For about a month or so now, I have had around $70.00 sitting in my Amazon.com account. Luck was with me, and I won some e-certificates. After browsing the site for weeks on end, I was clueless on what I wanted. I felt that I could either wait and perhaps I would win more Amazon certificates, or I could just splurge and purchase something I didn’t really need, but wanted.
Instead of splurging on something I had little knowledge about, I decided to use some of that money and buy Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10 – Tawny. I already knew that I love, love, loved the liquid foundation, and my cousin told me that topping the Double Wear liquid foundation with the powder would hold the fresh flawless look for much longer, and best of all, the powder would keep shine at bay, and that I could touch up throughout the day if needed.
The Promise:
According to the website, Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10- Tawny gives you a flawless full finish. If you apply the powder with a brush, the results will look powdery. If you apply with the added sponge, the results are the same you would get if you had put on foundation. Versatile! Yeah baby!
Did I also mention that they promise long lasting cover? Ah yes Indeed. Like the liquid Double Wear foundation, the powder basically promises the same. I hoped so, because I loved the liquid foundation, and it lasted seriously all day, flawlessly.
Packaging:
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10- Tawny comes in a cardboard mini blue box with the products name on it. Inside of the box you have a dark navy blue round plastic compact.
Nothing special about this compact. Its pretty much the same as any. Inside you have a round application sponge, your powder, and a small mirror.
The Color Tawny:
Tawny is meant for those with medium light skin tone. It wouldn’t go well on those with very light porcelain skin. For me, Tawny nearly matches perfectly to my actual skin tone.
My Use:
I applied Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10- Tawny with the included sponge applicator. Sponge applications tend to blend powder in to my face better than a brush would, and I have never been one to like a powdery looking face.
I ran the applicator around the powders palette, collected some color, and began to apply. I noticed immediately a difference in the spot I had just applied the powder. The look was clean, matte, flawless, and provided full cover to problem areas.
I was impressed. After fully covering my face and realizing that my look was probably the most flawless it had been in quite some time I wanted to buy an entire factory filled with this powder! This glorious powder that not only gave me even skin tone, but it also blended in so well you could not even tell I was wearing anything.
I also loved how light it felt. I have used quite a few powders that would weigh my skin down, or worse, make my skin shine.
Last:
Did I mention how much I loved Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10- Tawny? I say that in past tense.
I say that in past tense because Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10- Tawny (unlike it’s sister liquid foundation) has absolutely no last. I applied some on my face in the morning, and by the time noon rolled around, my face looked a mess.
I had shiny spots, patches of powder too dark in some areas, and my skin was shining in it’s usual shine zones. I should have applied Double Wear Liquid Foundation before adding the powder!
Even after doing just that the next day though, the results were the same. No last whatsoever.
Overall:
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Powder Makeup SPF 10- Tawny would have been a truly perfect powder makeup, unfortunately the cover only lasts for a short amount of time. When it begins to wear it also clumps up in areas on your face creating an uneven and messy look.
I really wanted to love this one, but it failed to win me over.
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