January Foundation Project: Day 8

Today I tried out the Kokie Full Cover Foundation in 20W. This one comes in a really pretty bottle, is priced well at around $10.00 and has a consistency that I like. It is also cruelty free. Unfortunately, I am pretty sure this one is discontinued which sort of sucks because I ended up liking it pretty well.

This blended out well, had just the right amount of "glow" on my skin and wore pretty well throughout the day. This was a pretty nice color match too!

I had two (workable) complaints. First, the smell. It has a weird artificial apple smell that I was not a fan of, but it went away pretty quickly. Second, the coverage was a little heavier than I would ideally like. That could be worked around by mixing in a little tinted moisturizer, applying it more lightly or something along those lines. I would have likely picked this to go onto the next round (more on that later) if it were not for the fact that this isn't going to be available much longer.

I will, however, hang onto this bottle. The foundations that are not working at all are getting donated. I am going to keep this one until I run out of it.

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