Review (2/5): Broken like so many others. Cruelty free status uncertain
This comes in an outer product box. It is made in China.
It has a cruelty free logo (PETA), but I don’t believe it’s actually certified by PETA. I hate this but I see it all the time with products I get on Amazon from an unknown brand like this. They have the PETA cruelty free logo. In most cases it’s the old PETA logo that was changed back in 2015. This one actually had the new PETA logo, so I actually thought for once I’d search for the company on the PETA website and they’d actually show up…but they didn’t. I searched for “Pudaier” because that was the brand name on the front of the box, and it didn’t come up. I searched “MAEPEOR,” since the product page said the brand is MAEPEOR. The back of the box said “Cosmetic Production License Guang Dong Makeup,” so I searched that and it didn’t come up. The box also said, “Manufacturer Shantou City Han Ya Cosmetics CO., Ltd.,” so I searched that and it didn’t come up. I know brands can be cruelty free without being certified. I have seen many brands just put “cruelty free” on their packaging and that’s fine. I am more likely to trust that. But, when they put the logo of one of the certification organizations like PETA on their packaging and I search and it’s not there, it makes me not trust the brand at all. If they’re willing to lie a falsely use the PETA logo, then I’m guessing their willing to lie about being cruelty free. I don’t get why brands do this! Do they think people aren’t going to check? I’m not even cruelty free and I still check. So, I’d assume people who are cruelty free would check when it’s a brand they are new to. So it’s just odd to me that brands do it, but enough do it that they must think it works well enough. So, if you’re cruelty free, you’ll probably want to do some more research into this. But, I don’t think this brand is cruelty free.
The ingredients are listed on the box.
It comes in a little tube. The tube has a nice look to it. It’s black. The bottom where you twist seems to be the shade of the foundation, but I’m not for sure on that since I only have the one I got. The bottom part that you twist to twist the stick up moves REALLY easily. Like just barely touching it when you’re handling the stick will move it. With how easily it moves, when I removed the cap I wasn’t surprised the stick had squished up against the top of the lid inside. It was only a little squished, but still a little annoying. I tried to twist it up all the way to show how much product you get, and the whole thing fell out. It seems to have broken off of the inside part. I can put it back in and it stays put when it isn’t twisted up far, but if you turn it over it will fall out pretty easily. So, that stinks. You don’t get very much product either. Stick foundations already go quickly in my opinion, so I don’t see this lasting too long.
I got the shade “02 White.” I loved they had a product photo showing all the shades swatched together. I hate when brands don’t include that. It is already hard enough picking a shade online, it’s even harder when there’s no swatch photos. So I always appreciate it when it’s included!
I am fair and neutral leaning slightly cool.
I did a swatch on my arm showing the color. The swatch is 2 layers. The only other stick foundation I ever found that I liked on my skin is the Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear. So, that’s the only foundation stick I had to use to compare shades. I did a swatch of it next to the swatch of the Bellapierre. The Lancôme one is in the shade “110 Ivoire (C).” As you can see in the swatch, the Lancôme one is definitely more neutral leaning cool. It matches my skin well enough, but I do wish it was lighter. This one is definitely lighter and works well for my skin tone. I feel like it is neutral enough, but does have a slight warm tone to it. It works well enough on my skin tone.
I wasn’t sure what kind of coverage to expect from it. The product page said full, but it also said it was “ultra thin.” It does feel lightweight on the skin. It looks smooth on the skin. It said it is a matte finish, but then describes it as a matte satin finish. I have normal to dry skin, more on the dry side, so I like when a foundation isn’t too matte. This one is definitely matte, but it isn’t too matte where it makes my skin look really dry and cakey. So, I like that.
It says that it can be worn for up to 24 hours and stay on all day with your makeup looking great “even in Arkansas humidity.” I thought that was a weird thing to say 😂 I don’t know about Arkansas humidity, so maybe it isn’t weird?
This has a creamy consistency. It glides onto the skin easily. It blends out easily with a sponge, brush, or fingers. I would say it gives good coverage. I don’t think it’s full right off the bat, but it’s definitely medium to full and can be built up to full.
Overall, I think this is a nice foundation stick. It gives good coverage and can be built up. It is creamy and easy apply and to blend out. It looks nice on my skin. It doesn’t accentuate any dryness at all. You don’t get a lot of product and, like other reviewers, it breaks off very easily. Even though it is easy to apply and blend out and looks nice on the skin, this isn’t something I’d purchase. It’s affordable so I don’t mind not getting a ton of product, but I feel like foundation sticks always go pretty quickly and this one would go fast. Plus, since it broke, there’s only so far I can use it. Right now I’m able to pop it back in and use it because it doesn’t need twisted up far. But, once I get down in product and need to twist it up more, it will just fall off when I do that. So, this isn’t something I’d purchase because of mine coming broken and so many other reviewers coming broken. If you don’t mind that, it is a nice foundation.