E.L.F Studio Flawless Finish Foundation Review

Although I haven’t tried a lot of ELF products before, generally those I have tried have definitely impressed me, so obviously I was pretty excited to try out a few more things from ELF recently.
One of my guilty pleasures when it comes to buying makeup is foundation, so obviously when I placed my ELF order I ended up purchasing ELF's studio flawless finish foundation, and this review will be my honest opinions of the product after testing it out for a couple of weeks!

I wasn’t quite sure what I was expecting of this foundation when I initially ordered it, I’d just heard quite a few good things about it, so whilst on the ELF website I decided to pick it up and give it a try.
As I was ordering online I was unsure what shade to pick, so I searched for some reviews online of people with similar skin tones to me and found that the lightest shade would probably be best, as it is known to be darker than you’d expect from the lightest shade of a foundation. The colour I picked up was ‘Porcelain’ and found this to actually be the perfect shade for me, and luckily this foundation didn’t seem to oxidise either which is a big plus point! If you’re really fair skinned though, I probably wouldn’t recommend this foundation as there are no lighter shades.

Personally, I’m into the pretty high coverage, long lasting foundations like Revlon Colourstay and Estee Lauder Doublewear, so was hoping this was going to be something along those lines (being called ‘Flawless Foundation’) but unfortunately for me, it wasn’t. I’d say the coverage was medium, and only slightly buildable, but the texture was definitely smooth and ‘flawless’ which is what I realised the name of the foundation was referring to.

This foundation applied really easily and evenly with my  Real Techniques expert face brush and didn’t cake up when I applied my powder over the top, so in terms of how the foundation looked on the surface of my skin, it did look good. But one thing about this foundation that may put you off is the smell – It smells like baby powder. This could be a good thing or a bad thing, but it is certainly something to keep in mind if you’re thinking of buying this foundation, as the smell is quite strong.

As with all the foundations I’ve been trying out recently, I applied this before work and monitored how it looked throughout the day to see how long it lasted. After only a couple of hours, it had started to slide off my face. I do have quite oily skin so unless my foundation is really long lasting, it usually starts to slide off after a couple of hours anyway, so this didn’t surprise me too much. I also noticed later on that the product actually advises you to reapply after 2 hours, so if you have oily skin like me, or don’t fancy reapplying layers of foundation every couple of hours, then this foundation is definitely not for you. 

Personally I wouldn’t repurchase this product again as it simply isn’t the right coverage for me, doesn’t last very long at all, and most likely isn’t tailored for oily skin! But that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t recommend it to others. If you have dry/combination skin, aren’t looking for a super long lasting foundation and only need a medium coverage, then for the price I would definitely recommend this.