Nars Radiant Cream Compact Foundation; Review & Swatches of Shades

Nars Radiant Cream/Creme Compact Foundation

 Price: $38* for 11.76 grams
(Approx $3.23 per gram)
*Compact sold separately for $10

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Nars Radiant Cream Compact is certainly on the extreme end of cream foundations! The texture and formula are truly one of a kind and will undoubtedly prove to be a perfect match for some.

Keep reading to find out if Nars has created your perfect cream foundation!

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Compact; Review & Swatches of Shades

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Creme Compact SPF 25

Price: $42 for 7 grams

($6 per gram)

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Laura Mercier is known for her array of impressive foundations and her Tinted Moisturizers. Both Laura's Original & Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizers have a ginormous cult following that's rarely seen with that type of product and they are known for providing some of the best coverage levels you can get with a Tinted Moisturizer or American BB Cream.

Because of this, it wasn't surprising when
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Creme Compact was released a few years ago when it claimed it's place one of the first cream compacts in the United States to call themselves a "Tinted Mosturizer compact or BB Cream Compact."

Revlon Insta-Fix Foundation Stick; Review & Swatches of Shades

Revlon Photoready Insta-Fix Stick

(Multi-Use Foundation & Touch-Up-On-the-Go Makeup)

New for Fall 2014

Price: $14.99 (for 6 grams?)

Approx $2.50 per gram

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Revlon has decided to follow the current beauty trend and has actually decided to...wait for it....release a Foundation Stick again!!!

(They just used the term "Multi-Use Makeup".)

This is a HUGE deal in the world wide web of makeup because in addition to the fact that cosmetics are making a comeback, Revlon's new PhotoReady Insta-Fix Foundation & Touch-Up Stick will (at least for the moment) be the only Cruelty Free Foundation Stick that is readily available at national drugstores!

If all of this wasn't enough, Revlon really decided to go out on a limb and create a stick foundation formula that is actually pretty darn unique...

OCC Cream Foundation & Contour; Review & Swatches of Shades

OCC Creme Colour Concentrate Foundation & John Doe Contour Creme Foundation is New for Fall 2014
Price: $20-29
CRUELTY FREE!!!

OCC has recently expanded the line of products made from their unique "color creme concentrate" formula. Now in addition to the quick-to-become-cult-favorite OCC Concealer (Skin Conceal) and their line of vibrantly colored cream pigments; OCC is now offering a Cream Foundation!

Laura Geller Real Deal Stick Foundation SPF 15; Review & Swatches of Shades

Laura Geller Real Deal Foundation Stick
Price: $29 for 14 grams
(About $2.07 per gram)

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Laura Geller's Foundation Stick is one of the few that survived the past few years of the foundation stick shortage in the United States. Laura Geller claims to have created a formula that married "fun to use" with the sciences of modern technology for the "Ultimate Coverage."

MAC Studio Tech Foundation; Review & Swatches of Shades

MAC Studio Tech Cream-Powder Foundation

Price: $34 for 9 grams

(About $3.70 per gram)

MAC Studio Tech is probably one of, if not the most spoken about Cream-Powder Foundations (at least in the United States.) Mac claims that they formulated Studio Tech Foundation using a "Tri-System Blend of  Water, Emollients and Powder for truly adjustable coverage..."

Clinique Moisture Surge CC Compact; Review & Swatches of Shades

Clinique Moisture Surge CC Compact Cream Foundation SPF 25

New for Spring 2014

Price: $38

Clinique jumped on the BB & CC Cream bandwagon a while ago, but their new Moisture Surge CC Compact is their first solid cream CC or BB.

Clinique Moisture Surge CC Compact is essentially a cream foundation with sunscreen. Clinique claims that Moisture Surge CC will deliver all day hydration and a lightweight, natural finish that will even skintone via their special "colour correcting optics", (also known as pigments.)

Laura Geller CC Creme Compact; Review & Swatches of Shades

Laura Geller CC Creme 
Color Swirl Compact Foundation SPF 25

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Price: $35 for .37 ounces

Approx $3.33 per gram

Laura Geller's first try at the whole CC Craze is an interesting looking concoction at the very least. When you have something that's this out of the ordinary you know that it's either going to be a huge success or a major bust, but you'll have to keep reading to see where Laura's CC Compact falls!

Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick; Review & Swatches of Shades

Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick

Re-Release & New Shades for Spring 2014

Price: $42 for 9 grams

(approx $4.66 per gram)

Bobbi Brown has "reformulated" her classic foundation stick which has been a cult favorite for over a decade, but will this new release have mass-appeal? Keep reading to see!

CK One Water Fresh Face Makeup; (Cream Compact Foundation); Review & Swatches of Shades

 Calvin Klein's CK One Color Water Fresh Face Makeup 

Price: $32 for 10 grams

Approx $3.20 per gram

Sold exclusively at Ulta

Calvin Klein, or rather, his sub-brand CK has made some interesting releases into the cosmetic world the past few years but are they as unique as his clothing lines? 

Napoleon Perdis Foundation Stick; Review & Swatches of shades;

Napoleon Perdis Foundation Stick

Price: $42
CRUELTY FREE!!!

Napoleon Perdis is a brand not many people have heard of often. Chances are, you're more familiar with Napoleon's Sub-Brand "NP Set" which is available at Target stores, If that's the case, you're really missing out and Napoleon Perdis Foundation Stick is the perfect example of why!

MAC Prep + Prime BB Cream; Beauty Balm COMPACT SPF 30; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mac Prep + Prime BB Cream; Compact Beauty Balm

Price: $30 for 8 grams

Approx $2.75/gram

Believe it or not, my makeup conquest initially surrounded one thing; finding a dupe for my Mac Studio Stick Foundation in NC25. Seriously, this led me to trying more than 100 foundations & concealers, buying a Studio Stick on ebay for an arm & a leg, and then realizing, maybe, just maybe, I had over glorified its performance & I already had dozens of products that did an equally good, if not better job. Then Mac released their Prep + Prime Beauty Balm BB Compact....

Physicians Formula Super BB Compact; Review & Swatches of Shades

Physicians Formula Super BB Compact SPF 30
All-in-1 Beauty Balm Cream Foundation

New for Spring 2014

Price $13-$15 for 8 grams

(Approx $1.25-1.60/gram)]

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Physicians Formula (one of the few drugstore cosmetic companies which is Cruelty Free) has added yet another complexion product to their ever growing & extensive lineup of BB & CC items; the new Super BB All in 1 Beauty Balm Compact! It's a cream compact BB Cream/Lightweight foundation with an SPF of 30 & "10 Beauty Benefits!"

Mac Pro LongWear Compact Foundation; Review & Swatches of Shades

MAC Pro Long Wear Compact SPF 20 Cream Foundation

New for Spring 2014

Price: $32 for 10 grams

$3.20/gram

I was stunned when I saw that MAC had released a new foundation, a new compact foundation at that, and I had heard nothing about it. I thought I was hallucinating when I saw the display. I wasn't. 

MAC has just released the newest member of the Pro LongWear family; MAC Pro LongWear Compact Cream Foundation, complete with SPF 20 joins Mac classic like MAC Pro Longwear Foundation SPF 15, and MAC Pro Longwear Concealer....

Drew Barrymore's Flower Beauty Skincognito Foundation Stick; Review & Swatches of Shades

Flower Beauty Skincognito Foundation Stick
New for Spring 2013
Price: $9 for 9 grams
$1/per gram

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Drew Barrymore launched her Flower Beauty cosmetics line which is sold only at Wal-Mart in the spring of 2013. Drew claims that her goal was to make "high end cosmetics at drugstore prices" which is admirable, but what's really impressive is that all Flower Beauty products are made in the United States and NEVER tested on animals!

Mally Ultimate Performance Professional Full Coverage Foundation; Review & Swatches of Shades

Mally Full Cover Foundation

Price: $40 for $10

Approx $4/gram

Cruelty Free!

Mally Ultimate Performance Professional Full Coverage Foundation is, in short, one of my all time favorite cream foundations. It is definitely my favorite w/out SPF and my favorite Cruelty Free cream foundation, and I'm counting about 75 foundation sticks, palettes, compacts and the like.

Keep Reading to see why!

ELF HD Mattifying Cream Foundation Review & Swatches of Shades

ELF HD Mattifying Compact Foundation Creme 

Price $7 for 9.5 grams

About $.73 per gram

CRUELTY FREE!!!

This foundation doesn't have the extreme claims of the ELF Moisturizing Foundation Stick, and its formula is very similar in base ingredients to the ELF Complete Coverage Concealer, but.....

e.l.f. Moisturizing Foundation Stick; Review & Swatches of Shades

ELF Moisturizing Foundation Stick

New for Spring 2014

CRUELTY FREE!!!

Price: $6 for 14 grams

Approx $.43/gram/$12 an ounce

I was really pleasantly surprised when I saw that ELF was releasing a new stick foundation since I don't think there are enough Cruelty Free foundation sticks available.

Milani Smooth Finish Cream/Creme Compact Foundation Review & Swatches of Shades

Milani Smooth Finish Cream/Creme Compact
Price: About $10

CRUELTY FREE!!!

It's all in the name. Milani Smooth Finish Compact is a Cream/creme formula foundation which promises a smooth finish and flawless complexion, but often times, these names are over stated and only lead to disappointment, Will Smooth Finish prove different?

NYX Mineral Foundation Stick Review & Swatches of Shades

NYX Mineral Foundation Stick
New for Spring 2014
CRUELTY FREE!!!
Price: $10.00- $10.99 for 6 grams
(approx $1.70/gram)
Available from Ulta or NYX Website

I've always equated NYX to a drugstore MAC. It may just be their packaging but I think its more the fact that they have loyal fans who would rather die than live without their NYX lipstick & eyeshadows, just like MAC, and their foundations, while coveted by some, generally have a sort of "it's a toss up" reputation so I hadn't really given them a chance to wow me. I knew I was being unfair so when I saw their spring 2014 lineup I jumped.

How high? Well, that's the question isn't it?