My Musings on my Foundations

By on March 27, 2009


So I currently have a few foundations that I wear, in no particular order.

Meow in Inquisitive Sphynx and Siamese, and Fyrinnae in Moonstone and Quartz. Also pictured is Purely Cosmetics Skin Smoothing foundation in Fair Maiden.

1st is Meow’s Pampered Puss formula in Inquisitive Sphynx.
Sphynx is described as: beige, pink and peach undertones
Inquisitive is described as: 0-lightest, almost white

This is a light to medium coverage foundation, and perfect for everyday wear in my eyes. It’s great for my sensitive skin. The formula for the pampered puss is as follows: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide, Iron Oxides

This is a really good foundation if you have sensitive skin because Zinc Oxide is soothing. This won’t make you itch. It’s a matte finish.

2nd is Fyrinnae’s Mica-Free foundation in Moonstone.
Moonstone is described as: a pale neutral, for very fair skin.

This is a medium coverage foundation on me, as it provides more coverage than my Pampered Puss foundation. It’s also a good everday wear foundation. The forumla for the mica-free foundation is as follows: Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Rice Powder, Silica, Iron Oxides

I believe that the rice powder in this foundation is good for absorbing oils. I think rice powder in general is good for setting foundation. This is also a matte finish.

3rd is Purely Cosmetic’s Skin Smoothing foundation in Fair Maiden.
Fair Maiden is described as: The lightest of colors, fair skinned with slight pink tones.

This is my most full coverage foundation. It’s nice on my sensitive skin. Unfortunately, it’s just a tad too dark for my taste. I prefer my foundation to be a bit pale.

The formula for it is as follows: Titanium Dioxide, Mica, Zinc Oxide, Pure Silk Powder, Boron, Silica, Iron Oxides, Jojoba Oil (vegetable derived), Magnesium Myristate. May contain ultramarine blue.

I believe that the silk helps to hydrate skin while absorbing excess natural oils, the silica helps to give an airbrushed finish, jojoba makes the skin soft and boron reduces pore visibility.

4th is Meow’s Purrrfect Puss Foundation in Inquisitive Siamese.
Siamese is described as: a neutral for those with creamy undertones, no dominant peach or pink, but you may see a bit of yellow, peach, pink and beige
Inquisitive is described as: 0-lightest, almost white

This is my lightest, most sheer foundation. This is a sheer matte foundation, which can be built up. The formula for it is as follows: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides

While this used to be my preferred of the Meow foundations, I noticed if I was outside and sweating that it would cause the skin on my face by the sides of my nose to burn. I still like this foundation on days when I want just a sheer veil of coverage, if I’m not going to be sweating profusely.

This foundation is good for people who want sheer coverage and don’t have sensitive skin.

5th is Fyrinnae’s Mica-Free Foundation in Quartz.
Quartz is described as the ultra pale neutral, for the fairest skin.

Quartz is just a tad too pale for me currently, so it’s good for when I inexplicably end up paler than I currently am, during some of the winter months. It’s also good for me when I’m going clubbing and want to look paler than I am.

This is again one of my more full coverage foundation. The formula for it is as follows: Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Rice Powder, Silica, Iron Oxides

This foundation also has a matte finish and is great for clubbing.

Fyrinnae comes in Travel Size & Full Size.
I have Moonstone & Quartz in Travel Size, and Moonstone in Full Size.

Purely comes in Sample Size & Full Size. I have Fair Maiden in Sample Size and Full Size.

Meow comes in Sample Size, Munchkin Size and Full Size. I have Inquisitive Sphynx & Inquisitive Siamese in Munchkin Sizes and Full Sizes. I also have a Halloween Foundation in Munchkin Size.

Here’s another picture for you to compare the Meow Munchkin Size to the Meow Full Size.

These are all fabulous foundations.

I also recommend Aromaleigh’s Glissade foundation, but I have had a very hard time finding a good match in it. I thought 1YL worked, but not so much, and 1W does not look quite right. But eventually I’ll figure it out ;) It’s another foundation that leaves a nice matte finish. (Edit: With the lovely Kristen of Aromaleigh, I found a match with 1CL + a dash of Alabaster.)

I tend to prefer my foundations to leave a matte finish so that if I want sparkle, it comes from my highlighter or face powder or blush.

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6 Responses to My Musings on my Foundations

  1. Phyrra March 27, 2009 at 4:10 pm #

    Hi little Artemis!
    You may want to try the Purely Cosmetics Skin Smoothing too. It has good coverage.

    As for Aromaleigh, I know you can add Ghost to make it paler. My problem was I couldn’t get it to match my mutt undertones. Since I have a mix of cream, yellow, beige and peach undertones and a slight pink overtone I often have a really hard time finding a good match. MAC was never pale enough for me.

    Yay I’m looking forward to the Nyx swatches.

    I’m really glad that these overviews help!

  2. Phyrra March 27, 2009 at 4:10 pm #

    Hi little Artemis!
    You may want to try the Purely Cosmetics Skin Smoothing too. It has good coverage.

    As for Aromaleigh, I know you can add Ghost to make it paler. My problem was I couldn’t get it to match my mutt undertones. Since I have a mix of cream, yellow, beige and peach undertones and a slight pink overtone I often have a really hard time finding a good match. MAC was never pale enough for me.

    Yay I’m looking forward to the Nyx swatches.

    I’m really glad that these overviews help!

  3. krista carlson March 27, 2009 at 7:05 pm #

    I am really loving the fyrinnae foundation…the lighter shade came today i bought the superpower foundation in Pyrite Matte and then I bought a full size of mineral finishing powder oil control. I also got a free sample of twinkle twinkle little bat…I did start by blog…yeah!!!!!!

  4. krista carlson March 27, 2009 at 7:05 pm #

    I am really loving the fyrinnae foundation…the lighter shade came today i bought the superpower foundation in Pyrite Matte and then I bought a full size of mineral finishing powder oil control. I also got a free sample of twinkle twinkle little bat…I did start by blog…yeah!!!!!!

  5. Phyrra March 27, 2009 at 10:37 pm #

    You’re welcome Little Artemis!

    I’m glad you’re liking the foundation Krista :)
    I’ll go check out your blog soon!

  6. Phyrra March 27, 2009 at 10:37 pm #

    You’re welcome Little Artemis!

    I’m glad you’re liking the foundation Krista :)
    I’ll go check out your blog soon!

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