![]() I love the attention to detail of the affordable try-before-you-buy – I wish all brands did this. So, I’d go lightly, wait and then go lightly again so can see both application finishes. The colours seem to go on very light but settle themselves after a minute or so and there is enough in each sample bubble to apply a full coat or two lighter applications. If you do decided to get some of the swatch cards, when you try the foundation on, apply with a brush and leave it a moment or two to ‘set’ before you decide which is the right shade. ![]() However, in my view Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation veers just a bit matte so if you like a glow finish, it’s not for you. The finish is designed to be a ‘real skin’ finish, so not matte and not dewy but that sweet spot just in between. In fact, Lisa confirmed on-line that I’d got the right shade for me and she thought I’d be 12 in winter and 13 in summer. From Bottom to top Light/Medium 1 09, 10, 11 and 12. I finally found my shade in Light/Medium 1. Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation Swatches This is Light Set 2 (not M/L as labelled in the picture). This is Light Set 1 – From bottom to top: Light 1 01, 02, 03, 04. The cards, by the way, are £2 each, Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation Swatches So, I’m going through the sample cards I ordered – they’re not my best swatches but will give you a good guideline across this particular spectrum of shades (there are more cards). I’m usually pretty good at judging my shade, but I was way off on several occasions. However, what I was really struck by is how light the foundation shades go. This is a screen grab of the shade that I eventually settled on that’s right for me – I did a video on Instagram HERE if you want to see a ‘live’ try on. ![]() How absolutely sensible! Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Foundation Swatches "Now it's a known career, but back then it was an unusual thing to want to do.I think I had a spooky psychic moment because I thought Lisa already had a foundation – in fact I even checked in with her team a couple of months ago with a request to review it and yet it hasn’t even fully launched still and there was no advance publicity! What Lisa has done with her new Seamless Skin Foundation is release sample cards that you can order in advance of the proper Seamless Skin Foundation so that when it does release, you know exactly what shade to get. "I actually told my careers teacher at school that I didn't need to study maths because I was going to become a makeup artist," she told Grazia magazine. I thought, 'Wow, you can do this as a career!' "When I was 13, I got a book about theatrical makeup for my birthday. MORE: 9 of Holly Willoughby's must-have beauty productsĮven as a teenager growing up in the late eighties, Lisa knew she wanted to pursue a career as a makeup artist. MORE: Carey Mulligan's lipstick she wore for the Oscars is a total game-changer She has stated several times that her life-long interest in and passion for makeup began at the age of six when she discovered a box of vintage makeup from the 1960s in her grandmother's house. As a young girl, her family left the UK and moved to New Zealand but later returned and settled in Liverpool. Lisa was born on October 26, 1974, making her 46 years old. WATCH: All the best looks from the 2021 Oscars
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