foundation overview #11: Guerlain Lingerie de Peau respectively another great foundation mix.

today i want to talk to you about the Guerlain Lingerie de Peau foundation. i own mine from the first day it was launched in germany, i think i bought it last summer or fall. its name alone already made me want to have it ;)
Guerlain promises a soft and light texture that glides onto your skin and feels weightless. the foundation will look and feel like your bare skin, but evens it out and makes it soft and radiant like silk to give you a fresh and natural appearance. it has an spf of 20 (but please never rely on the spf of your foundation only, especially in the summer. you'd have to use loads to achieve this spf while you don't want to cake on your foundation like that, right?).
i bought it in the shade 02 Beige Clair, which was their lightest shade with a yellowish/neutral undertone. i think this shade would match NC/NW 20-25 in MAC. it's a little bit too pink for me, so i like to mix a few drops of a quite yellowish foundation with it to get the perfect colour (for reference i'm about NC23-25 right now).
it comes in a heavy and luxurious looking glass bottle with a pump, i really like Guerlains bottle design.
the foundation has a flowery scent (the same scent like their other foundations) which is quite strong but i like it - much better than the violet scent of the powders. it's texture is liquidy and it feels fresh when spreaded. i normally apply my foundation with the BeautyBlender sponge which works amazingly to create a perfect finish, but i have also used this foundation very often with a normal fluffy synthetic brush (like those) and it worked just as beautifully.
the Lingerie de Peau foundation provides a light-medium coverage and is easily buildable to a higher grade of medium coverage. the best thing i like about this foundation is that it really looks like skin. like young and radiant fresh, lush skin with this sheen that doesn't come from any highlighter or moisturiser but from your skin itself. amazing.
it doesn't contain shimmering particles.
it feels fresh and light on the face but is not the best nourishing or hydrating foundation so i can easily wear it with my oily skin and having it stay on (and look good) for about 7-9h. it doesn't oxidise or darken on my skin. it does not conceal uneven skin texture but also does not settle into pores or fine lines. the one issue i have noticed with this foundation is that it will emphasize on flaky/dry patches towards the end of the day. so you should either use a richer moisturiser or smoothing primer or should exfoliate regularly to avoid this.
otherwise i really like this foundation, especially when my skin is in better condition than at the moment. it really creates a fresh and radiant second skin and stays true to its claims.
this foundation costs 46€ for 30ml.

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Guerlain Lingerie de Peau right after apllication

Guerlain Lingerie de Peau 10 minutes after application

this is how i will look without and with this foundation on. notice that i have mixed it with 3:1 with the Rouge Bunny Rouge Milk Aquarelle Foundation in Almond Milk Parfait to get the matching shade (review of that foundation here). the RBR foundation also enhances the coverage and staying power of Guerlain's Lingerie de Peau and i think they are a perfect couple! somehow my camera manages to make it look quite yellow, it's not that bad in real!

without any and then with make up on (excuse my worse skin condition - but so you see how the coverage is)

only foundation - full face make up

shade comparison:

i have three foundations from Guerlain, the Guerlain Parure Extreme, Lingerie de Peau and the Parure Gold (click here to see a review of that). all in shade 02 Beige Clair. here you can see how they compare and how they compare to a MAC NC20 foundation (i have the Pro Longwear).

Guerlain Parure Extreme - Guerlain Lingerie de Peau - Guerlain Parure Gold - MAC Pro Longwear

Guerlain Parure Extreme - Guerlain Lingerie de Peau - Guerlain Parure Gold - MAC Pro Longwear

of the Guerlain foundations, you can see the Parure Extreme being most yellow while Lingerie de Peau is more neutral/pink and Parure Gold being more honey. all of them don't compare to MAC in yellow-i-ness ;)

what about you? do you have or want to try Guerlain foundations? i'm a bit curious about the Parure Aqua that they also do, but i doubt if it's very different from the Lingerie de Peau.