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More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation.

Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation
Foundation

About this product

A gel-like foundation with medium to full coverage that can be sheared out for lighter application or used layered for more opaque wear.

Guru Score

79%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far
2Gurus
2Yay
0Mixed
0Nay

What they liked

  • Gel-like texture that sheers out
  • Full coverage, buildable
  • Blends easily with a brush

What they flagged

  • Shade range may need mixing to match

What the gurus are saying

This foundation's gel texture is what stands out: it behaves like a gel base rather than a traditional cream, which means you can sheer it out or build coverage depending on what you need. The formula works beautifully on its own or under makeup, though some find it rich enough that mixing two shades helps dial in the perfect match for their skin tone.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take August 2025

What the gurus are saying.

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"This is a beautiful foundation. Now it's very full coverage. [...] It's really, really beautiful. It's a great little foundation."
All 6 takes from Allie Glines
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"The Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Foundation started popping off on TikTok and I had to try it. I wasn't sure at first because things go viral and look good in the first five minutes, but I wanted to put it to the test so I did a 12-hour wear test, and it's really beautiful, like it looks so nice on the skin. What I'm liking about this is it's a proper foundation like it's going to give you a medium to full coverage, which I feel like there's a time and place for, especially with somebody who has more redness and I have acne prone skin. I love the skin-like finish that this has. It also feels very weightless on the skin, which is so nice. It applies like a dream. The coverage is for real, like it really does block out all redness on the skin, but it doesn't feel heavy or look heavy, which I really appreciate. I feel like a lot of full coverage foundations can have that vibe where the more coverage you have the more you're going to feel it. That's not really the case with this, which I really loved. Plus it lasts a really long time. The packaging is cute. The only downside for me honestly is I do have to mix two shades to create my perfect shade, so I mix very fair sea and very fair neutral to get my perfect shade. But you know, hasn't stopped me and I've been wearing it constantly."
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"I know that's kind of extra to mix foundations but I normally mix two shades of this. This is very fair shade that I'm mixing with the Haus Labs. That's actually a really nice foundation combo."
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"The Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face is a very full coverage foundation, I would say medium to full, and you can kind of sheer it out if you want but you're going to get coverage with this. I actually have to mix two shades to get my perfect color. I mix Very Fair C with a little pump of that and Very Fair N, which is the more neutral color."
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"This is a really really nice foundation. I'm excited to wear it again. I was especially impressed with the application, and the fact that it looks this nice 12 hours in with just one powder refresh, I'm really really impressed. I have the confidence now that after 12 hours, especially with checkups and touch-ups, it's going to wear really nice. I do wish that they had a shade that matched my undertone perfectly, but ultimately I'm impressed. I'm really really excited to keep wearing this. It's nice to have a more full coverage foundation that doesn't feel heavy on the skin."
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"This is a beautiful foundation. Now it's very full coverage. [...] It's really, really beautiful. It's a great little foundation."
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"The More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation [...] is much more full coverage. [...] It wears beautifully on the skin, gives great coverage, and it's very smoothing and balanced, not too oily, [...] not too matte, [...] right in the middle. [...] The only thing is I couldn't find a perfect match, so I have to mix two shades, very fair C and very fair N, to get a decent match. Other than that it's really nice and [...] great for full glam occasions."
Yay
"I've been using Polite Society because it's like a gel base. It's a gel cream, you can sheer it out. It's more gelatin, it's not truly a gel cream but it operates like a gel would."
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"I've been using Polite Society because it's like a gel base. It's a gel cream, you can sheer it out. It's more gelatin, it's not truly a gel cream but it operates like a gel would."
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"Right now I've been using Polite Society because it's like a gel base. Second to Polite Society's gel cream, you can shear it out. It's more gelatinous, it's not truly a gel cream but it operates like a gel would."

Frequently asked.

What is Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation?

A gel-like foundation with medium to full coverage that can be sheared out for lighter application or used layered for more opaque wear.

Is Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 79%.

What is Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation's Guru Score?

Polite Society More Than a Pretty Face Skin Caring Foundation holds a Guru Score of 79%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

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