Colourpop No Filter Foundation Stix | A Review

Hi friends! My apologies for being a bit MIA for the past couple of weeks. My head space has been cluttered, and I’m still in a pretty big creative rut. But the show must go on, and today is a good a day as any to get moving again.

Colourpop released their No Filter Foundation Stix a few weeks ago, and I’m a little late to the review party. But I wanted to test it out a little before I reviewed it for you. And you wanted to see my review, so here we are.

I never tried the liquid foundation Colourpop came out with a while ago, but I’ve been a huge stick foundation fan this year. So when this was released, I was extremely excited to give it a try. Before we get into it, I have a couple of other stick foundation reviews you can check out here and here.

The Basics

You get 0.3 oz. of product, and this retails for $10. It comes in 30 shades. I picked up two shades — shade Fair 05 W and Fair 07 N.

Like a lot of stick foundations, they market it as a kind of multi-use stick that can be used for concealing, highlighting, and bronzing by selecting different shades.

I’m going to include swatches of the two shades I bought by themselves as well as next two some of my other favorite stick foundations.

The Formula

It’s supposed to be medium-buildable coverage that instantly blurs pores, covers blemishes, and blends easily in a natural, skin-like finish. They claim it won’t be cakey or drying and it’s perfectly portable for mess-free touch ups anytime.

The Review

Half of the battle for me when it comes to testing foundations is finding a good shade match for me. Fair 05 W was waaaay too yellow, but the shade Fair 07 N seemed to be a good shade match. I tend to mix them a bit just to get use out of both shades.

 

I’d say it’s definitely a medium coverage. It builds nicely and doesn’t rub away when you layer it, but I never got it entirely to a full coverage, which is honestly fine with me. The coverage is nice, and it looks really nice on the skin from afar. But when I got really close, I could totally tell I was wearing makeup. I could see it sitting on my skin, and it emphasized any texture I had. I don’t have much, but if I am noticing it being emphasized someone with a lot of texture on their face may not be the biggest fan of this.

When it came to application, I tried with both a sponge and brushes. I like it best with a beauty sponge, which isn’t surprising. I tend to prefer stick foundation with sponges. For the No Filter Foundation Stix, I liked that it was sheered out a bit with a sponge. But it does apply nicely with a dense brush; that’s how I got  maximum coverage. I used the Hourglass Vanish foundation brush, but anything with shorter, dense bristles would give a similar effect. It tugs a little bit and doesn’t blend out as easily as, say, that Make Up For Ever stick foundation, which glides across the skin effortlessly. But once it is blended, it’s really pretty. And it almost melts into your skin the longer you wear it, which I tend to like in complexion products.

I will say, you definitely want to set this with powder before applying other makeup on top. It stays pretty tacky, and I noticed powders went a little wonky on top of it when I didn’t set it.

They don’t claim is an ultra long wearing foundation, and I’m sort of glad about this. Not very long into the day, I noticed the foundation breaking up where I touched my face. I have a tendency of leaning on my cheek with my hand during the day, and it almost disappeared. It also broke up a lot around my mouth and nose throughout the day, which isn’t too shocking — that’s where foundation tends to break apart on me anyway.

After using this a few times, I noticed my chin starting to break out with those tiny pimples I get when my skin decides it doesn’t like something. After about a week and a half, I was experiencing a full on break out.

The Bottom Line

The No Filter Foundation Stick isn’t a bad foundation. The finish is beautiful, but you’ll be able to see it on your skin. But that’s the nature of fuller coverage products. I usually opt for a light coverage foundation, so this was a little much for me. It’s easy to apply and plays well with other makeup products. However, I do think this made me break out, which I don’t like.

The bottom line is I’d recommend if it sounds like something you’d be into.

My skin has been a little more sensitive than usual lately, so if you don’t notice your skin being temperamental, you probably won’t have an issue. If you’re someone who likes a medium-full coverage base, I think you’d like this a lot. And for the price, it doesn’t hurt to give it a shot. But I probably won’t be reaching for this again any time soon.

 

Do you plan on trying this out? Let us know below your thoughts!

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