bourjois healthy mix foundation serum review and swatches

Bourjois healthy mix foundation serum review and swatches

As most of you will recognise this is the bourjois healthy mix foundation, I have this is the the shade 53, which is a bit dark for my skin at the moment until I start to tan again.  On the bourjois website they describe it as being  fresh and instant blending gel texture blends and glides onto the skin for an even, natural finish with no mask effect. Imperfections are erased, signs of fatigue are smoothed and the skin’s radiance is boosted for up to 16 hours.  The company bourjois is a sister brand of chanel and is cruelty free and vegan friendly.

This used to be a holy grail product for me in the summer, but now my skin is paler the shade 53 looks orange on me and makes my pores look huge! So because of that I will have to do a review of what I remember when I was using it in the summer, so sorry if I don't cover everything about this product. Starting with the smell of the product, as this is a major part of foundation to me as I cant stand plastic smelling foundations as they put me off wearing them, I actually really like the smell of this one. It smells like fresh apricot, which is not overpowering or too sweet smelling, I think it is the best smelling foundation I own, so if you are fussy with the smell of foundation I would really recommend this foundation. 

The consistency of the foundation is no different then any other liquid foundation, but it is quite thick as it has medium to high coverage. I chose the serum version of the bourjois foundation as that was recommended for me as I think it works better for dryer skin types. The fact that there is two versions of the healthy mix foundation to fit different skin types really makes this a great foundation if you are just starting out in make up and don't know what foundation suits you.
Also the shade range in the foundation is quite good if you have light to medium skin tone, so you should not have too much of a problem finding one to match you.

The finish of this foundation is a dewy one on my skin, but if you have oily skin type then it might make you look shiny so I would recommend the other normal foundation in healthy mix, not the serum version. The only problem I have with this foundation is except from the colour, is that you can easily put too much on and it can look cakey but if you experiment you should find what is the right amount for you. 

 so this is a swatch of the shade 53, and as you can see this foundation has a more yellow undertone so it works better with warmer skin tones, but it doesn't mean that if you have cooler skin tone it won't work for you. I would say this is my most high coverage foundation, as I don't have acne prone skin so I prefer my foundation to be more natural looking. This foundation if you use a small amount, in the right shade and blended well it can look quite natural but can take longer to apply.



To get a hold of this product in the UK you can buy in boots, superdrug, eBay and Amazon for around £9.99.  In the US I think they discontinued it in sephora  but they do sell it on ASOS with free US shipping: http://us.asos.com/Women-Beauty-A-To-Z-Of-Brands-Bourjois/x02ct/?cid=1451&xr=2&xr=1&mk=na&r=3&r=2#parentID=-1&pge=0&pgeSize=36&sort=-1

so what is your opinion on this foundation? xxx