Maxfactor Natural Brow Styler, shade Clear
Essence I love Colour Intensifying Eyeshadow Base
Jeffree Star Cosmetics Blood Sugar Pallete
Revolution PRO Refill Pressed Glitter, shade Stop Look and Glisten
Fenty Beauty Flyliner
Maybelline Tattoo Liner, shade 900 Deep Onyx
Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer, shade Bronzer
Revolution Vivid Baked Highlighter, shade Golden Lights
Rimmel Insta Fix and Go Setting Spray
Maybelline Snapscara, shade 01 Pitch Black
Essence Melted Chrome Liquid Lipstick, shade 04 iron heart
Wear time: 16 hours
What a long day...
After this long, I don't really expect anything to look good and don't be mistaken, this wasn't so good either.
Maybe you can tell, but just to be clear, the foundation started separating a little between my brows and was looking a lot more oily around and on my nose and on my chin.
However, after 16 hours? This is really good. In person it totally looked a bit worn but at the same time, not that gross.
The cream and liquid products worked great, didn't separate more or looked patchy at all. This foundation likes to play with creams.
Final thoughts
To be honest I am pretty impressed. Why people don't talk about this foundation more? Maybe it missed its chance, maybe it's not good enough for everybody but for the price (discounted price) this blew my mind.
Semi-matte, wears nice and long, the shades are a bit questionable, but if you find yourself one that matches, you're good.
I've been working on this review for quite some time and I actually did wear the foundation more than three times at this point. Everytime I wear it, I don't like the smell but to be honest, I can get over it because this foundation looks pretty damn great.
If you're in a need of a new foundation and you don't mind a semi-matte finish and medium coverage, this has all the properties of a good foundation for me.
In fact, I've been enjoying it so much, that I went...and bought the stick foundation from Lottie London! So hang on, there's another review coming soon.
Thanks for reading and if you have any experience with these or you have any suggestions on what should I test, let me know.