Review: New Wet n Wild Natural Wear Mineral Foundation

Continuing my reviews of the newest Wet n Wild products, I'm delighted to introduce you to Wet n Wild Natural Wear Mineral Foundation.

Let's start with the packaging. How cute is this container? It contains three parts: The bottom houses the brush, the middle contains the powder and the top is the lid for the powder. All three sections come part as follows:

I received two shades: "Light" (on the left in the first photo) and "Fair". "Fair" seemed to be the best match for my NC20 skin, so the rest of the pictures above and below are of "Fair".

According the Wet n Wild website, Natural Wear Mineral Foundation "...gives you the flawless-looking coverage of a liquid foundation in a light, mineral-based formula. It smoothly evens out skin tone and brightens complexion." Also, there is a "Mineral Veil" product in this collection that serves as a finishing powder. I did not receive Mineral Veil to review so I'm basing this review on the Mineral Foundation by itself.

The shades available are: Fair, Light, Medium, Tan and Mineral Veil.

Here are some pics of "Fair" on the back of my hand, before and after blending:

As you can see, this product does not settle into fine lines. It's definitely not chalky--it easily glides on the skin and blends effortlessly. One application will give you sheer coverage, but you can build for more coverage without the product getting cakey or hard to work with. Currently my skin needs medium coverage, so I played around with this and found that I prefer the combo of using my regular concealer, two applications of Natural Wear Mineral Foundation, followed by a light dusting of loose powder. This left my skin looking slightly matte, but just a little dewy. This foundation gives an extremely natural-looking finish to the skin, and I think that any of you who prefer sheer coverage in a foundation might really enjoy this.

For me, the staying power was similar if not identical to other drugstore mineral powder foundations I've used in the past. By noon I found I needed a little oil-blotting to my T-zone and in the afternoon I needed to re-apply my powder.

Oh and the brush! Let me tell you that the first time you use it, you might think it's a little stiff. I highly recommend that you keep using it because it definitely softens up a lot on the second time around and now that I've used it several times, it's quite soft and not scratchy at all. Plus, I have experienced no shedding whatsoever with this brush. Yay!

Have you tried Wet n Wild Natural Wear Mineral Foundation yet? I'd love to know your thoughts!

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