Beauty

[mimi5775]

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@BlingQueen022 wrote:

Received the IT Cosmetic TSV.  I've always loved liquid Foundations the best.  I just tried the powder foundation in the tsv and it's horrible!  Shows every pore there is and it's very and extremely cakey..  Thank goodness I only paid 30 dollars for it since I had a credit.  THe brush is fabulous though and so is the under eye concealer and I like the lipstick.  Adds a nice pop of pink to your lips.  The powdered foundation is a loser. 

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With ya on this, when I was maybe in my hmmm 40's or so I used Laura Mercier's mineral powder (still have another) nice shades and I think I had tried but wasnt crazy about BE's powder or any foundations that came in compacts when older. I looked quite nice in Laura M's. I had normal skin then (cries).. now it's dry. BUT I still use her moisturizing foundation or a light bb or cc and apply my mineral powder over it for more coverage w/o cakiness and it's quite nice and no pores seen nada at all! I think 'IT's'

powder fdns. are a bit overrated and own both never use them due to what you stated. I like a slight dewy skin and liquid foundations rock!. I am and always was in love with using them since 14.

Good you had credit on it and liked the lippie.

You may find if you have a sheer powder brush not the foundation one they give us, apply the foundation [as it says it can be used that way too] over a cc or bb. But just to lightly to set the bb or cc.

[Campion]

I don't prefer the IT powder foundation nor Smashbox Halo. I do really like the Bare Escentuals. I can wear Laura Geller Balance & Brighten but I prefer the BE, which I wear daily now. In summer, I wear the CC++ cream from IT but NOT the powder. It just is too fine for me and looks chalky or something. 

I can see how it would work well on some people. It just doesn't work well on me. To each, their own.  

[bronx]

haven't opened my box yet...is it worth it to keep for the concealer which I use and one other product?

[BlingQueen022]

@mimi5775  Hi Mar.  I have to say this morning I used Skinn's Orchid Gel and then applied very lightly the IT powdered foundation and it looks much better then when I did it last night without the primer.  It's not something I would ever purchase again.  I'm sticking with my liquid foundations I use.  This powder I'll use probably on weekends to run and do errands or even to work.  As long as I use a good primer and apply very lightly it passes.  I'm sure I'll be using my liquid more then this powder.  I could always keep it in my purse to use the mirror hahahahahahahaha.

[nyc1]

Bare Minerals or Smashbox Halo, used sparingly are gorgeous!  The IT Celebration Foundation is horrid.  It just sits on your skin, even used lightly, and looks like powder.  IK.  I used liquid so many years ago, but when I switched to BM and Halo, i could NEVER go back.  It feels and looks so good...     ESP in the summer.

[jeepgirl]

I agree elruth! I spray MAC fix plus after celebration foundation and CC+ Airbrush Perfecting Powder have been applied than take the Beauty Blender sponge and lighty press into skin. The finish is beautiful and stays all day. I have also sprayed brush with fix plus first than applied celebration foundation and  this makes it creamy and smooth also.

[aprilskies]

Most powder fdns are disappointing.  So, far the best ones I have tried are bare minerals and Laura geller balance n brighten.  Not that they cover but they even out the skin and look natural. The others I recently tried are too faced Cocoa fdn and LG baked elements.  These did not work for me. 

I want to try IT fdn one day and  her bbue, but after just recently trying the baked elements, I wasn't up to taking another chance.

i would love to find a powder fdn I love. Not sure it is out there. 

[namaste000]

I can't believe I have had the exact opposite reaction to the IT tsv than most of you on this thread!!

I am mid-60s and never used a powder foundation until earlier this year when I got a previous IT tsv with Celebration powder foundation with spf.  It was love at first sight 

So I wanted to try the Celebration Illuminating powder.  I was not disappointed! It definitely makes me look better with less lines showing and an unbelievable smoothness to my skin!

I also love the bye bye concealer, eyebrow pencil, and lip balm.

I was late to the party, but now I am definitely an IT girl!

[butterflygirl69]

I stay away from IT Powder foundations. aside from the cakey look, the color range doesn't work for me at all . I love the CC cream and it's my HG foundation , but again, the color range just doesn't work for me.  I have to mix colors.  at least with a liquid foundation it's easy to mix, 

[vermint]

I tried the IT Celebration foundation when it was first introduced on QVC. It applied smoothly, good color match, nice coverage---about half-way thru the day, I looked in the mirror and it had separated into little patches all over my face. EEEK! I tried it with and without primer (LG Spackle), tried applying less, same little patches. So I just went back to my LG Balance & Brighten, which has never failed me. I had waited past the 30 days, so I couldn't return the IT product, but that brush was worth every penny I paid...I now use it to apply my Balance & Brighten!