Nars

Natural Matte Longwear Foundation.

Name: Nars Natural Matte Longwear Foundation
Brand: Nars
Rating: 69.0 (4 reviews)

Foundation

About this product

A long-wear liquid foundation from NARS that delivers a soft matte finish with medium-to-full, buildable coverage, formulated to stay put through a full day across a broad range of skin tones.

Best for

Oily skin

Foundation

The Guru Index verdict

69%

Mixed

~Mixed · 69%

4Reviewers

2Approved

1Mixed

1Skip

What the gurus are saying

Gurus consistently praise the finish as natural and skin-like rather than flat or powdery, and several highlight impressive longevity even without setting powder. The main friction point is shade range and undertone matching, which some found requiring concealer adjustments or felt overpriced at $55. Those with oily or combination skin particularly appreciate that it controls shine without looking heavy or cakey.

Synthesized from 4 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

NiacinamideAHAVitamin EPeptidesSPFSqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Silica, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Undecane, C9-12 Alkane, Ethylhexyl Olivate, Propanediol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Glycerin, Dipeptide-15, Tridecane, Lauroyl Lysine, Polyglyceryl-6 Polyricinoleate, Sea Salt/Maris Sal/Sel Marin, Chlorella Vulgaris Extract, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Stearic Acid, Aluminum Hydroxide, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Squalane, Niacinamide, Sodium Dilauramidoglutamide Lysine, Magnesium Chloride, Tocopherol, Lecithin, Lactic Acid, Phenoxyethanol, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)

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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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Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs · 3k devotees

✓Approved

"My favorite foundation these days is still the NARS Natural Matte Longwear Foundation. This is the longest-wearing foundation I own, and I love the finish. It's not too matte, despite its name -- I don't know why they called it that -- but it's also not too glowy. It's just this really natural satin finish, which is surprisingly difficult to find. The only issue is that it's just too light for me right now."

Top Pick: longest-wearing foundation

Robert Welsh

1.10M subs · 70k devotees

✕Skip

"Foundation looks fine."

Alexandra Anele

1.42M subs · 27k devotees

~Mixed

"It gave me a nice glow. It didn't make my skin look too oily. It's been a minute since I've worn a more full-coverage foundation, and I'm liking it. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the finish. I don't know if it's necessarily worth $55, because that's an expensive foundation, especially considering the tone is not right. I do think that we were able to balance it a bit with a concealer trick -- using a slightly lighter concealer that's a little more on the yellowy side. I don't think that if you're just looking at me you'd be like, 'Her foundation is so not the match,' but I can see that it's not right. I am pretty happy with the finish overall, and I think it's something I'm going to continue using."

Allie Glines

830k subs · 34k devotees

✓Approved

"I've been loving this NARS Natural Matte Longwear Foundation. I'm going to buff it all over the skin and press it in with my sponge."

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"I really like this because it looks fresh, very skin-like, very healthy. It gave great coverage, it's weightless. I have no notes and it looks really pretty on the skin. There's a little tiny bit of settling in my pores, but with no setting powder, for that to happen is honestly crazy. I've never been able to skip setting powder with any other foundation without feeling super greasy at the end of the day, so this is a win for me. I was super skeptical going in -- I love NARS foundations, but I've never been able to do that before. I'm genuinely thrilled and impressed. I think it's definitely worth a try if you're somebody like me who has a tough time with matte foundations. I can't imagine how long-wearing this would be if I did set it. This could knock out so many different steps in my routine."

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"I've been loving this NARS Natural Matte Longwear Foundation. I'm going to buff it all over the skin and press it in with my sponge."

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"I tried this in my video without any powder and it looked glorious all day long. I have since tried it with powder the way that I normally do in my T-zone and it looks just as good, just with a little more control in the T-zone for me. It's a really innovative, high quality foundation with really nice glass packaging, weighted, with a red pump. If you have more oily skin and you want a natural, not flat, powdery matte foundation, it still looks very much like skin and it's not cakey or heavy. I'm really impressed."

Natural Matte Longwear Foundation.

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