The Body Shop® Fresh Nude Foundation Review

Posted byNicole Whittle Posted onApril 20, 2018 Comments1

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I like a foundation that balances out my skin tone and covers up minor spots without caking my face. I need something lightweight, easy to blend and that wears well over a day on oily/combination skin. After chatting with you guys, I was recommended The Body Shop® Fresh Nude Foundation a go.

See THE FRESH NUDE FOUNDATION in action

Fresh Nude Foundation: The Verdict

The Shade

It was super easy to find the right shade and it was actually the first colour I had picked. Totally love the name of it too – Hawaii Macadamia. I grabbed a tester just to make sure it looked the same out of store and it worked like a dream.

I also grabbed a darker shade, Sicily Amber, which matches my skin when totally tanned. Normally, I mix foundations together over the summer months to adjust with my tan. This has been working wonderfully so far, the two shades mix together really well.

Endurence

One good thing about combination skin is that you can test how foundations work with blemishes, oil and dryness – all on one face!

Oily skin – The problem I usually face with liquid foundations is that it starts to separate on my oiliest areas. This is one of the main reasons I switched to powder foundation last year, but I’m pleased to say that this isn’t a problem with this foundation. I still have to blot my face across the day and wearing the Setting Spray on hot or active days would help keep foundation in place.
Blemished skin – The coverage is really good for such a lightweight product. Big pores and little bumps can be minimised with the Instablur Primer and the Matte Clay Concealer can be used to cover any red spots or under eye bags. Most days the foundation alone is enough.
Dry skin – My skin hasn’t been too dry since buying this, but it doesn’t gather so much in drier areas as most foundations like to do. When paired with the primer and a good exfoliator, like the Vitamin C Microdermabrasion Exfoliator, I find my dry skin eases and smooths nicely.

Pair it with

Instablur Primer – For shine control, blurred pores and a matte finish
Shade Adjusters – For when your foundation isn’t quite right, use this to perfect your shade-match
Matte Clay Concealer – Full coverage and sweat-resistant this will cover up dark circles and blemishes with ease
Setting Spray – Fade and smudge resistant and totally compatible with sensitive skin

You can find all The Body Shop® vegan products here.

Still not sure?

Foundations are named as such as they are the foundation of makeup. It’s so important to get this right and it can be nerve-wrecking buying a new foundation. Luckily at The Body Shop® the shop assistants are happy to not only colour match you, but to provide you with a tester pot so you can try the product for a couple of days before committing to purchase. This is the route I went down. After 5 days of using their Fresh Nude Foundation I knew it was the one for me, so returned to the store and bought it.

Are The Body Shop Vegan and Cruelty Free?

Cruelty Free

Once sold to L’Oreal and boycotted by cruelty-free lovers everywhere, they were recently sold from L’Oreal to Naura Cosmeticos. Now they’re confirmed to not test on animals by PETA and feature on their ‘Companies That Don’t Test On Animals List.

They are campaigning to end animal testing everywhere and you can sign their petition here.

Vegan

The Body Shop® are 100% vegetarian. They still use shellac, honey, beeswax and lanolin is some of their products and have this to say:

We are now moving away from using any animal-derived products, apart from our Community Trade honey and beeswax, and we have not created any new products using lanolin or shellac for some years.