00:00Hi guys, I'm Lexi Lebsack. I'm a senior beauty editor at Refinery29 and we're
00:04here with a lot of foundation and celebrity makeup artist, Jamie Greenberg.
00:09What's up, Refinery?
00:12We're here testing out over a hundred different foundations from 16 mass brands
00:18and we've challenged Jamie here to test every single one of them and basically
00:23tell us what the best drugstore foundations are. Jamie narrowed it down
00:27to five foundations. So let's do it. Drum roll please. So the first one was by Almay.
00:34It's a four-in-one blemish eraser. This is a cover, it clears, it calms and controls.
00:40Oh great. I love a multitasker. It doesn't smell bad, which is a plus. Yeah it has
00:46barely any scent at all. This is good for somebody with oily skin, someone who has a
00:50lot of acne. You can see this is the first layer of coverage and it's pretty
00:54amazing. It's a lot of pigment. It has a nice glow to it but there is something
00:58mattifying about it as well but it's not drying. I actually heard you maybe
01:02commenting earlier about you felt like you were getting a breakout. Yes I do feel
01:06like I'm about to break out. So we're gonna just we're gonna like prevent that.
01:08We're preventing it and we're gonna buff it on. Okay. Now your neck is a little
01:12lighter than your face. Okay. Which most people have that because our face gets
01:17exposed to everything and our neck doesn't. I'm just bringing this down.
01:20That's what I love about a buffer is you can really seamlessly bring this area
01:25down. You two now can have a clear complexion. Thank you. With Almay. Thank
01:31you so much. You're welcome. Maybelline's Dream Cushion. Dreamy. So dreamy. This is for
01:37your combination friend. It goes on super smooth and even. It's really really
01:42pigmented. And when it dries it has this nice dewy but like not too dewy and not
01:48too dry. Please clean these. Okay. Just a little soap. Clean them every at least at
01:54least once a week. Okay. Does anyone else want their makeup done? Naya. I like to
01:59call her Naya Knowles because she looks like the missing Knowles sisters. You
02:02know Beyonce, Belange and Naya. So we're gonna work with the Dream Cushion on you
02:08because quite honestly you're a dream. And what kind of skin do you have?
02:13I feel like I have normal to oily skin. Normal to oily. So what's nice about this
02:18is you can apply the foundation and your skin is already glowing. This gives a nice
02:22glow. And then what you could do throughout the day you could take kind of the
02:25cleaner parts and then press in the areas that tend to get a little more oily
02:29and kind of take down the oil. I'm feeling it. You are a dream and I'm presenting you
02:35with the Dream Cushion Award. L'Oreal Paris 24 Hour Invaluable Pro Matte. Oh I love the
02:42voice too. Thank you. So this is great for really oily skin. Okay. I hate to say it
02:48but sometimes too matte accentuates issues. So let's try it. I mean it literally
02:54looks just like skin. Great pigment. Yeah. Really buildable and you can see it's not
02:59as shiny as the previous. Anyone else? Valentine! So a lot of times in the winter
03:05we're a little lighter. In the summer we're a little darker, right? So you can
03:09buy two foundations and you can kind of custom blend your own colors depending on
03:14your color at that time. Being in the moment is what I like to say. What I like
03:18about this is it tells you on the back that it's a semi-mat, it's medium
03:22coverage and it's air light, the texture. It kind of looks like you have combination
03:30skin. Yes. So maybe a little bit oily in the t-zone and a little dry on the cheeks.
03:35Mm-hmm. So this is perfect for you. Number four is the NYX Total Control. I have to
03:41admit I've been very excited to try this one because I've heard a lot of good
03:44things about it. You can add this to your moisturizer, you could add it to a serum,
03:48you could really add it to anything. You could add it to your ice cream
03:51sundae. Just kidding, don't do that. What I like about this is great for like normal
03:56to dry skin. It's super moisturizing, beautiful slip. It's about a light
04:00coverage but you could add more for medium. It builds nicely. This is the
04:05Catrice All Matte Plus Shine Control Makeup. This is great for anyone who needs
04:11like a light coverage. This formula is almost kind of like a tinted moisturizer
04:15with a kick. So it comes out, you can see it comes out kind of thick, but then when you
04:20spread it on, it really does feel more like a tinted moisturizer. Catrice.
04:24Yeah, also new brand.
04:25New brand, Catrice.
04:26New brand alert.
04:27New brand alert. Doesn't smell. It's beautiful. I think it's great. And a lot of
04:31people that maybe don't wear foundation that are like, I want to start wearing
04:36foundation. This is a great first one. It's like your training bra of foundations.
04:43All right, guys. We just narrowed it down to our top five drugstore foundations. Thank
04:47you to Jamie Greenberg Makeup. You can find me on every social network at Jamie Makeup.
04:53That's J-A-M-I-E Makeup. Don't get it twisted.
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