not the greatest

I received a sample from sephora to try and wasnt a fan, this product is not great for those with dry skin, not matter what primer used it seemed cakey and oxidized way too dark.

Not for Dry or Combination skin

I want to start by saying Matte formulas and my skin almost never work out. I have acne prone combination skin and that mix with matte just doesn't seem to be pretty. The patch above on my hand has no primer but I did use the new Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer on my face under this. You can see though right away that it's the wrong colour but also just bringing out every flaw and pore I have. I tried the foundation with both a beauty blender and a brush and I will say it preformed nicer for me with a sponge; though I've heard many people say a brush was better for them.

The coverage is a bit more like light to medium depending on how you put it on but never full coverage (i didn't try layering it but also I dont want to wear to layers of foundation). I will say it was surprising light feeling on the skin. It felt great I wish all foundations felt like that on the skin. I will also agree with it being long wear as it did last most of the day. However that where they lose me completely. At the end of the day my skin felt TERRIBLE.
As you can see from the pictures above the Foundation lasted on my skin throughout the day fairly well but it just kept getting heavier and heavier looking. At the end of the day My face started looking like an acne filled snake. I had to do heavy cleansing to get it out of my pores and I still ended up with acne I'm still trying to give rid of over a week later now.

I also used the blotting powder on my forehead throughout the day (I have bangs) and I now have acne on my forehead which is pretty rare for me. I Just over all wasn't thrilled with either products and I didn't want want to test the powder on a different foundation because I already had enough acne after this. Also, the blotting powder was also WAY over priced in my opinion. So I returned both these products to Sephora.

Overall, I really wanted to love this foundation because I love Rihanna and I love how inclusive this brand is but It just didn't work for me. I hope that in the future she will come out with a non-matte formula that might suit me a bit more!