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Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation.

Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation
Foundation

About this product

A lightweight, buildable foundation with a unique oil-based texture that delivers medium to full coverage and a natural, skin-like finish.

Type

FoundationLiquid

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Guru Score

82%

Approved

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What the gurus are saying

The oil-like texture that glides across skin without feeling heavy is what keeps drawing praise, even though it's tricky to describe. Gurus found it genuinely long-wearing, holding up beautifully in heat, and blending into a natural finish that looks like skin rather than makeup. The liquid formula works best applied with a brush rather than a damp sponge, which tends to absorb product and sheer out coverage; if you're after medium to full coverage, a foundation brush is the move.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take December 2024
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"For foundation I've really been loving the Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation. This is a nice light to medium coverage but you honestly can build this up to full, especially if you're using a foundation brush. If you're using a damp beauty blender or damp sponge you will get more of that light coverage. I think this is beautiful. It does give that skin-like finish, so it's not super glowy and dewy but it's also not matte, it's just skin-like. And I really love this. It blends right into my neck perfectly. I've really been enjoying this."
All 3 takes from Sincerely Miss Ash
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"For foundation I've really been loving the Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation. This is a nice light to medium coverage but you honestly can build this up to full, especially if you're using a foundation brush. If you're using a damp beauty blender or damp sponge you will get more of that light coverage. I think this is beautiful. It does give that skin-like finish, so it's not super glowy and dewy but it's also not matte, it's just skin-like. And I really love this. It blends right into my neck perfectly. I've really been enjoying this."
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"This formula really is beautiful, it is weightless, it doesn't even feel like you have foundation on your skin. If you're looking for a foundation that doesn't feel heavy, that doesn't look makeup-y, you can build this up to a full coverage, and of course you can sheer this out to a light coverage if you're using a damp beauty sponge. I do like to use a makeup brush, like a foundation brush, because this is very liquidy so a damp sponge will just absorb all of that foundation. If you are looking for that medium to full coverage you're not going to get that with a sponge, so I would recommend using this with a makeup foundation brush especially if you want more of that medium to full coverage. This also provides your skin with that natural finish so it truly just looks like your skin, which I absolutely love in a foundation. You can also achieve that glowy, dewy complexion depending on how you prep your skin beforehand."
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"The Laura Mercier Flawless Foundation gives that nice lightweight feel on the skin. It's a medium coverage but you can build it up and you can sheer it out and it really does give this natural look to the skin. The formula is a little bit more liquidy, so when I'm using this I like to use a foundation brush because I feel like if you're using a damp sponge the sponge will absorb this product. It's best to apply this with a brush if you can. This is honestly very beautiful and it gives that skin-like finish so it's not mattifying but it's also not glowy and luminous, it's just your skin. It has a nice long wear time as well and it is waterproof."
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"This Foundation has such a unique texture it almost feels oil-based. It's honestly kind of hard to explain because it's not like an oily or super dewy foundation, but it's actually really long-wearing."
All 5 takes from Allie Glines
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"This is such a unique product. It has like almost an oil-based feel to it when you're blending it out, it has the warmth of an oil that just glides over the skin almost like a tinted oil, but it has way more coverage. It lasts all day long on me. I've been wearing these in like 100 degree weather and it has been phenomenal, my makeup stays put all day long. It looks beautiful on the skin. I wish they did something different with the packaging because it's already getting so messy, but besides the packaging it's still worth it to me, especially since it's from the drugstore. Really really loving this formula, it's gorgeous, especially for summer."
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"This Foundation has such a unique texture it almost feels oil-based. It's honestly kind of hard to explain because it's not like an oily or super dewy foundation, but it's actually really long-wearing."
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"I'm wearing my Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation. This was one of my favorite things from last year. It really is such a beautiful foundation. I feel like it's getting the attention it deserves. It's such a unique texture. It really is such a nice foundation. I feel like that went on top of the skin prep product so nicely and everything looks very healthy. That's kind of what's nice about some of these makeup brands creating skincare is usually they're formulated to work very well underneath makeup, which is so key."
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"I'm going to go in with Foundation today I'm just going to use this Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation and I'm going to first apply this with a brush you can use your fingers or whatever so I'm just buffing that out all over the skin."
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"It dries down the texture is actually very very interesting and unlike anything that I own in another foundation. It feels like I just applied skincare. This is a really interesting texture, it's gorgeous. I love it."
Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation?

A lightweight, buildable foundation with a unique oil-based texture that delivers medium to full coverage and a natural, skin-like finish.

Is Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 82%.

What is Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation's Guru Score?

Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation holds a Guru Score of 82%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 independent expert reviewers we have collected.

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