The algorithm told me I’d want to check out the new Hung Vanngo foundation, so I popped into Sephora to have a look. Hung Vanngo is from Calgary, and has made it as a world-renowned makeup artist. He is celebrities on his calling card, and knows how he wants skin to look in photographs and real life. The foundation’s marketing is all about giving you skin that looks great in person AND online – and what can I say? It does deliver. The finish is a natural matte, and it sets very quickly into a long-wearing finish. It does look like good skin from arm’s length away.
I suspect what will mess people up is choosing a shade. According to him, there are only neutral shades in the lineup with some leaning slightly peach, or slightly orange, or slightly pink, but many are true neutrals. This made it had to pick a shade, because most of us are used to searching for undertones. I’m usually a neutral or golden, but now I just went with a few medium light shades. The shade range is so close together that it was hard to choose just one. Medium-Light 11 and 13 worked on me, and 12 seemed off. Light was great under my eyes; 13 was good in the store but seemed a bit off in the car. Back home, I looked in the mirror again and again, and maybe 13 was ok after all. I think there are going to be lots of returns with people buying 2 or 3 shades and just keeping the one that works, and the rest going into the trash. This, of course, drives up the price of the product, so before complaining about it ($66 CAN), keep that in mind. Instead of buying online, go try it in store if you can and then choose a shade. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
As for me, I’ll think about it and put it on my wish list. I have lots of foundation to use up, and I’ve been wearing just sunscreen on my skin for the past few weeks, so maybe I don’t want to dive into a medium-to-full coverage foundation just yet. I did really like this one.
