Revlon Colour Stay is a liquid foundation, with what I would describe as medium to an easily buildable full coverage. I am an NC25 & wear shade 180 sand beige, in the combination/oily range (Also comes in normal to dry skin formula)Revlon claim the foundation last for 16 hours. I would say 12 hours & with a little powder touch up on my T-zone as I have combination skin type.
When I first bought this foundation I used my less dense ELF flat top brush to apply & I really didn't like this method, I needed to work very quickly as the product dried & settled into the skin quickly leaving it difficult to blend. So for me the damp beauty blender or a dense kabuki is the way to go when using this foundation.
I have been used to the lightly scented higher end foundations, so the smell of Revlon ColorStay was quite off putting to me at first. There's no other way to put this, but when you first open the bottle it smells like paint, wall paint! Only when in the bottle, the scent doesn't translate onto the face, but its not hideously strong & after a while the smell does fade from the foundation.
Pic 1-Just eye & lip makeup. Pic 2-With Just Foundation. Pic 3-Full face.
The bottle is nice & sturdy with a screw on lid that fastens tightly. One down side to the packaging is that there is no pump, it's an open neck bottle which can get a bit messy but if your careful when getting the foundation out of the bottle it's fine.I would say this has to be my favorite high street/drug store foundation. The fact that I have repurchased it three times, speaks for itself.
Now I'm intrigued to try out more drug store foundations. What are your favourites?
Average drug store price is £12.49 although it is available for less on some beauty sites