As this was an Allure magazine Best of Beauty winner for 2017. Ulta currently had this product for sale for $11.99 for 1 oz of product, but you may be able to find it cheaper elsewhere, especially with a discount coupon.
I selected shade 720 in Creamy Natural for use with my tan from the Summer. On the back it indicates it is full coverage, but below you can barely see the swatch. On the Allure site, it indicates light coverage and I would agree with that assessment.
It does help even out skin tone, but as you can see in the swatch is did not completely cover the freckles at the top of my forearm, just blurred a bit and made them less noticeable.
It does have sunscreen of SPF 20 in it so it is nice not to need a separate sunscreen. It also contains Vitamins E, B3 and BF and it to give a healthy, natural glow. I thought it went on more matte on my skin .
The two issues I do have this product is that by the end of a long, hot day it doesn't look "natural" but dry and a little patchy. The other is that halfway through the bottle the pump stopped working entirely. The cap does twist off so you still easily have access to the product, but you have to dump it out or coax it out with a brush. I ended up using a cleaned out empty make jar and got as much as I could out of the bottle.
It is an ok product, but I did not find it to be the winner that it has been touted to be and probably not a product I will purchase again, but mine would a minority opinion as has 4 stars on Ulta with 268 reviews.
Now for the dilemma of Cruelty-free: As Covergirl is a division of Coty, it has the same policy as Coty, which is it does not test on on animals unless it is still required by law, which mainland China still does. Source: Crueltyfreekitty
Pretty much any and any business that sells beauty products in China must still test on animals as it is required by law, so while mostly Cruelty-Free, it is not 100%.
PROS:
- Evens out skin tone and looks like healthy skin
- Worked natural going on tanned skin even with a light/medium shade.
- Contains Sunscreen of SPF 20 so protects your skin from UV Rays without need for an additional product.
- Looks nice throughout the day if you are indoors in a climate controlled setting.
- Bottle top does easily screw off if you need access to the product if pump is not working.
CONS:
- Looks unnatural, dry and patchy at the end of long hot day.
- Pump stopped working 1/2 way through the bottle.
Link to $2.00 Covergirl face product at Coupon Sherpa or Ulta currently has a sale for buy 2 get one free on Covergirl products.
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