While in Melbourne with the other half for the F1, I managed to swing by the Mecca store on Toorak Rd (after an epic day of shopping!) and try one of the items on my lemmings’ list - the new NARS All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation.

I've never owned a NARS foundation before so I needed some help trying to find my colour match. A lovely staff member at Mecca (gah I can’t remember his name for the life of me!) asked how he could help and I mentioned I had no idea what my colour match in the new NARS ADLW was and before I knew it I was sat down, relieved of my ridiculous amount of bags and handed a cold glass of water – talk ‘bout customer service!

Texturally it felt great – it reminded me of my GA Lasting Silk; super runny, feather-light and it set quickly.

Aaaaaaand that’s where the awesome died.

Unfortunately the finish was a definite matte with no luminosity that I could see at all. It also managed to pick up every single hair and pore on my face, plus create a whole layer of flaky terribleness that wasn't visible before applying. 

I did walk around the store for another 20 minutes or so to let it settle before making my final decision - mostly ‘cos I felt bad for hating it after the MUA was so lovely. When I couldn't loiter any more, I caved and said I'd buy a bottle; if only to experiment with back home with different moisturiser/primer combos. Luckily it was not meant to be, they had sold out of Monte Blanc so I got to leave the store guilt free!

The lovely MUA did give me a sample pot to take home and was very generous with the amount he poured in. Honestly though, any base product that takes this much effort to look half decent is just going to end up covered in dust in the back of my makeup draw, cos let’s be realistic there’s no way I CBF with that much effort first thing in the morning.

Guilty anecdotes aside, below are some close up photos of my at home attempts. You can see the texture gabbiness of ADLW and the overall flatness of the formula. I've applied it to a bare face, after a day out and about, with no primers or moisturisers underneath so you can see how it performs "out of the bottle". 

And here are some swatches of it with a few other foundations I own for colour comparison. From left to right there is:

So has anyone else tried this new NARS foundation out? How did you find it, did it work well with your skin texture? Should this put me off trying any other NARS foundations in the future? Let me know down below in the comments!

Bambi xox