Almay Smart Shade Makeup Reviews
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didn't work on my skin
The makeup didn't work on my skin, think maybe because I have too many discolorations in my skin tone. I used light to medium and ended up with a lot of orange blotches. When you have age spots and the normal problems of a red head it may not work for you. Another friend used it with great results, but she had good skin to start off with and no ruddiness. — 5 years, 1 month agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 4 of 7 people said helpful
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Almay smart shade® makeup
Out of sheer laziness, I grabbed this foundation from my daughter's dresser this morning to put on instead of walking the flight of stairs to get my own. Yeah...lazy! My daughter uses the lightest shade of foundation, regardless of the brand, since she has a very pale complexion. I normally use at least one shade darker than her, but thanks to this incredibly long winter, I'm almost as pale as her! The shade I tried is Light. I was a little freaked out when I first squeezed it out of the tube; it was white with little blue particles in it! WHOA! but I rubbed it between my fingers and could see it starting to change color. After rubbing it on my face, I was surprised to see it basically sink into my skin with no noticable color difference. If my face wasn't having a "bad day" with quite a few red splotches, I think I would have been more impressed. The coverage is extremely sheer. If you don't have a lot of marks, scars, acne you are trying to hide, this would be great. But for my not-so-great complexion, it just doesn't offer enough coverage. The pros; *Ingredients include antioxidants like grapeseed, ginseng and gingko biloba. *SPF 15 *Great color blending technology *no streaking *doesn't feel cakey or sticky on my skin. The cons; *not great coverage The end result; I would buy if I had great skin! Since that's not the case, I'm glad I used my daughter's instead of buying and trying another great product that didn't work well for me. — 5 years, 1 month agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 20 of 21 people said helpful
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Favorite Foundation
I Love this foundation! Because it matches my skin tone so well and looks like I'm not wearing foundation, And I have sensitive skin too, so this one of the few foundations I can use without having a reaction or breakout from it. — 5 years, 1 month agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 5 of 5 people said helpful
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TallRed
I love this foundation. It is the most natural looking I have ever used. I get compliments all the time now on my skin and how good it looks. — 5 years, 1 month agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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Ok foundation, I won't buy again.
As soon as I saw this on TV I was amazed and had to have it. So I headed over to my local Wal*Mart to grab a bottle, couldn't wait to try it. Almay has a great line, and they never disappointed me until now. I chose one of the lightest shades, because that's always been my choice of almay foundations. The application was gritty, the foundation consists of a lotion-like base and little beads that make up the color. If I would have known, I would have mixed it in my palm. Another negative, the color that I so loyally chose like I always do...did not match my skin tone. It was orangy and extremely fake looking. Other than that, the end result was ok, after I fixed it with a powder. But I won't buy this one again. — 5 years, 1 month agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 3 of 7 people said helpful
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would be great if it worked...
The idea is really cool except the color it comes out to doesn't match my face. it's a little more yellow and darker so it looks caked on. Also it's heavier than I'd like. — 5 years, 1 month agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 1 people said helpful
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almay smart shade
I was thinking about trying this foundation , but they didn't have my shade... I think they should have a bigger selection of colors for women of color... — 5 years, 2 months agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 1 people said helpful
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disappointing
It made my face look like chalk - maybe I chose the wrong shade - but the advertising makes it seem foolproof. — 5 years, 2 months agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 1 people said helpful
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Not my favorite.
I purchased this makeup and I'm not one to usually spend over $10 on foundation... since I rarely use it anyway... only on special occasions. But I thought it is so annoying to pick one that doesn't match my skin tone, so I picked this one out. I got the medium because i have a olive-tanned skin tone. It did not match at all. Since they only have 3 to choose from, that might be part of the problem, but they advertise it as matching like 98% of all skin tones... I highly doubt that. — 5 years, 3 months agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 2 of 5 people said helpful
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Pretty good
I honestly have not tried any Almay products until recently, and I have to say I have been impressed so far. This included. — 5 years, 3 months agoThis review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
