Clinique Superfit Makeup Foundation Review

I would start a series of foundation reviews with Clinique Superfit Makeup.

What Clinique claims:

"High performance makeup. Stays smooth all day, come stress or high humidity. Oil-free."

My take on the Clinique Superfit Makeup:

This is the first liquid foundation that I bought, repurchased, and will keep repurchasing.

My shade in this foundation is 05 Neutral. 

The texture of this foundation is really watery and light (as you can see in this picture).

As watery as it seems, believe it or not this foundation have a moderate to full coverage depending on the method and amount you'll use. I use a stippling brush for a lighter coverage and I use a regular paddle foundation brush for heavier coverage. However, lately I discovered that this works best with the use of really dense fluffy brush like the MAC 180, 182, 109, Smashbox Face and Body brush, and ELF Studio Powder brush. By using these dense and fluffy brush, you can get that airbrushed look. This is also the foundation that you can get that airbrushed finish easily. You don't have to buff really hard like other foundation to get that airbrushed look. 

This foundation is so fluidy it mix really well with moisturizer for your custom made tinted moisturizer! I even mixed it once with my body butter and a bit of bronzing powder for my legs.

This foundation also gives a really natural finish.  When blended well, it will look like skin, so you couldn't look overly made up. 

I really like the fact that this is oil free and does break me out. I also find that this is quite versatile foundation, since my sister and I use this. My sister have super dry skin while I have extremely oily skin, but this foundation works for the both of us! For me that's amazing! Makeup artists could save with this products, coz this foundation will suit any skin type.

I like that this foundation can set itself. You don't really need to set if with powder. However, setting it with powder will help with its oil control power. Without setting it with powder, my face is shine free for 4 hours, but when I set it with powder, my face looks shine free for atleast 6 hours. 

I must agree that this stuff is long wearing. Living in the Philippines, I am exposed to extreme humidity, and this foundation really stays put. I have worn this foundation for straight 18 hours without retouching it with powder but using just powder free blotting sheets if I get shiny, and the foundation was pretty much there. What's even better that it is so lightweight that I can wear it for such a long time without feeling I have makeup on, and it gives incredible finish and coverage! 

One possible con in this product is its lack of sun protection. I'm fine with this because I use sunscreen even if my foundation has SPF in it. I find that the lack of SPF gives the product more versatility, since you can use this more readily for flash photography, since foundation with SPF usually gives a whitish cast when photographed. BTW this stuff photographs really really well!

Another con is the packaging, though it has a pout, the foundation is so watery it still gets messy and there would be foundation all over the cap and the pout. They should have provided a pump to come with this foundation.

One tip: shake before using to avoid streakiness.

Verdict: I love this stuff and I would repurchase this over and over again!

Whenever I get breakouts from other foundation, I always come back to this since I think this is the only foundation that doesn't worsen my breakouts.

8/10 since there's still much to improve on the packaging and improved oil control would be great too!

UPDATE: Clinique pore minimizer instant perfector

I've been using the Clinique pore minimizer instant perfector (CPMIP) for quite a while now, and it's great! It made my skin less oily, and it didn't break me out. I felt my skin was smoother and silkier, so no need for a primer! I normally use Smashbox Photo Finish Light(SPFL) as my primer, but when I started using CPMIP, I felt that there's no need for the primer, since the effects of the SPFL and CPMIP are similar. Now there's less products to buy, and it's like hitting two birds with one stone! BTW it does minimizes the appearance pores too!

Rustans's Haul

I also went to Rustan's yesterday to get my feet done in their nail salon and to buy some skin care products and makeup.

FROM CLINIQUE:

(from left to right: pore minimizer instant perfector, derma white liquid makeup with spf 15, and super city block spf 40)

I've been using super city block with spf 40 for four years now, and I love it. It's oil free and it doesn't break me out, nor does it make my face oilier. Gals and guys please, please, please never leave the house without sun protection, unless you want your skin to be damaged and look old for your age. I bought derma white liquid makeup since it contains spf 15, it's oil free, doesn't break me out, long-lasting, and it's advertised to give you a brighter skin with prolonged usage. It provides just a moderate coverage. There are days that my acne scars look worse so if I need additional coverage, I just layer my mineral foundation on top. I don't use cream concealer frequently since it worsen my blemishes; and when I use my mineral foundation / powder foundation, the spots where I would put concealer on would look cakey and just dead-on weird. But I do use liquid foundation for undereyes, but not on blemishes, since parts of my skin with blemishes tend to be dry and bit flaky. I also use mineral powder concealer for the undereye too. I haven't tried the instant perfector, but I've heard that it works wonderfully in keeping the oil out of your skin. I'll just update you guys once I've tried it.


I've also received a Gift with Purchase from Clinique! This includes a floral cosmetic pouch, rinse-off foaming cleanser mousse, high impact mascara, eyeshadow duo in strawberry fudge, moisture surge extended thirst relief moisturizer, all about eyes rich, and an eyelash curler. The GWP I received contains generous amount of products. I've tried the moisture surge and all about eyes rich and I love it! Moisture surge is so light weight, non-greasy, great for oily skin as well, and only needs a little product to moisturize the whole face. I've used the all about eyes rich last night and when I woke up, there's no puffiness and my undereyes skin is smoother, and I just can't explain in words the improvement in just one use! Again, all about eyes rich is meant to be used sparingly. I'll purchase these stuff when I ran out of these, but I don't think it would be anytime soon since the size of what they give as GWPs are a lot, it can last me for months. The eyelash curler is one and the same thing as the Revlon one, and unfortunately, it doesn't curl my lashes well. I also own the Revlon one, and it's just a crappy as this one. Shu Uemura Curler is still the best! I'll just update again when I've tried the other stuff too.

FROM MARIO BADESCU:

While I was roaming around Rustan's I found the Mario Badescu shelves and got myself the Drying Lotion, this was the one that made Mario Badescu famous. I was quite surprised that Mario Badescu got its way to our shores. The sales assistant also gave me two samples each of Botanical Facial Gel and AHA Botanical Body Soap. The Drying Lotion works great! I have a huge pimple last night, and I treated it with the Drying Lotion. Earlier today when I looked at the morror, it was 80% gone! There was just a teeny-weeny bump that isn't even noticeable. I haven't tried the body and facial soaps, I'll just update again once I've tried it.

FROM NARS:

I've purchased a Nars lipgloss in Turkish Delight, which is a a creamy baby pink gloss. The color is really pretty and yummy. When I was browsing the NARS counter, this gloss caught my eye. It's non-sticky and lightweight. One of my fave lipgloss as well. Really a good stuff! I've also heard that Kim Kardashian use this as her everyday lipgloss/color. Sorry but the pictures doesn't do it justice!