My, my Maybelline Fit Me Foundation Review

Hey Gems and Jewels! This is a review that I’m super excited to share with you because the products FAR exceeded my expectations.  Initially when I chose Maybelline products to review, I planned only to mostly on the foundation and concealer because we all know that creating a smooth canvas to work from is extremely important.  Well…Ulta had a sale and then I saw colors, colors and more colors of lipstick, glosses and blushes…oh my.  So while I am very pleased to report on the foundation and concealer that I chose to review fortunately I have a few lipsticks/glosses and blushes that I will touch on as well. Maybelline has a quite a selection of foundations but I chose to review one the “Fit Me” collection.  I chose this collection mostly because it looked as if it was the easiest to match up with my complexion (and it was) and because it is the collection that I see advertised the most.  The results…

 Maybelline's Fit Me Foundation: Overall I have to say that I am very pleased with how this foundation wore.  Let me start by saying that it does not have a pump so I poured it on the back of my hand and used a Real Techniques stippling brush to apply it.  The Fit Me foundation is a light to medium coverage that blended very easily into my skin.  Perhaps what I most surprised about was the fact that I actually picked the correct color match on my first try and that it actually did look very natural on my skin.  Also note that I applied MAC’s skin prep as a primer and also used a Maybelline Fit Me concealer in café (30).  I wore the foundation for about 3-4 hours but even during that little bit of time, there was plenty of shine even though I set it with a finishing powder.  It has a dewy finish so if you are going for that look it will work well for you.  Thankfully Fit Me is very well priced at about $8 and I did not experience any breakouts from wearing it.  Maybelline has also done a good job with making it easy to pick you foundation, powder and concealer and as I mentioned it was pretty accurate as far as matching my skin tone.  

Cons: Although the foundation blended very well, it felt heavy on my skin and had a makeup smell to it (pet peeve).  Fit Me is absolutely not for oily skin.  After wearing it for a short time, I had a lot of shine all over my face.  It also fell short when in comes to the color range as I am an NC45 girl but am also at the end of the spectrum (350) when it comes to this line.  It comes in 18 shades which is pretty good but they could stand to extend the color range a little further. 

My recommendation is to steer clear from this foundation if you have even slightly oily skin or if you perspire heavily.  The Fit Me concealer has a light coverage and covers slight imperfections but if you like more coverage, especially for under eye then you may want to choose another one.  

Maybelline Fit Me

Thanks for reading everyone, gonna do a separate post on the lipsticks and blush since this one ran a little long!