Ira’s article about KATE Mineral BB Gel Cream reminded me about my fondness towards KATE lasting high coverage liquid foundation. Many foundations come and go, but I’ve gone through about three bottles of this foundation since six or seven years ago – the height of my Japanese makeup craze days. To date, with many foundation releases, I still find this foundation to be high up on the holy grail (HG) status.
KATE Lasting High Coverage Liquid Foundation alongside KATE Powderless Liquid for Cover – new version, and I will also review this in another post.
The texture of this foundation is liquid which is quite watery. Oddly, it reminds me of the Lunasol Liquid Foundation – a brand that is a more expensive sister of the Kanebo brand. Though the bottle is opaque, when you shake the bottle you can hear that there are two different textures within the bottle – liquid foundation part and water. When you pump it straight out without shaking the bottle to mix the two ingredients first, you’ll see the water part oozing out as well. I suggest you to really shake well before each use, because if you don’t when you reached half way down the bottle, you’re going to run out of the water part and the texture becomes creamier which also means for the first half of the bottle the texture will be very runny. (more…)
