Fenty Realness: We Had 40 People Try All 40 Foundation Shades
Because that shade range is CRAZY
Rihanna slayed the beauty game when she launched Fenty Beauty earlier this month—makeup fans immediately went crazy for the 16-product line, which includes primer, concealer and highlighter (especially the OTT but still-looks-good-on-literally-everyone Trophy Wife shade). A project two years in the making, Fenty Beauty’s focus is diversity, with tons of shades for different skin tones, and accessibility—it’s not limited edition, and nothing is sold out on sephora.com… yet.
But while the whole line up is gorg, the stand out prod is definitely the Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation. The Fenty Beauty foundation comes in a whopping 40 colours, ranging from a shade for super fair skin with neutral undertones all the way up to very dark skin with cooler undertones. Of course, no launch attached to Rihanna is without massive hype, but the fact that she was able to create such an inclusive shade range (unlike lots of huge beauty brands, which stop at 12) makes it really important, too. All it takes is a quick YouTube search or Instagram scroll to find tons of beauty lovers reviewing shades and getting mega excited to finally have a foundation that perfectly matches their skin.
We weren’t immune to the excitement, obvi. So, we rounded up 40 real people with 40 different skin tones to try all 40 shades, all in an attempt to showcase the insanity that is this range. We also chatted with each person about what they did and didn’t like about the formula, and while the majority loved it, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. A few of our test drivers felt that mixing two shades would have suited their undertones better, a lot of the shades oxidized over time and became darker, and some found that the formula needed a lot of blending to keep it from sitting in their pores.
Click through to see the results for yourself and (hopefully!) find your match.
Fenty Realness
1/40 Meghan in 100
2/40 Tara in 110
3/40 Lauren in 120
4/40 Emily in 130
5/40 James in 140
6/40 Russ in 150
7/40 Sarah in 160
8/40 Erinn in 170
9/40 Ivy in 180
10/40 Laura in 190
11/40 Alanna in 200
12/40 Ava in 210
13/40 Naomi in 220
14/40 Philina in 230
15/40 Diana in 240
16/40 Chelsea in 250
17/40 Leo in 260
18/40 Ishani in 270
19/40 Samia in 280
20/40 Victoria in 290
21/40 Nezariel in 300
22/40 Tenyka in 310
23/40 Sejal in 320
24/40 Janelle in 330
25/40 Aleema in 340
26/40 Stacy in 350
27/40 Tamar in 360
28/40 Renée in 370
29/40 Patrice in 380
30/40 Tiffany in 390
31/40 Shanelle in 400
32/40 Krish in 410
33/40 Tiffany in 420
34/40 Shanice in 430
35/40 Rae in 440
36/40 Jadah in 450
37/40 Renata in 460
38/40 Shereen in 470
39/40 Jessica in 480
40/40 Angaer in 490
This article was originally published on September 20, 2017.
. A project two years in the making, Fenty Beauty's focus is diversity, with tons of shades for different skin tones, and accessibility—it's not limited edition, and nothing is sold out on sephora.com... yet.
But while the whole line up is gorg, the stand out prod is definitely the Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation. The Fenty Beauty foundation comes in a whopping 40 colours, ranging from a shade for super fair skin with neutral undertones all the way up to very dark skin with cooler undertones. Of course, no launch attached to Rihanna is without massive hype, but the fact that she was able to create such an inclusive shade range (unlike lots of huge beauty brands, which stop at 12) makes it really important, too. All it takes is a quick YouTube search or Instagram scroll to find tons of beauty lovers reviewing shades and getting mega excited to finally have a foundation that perfectly matches their skin.
We weren't immune to the excitement, obvi. So, we rounded up 40 real people with 40 different skin tones to try all 40 shades, all in an attempt to showcase the insanity that is this range. We also chatted with each person about what they did and didn't like about the formula, and while the majority loved it, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. A few of our test drivers felt that mixing two shades would have suited their undertones better, a lot of the shades oxidized over time and became darker, and some found that the formula needed a lot of blending to keep it from sitting in their pores.
Click through to see the results for yourself and (hopefully!) find your match.
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Fenty Realness
1/40 Meghan in 100
2/40 Tara in 110
3/40 Lauren in 120
4/40 Emily in 130
5/40 James in 140
6/40 Russ in 150
7/40 Sarah in 160
8/40 Erinn in 170
9/40 Ivy in 180
10/40 Laura in 190
11/40 Alanna in 200
12/40 Ava in 210
13/40 Naomi in 220
14/40 Philina in 230
15/40 Diana in 240
16/40 Chelsea in 250
17/40 Leo in 260
18/40 Ishani in 270
19/40 Samia in 280
20/40 Victoria in 290
21/40 Nezariel in 300
22/40 Tenyka in 310
23/40 Sejal in 320
24/40 Janelle in 330
25/40 Aleema in 340
26/40 Stacy in 350
27/40 Tamar in 360
28/40 Renée in 370
29/40 Patrice in 380
30/40 Tiffany in 390
31/40 Shanelle in 400
32/40 Krish in 410
33/40 Tiffany in 420
34/40 Shanice in 430
35/40 Rae in 440
36/40 Jadah in 450
37/40 Renata in 460
38/40 Shereen in 470
39/40 Jessica in 480
40/40 Angaer in 490
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