Review | Sleek Skin Revive Foundation

Foundation is an absolute staple to most makeup kits and often tends to be one of the first products we seek to buy. Having a great base highlights the rest of our makeup much like a piece of paper. If the paper is great quality the colors we paint or draw on it look beautiful and standout. Being pale just means it's all the more vital you find the correct shade for your skin.

Most of us often make do with what we find instore. Some of use are unaware of brands you can find online or find there's often a lack of information regarding the paler shades of foundation there is available out there. More often than not we're worried about wasting our money on a product that seriously lacks description on the brands website. Bloggers are often handy in these instances. If you've been worried about the lighter side of shade range within Sleeks Skin Revive line I offer you my review! 

I first noticed this line on Sleek.com but hadn't seen in worn on the face until I browsed through Killer Colors blog. She's quite fair and wears shade Oatmeal. It looked seamless and flawless on her as she takes pretty high quality pictures, so it gave me a nudge to purchase the tester kit in light. Sleek.com it a wonderful site to purchase from regardless of the fact it's an international brand. It's cheaper in fact shipping wise compared to ELF.com.au. It took about two weeks to reach me in South Australia and I was pretty happy to get it on the day I did. I only wear makeup a few times a week and it happened to show up on a day I was planning to wear a full face of makeup. While I'm able to get away with the shade Oatmeal I'm far more suited to Linen. I've noticed it does oxidize and the darker shades such as White Rose and Shell go quite a shade darker than when you apply it. Linen doesn't quite seem to have that problem but I do suspect if I was to wear it in high coverage thickness it would be noticeable when it set. However I only wear this sheerly to even out my complexion. The formula seems to be made to be worn rather light than heavily. You could however build it up if you needed too. I just don't think you'd be getting the best finish if you did. Everyone's different. 

Swatches are fantastic and one of my favorite things but I often find with foundation or concealer swatches people never blend them. How am I supposed to know how it truly looks? It something I don't want my readers to go through. I've blended the colors above with my Real Technique blending brush but you could achieve the same effect with you fingers, a flat foundation brush or a sponge. It doesn't seem to effect the end result of this foundation too much. It's not overly matt and not overly dewy either, falling somewhere in between. It's a silicon based foundation and free of oil. It doesn't feel heavy which is always a plus too. While Linen matches my vampire pale skin I wouldn't recommend anyone near my shade to set this with a pressed powder as I recon it would darken it. I mostly stick to translucent powder. It retails for $9.99 on Sleek.com and the tester kits retail for $4.50 each. Pretty good bargain if you ask me. I'm currently waiting on my bottled version which comes in a convenient pump form. FYI the little tester tubes are perfect for the makeup bag too for on the go touch ups. Not that you'd need it really, the longevity is pretty good, Lasting at around 4-5 hours before any visible fading. 

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