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This review was meant to go out this morning, but I have been flip-flopping on this foundation so much that I needed extra time to formulate my opinion. Seriously! I’ve never been this conflicted about a product.

I was innocently scrolling through Instagram one evening when I saw that Fenty Beauty had released a new “hydrating, blurring skin tint.” Immediately I was contemplating breaking my no-buy (for the second time — the Glossier 50% off bonanza already did me in). A light, easy base is very appealing to me In These Unprecedented Times, so the €28 had fluttered out of my account and into the beautiful hands of Robyn Rihanna Fenty before I even realised it was happening. I’ve said it before: I am weak. And this is the first launch in a while that has genuinely excited me! I had to let myself live.

When I think of skin tints, I think of the Glossier Perfecting Skin Tint, which I recently described as “brown water” (truly, this particular Skin Tint… it does nothing). Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop is not that, nor is it anything like a tinted moisturiser. It’s a light foundation with smoothing/blurring properties. I have not had a straightforward experience with Eaze Drop, so I think it’s best I just lay out the timeline of our relationship so far:

Tuesday: The foundation arrives. I am extremely pleased by the size and shape of the packaging. I slap on a little bit with my fingers (as Rihanna does in the Instagram promo videos) and am immediately struck by how matte it is. I don’t know if I just didn’t read the description closely enough, but I was expecting more of a BB/CC cream vibe. It definitely blurs and looks very skin-like — I got Shade 2 (light with neutral undertones) which is perhaps a touch too light but definitely workable. I am excited to try it out properly. 

Wednesday: I do a full face, using an It Cosmetics buffing brush to apply. At first, I like how the foundation appears to draw a veil over the skin, perfecting and evening everything out — however, as Cher Horowitz would say, it’s a full-on Monet. Up close, the skin tint reveals dry patches around my nose and temples that I didn’t even realise were there, and the pores on my cheeks are suddenly enormous. At this point, I’ve seen a fair amount of glowing reviews for Eaze Drop, so I’m wondering where I’m going wrong. I leave it on for the day anyway and it starts looking marginally better as my skin’s natural oils do their oily work.

Friday: I decide to mix in a bit of Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Flawless Filter to see if it helps matters at all. And it does! I LOVE the result. My skin looks smooth and fresh from far away and up close, and stays that way all day. I feel like I’ve cracked some sort of code. Sure, it took some work, but we got there in the end. Didn’t we?

Sunday (today): My skin is quite dry today for reasons unknown (it is combination in the truest sense) so I prep with some Glossier Futuredew on top of my moisturiser and sunscreen to really set myself up for greatness. Surely it can’t stick to any dry patches if I grease myself up real good beforehand? I apply the foundation, snap the second photo here… 

...And when I turn back to the mirror, it has congealed on my cheeks, unprovoked. UN. PROVOKED. I rub at it with my fingers. No dice. I put on some concealer. Still looks shite. Eventually, I spritz my face with MAC Fix+ and start buffing again with my brush. It looks better, but why must I work so hard? I expected a foundation with the word ‘Eaze’ in the name to be… well, easy. I just want to talk to whoever formulated this thing. I need to understand.

So yeah. It’s been a journey. I realise that it looks totally fine in these photos, but it took a lot of finagling to get there, and I wouldn’t want anyone examining me too closely. For those reasons — and as I can seemingly only use this foundation in conjunction with another product — I can’t really recommend the Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop Skin Tint. Which is annoying, as it seems to be working like a dream for so many others, including those with drier skin types (my pal Jen Morris, for example).

I’m really against any base that needs a precise combination of skincare and primers to work — I shouldn’t have to apply it at 11.11am on the eve of a full moon with a rose quartz crystal clasped in my right hand for it to look good, sorry. It should just look good.

Will I continue to use Eaze Drop? Yes, because a) I bought it and b) it genuinely is very nice with the Flawless Filter mixed in. Am I disappointed that it hasn’t rocked my world? Yeah! But such is beauty. And life.

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