Alright y'all! Here it is! My Maskcara makeup review! Sorry it took me a bit to put it up but I wanted to use it and wear it a few times before writing up what I thought.
This is my honest opinion of this makeup brand. If you don't like it, too bad 😆.
To start, I was EXTREMELY excited to try this new foundation/contouring makeup. It looked to cover well and looked quick and relatively easy. Also the price for the makeup was pretty dang good!
With this you get a basic foundation color, bronzer color, blush color, and a highlight color. Total cost before taxes, $48. That is on point with other higher end foundations ONLY. I also bought a brush, which I will go into more detail on later.
I have been wanting a full coverage makeup since my old foundation ran out a few months back. I've tried your typical drugstore brands and found one I sort of like and I even tried Younique which I ended up returning the foundation but keeping the contouring pallet (if you want my thoughts on that I'd be happy to share 😊). When I saw Maskcara, I thought, DANG, that looks cool and quick and easy AND it looks like it will give me the coverage I want.
When I received the package I was so happy! I opened it with a quickness to get it all set up and put together. When I pulled out the compact, I was a little disappointed. From the pictures, the compact looked marbled and like it would be a nice heavy plastic or metal. Upon pulling it out of the box I discover that it was cardboard, very light cardboard. I thought wow, going cheap on the packaging.
HOWEVER, after thinking about it a little more and seeing all the other compacts I have, I don't think it being a light cardboard is such a bad thing! I'm going to get a little sciencey for a minute (yes I know thats not a word). The cardboard compact is much lighter than a plastic or metal one, therefore it will fall slower when you drop it, and if you're like me, you'll drop it. Also, the cardboard will absorb more of the impact than a plastic or metal one would. Between those two facts, it protects the makeup inside much better from crashing to the ground when it slips out of your hand or you knock it off the counter. Just my random thoughts, but having broken a number of hard plastic and heavy compacts, I think the lighter, cardboard, "cheap" compact might just be better. I'll let you know when I drop it, LOL.
Now, for the application! The how to video was very easy to follow and made a lot of sense. It took me a little longer to apply the first since I was learning how to do it but I have since gotten it down a little better and it goes faster now. I haven't actually timed it but it is quicker for me.
This pic is the before and after of just the Maskcara makeup. The main post pic is the before and after with my brows and eyes done as well.
The makeup went on really smooth and blended very nicely! I was really worried about putting on four different colors and not having them blend well and it taking forever. It really didn't. It went pretty quick. I actually stopped and thought, what am I doing wrong, that was too easy and too quick. I was done with my foundation and I was just looking down at the counter wondering what I needed to do next.
Here is the pic of all the makeup and things I used before to achieve this same look (this doesn't include any eye makeup).
And then a pic of what I used when applying the Maskcara makeup. I was able to eliminate a lot of stuff and a lot of time. (I have since added the Mary Kay mineral powder & brush to this list)
On the first application I used just the one brush as shown in the picture with the Maskcara product which is the 30 Sec HAC brush from Maskcara. I would definitely recommend using another brush as well. The brush is nice and pretty soft but not the softest brush I've ever felt. I paid $31 for this brush. Since I am being honest here, I could find a brush at Walmart that could do that same thing. Yes it is double sided so its like paying $15 per brush which I guess isn't horrible, but I also got a discount on the brush.
I used the fat end of the brush to apply my bronzer color and the skinny narrow end to apply the foundation color. It seemed somewhat difficult to get the right amount of bronzer color onto the fat end of the brush, it took a few times before I got the desired amount on the brush. The brush didn't blend anything very well at all so I had to use my sponge to blend it all. I ended up grabbing an inexpensive one from Walmart that blends everything together VERY well. I grabbed an e.l.f. Ultimate Blending Brush and I love it. It sheds a bit but for $6, I can't complain. I actually use that blender brush over the pink squishy sponge blender. I only use the pink one when blending my highlight color.
When applying the blush color I just use my finger and dab a VERY small amount on and blend with my blender brush. And when I say very little, I mean a very little amount. That blush will last me FOREVER! I also apply the highlight color with my finger and lightly blend with the sponge blender. It too, will last forever!
One thing I noticed after I applied the foundation and started on my brows and eyes was that my brows were WAY easier to do! I was using so much product before and it was getting in my brows and when I would apply the eyebrow pencil, it would clump and gunk and I would have to brush my brows to make sure I got all the clumpy makeup out. Gross, I know. Using this new makeup, it went on SOOOO smooth! It was the fastest I had ever done my brows! I love it!
Now for the bad part. This makeup does not dry to a powder finish. It stays a tacky sticky consistency on your face. And I mean sticky like my hair seriously stuck to my face. And the brush that I love so much that sheds, its sticks to my face super bad. This makes it hard to apply eye liner when your finger holding the corner of your eye up keeps slipping. Also, the liner seems to smear and smudge MUCH easier after getting any amount of this makeup on your eyes. It also rubs off on your hands very easily if and when you touch your face for any reason with any amount of pressure. It just feels oily and sticky. It comes off and rubs off on everything. I had to treat the shirt I was wearing in the before and after pic because it got makeup all over the white collar. I haven't had that problem before so I didn't like that.
One plus to the the consistency of the makeup is that its much easier to fix any mistakes while doing your brows or eyes.
There is a setting spray and or powder you can buy from Maskcara, I have not purchased this. I decided to use the Mary Kay mineral powder that I already have. The first time I used it, it was a very light application. My face still felt sticky and it was still hard to work with my eyeliner. The next couple times I've had to use a thicker application of the powder to keep my face from feeling like the sticky side of a sticky note. Even with this thicker application it still feels slightly tacky but it's manageable and doesn't seem to rub off when the wind blows on my face.
Overall, the Maskcara brand foundation/contouring system covers very well, it just leaves my face feeling sticky. It's not heavy or thick, just sticky. Thats my one and only complaint. At this point, I like it and won't return it, but I am not sure that I will be buying it again. We'll see if I find a better foundation or a better setting powder or spray.
That's it folks! I hope that was clear enough and to the point that it gives you a good idea of what this makeup is like. Let me know if you have any questions, thoughts, concerns, or ideas!
Thanks for reading :)
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