MA Beauty Insider: The New Hybrids – Perfecting Foundations

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Donna Macdonald, GoLocalWorcester Beauty Expert

You may have noticed that your long-loved foundation has gone missing. Blame it on Armani. Three years ago, Giorgio Armani Beauty launched their now-famous fusion foundation, Maestro. It proved to be a game-changer in the world of competitive makeup bases with its uncanny ability to blur lines between skin and silky perfection. Now some of the big player cosmetic brands have jumped onboard with their own hybrids and have knocked off their old faithful’s.

The hybrids are an amalgam of both water and silicon and therefore, have an amazing capacity to feel lightweight and give great coverage. Women who never liked the feel of foundation before may find this new generation of crossbreeds extremely comfortable and can enjoy the windfall of seemingly flawless skin.

The brightening pigments of the fusions maximize light, neutralize imbalances in skin color, and improve texture. It sounds like a miracle and in a way it is: the formulations are so complex that the face turns into a perfect canvas without nasty demarcation lines, over-dewiness, and other flaws that now seem like sad left-overs from illicit high school makeup sessions in the girl’s room. So where to begin? Here, we’ve extracted three of the best in show for you:

Laura Mercier Smooth Finish Flawless Fluide – heaps of colors means you narrow down the most perfect choice for you. Macy’s

Dior Star Lumière Spectaculaire – even without the French, you know this one illuminates. Spectacularly. Sephora.com

Lancome Teint Idole Ultra 24H – this one calls itself divine perfection with 24 hours longevity. Heaven-sent. Nordstrom

Note: don’t be alarmed that your hybrid may need to be shaken – it’s the only way to merge the pigment brightening with the hydraulics for that flawless canvas.

Donna Macdonald is a freelance writer who enjoys covering topics of interest to women, especially fragrance, style, beauty. She has also written marketing material for a women's book that hit the New York Times Bestseller list and netted her an up close and personal discussion on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Donna currently writes her own personal blog, alovelyinconsequence.blogspot.com where she also writes about issues close to a woman's heart. Donna believes that when a woman finds beauty in the world, she will find beauty in herself.