Review: Maybelline Super Stay 24 Hour foundation

The main reason I wanted to review this product was to see if a foundation really could survive 24 hours of wear. I bought the product not because of the claims that it was wearable for 24 hours but because of the nice packaging, good colour match for my skin and the 2 for £10 offer that was on in Superdrug at the time and as each bottle usually retails around £9.19 in superdrug this was a bargain.

I decided the only way to test this fairly was to wear the foundation and only the foundation, now I think about it I'm not sure if that was the best way to do it but I have worn it many times before with other products too and as a stand alone product it does do pretty well.

The foundation I would say for me is a light - medium coverage, I have quite an uneven skin tone, however you can build it up without it looking 'caked' on which I like, the only thing I find it doesn't cover too well is the pesky bags I have under my eyes (too many early mornings). But I do have a pretty good concealer for that, I usually use either Natural Collection cover up cream (Boots £1.99) or I have recently purchased the MUA PRO-BASE conceal and brighten kit in the colour porcelain-beige and I do find this pretty good for covering up almost any blemish on my skin. 

The foundation is really nice to apply, I find using my fingers the easiest way to apply any foundation but I guess that's just because it's the way I've always done it, using a brush or sponge would be ok too. The foundation has a powder finish to it once it has been applied which is also nicer in the summer as I don't feel the need to apply a powder to set it. I did find however that after a couple of hours wear that my skin started to feel a little greasy so would have needed to apply a little powder. I checked at lunchtime and the foundation was still in place and we had been for a walk out to do some shopping, we went to playgroup in the afternoon and the room we were in was very warm, the foundation still seemed to stay in place.

By the evening however (after about 13 hours wear) when taking off the foundation there didn't seem to be much left on my skin and taking my makeup off was easy. My skin did feel very greasy just before removing my makeup and didn't have the nice soft powder finish it had when I first applied the foundation that morning. After removing the foundation my skin felt very soft rather than the dry feeling some foundations leave my with.

So all in all it is a nice product to use and I do think that for a quick application foundation (when trying to rush out the door with a toddler) and an every day wear makeup it would be a good place to start. However if you are wanting a longer lasting foundation it might not be the best to use, if I was to wear it again without any other products I would be sure to carry a little compact powder with me just to keep the greasiness at bay throughout the day!