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Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation.

Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation
Foundation

About this product

A lightweight liquid foundation with buildable coverage that delivers a natural, skin-like finish without feeling heavy or appearing makeup-y on the skin.

Foundation

The Guru Index verdict

82%

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Approved · 82%
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What the gurus are saying

Gurus are consistently enthusiastic about this foundation's unique texture and wearability. The standout praise centers on its lightweight, oil-like feel that glides on skin without feeling heavy, delivers impressive longevity especially in hot weather, and finishes naturally without looking makeup-y. A recurring theme is that application method matters: a foundation brush works best for medium to full coverage, while a damp sponge can over-absorb the liquid formula and sheer it out. The skin-like, neither-matte-nor-dewy finish gets repeated endorsement. One complaint surfaces about packaging getting messy.
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Key actives & flags

Vitamin ESPFFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Isododecane, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Hydrogenated Polycyclopentadiene, Hydrogenated Didecene, Silica, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Hydrogenated Styrene/​Isoprene Copolymer, Dicalcium Phosphate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Cellulose, Lauryl Pca, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Extract, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Camellia Oleifera Seed Oil, Aqua/​Water/​Eau, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Butylene Glycol, 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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"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."
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