Review Time: RCMA Foundations

Review Time: RCMA Foundations

Remember when I was assisting on So You Think You Can Dance and the makeup artists had this foundation called RCMA?

If not, go read my other blogs. 

It's cool, I'll wait...

...Ok we good? Cool.

So of course after playing around with them on set, I decided I wanted to give them a shot. Adam quickly told me the best idea ever.

"The foundations are like, 30 bucks for 1oz. There's a website that sells sample sizes of them so you can give them a shot before you commit."

This is why he gets paid the big bucks.

So on Camerareaadycosmetics.com, you can buy sample sizes of them. BE SURE to do some research first because their numbering and palette names make little to no sense.

Here's a little cheat sheet I found:

https://camerareadycosmetics.com/content/Foundation-Comparison-Chart.pdf

YOU ARE WELCOME.

So for reference, I'm a neutral/pale girl. At MAC they usually try to sell me a NC15 which is a smidge too cool and slightly too pale (in my opinion) for me, but I'm not tan enough to go up in shades. So it's pretty accurate.

I ended up ordering Ivory and F1- which ended up being a perfect blend. Ivory would be great for me in the winter, I think, but F1 tans it up just every so slightly. If I were outside more often, F1 would look fine too. So basically, the cheat sheet I used worked out perfectly.

First I stuck them on a palette and did a few swatch tests, then I went ahead and mixed them.

I used a slightly damp Beauty Blender to put it on. Notice the giant face demon on my nose- this is how you know I didn't edit any of these pictures and there is no filter.

Here's the before and after. PRETTY GREAT RIGHT? I know. This is just one pass with the RCMA and the damp beauty blender. It covered the acne spots pretty great too. All I did after that picture was take a tiny bit more RCMA and conceal the hardcore areas like that one spot on my cheek and under my eyes.

This is the RCMA, natural light, no filters, after 10-11 hours of wear. Pretty great, I know. The only part that really wore down was under my eyes and that's because I have a terrible habit of rubbing my under-eyes when I'm frustrated or annoyed...or my eyes are itchy.

I also wore the foundation for another 3 or 4 hours after this picture and it was still where I put it.

I don't even... what kind of voodoo is this? Seriously? 

I'm pretty convinced RCMA is one of the best things out there.

Some things I should mention:

My skin is quite dry, and I only powdered this in the morning around my forehead and nose. For people with oily skin, you'll probably have to set this with a little more powder, since it is a cream consistency, but you should be fine.

What I used on my skin before the RCMA was a healthy dose of Embryolisse moisturizer (which is exactly what I use every single day of my life and before every foundation I use. No special treatment).

I am a picker, hardcore. If there is something on my face to pick at, I will do it- which is why I'm amazed that the RCMA held on for that many hours.

I plucked my eyebrows, that arch is pretty sick right? I have Lauren Becall's eyebrows.

So in summation, RCMA is pretty great, and the color ranges are pretty dang extensive. I know the pots and palettes are expensive, but they're really amazing and the tiniest bit goes a long way. I'm pretty sure I could use my sample sizes every day for an entire year before it runs out.

-SamanthaK