Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation, Healthy-Glow Foundation and Correcting Concealer

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been testing out the Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation, Correcting Concealer and Healthy-Glow Foundation. I purchased these at a 20%+10% discount at the last Watsons members' sale. I don't have the exact prices but I'll check and update the post accordingly. The Serum Gel Foundation is around S$33 before discount.

The Healthy Mix range boasts "natural" formulas with a multitude of fruit extracts that are supposed to be good for the skin. For example, 96.8% of the ingredients of the Healthy-Glow Foundation is of natural origin. However, the Healthy-Glow Foundation pot (5g) came without an ingredients list, which I found to be disturbing. The label merely states that the powder contain "radiance-boosting" apple, apricot, melon and ginger extracts and has a matte finish. According to the Bourjois Japan website, the Healthy-Glow Foundation has SPF6/PA++ but this is not stated anywhere on my pot, which is made in Germany.

I got the Healthy-Glow Foundation in T51, which is the lighter of the two shades available in Singapore. It goes quite well with my skintone and gives a slightly pinkish peach tint. Used on its own, it provides sheer to medium coverage. I didn't quite like this powder because it can't last through a whole day of wear on my oily skin plus it tends to clump together. I have to tap the brush several times to ensure that only a light layer of the powder remains on the brush, otherwise the powder flies all over and lands on my shoulders and chest instead!

Fortunately, the Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation worked much better. The vitamin-rich foundation is supposed to instantly blend onto the skin, for an even, very natural semi-matte finish that lasts up to 16 hours. The hypoallergenic, paraben-free and oil-free formula contains lychee, goji berry and pomegranate extracts. It does contain silicones and denatured alcohol though so ladies who are sensitive to these ingredients may wish to look elsewhere. It has a lovely fruity scent which dissipates quite quickly after application. The Bourjois Japan website states that it has SPF10 PA++ but again, this is not stated on the bottle.

Despite the name, the Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation is not really a gel. It feels like your typical light liquid foundation. If applying with only my fingers, I find that one pump gives way too much for one application. However, if I'm applying it with a foundation brush or sponge, then I usually need 1.5 pumps for one application. My favourite way to apply this is with my Etude House foundation brush and then blend with my finger for a seamless finish. The foundation is very easy to blend, provides decent coverage and surprisingly good oil control. I start to get some shine on my T-zone only after about 3 hours. I also like the natural finish which is not too dewy and also not overly matte.

The Correcting Concealer didn't impress me though as it's too sheer to cover my dark circles completely. It contains apricot for boosting radiance and raspberry as a "micro-circulation activator". Both the concealer and serum gel foundation are made in France.

In the pic below, I'm wearing the serum gel foundation. I think it is one of the better drugstore foundations that I've tried and well worth checking out for ladies with normal to oily skin. Plus it's quite affordable as Watsons, Robinsons and John Little often offer a 20% discount on Bourjois. However, the shade range is very limited with just 3 shades available in Singapore (5 in Australia and 4 in Japan) and there is no SPF level stated on the bottle.