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Forever Matte Foundation.

Dior Forever Matte Foundation
Foundation

About this product

A long-wearing matte foundation from Dior offering buildable, fuller coverage with a natural-looking finish and oil control.

Best for

Oily skin
Foundation

The Guru Index verdict

81%

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What the gurus are saying

Gurus overwhelmingly praise this foundation as a reliable choice for special events and warm weather, consistently highlighting its exceptional longevity (10+ hours), pore-minimizing finish, and resistance to settling in wrinkles or breaking through oil. The recurring theme is that despite the matte label, it feels lightweight and doesn't dry out the skin, making it suitable across skin types. The main gripe is the heavy fragrance and alcohol content, which reviewers note makes it unsuitable for daily wear or sensitive skin.
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Key actives & flags

Vitamin ESPF

Full ingredients

Octinoxate (3%), Titanium Dioxide (1.75%), Water, Methyl Trimethicone, Isododecane, Alcohol, Dimethicone, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Silica, Acrylates/​Dimethicone Copolymer, Diphenyl Dimethicone/​Vinyl Diphenyl Dimethicone/​Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Myristoyl Glutamate, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Undecyl Dimethicone, Aluminum Hydroxide, Propylene Carbonate, VP/​VA Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Fragrance, Tetrasodium EDTA, Viola Tricolor Extract, Rosa Multiflora Fruit Extract, Linalool, Limonene, BHT, Citronellol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891)

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What the gurus are saying.

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"I'm also a big fan of the Dior Forever Matte Foundation. This one has more coverage, but still doesn't look super makeupy in person. So, if you have a more formal event or you want to just look fully glammed out and you want something that's going to photograph super beautifully, an awesome option, too."
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"It feels very very lightweight. It does have a classic Dior scent to it, which I wish some of these high-end brands didn't make such perfumey foundations, but here we are. It gave really nice coverage but it actually feels really lightweight. A lot of times when I think of matte foundations, at least from the past, I think about heavier foundations, but this is a very lightweight kind of a matte foundation. Upon application that looks so pretty."
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"For special events, if I'm going to something fancy and I want the bulletproof foundation that's going to look fantastic all night, that's going to photograph really well, then I reach for my Dior Forever Matte Foundation. This is the top holy grail foundation. It doesn't settle in wrinkles. It minimizes the look of my pores. It lasts 10 hours without any primer, without any setting spray. It is just like a one and one beautiful, beautiful foundation. Of course, it is typical high-end foundation. It contains a lot of fragrance. It contains a bit of SD alcohol, so it's not the kind of thing that you're going to want to put on every single day."
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"For special events, if I'm going to something fancy and I want the bulletproof foundation that's going to look fantastic all night, that's going to photograph really well, then I reach for my Dior Forever Matte Foundation. This is the top holy grail foundation. It doesn't settle in wrinkles. It minimizes the look of my pores. It lasts 10 hours without any primer, without any setting spray. It is just like a one and one beautiful, beautiful foundation. Of course, it is typical high-end foundation. It contains a lot of fragrance. It contains a bit of SD alcohol, so it's not the kind of thing that you're going to want to put on every single day."
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"This is my Holy Grail Foundation. It's called a matte foundation but I don't really find it to be drying and I don't find it to be super matte so if you have drier skin I wouldn't be afraid of this one. It doesn't settle in your wrinkles, it gives you great coverage but it still looks skin-like and natural and it lasts all day. One of the best things about this foundation is that you don't need a primer, you don't need a setting spray because it just lasts and lasts."
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"This Foundation doesn't need a primer to last all day and it minimizes the look of my pores. It is my Holy Grail, absolute perfect foundation for me. I tested this on one of the hottest days of the summer when I was sweating and this didn't budge. I don't find this one drying at all. I have slightly oily skin around my T-Zone but normal skin the rest of my face, and I'm always a little bit dry around my mouth and my temples, and this doesn't dry out my skin in those areas. It's so lightweight yet so pigmented that it looks really natural on the skin and it doesn't take a lot of it to cover up your redness. The finish on it is so perfect because it makes my pores look smaller and it makes my wrinkles look smaller and it never settles in my wrinkles throughout the day. It wears for 10 hours straight, so if I'm going somewhere and I'm not going to be able to touch up my makeup, this is what I reach for."
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"The Dior Forever Matte is my number one top Holy Grail Foundation of all time, the best of the best. This is so good on mature skin, the heavens opened and the angels sang. If you're a drier skin person and you're afraid of a matte finish, don't be afraid of this because it's not really fully matte on me. What it does for your skin is just so good. If you have normal, combo, or oily skin and you have enlarged pores or a lot of texture, this minimizes those things all on its own. It doesn't really need a primer in order to perfect your skin, and it lasts all day. I tested this on one of the hottest days of the summer and it stayed put, so if you're dealing with hot flashes or you live in a hot climate, this is going to be the foundation for you."
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"The foundation I'm going to use today is my Dior Forever Matte. This is like my perfect bulletproof foundation, and when I tested this Foundation a couple of summers ago it was super hot out and this lasted like 10 hours, didn't wear off. It was a hot, hot, hot sweaty day and it was amazing, and I didn't do anything special with it."
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"The foundation I reach for when I have a special occasion I really want my makeup to be longwearing bulletproof going to make me look perfect and flawless all day or all night long is the Dior Forever Matte Foundation. This is so fantastic especially in the summertime if you live somewhere where it's warmer and you have combo or oily skin this will stay put it won't budge all day and you will be perfected. It doesn't let any oil breakthrough it's really really fantastic it doesn't get super shiny during the day and it's actually smoothing on my pores without using anything else. It's a beautiful foundation, longwearing, doesn't settle in your wrinkles, great shade range. This is my number one top of the heap holy grail foundation that I wear when I want to just look absolutely perfect."
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"I tested this I think it was last year over the summer and it instantly became a Holy Grail foundation. This is like 100 percent my favorite summer, like heat wave foundation. If you're going to wear a foundation, let's say you have a wedding to go to or you have a party to go to, this is the foundation that is going to keep your skin looking perfected the entire time. I wore it on one of the hottest days of the summer last year, I sat outside, I was sweating in it, it didn't budge, it didn't get shiny, it didn't accentuate my pores. It really makes my pores disappear. I feel like my face looks so velvety perfection when I have this on. It is amazing on mature skin, doesn't settle any wrinkles, looks great. You don't even have to apply a lot of it to get really good coverage."
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