NYX HD Foundation: 07 Warm Sand, 08 California Tan

NYX has brought out an HD line over the past two years that haven't really gotten much review over. For me, NYX is a love hate relationship because a lot of there products tend to be a hit or miss. I love there jumbo pencils (both eyes and lips), lipsticks, blushes, HD primer, BUT there eye shadows are quite chalky with not a lot of pay out. Luckily for me its a standard to prime and base my lids. 

For these particular foundations I had to search high and low for swatches. Hopefully some of you will find this helpful.

Enough rambling, here are the two foundation shades I picked up.

Nyx HD Foundation in 07 Warm Sand

Nyx HD Foundation in 08 California Tan

This how they come packaged. The box is pretty standard in my opinion. As you can see on the box they advertise Paraben Free, but they're actually not...I'll save that for another blog post. The bottle is made of plastic so if you are a makeup artist or traveling with this, do not fear! Unlike MAKE UP FOREVER's bottles which I've had brake on me while traveling, this will not. They're also a tad bit skinnier than the MAKE UP FOREVER's bottles just as a reference, but the same height. As you will see each comes with a pump, and from my experience with foundations, as convenient as a pump is, they tend to be very messy. I haven't had that problem with these foundations yet. Cross your fingers and hope it stays that way.

Here are swatches of the two, on the left is 07 Warm Sand and on the right is 08 California Tan.

Each bead is one full pump. Now I range between an NC 40-NC42/43. But my sister who is an NC30-35 can also use the 07 Warm Sand and it blends in beautifully with her skin, as well as mines. California Tan is just too red.

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So- these are my overall opinions on this foundation.

The finish in my opinion is very Satin, I find that if I set this with powder it tends to cake up.

I have combination skin so my T zone and cheek bones are very oily, while the rest of my face is very dry.

It blends out flawlessly and photographs amazing.

For people who hate the Revlon Photo Ready Foundation, try this on for size!

It's comparable to MAKEUP FOREVER, but in my opinion, the MAKE UP FOREVER one is a better quality, with a wider range of shade. Woman of color, I'm sorry but if you are darker than an NW45, there are no shades for you in this line. The darkest is 08 California Tan.

I love love love this foundation, and I rate it 4 stars, being that they lied when they said paraben free.