ZARON HEALTHY GLOW FOUNDATION

September 06, 2017 Unknown 3 Comments

Hello Beauties,

So I decided that I’ll be doing a foundation series and this was inspired by my sister. I always get asked Ngozi which foundation should I use? Have you tried this foundation? What colour of foundation should I get? Will it be good on my skin? So in order to be able to give good quality advice I decided to start this series. I’ll pick a foundation and try it out for a week then write my review. I’ll be dropping a foundation check review once every month so that I have time to test the next one; so this series would obviously work best if you can suggest what foundation I should try next, that way I’ll be reviewing what you would like to see.

First up on the series I will be reviewing the zaron healthy glow foundation. When I thought about this series I thought to myself what better way pf starting out this series than trying one of our very own Nigerian brand foundations. Now prior to this moment I have only ever tried one of the zaron face products and that was their mattfying primer which did absolutely nothing for me, it was a complete let down. It did nothing for my combo skin; my foundation didn’t even make it to me finishing the makeup. I would get oily all over my face and my makeup would shift so I didn’t have high hopes for this foundation but let’s get to review.

PACKAGING:

It comes in a black tube container. The foundation comes out from a tiny press tube hole. The black tube has a matte finish to it and at the back contains the list of ingredients in the foundation.

APPLICATION:

This foundation comes out with a slightly thick consistency and requires a little bit more blending than my other foundation for an evenly smooth blended application. For blending in my foundation I usually tend to start with a flat top angle brush and finish with a blender. The foundation blended nicely with the brush and the beauty blender: another point to note which is difficult to miss is that the foundation has a nice scented smell, it doesn’t smell bad or anything off like that it has more of a perfumed scent to it. If scents bother you than you might not like it, the scent intensity is medium meaning it’s not too strong.

COVERAGE

Now the foundation claims to be a medium to full coverage foundation and I found this to be true. This foundation did an incredible job with a single layer it covered my acne scaring well without a concealer or a colour corrector. I got it in the shade FZ35 which is the darkest shade and that is my biggest problem with this foundation. Now I know I’m dark skin but there are still a lot more darker shades out there than me and if FZ35 is their darkest shade then it doesn’t accommodate a lot more darker shades. The foundation comes in 5 shades FZ10, FZ15, FZ20 FZ25 and FZ35 so from here you can see I got it in the darkest shade which wasn’t my exact shade. It looked lighter than my skin tone and not in a flattering matching it to my body type of way; I tried to work with it by covering it with my powder. My le major let down is that a Nigerian brand creating its own foundation you would think they would nail the shade range well but no; they definitely missed it here.

FINISH: This foundation claims to be a matte foundation but in my opinion it has a more velvety matte finish than matte. After blending the foundation in it does take a while to set and has a tacky sticky feel to it after application before it sets which goes away after the foundation sets. Like I mentioned this is a full coverage foundation and if you’re all about the natural finish this foundation is not for you as it isn’t lightweight.

WEAR: I wore this foundation twice once without primer and the other time with primer for about 8hrs each times and both times even with the primer after about 2hrs I start to get noticeably oily around my t-zone areas majorly and around my cheeks and jaws and I don’t like how it looks. The oils just sit on my face and I have to proceed to blotting. It doesn’t shift throughout the day or settle into the lines on my face or crease badly which is good.

PROS

1. Good full coverage

2. Affordable

3. Buildable

4. Doesn’t crease and settle into lines.

5. Fairly decent wear time

CONS

1. Not impressive shade range

2. Thick consistency

3. Looks heavy when oily

WHERE TO BUY: I got mine from spar shopping mall at illupeju but they can be bought at any zaron store or online here for N4750.

Have you tried the zaron healthy glow foundation or any of their products let me know in the comments section below