Mac Fix Fluid Nw13

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Hi all, I feel like I haven’t done a proper review for so long. I’ve been such a bad blogger! I will get better, pinky promise! Real life just gets in the way sometimes!

Mac Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid Nw13

  1. MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation in NW13 Comparison to NW15 & Revlon Colour Stay Having a milk bottle complexion is not easy I can tell you! I find most high street foundations make my face orange and don't match my neck, no matter how much I blend.
  2. Buy NC15 MAC Studio Fix Fluid SPF15 from our Makeup range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £50.
I was asked to share my thoughts on this quite a while ago, and am sorry that it has taken so long to do. As you can see by the dates on the photos I did mean to do it quite some time ago.

I like the packaging of this foundation, it looks sleek and modern. The major con is that it doesn’t come with a pump, you have to purchase the pump separately for £3, I personally think that this is a bit much when you are spending £19.50 on foundation.
I was matched to shade NW15, this does suit my skin but I do find it a little more orange toned than some foundations. I have to make sure to blend very well when using this.
This foundation is described as having medium build-able coverage. I have to agree with this. As you can see my skin was pretty awful at the time that these photos were taken, I believe that this foundation has covered my blemishes quite well considering the hard task presented! I am not wearing concealer in the above photo, just MAC Studio Fix Fluid.
This foundation is described as long wearing with a natural matte finish. I believe that the foundation, on me personally, has a more dewy finish. I do have oily skin so maybe this as something to do with it. This aside it did last all day, the first photo was taken at 11:52 and the second at 17:07, as you can see it hasn’t budged that much but my skin has got quite shiny throughout the day.

Mac Studio Fix Fluid Nw13

Overall
The foundation does exactly what I want it to do and it looks good on display. It contains SP15, is oil free and comes in a wide variety of shades.
It costs £19.50 for 30ml plus an extra £3 for the pump which you really do need. Even with the pump it does come in a little cheaper than my favourite Estee Lauder foundation. The main downsides for me are that it is slightly orange toned and my skin does get quite greasy when wearing it all day. Other than that I highly recommend this foundation.
You can buy Studio Fix Fluid here for £19.50.
EDIT : A few people have asked what I use to blend this foundation, I used my good old favourite Sigma F80.
Have you tried this foundation? What is your favourite foundation?
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Mac Fix Fluid Nw13

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9th February 2016

I have a complicated relationship with foundation… and BB creams, and primers, and concealers, and base products generally to be quite honest. I won’t bore you with the usual pale girl spiel, because you will have heard it a hundred times before I’m sure – too orange, too yellow, too pink, doesn’t match my neck, mix it with white, life is so hard etc. I will however bore you with a little bit of context.

My holy grail foundation has always been Mac Studio Fix Fluid SPF15. I have gone through numerous bottles of this over the years, usually in the shade NC15. It’s the most perfect natural matte, medium-full coverage foundation I have ever used. It’s buildable. It lasts really well. It doesn’t break my skin out. You can apply it with a buffing brush, a flat foundation brush, a Beauty Blender, your fingers… always good. In spite of all the perfection and love, NC15 has never been quite the right colour for me… passable, with enough work? But never perfect, certainly never effortlessly perfect. Every now and again I’d get frustrated and try something else out from another brand… but their shades are never right either. And the quality never matches up to the beloved Mac Studio Fix Fluid.

So a couple of weeks ago when my last bottle of NC15 died, along with the Select Moisturecover concealer to match, I decided to pop along to my local Mac counter and get re-matched. I finally made time to do it earlier this week, I am so glad I did. The lovely artist laughed when I said I’d been previously matched to an NC15 – “Oh no way, that’s far too yellow!” – and she sat me down to try out a NW13. Nope. Not quite. Next she pulled out an NW10, and made an incredibly exciting gasp noise as she buffed it into my face. Literally perfect. No lines. Not even the slightest difference between my chest and my neck and my face.

The coverage you get with the Studio Fix Fluid is awesome, so much so that you don’t need much concealer if any. I picked up a tube of the Select Cover-up in NW15, and I’m looking forward to trying this out. I also got a new foundation pump (these are sold separately from the foundation, but are only a couple of quid) and a new Penultimate eye liner. A standard black felt-tip liner kind of deal, nothing exciting but my old Smashbox has just about dried up. I had a Penultimate pen a couple of years ago and loved it. When in Rome?

Bonus picture, for your shock and horror – that’s NC15 on the left there, with the battered bottle and broken pump… NW10 is hugely different. I can’t believe how different these shades look even in the bottle. I never thought NC15 looked terrible, but there’s no way it’s anywhere near as good as NW10.

I’ve ordered myself a new buffing brush to try out with the Studio Fix Fluid – a much raved about by the Internet Sigma F80. I’ve been adoring my Real Techniques Expert Face Brush but I’m excited to see how the Sigma performs. It’ll be my first Sigma brush, and I’ve heard nothing but good things!

What’s your foundation holy grail?