about-face The Performer Foundation | MD1OLIVE | 1.08oz

This has become my new HG foundation. The texture, the feel, and the undertone are everything. As a fair cool-neutral with an olive undertone, it can be very hard to match foundation, so I was excited to try this. It works very well for my skin tone—slightly more olive than Natasha Denona N2, which is the best color match I’ve ever found, but it’s fine when it blends out. What really sold me on this is the texture. It’s got a very light, cushiony serum feel that gives a beautiful satin finish that smooths out my textured areas and looks like skin. It dries down very quickly, but not so much you can’t blend it. The coverage is light to medium, it doesn’t settle into my lines and pores, and it feels so nice on my face—smoothing and more like skincare than makeup. I find it wears very well, enough for an 8 hour day, it does absorb a bit depending on how I prep it. A good gripping primer and setting spray will definitely extend the wear. What I like is that even when the coverage wears down a bit, the makeup doesn’t get that cakey, smeary breakdown look or settle into my lines. It just melts into my skin and continues to give a soft satin glow. For reference, I have combination skin with fine lines and enlarged pores and I’m 47. So this is definitely good for older skin.

This is my holy grail foundation. I am relatively minimal with my makeup this foundation does everything I need in a complexion product. I don’t feel the need for any other foundations in my collection besides this one. F2 Olive is my perfect shade. I have never found a better match for my skin. I have combo/dry skin that I do my best to take care of. With a basic consistent skincare routine, I find this product goes well over a simple moisturizer in the morning. It lasts well on my skin and looks very natural and skin like. I love the dough foot applicator. The only very minimal note is that you have to be careful when pulling the applicator out because it does stick a little in the opening and can spray out if done too quick.

So nice to finally have a truly fair olive foundation. I like the texture. This worked great even over very dry skin. Now that my skin is no longer so dry, I like it even more. It blends well, and applies quickly and easily.

I had to order 3 shades before I found what may be my closest match. I'm a lighter tone than I thought I was! I use the shade LM1 Nuetral. Before reading my review, take into account that my skin type is very young (25 yo) kinda dry, and i can get away with primer or no primer, as long as i use a moisturizer. I like both! Overall, I love the formula and how it feels on my face. Lightweight and buildable coverage. It has a wide doe foot applicator that I really like. No fragrance!! For some reason, even though the color is a near match, it makes my face look dull....I don't know if that's the shade I picked (neutral), perhaps I need a cool or warm tone to brighten it up. Or it could be the formula. I will use the whole bottle and re order one more time to see if I can get a shade that doesn't make me look dull. I can't comment on longevity since I only wear it for maybe 3 hours at a time for events, but it stays on through that at least. I haven't noticed any transferring happen.

I love the shade for my light to medium olive skin, especially, for summer. For fair olives this will be a little too dark though. The formula is nice - slightly dewy, easily spreadable. Unfortunately, there are a couple of cons: it oxidises significantly. Leans more orange after a while. Also, as much as I appreciate the luxurious packaging, I wish it came with a pump instead!! Every time I use it, I pump air in the bottle and this oxidises the formula further. Please, come out with a pump package option too! I still am giving the product 5 starts because I really appreciate every product possible for olive skin tones, because there are so few and this in is one of the best available now, even if it’s not perfect.

I have olive skin and finding foundation is HELL but then a friend recommended this foundation because she said they make actual olive toned makeup and she was right. It's almost a perfect match just a tad lighter but the next olive shade is too dark so this works just fine. It's a nice foundation and it blends beautifully into the skin.

I was really disappointed with this foundation. I bought LM2 Olive, but it was not olive at all — it was orange and there was absolutely no green. I’m a light-medium true olive who leans slightly warm, so I can clearly see the green in my skin, and that’s exactly why this shade was such a letdown. The texture felt really nice when I swatched it, but the color was completely wrong. I was especially disappointed because this product is so hyped in the oliveMUA subreddit, and I honestly wonder if I received a mislabeled bottle, since it looked nothing like an olive foundation.

Beautiful medium coverage dewy finish foundation. Great color selection. Hair to find a light olive. Best for me in cold weather as it’s too dewy with Chicago humidity in the summer because I get oily. Oxidizes a bit though. But it happens to me a lot so I’m still giving 5 stars.