Smashbox

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Disappointed in Smashbox

If you don't feel like reading then just skip down to the last paragraph & I'll sum it up there. Otherwise here goes I…. This review wouldn't submit unless I unchecked the "No I wouldn't recommend this to a friend" believe that? ANYTHING to try to skew the weight of negativity. Smashbox (& many oth...ers) are NOTORIOUS for not ever creating or accommodating the people w/cool undertones in all their face products. I've never found a foundation (or foundation-type product) from Smashbox that I can wear because they're ALWAYS too warm (yellow). Even the "neutral" shades are much too yellow. Tarte, Too Faced, UD, Nars, Estée Lauder, IT, Huda, (the list is long) are all brands that I can't wear because there isn't a shade match for me. I can't even "make it work even though I shouldn't have to at this stage of our consumerism. I've gotten to a point where I don't ever approach a foundation line thinking, "oh gee, I'd like to try this, let me grab my shade," no, I approach thinking, "let me humor myself (again) & see how close this line gets to a shade match, maybe I'll get lucky & this time will be different." My friend said, "that's really sad, bcz it's no different from how people feel when a brand doesnt make shades deep enough — cough-cough Hourglass (& almost every other luxury brand out there). I wish there was a brand that came out with a line that offered those hard to find shades or undertones. In all fairness though, the Pür 4 in 1 Love Your Selfie Foundation is the only high end foundation (that I have found) that has a PERFECT (Winter) shade match AND simultaneously love the formula too. It's nowhere near as difficult to match myself in the summer when I have a tan but I also don't wear a lot of foundation in the summer. Most other high-end brands don't make my winter shade which is a med-light to medium shade w/a truly cool (pink) undertone (not "peach" either! Peach is not cool, peach is peach!). Many brands label or describe a shade as peach or having a peachy undertone & claim it's a "cool undertone" & it's just not! Peach is more for neutral skin, not cool. I'm just so tired of brands completely excluding the truly cool-pink undertones. Having shades named or described as cool doesnt make it so. All exclusions at this point in time in the industry is unacceptable - it's lazy neglect in my opinion. Although Smashbox doesn't label any of their foundations as cool lol. They're all warm, neutral or olive. It's a blatant exclusion but at least I don't waste my time looking (& hoping) that I'll find a match. Sadly, I'm actually grateful for this "backhanded favor." Can't tell you how many times I've looked for my shade , only to realize that the one I had hopes for or thought MIGHT be a possibility, was named "cool bisque" (for example) & described as neutral w/a peach undertone or cool with pinky-neutral undertones & you swatch it & it looks like you smeared a streak of yellow paint on your hand or jawline }:( grrrrrr As usual I end up having to resort back to the ONLY brand that I've been able to count on for the past decade, that has always had shades (yes, plural) that are cool enough for my skin - it's the "CoverGirl 'Tru Blend' line." It's a very simple but STUNNING medium but buildable coverage foundation - very underrated & very inexpensive too (the original formula not the matte). I use shades M2 &/or M7 depending on time of year & &/or tan depth. It reminds me a lot of that newer $5 Wet & Wild product, that "Tinted Hydration". They're very similar but not dupes. I like them both. Anyway, Smashbox's foundation-type products suck bcz there's never been a line to accommodate a cooler skin tone. So they're missing out bcz there are a lot of us!