Product of the Week: Estee Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation

Couple weeks a go, I bought Estee Lauder Double Wear Light foundation in Seibu at Grand Indonesia. At first, I wanted to grab the Double Wear foundation, but I changed my mind and grabbed the Double Wear Light instead. The reason as to why I changed my mind was because I do travel a lot and I’d rather bring the Double Wear Light which is in a squeeze tube bottle instead of the pretty glass bottle for the Double Wear.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light Foundation

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Anyhow! I’ve heard raves about the Double Wear so I might grab those to stock up my kit once my foundation supply is gone. For now, the Double Wear Light is pretty amaazing! Let’s talk about the Double Wear Light now, shall we?

I applied this foundation using my fingers. Since I wanted to test the foundation itself, I did not powder my face. Other makeup on my face includes – cream blush, mascara, eyeshadow, brows and lip balm. Foundation was on at 1pm until 11pm. Below is my bare face photo – just moisturizer.

 Estee Lauder Double Wear Light review

Coverage

The Double Wear Light is mentioned on the Estee Lauder website as Sheer to Medium. I have to agree with them. I do find this foundation to be on the Sheer side when applying with your fingers or damped sponge. You can apply it with a foundation brush or a buffing brush to make this foundation a medium coverage. It is also buildable, so you can definitely layer this foundation to your desired coverage.

Finish

The finish is said to be Natural on their website. Again, I do have to agree with this. I really love how it does not feel like as though you are wearing anything. It blends to the skin seamlessly. The finish is natural, it’s not dewy or satiny or luminous, it’s very skin-like. I think a lot of the new generation foundation, like the Chanel Aqua Vitaelumiere has this type of skin-like finish.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light review

Longevity

On the website, it says that the product “resists smudging and won’t melt off through heat and humidity”. It also says that it lasts for 15-hour. First of all, I have to say that this is probably the only foundation that does not smudge as much as my other foundation. What I mean by smudging is when I blot my sweaty, oily face (bahahahaha) very little product comes off.

This foundation lasted for a good 10-hour. As you can see from the photo below , some of my redness did show through after the 10-hour (cheeks and side of the nose). Keep in mind that I did not powder my face, nor do any touch-up through out the day.

Price

I don’t remember how much this foundation was, and I lost the receipt. I think it’s around Rp. 500,000 (USD$50), and it’s Rp. 469,800 at some local online shop. In the U.S.A, this foundation costs USD$36, and in Canada CAD$42.50. It is quite a pricy foundation.

Estee Lauder Double Wear Light review

Verdict: 4.5 happy faces out of 5! The only cons that I have about this product is the fact that it’s prettty steep on the price! Other than that, I definitely am loving it more than my Chanel Aqua Vitaelumiere!