Pale Products and More

Maybelline recently expanded their Fit Me Matte + Poreless line to include a total of 48 shades! They added two shades lighter than the previous lightest 110, so I've been searching everywhere for it! 110 is one of the first foundations I bought when I was getting into makeup because it was hailed as the pale holy grail foundation. I quickly realized it was wayyyyy too yellow and dark for me, so this new release had me so excited.

It retails for $7.99 for 1 fl oz, to compare Loreal Truematch is $9.99 and Revlon Colorstay is 12.99, both for 1 fl oz. It claims to minimize and blur pores, control oil, and give a matte finish.

The new lightest shade 102 Fair Porcelain is more neutral than the previous lightest 110, and the other new light shade 105. It does lean slightly yellow on me, but that's typical as I'm super cool toned. It honestly is very doable if my face, only looking slightly off when applied.

I applied with my Real Techniques sponge over my Maybelline Baby Skin primer, and set with my elf setting spray. I wore it for 12 hours with no powder to set, as it sets on its on with a matte finish. This goes on very easily and blends out well. It gives light to medium coverage; covers my redness very well but leaves all my freckles peaking through.

Applied on left half

applied to full face

full face done minus lips

I checked in after 4 hours. My face looked okay, there was slight overall texture and just a look of...like wearing foundation rather than it blending into my skin. I wasn't oily though, and my pores did look smaller than usual. I think at this point my face was looking more satin than matte, but definitely not dewy. This is literally the shittiest picture but its all I got, apologies.


At the end of the night (12 hours) again, my face looked okay. Unfortunately I was exhausted from closing at work and didn't get any pictures, but essentially I still had texture over all that I don't normally. I was a little oily by then, nothing like I usually am though. I am going to test this with other primers and see if I can get it looking more skinlike.

Overall it gets a 6/10 from me. It didn't wow me, but I'm impressed that this shade is doable for me, and I did enjoy the oil control. I will be reaching for this for sure, but its not a favorite by any strech of the imagination.

I was in Ulta (as I often am) and saw Nyx was having a bogo 50% sale (as they often are), so naturally I had to buy some stuff. It was limited to face and eye products, so I decided to pick this up along with their new lightest concealer shade which I reviewed here.

This product retails for $9 for .188 oz of product; to compare to other stick highlighters, the Makeup Revolution Ultra Strobe Stick is $9 for .19 and the Maybelline Master Strobing Stick is $8.99 for .23 oz. It is said to give a holographic effect inspired by the wet and glossy trend. I don't really see where they got holographic or gloss from? It just seems like a pearly stick highlight. It reminds me of the NARS The Multiple Stick in Copacabana (review here), just not as dark and more cool toned.

I find that swiping this on to apply works okay, it slightly disrupts concealer though. Tapping isn't very effective, though. Rubbing product on your finger then applying is second best to swiping and does not disrupt concealer.

It blends out super easily and can be built up somewhat, but not to like a blinding highlight. It does give a really nice dewy effect, but again I do not see anything holographic about this. There is no shimmer, it just gives a nice, wet looking sheen. It does set moreso than the NARS stick or the Ciate Dewy Stix (review to come), but retains its dewy look. It wears well for 8 hours and does not fade.



Overall this gets a 9/10 from me! I am loving all of these great highlighters I've been reviewing lately! The only slight downside to this product is you have to be careful with application as to not disturb your base products, but other than that I love it!