Hi, new here. Just wanted to post my experience w/ Clinique’s new Even Better Clinical Serum Foundation compared to my HG of the last several years, Maybelline’s FitMe Matte+Poreless and ask about anyone else’s experience w/ this new foundation. The FitMe has been my HG for a long time – inexpensive, nicely matte, easy to use, goof-proof, can slap on and go, doesn’t break me out or turn into an oil slick on my oily-but-dehydrated clog-prone and sensitive skin, and the color matches are perfect-o. Classic Ivory 120 is a PERFECT, EXACT match. For reference, I am Dr. Baummann skinType OSPT last time I took that test, probably now an OSPW.
Clinique has always interested me w/ it’s good-for-you skin ings, but the last few times I’ve tried Clinique foundations they didn’t work. The Even Better line was way too shiny and the coverage was way too light. Also, the colors were all off – either too yellow or too pink – nothing truly neutral, or yellow-neutral. The one and only time my SO ever said anything bad about my mu was when I wore Clinique’s Even Better Foundation – he said something like – you have something on your face … what is that??? (Squints and looks closer, concerned look on his face.) NOt good.
When the new Even Better Clinical Serum foundation came out, it looked really good and I wanted to try it. Finding the match for Maybelline’s FitMe Classic Ivory 120 was hell, tho. Temptalia’s Foundation matrix didn’t give me a good match. Sephora’s Shade Finder didn’t work. The online clinique questionnaire was a joke – asking questions about skin veins and which photo do you look most like? Egads. Why can’t we match foundations colors across brands like we do w/ paint at Home Depot? I should be able to type in the brand and color and a machine spits out the exact match to another brand based on pigment colors and ratios. Anyway, I tried asking the Clinique Live Chat, and the Chat person said WN 38 Stone would be an exact match to Maybelline’s Classic Ivory 120. NOT.
Stone was actually abt 2 shades darker, and 2 shades more yellow than the Classic Ivory. I looked like I had mustard on my face. However, this new Clinique Foundation is amazing as far as performance! Great coverage, unlike most Clinique foundations, a lovely satin-matte finish, doesn’t separate or turn shiny, lasts all day, seems to plump the skin slightly and minimize fine dryness lines, wears really well, and my skin seems to even look better when I remove it. Doesn’t clog or break me out. It doesn’t dry my skin out as much as Maybelline’s FitMe is starting to do. SO did not comment, despite the mustard color, but that could be just him being older and wiser, LOL.
I’m getting old, and the older i get, the harder it is to find a foundation that does not slide off my oily skin but also doesn’t make it look dry. Very narrow tightrope to walk. FitMe Matte+Poreless has been amazing, but as I get older I need something just a little more forgiving on ageing texture and fine lines. I really love the performance of this new Clinique Even Better Clinical Serum fndtn, but the color selection is not good for me – even though they have 42 shades, they are all either really pink or really yellow. Nothing slightly pink, or slightly yellow, or neutral.
I obtained 2 sample cards for the regular Even Better, as the Clinique advisor said most of the colors for the regular Even Better are the same as the Clinical serum version. I got the one for the Very Fair and the Fair to Light shades, and the colors are all either pink toned OR yellow toned. The closest matches I can find are WN04 Bone ( a shade too pale), WN 16 Buff, (a shade too yellow), and CN 28 Ivory (quite a bit too pink). Gah! I know some people mix shades, but I ain’t got time for that.
OK, long story short – Anybody else try this new foundation, and did you have a hard time finding the right shade? How did you like the performance? TIA.