Bourjois Air Mat
As soon as I tried Bourjois Air Mat, I felt there was something Dior-ish about it. I love the Dior Air Foundation, but it’s nothing like that – it just has a Dior vibe for some reason. Bearing in mind that I don’t like matte foundations, I’ve got to say that Bourjois Air Mat does a great job of being second-skin-ish and not looking like a complexion coating. Because it contains mattifying powders, zinc extract and silica beads to absorb excess sebum, it’s really a foundation for oily skin.
I have three of the 8 shades here – (from bottom to top) – Beige, Beige Claire and Vanille. The first two are virtually identical to my eye. The outer packaging is supposed to be a direct visual of the product inside, but I really didn’t find that to be the case as you can see on my arm. The shades I have are rather warm toned (perfect for me, but not for everyone) but there are a couple of pinker toned colours.
When I wore Bourjois Air Mat I didn’t find it at all drying (even though I don’t have oily skin) and felt it gave a slight blur effect to my skin. It lasted the day through but I’m not dedicated enough to put it to the 24 hour test!
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Bourjois bases always suit my skin – they’re some of my favourite high street foundation buys so it’s no surprise that even a matte finish did the trick. It’s a huge recommend for oil prone skin, if you can find your exact match. Once again, there aren’t any shades for women of colour – the darkest is a shade called Caramel. Given that Bourjois is one of my all time favourite brands, this is an embarrassing shortsightedness and it’s truly time that women of colour were included more in the base range because there is no doubt that these are as good, if not better, as many of the luxury foundation offerings.
Bourjois Air Mat launches on 30th September for £9.99.
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I’ll definitely be picking this up to try – I have a feeling it will be great for my super-oily skin!
Jess xo
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I cannot wait to pick this one up! Bourjois foundations are my absolute favorites. I really like the Nude sensation foundation for its blurring effect but the coverage is too light for me. How is the coverage for Air Mat?
Coverage is good.. medium weight, I’d say x
Just perfect! Thank you!
Oh lala! I love the sound of this! How does it compare to the LOreal Infalliable Matte foundation? The LOreal one is one of my all time favourites!
Stephanie xxx
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This looks lovely and as I have very oily skin I’m definitely interested, but it is SO ridiculous that deeper skin tones aren’t incorporated into a brand’s shade range. In this day and age, it’s slightly baffling, and bordering on offensive. There should definitely be some sort of campaign to accommodate for the spectrum of skin colours!
I will be buying this as soon as it launches! x
Emma | Emmys Beauty Cave | My YouTube
I can’t wait to get this foundation. Bourjois do my favourite foundations so I’m super excited about this release.
Definitely want to try this!
Philippa – ByPhilippa
I’m going to be on the lookout for this. I’ve used other Bourjois foundations in the past and loved them, but none of them were for oily skin. This looks like it would be up to the challenge of mattifying my forehead. 😀
Depressingly 8 shades seems to be a large amount for Bourjois. I remember it usually being 4 or 5. I’d prefer them to reduce the number of different foundations if it meant increasing the shade options. Even though I have used Bourjois’ palest foundations before, I find them too yellow toned for me but I like the look of the finish of this one. Maybe I’ll have a test!
Thank you for your honesty here, Jane. This looked right up my street but my heart sunk when I read ‘8 shades’ and saw the very similar swatches of 3 of them. Maybe they’re not for me but I’ll still have a swatch and see if I can make the deepest shade work for me xx
Jasmine Talks Beauty
this looks right up my street, I’ve always loved Bourjois foundations! Cant wait to pick it up.
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Unfortunately I don’t have the chance to swatch these but after reading your article I really want it! could you suggest which shade would match shade 33 rose beige of bourjois cc cream?
which ones of the shades is the most yellow tone? i’m gonna buy it as soon as bourjois introduces this in my country