Milk Makeup - Blur Liquid Matte Foundation & Dab + Blend Sponge Review (Influenster)

I'm so excited to bring you this review! Let's get ready to blur pores with the new Milk Makeup Blur Liquid Matte Foundation, compliments of Influenster! (I received these products free but all opinions are my own!)

Have you ever heard of Influenster? If you haven't you should totally check it out! Influenster is a totally free app that you link to your social media and review products! Keep reviewing and you'll have the opportunity to be entered into Voxboxes! Voxboxes are boxes of products from brands the Influenster team partnered up with that can be sent to you complimentary for review! Just be sure to review the products you're sent before time runs out! I think that this app is perfect for small scale influencers such as myself who would like to gain a small public following and also earn the chance to win prizes!

You can use my link to join: www.influesnter.com/r/3221109

Anyway, let's talk about the Voxbox I recieved!

OVERVIEW:

Influenster and Milk Makeup paired up to send out a select number of these boxes and I was one of the lucky chosen recipients! The box came packaged wonderfully inside a poly-mailer bag. Here's a look at what I was greeted with.

Absolutely stunning! I'm already loving the packaging of the products.

So inside, I was sent two bottles of the new Blur Liquid Matte foundation ($40) and their Dab + Blend Silicone Blending Sponge ($14). I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful silicone sponges I've ever seen, it's full of sparkles and in a tiny holographic zip-up reusable bag! Perfect storage idea for someone that loves to touch up on the go!

Unfortunately, I'm not the biggest fan of Silicone Sponges because they don't exactly blend in any of the product. While they stay clean and keep product from absorbing into the sponge (unlike other blending sponges and foundation brushes), they don't do an amazing job by any other means. The plus of them is seeing the true value of your foundation and not pumping three to four times and wasting product. I personally don't love how streaky they leave the foundation though. As I already said, they don't blend whatsoever. So this will be staying on my vanity as a cute showpiece instead of a holy grail.

FOUNDATION REVIEW:

(I received the shades Fair & Ivory, Fair wound up being my true-match for Summer.) Before I go too in-depth, there are a LOT of claims on the product. From the packaging to its performance, the foundation promises to not only blur the appearance of large pores, but also be full coverage with a water-thin wear, "a weightless, long-wearing matte finish. Silicone-Free formula won't clog pores so skin can breathe..... Minimize the appearance of pores, fine lines, and imperfections. Formula is housed in a mess-free, no drip, air-tight package." Also free of Silicone, Dimethicone, Oil, Cruelty Free, and Vegan. You'll only need 1-2 drops.(Source: Milk Makeup). That is a MOUTHFUL of claims for one product, and that's why I'm here to de-bunk any statements that may be too bold. 

Let's talk about the "mess-free, no drip, air-tight package" first. I have to absolutely agree that the packaging is very mess-free for the kind of product that is in it. I did have a bit get around the tip of the applicator but I'm not going to deem that as a drawback because it really wasn't a mess. So far we're off to a great start.

Now the claim about one to two drops, I would certainly agree with as well. The consistency is very watery which means that a little is going to go a VERY long way. I was a little on the fence when they tried to pair the words "Full Coverage" and "Water-Thin" together, and I was absolutely right to question it. I wouldn't call this foundation full-coverage, certainly not right off the bat. If you have acne, it probably won't cover unless you apply more product, but it does take some time to build up. Where there is discoloration, pores, and fine lines (much like the claim) it will cover WONDERFULLY! We'll get more into that later, but for now I would say that calling this a "Full-Coverage" foundation is a bit of a stretch.

Does this product minimize pores? YES! That's their biggest claim on the box, so I would have been disappointed if it didn't! Thankfully, I saw results in a matter of seconds. My exaggerated pores were no more and I felt very flawless all day. I couldn't believe just how dramatic of a difference it made!  The finish dries to a beautiful matte that has a slight luminous shine to it, but it certainly is matte. It would be a wonderful product to wear on its own with very minimal to no other makeup, and it would look naturally matte instead of dramatic. It does, in fact, feel very weightless - almost as if there were no product on the face. I think it's more lightweight than Tarte's Amazonian Clay (my holy grail) and definitely more lightweight and breathable than Estee Lauder's Double Wear.

SUMMARY:

The Milk Blur Liquid Matte Foundation is certainly approved by me! I feel as though they could have made some improvements and suffered in weight so they could work on coverage. Do I think that this is a foundation worth the $40 price tag? I think that Milk kind of exaggerated the price a bit, and I personally would have marked this down to about $37. The foundation is wonderful, but I can't justify buying it when this bottle is out for how much it costs. I think that with how little product you use, your dollar value will go far, but it will leave you wanting just a tiny bit more. For that, I have to give it four stars instead of five, but it's definitely earned its place in my rotation!

I definitely appreciated being one of the lucky people who got to try the Blur Liquid Matte Foundation completely free thanks to Influenster! If you still aren't convinced to try out the app yet, go take a look at the #ThatBlurTho hashtag on Instagram! Also be sure to check out my beauty Instagram page @Lys_Glitz to follow all of the fun I have with makeup!

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you have a wonderful night/day!
xoxo,
Lys