L'Oreal True Match vs. L'Oreal True Match Lumi Review

Hello all!  So, I recently purchased the new (I'm assuming it's new.  I hadn't heard of it before I saw it in Wal-Mart the other day... It says it's new on a little sticker on the bottle...) L'Oreal True Match Lumi liquid foundation.  What really drew me to it was the fact that it had a pump!  Yay!  Sadly, the original L'Oreal True Match is a bottle you pour and it just gets messy.  Anyway, I LOVE L'Oreal True Match. It's my favorite drugstore foundation and, in my opinion, probably the best drugstore foundation out there.  Anyway, I'll stop rambling on and we'll get to the review:

First, I'll start with True Match:

True Match has been around for a while (honestly don't know how long) and I've been using it for almost three years now. 

Here is what I LOVE about it:

-Good coverage (about medium coverage for those of you who don't know what I define "good coverage" as)

-Sun screen built in (has an SPF 17... not great, but better than nothing)

-Very lasting and even more lasting if I use a primer underneath (which I find myself doing a lot in the summer when I'm sweating a lot in my car with no AC D:)

-Best match to my skin tone (I guess that's kind of a given.  I love how not only they have the basic light, medium, dark shades and lost in between, but also shades that match the  warmness or coolness of your skin tone)

What I HATE about this product:

-The bottle! (This may not bother other people, but I hate the pour out bottle.  I feel like it just makes a mess and when you're at the end of the bottle you have to wait a while before anything starts to come out)

-Has a weird sort of painty smell.  (This actually kind of turned me off to it at first... If you know me I'm big on stuff smelling good.  If it doesn't, I probably won't use it.  But once I tried it out and it was amazing on my skin, I decided I could put up with the smell.)

And that pretty much covers the original True Match.  Overall, for a drugstore product, I think it's amazing.  I feel like I'm getting high end quality for ~$9, which may be expensive for some, but I think it's more than worth it.  Moving on to...

True Match Lumi:

What I LOVE:

-It has a pump!  Yay!  Makes life so much easier!

-Sun screen... but this time it's a bit higher SPF.  SPF 20.  This time they put in Octinoxate for sun protection as opposed to... I don't even know what they use in the other kind, the letters are so hard to read on the bottle. Ha!

-Again very good match to my skin tone. (However, I did notice they kind of threw the n1 and n2 together in one bottle.  I was worried, it would be too light for me, but it matches it very nicely.)

-It doesn't have the bad smell! (I can't really describe the smell... It's not as strong and a bit sweet is the best I can do, but it's so much better.  This is like smelling a meadow of flowers compared to the other stuff.)

-For lasting ability, so far it's been great!  (But I have only worn it out for a couple of times.  Haven't really put it to the test yet.)

What I HATE:

-I feel like it's lost some of it's coverage.  (It could just be me.  While it still has a decent coverage and I still love it, I think the original True Match has the best coverage.  I think maybe with the added sun protection, you lose some of that coverage. It's not that big of a deal to me, but if you're all about coverage and don't mind the weird smell and the lack of pump, I would stick with the original if I were you.)

Overall, I LOVE the new True Match Lumi and will probably stick with this one for the next while.  It does cost a little more... I got it at Wal-Mart for $10.97, but I think it's still worth it for a couple bucks more.

Well, that pretty much concludes it.  They're both great foundations and I'd recommend them to anyone.  You won't have any trouble finding one that matches your skin.  I promise.

Later!

Peachy Sara :D