Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Clogged or visible pores1 expert

“I felt like this actually did blur my pores a little bit.”

HotandFlashy, watch at 14:50

Rough or uneven texture1 expert

“I'm not feeling like my pores and texture are really accentuated, and that looks good.”

HotandFlashy, watch at 16:00

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Mixed Makeup

1.46M subs

~Yay

"My favorite foundation [...] right now is the Makeup by Mario, the more recent one that he launched. It is so good. [...] I travel with it. I just think it makes your skin look really pretty. It's not too luminescent and it's not too matte. It's just perfect."

All 2 takes from Mixed Makeup

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"This is the new one from Makeup by Mario, [...] the Surreal Skin. My makeup artist Joselyn in New York used it on me and I was obsessed and I went out and bought it myself."

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"My favorite foundation [...] right now is the Makeup by Mario, the more recent one that he launched. It is so good. [...] I travel with it. I just think it makes your skin look really pretty. It's not too luminescent and it's not too matte. It's just perfect."

Allie Glines

829k subs

~Yay

"I reached for this foundation over the weekend and it made me want to revisit it again. This is the Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation in shade 2N."

All 7 takes from Allie Glines

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"This shade match is one of the best for my skin. There is nothing better than when you find a phenomenal shade match in a foundation because I just think it makes all the difference in how your makeup looks. [...] I forget how good this Foundation looks. It's so pretty and a little bit goes a really long way."

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"It looks very natural, which I like. [...] I did about a pump for the entire face, and I really liked how that looks. It looks really, really natural. It really looks like skin. This definitely has a bit less coverage than the first foundation, which is not a problem. I feel like a little less coverage is fine a lot of the times. And you can see how nice and natural the finish is, too. It just looks fresh."

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"You guys know how much I love this foundation. This might be one of my favorite Mario products. I used it religiously for a while and then it kind of fell out of my routine and now I'm back on it fully. It is so good. [...] The way that this looks on camera specifically, I mean in person it's gorgeous too, but every time I wear this on camera, it has this really special something to it. And this shade match is perfection for me."

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"I've reinccorporated back into my routine lately this Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Foundation in the shade 2N. I used to wear this all the time, and it looks especially good in pictures and on camera, but also in real life, of course. I've been using this all over again, and it's what I'm wearing today. I just think it's such a good foundation. [...] It looks so nice on the skin."

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"I mentioned this in my favorites video as kind of an honorable mention because it's like rolled its way back into my routine and it's so good. It specifically looks really nice on camera. It also looks amazing in person, but for some reason like in pictures and videos, it just does the most. And there's certain situations where you want your foundation to look really good in pictures or videos. And so I've been really enjoying it all over again."

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"A little bit goes a long way with this. I honestly could have used half a pump. I accidentally pumped out one pump but that's okay."

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"I reached for this foundation over the weekend and it made me want to revisit it again. This is the Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation in shade 2N."

Abbey Yung

887k subs

~Nay

"It's just me, but I feel like my pores look more noticeable. Some areas maybe look a little patchier, like around my mouth it looks a bit patchy and flaky. And to clarify, this footage was taken before I increased my Tazarotene prescription, so [...] that would not be the cause of this. It's certainly not terrible. I wouldn't say, "Oh my god, this is a horrible foundation." But for $48, I at least expect this to perform better than my drugstore favorites, and I just don't feel like it does."

All 2 takes from Abbey Yung

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"It's just me, but I feel like my pores look more noticeable. Some areas maybe look a little patchier, like around my mouth it looks a bit patchy and flaky. And to clarify, this footage was taken before I increased my Tazarotene prescription, so [...] that would not be the cause of this. It's certainly not terrible. I wouldn't say, "Oh my god, this is a horrible foundation." But for $48, I at least expect this to perform better than my drugstore favorites, and I just don't feel like it does."

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"While this product looked beautiful on my skin at first, it was just something that looked so, so greasy on me by the end of the day, so it wasn't one I reached for ever again. I gifted it away. I don't know who ended up taking it, a sister, a friend, my mom, somebody took it, because I was not going to wear it again. It was so greasy."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Yay

"I really liked the Mario and I felt like this actually did blur my pores a little bit. It wasn't as longwearing as I would like it to be, but it didn't really settle in wrinkles too much and it looked nice all day. So, this is a good foundation."

All 5 takes from HotandFlashy

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"I really liked the Mario and I felt like this actually did blur my pores a little bit. It wasn't as longwearing as I would like it to be, but it didn't really settle in wrinkles too much and it looked nice all day. So, this is a good foundation."

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"The Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation is a lovely foundation and it looks beautiful on the skin. It's supposed to be blurring and longwearing. It definitely did seem blurring to me. I really like that about it. I'd say it's a light to medium coverage, so it does look fairly natural on the skin."

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"On the cheeks, it is a blurring and smoothing foundation. I'm not feeling like my pores and texture are really accentuated, and that looks good. And on the forehead, I think it's really nice and smooth, and it looks great. So, overall, really happy with the foundation."

Makeup by Mario Surreal Foundation Review on Mature Skin!

"The pros are that it's easy to apply with fingers, brush, or sponge, and it has a very luminous finish. But the cons are that it settled in wrinkles right away, settled in pores right away, it's not long wearing, the luminous finish accentuates eye bags pores and texture, it doesn't look natural and skin-like, and it forms a shiny film over everything. This is a creaser if you have wrinkles it's going to settle into your wrinkles."

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"This was kind of a fail. This settled in my wrinkles big time and it just didn't wear well throughout the day. There really wasn't anything that I liked about it. It settled in wrinkles, settled in pores, wasn't long wearing, looked shiny, and just didn't do anything for my skin."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Yay

"Another huge hit for me has been the Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation. This is such a gorgeous foundation, and I can't believe I'm sitting here telling you this as a person with dry skin, because they didn't say it's for my skin type, but it's so natural looking that it really flatters mature skin. It has almost a blurring effect, it's simply stunning."

Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

~Mixed

"I'm gonna buy two foundations, Haus Labs and Makeup by Mario. We're gonna go into Sephora and get matched. The first person popped in and was like, oh, your foundation is a little orange. Trying to find neutral undertone, but otherwise it's close. Definitely a warm tone."

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Frequently asked.

What is Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation?

A natural-finish foundation from Makeup by Mario, designed to blur the look of pores and give skin a soft, natural-looking finish.

Is Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 72%.

What is Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation's Guru Score?

Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation holds a Guru Score of 72%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected.

What is Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Makeup by Mario Surreal Skin Natural Finish Foundation is good for clogged or visible pores (1 expert) and rough or uneven texture (1 expert).