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Is Conceal and Define the best budget full coverage foundation?
While the tide has turned against full coverage foundation in favour of lightweight tinted moisturisers, there is still a healthy market...

Belinda Bennett
Jul 3, 2024


Holy grail or hideous dud? An honest review of Collection Cosmetics Lasting Perfection Matte Foundation
Nobody is perfect. That is why makeup exists - to help us conceal imperfections and enhance our best features. Flawless skin is what most...

Belinda Bennett
Jan 7, 2024


Panstick foundations - are they really back in vogue?
“What’s that on your face?” I was 15, at school and looking decidedly orange. I’d Tango-ed myself with a thick, greasy-looking layer of panstick foundation - a makeup freebie my mother had received while working on a beauty counter. It was probably the first time I’d ever used a foundation. And, for a long while after, it was the last. The person who spotted my ‘orangeness’ had to be a boy, of course. One of the most popular in my year group, as it happens. His reaction was c

Belinda Bennett
Nov 11, 2023
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