Pros:
- Travel-friendly compact
- Mattifies skin, slight sheen
- Comes with user-friendly brush
- Soft, light-weight powder
Cons:
- Lasts only a few hours
- Mirror is on the small side
Price: $34.95AU
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Where: Priceline, Myer, David Jones and most Chemists.
I purchased this compact during the Boxing Day sales, as I had heard lots of positive things about the Revlon compacts. I ended up using this on New Years Eve for the first time to set my foundation instead of the traditional face powders since I wanted something more lightweight and natural. And I was pleasantly surprised!
It left my skin feeling smooth, and removed all “shine” I had, though it does leave a very soft satin sheen. Barely noticeable, in fact I didn’t notice it at first until I went in for a closer examination.
Rarely do I ever use the applicators that come with palettes or compacts, I tend to lean towards using my brushes (or clean fingers), but I quite liked the brush applicator that came with this compact because it’s able to apply product to every nook and crank, especially around the nose with ease.
I wouldn’t mind if the mirror could be a tad bigger though, this isn’t eye shadow I’m applying it’s powder to my entire face so it only makes sense to install a bigger mirror. Still, it’s not microscopic either, it’ll do.
Maybe it’s because we’re entering the thick of our lovely Aussie Summer, but I noticed I needed to touch up this powder after 3-4 hours, no idea if it would control my shine better in Winter. Luckily it is very travel friendly so no big deal to throw this in my handbag.
Overall, I love this product! I knew it was a good product from reviews, but it really did surprise me 🙂 If you are thinking of purchasing it too, given places like Myer, DJ and Priceline tend to have discount sales on Revlon all the time don’t go out and pay full price for this, be patience and wait, it’ll be worth it 🙂
I have had my eye on this for so long, I need a finishing powder and this one feels so soft. I might give it a go now someone else has been the guinea pig=D
xx emmabovary
Yay! Always happy to be a guinea pig for beauty 😉 Hope you enjoy it~~
I got the Revlon Photoready Foundation because I heard a lot of raves about this product. Sometimes my drugstore offer BOGO deals buy one get one free and so I took the opportunity to purchase the foundations. I actually purchased this but return it because the foundation that I brought wasn’t the right shade.
Thanks for the review I’ll see if they have a BOGO deal and I will jump every opportunity to try this.
Oh! I don’t think I’ve heard of BOGO before O_o I’ll have to google it, anything that gives me more discounts off cosmetics 😀
I actually wanted to buy the foundation version of this, but they didn’t have my colour 🙁 So I ended up getting this one, obviously no regrets 🙂 I hope you enjoy it too!