Max Factor Age Renew Foundation, that name has a promising ring to it. Read the details and Max Factor claim that the foundation can `make your skin look up to five years younger in a flash`. Issuing that statement to the owner of mature skin is tempting to say the very least. I am often found pounding the beat in our local Boots the chemist, usually browsing around taking a good look at the latest cosmetics, I really love trying out the testers – after all a test run is free !
Getting the right type of foundation cream can be trying, when you sample a new product in the chemist you are often led astray by the artificial lighting and end up going home with a shade that is totally wrong for you. I must have tried countless foundation creams, some liquid, some solid, our age old favourite the
pan stick, the mousse and then Max Factor come along with this lightweight foundation that comes out of a pump action bottle.
Ten out of ten to Max Factor for giving us an attractive and well designed bottle. The 30 ml gold and pink bottle is good looking and it is the perfect size to carry with you if needs be. The Max Factor Age Renew comes in a range of six shades, creamy ivory, warm almond, blushing beige, natural, golden and bronze. My mature skin objects to being coated with anything too strongly coloured so after having a good think about it, plus a chat with an immaculately made up counter assistant I went for the blushing beige. I have pale skin which I like to highlight with a small amount of blusher so I prefer to use a pale foundation that I can heighten to gain the effect that I want.
The Age Renew foundation has been dermatalogically tested and it contains an SPF OF 10. Max Factor have blended the foundation cream so that it is lightweight and it will cover without looking like you have ladled it on. As we get older our moisturising routine is all important and before I even think about taking the lid off of the foundation bottle I apply a good layer of moisturising cream. The everyday moisturising creams like Nivea or Astral are fine by me, the greasy formula suits my skin type. Once I have left the moisturiser to sink into the skin for a few moments then I am ready to apply my foundation cream. My motto is less is more, there is nothing worse than being able to see where you have started and finished, the foundation is supposed to blend in and up to a point be invisible.
The pump on the Max factor Age Renew is easy to press, you only need to press the top of the pump lightly and you have a good sized blob on the palm of your hand. The light silky liquid has a soft fragrance which goes towards helping your skin feel even better. When you start to apply the foundation to your skin even a small amount seems as though it is going to be too much, you need to lightly work the silky lotion into your facial skin, which does take a minute or two. You could easily enrol the help of a make up sponge if you wanted too. Max Factor say that the formula offers full cover, that includes covering skin blemishes and fine lines. Whenever I apply any new foundation cream the first thing that I will look for is to see if the cream starts to sit in my creases underneath my eyes, with some foundation creams I apply a much lighter layer in the under eye area. Because the Age Renew foundation is so light anyway I have applied the same amount of cream as normal and I have had no problem with creases forming. I have two tiny brown patches that I prefer to cover, the Age Renew semi- covers them but I will still need to use my normal concealer stick underneath the foundation cream.
Once the Age Renew has been applied and blended the overall result is a pleasing one, I am not going to kid myself that I look any younger but the finished effect is light, soft and gentle so it certainly isn't powdery or ageing. Heavier foundation creams can put years on you, this Max Factor offering steers you in the right direction and reinforces that less is more.
The cream contains Vitamins B3, B5 and E. Penta peptide and green tea extract and Max Factor say that continued use will improve and enhance your skin over time. That caked on look is not for me, I love light bright foundation creams that you can wear without feeling that every skin pore is clogged to bursting. I personally think that Max Factor have made a good product to offer to their more mature customers, take into account that Age Renew is so lightweight, it is easy to apply, it smells good and it lasts well. At the end of the day the light layer of foundation cleans away easily too. I paid around £12 from Boots the chemist for my bottle, if you are thinking about buying some Age Renew foundation then take time to look around on the Internet it seems to be cheaper than that on a lot of the beauty sites.
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Smashing review - told me what I wanted to know. I was looking on ebay to buy some more Colour Adapt but saw this Age Renew was a bit cheaper and in a trial size so I'm going to give it a go. I hate these pumps dispensers though - you end up with stuff at the bottom which is a complete waste!
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