So, £62 for a foundation. I had to try it. I meet so many beauty people who literally swear by this as their go-to, can’t live without base that I needed to see for myself if it’s really that good.
First of all, I’m not that keen on foundation in a pot – yes, I know you’re supposed to use a little spoon but it’s the very first thing that goes missing in my experience, hiding in the same place in the keep drawer as all my eye liner lids, and inevitably, you end up doing a finger dip. However, there is something almost dessert like about the whippyness of Suqqu Foundation; a sort of maron-latte-creme – if I was served a pot by Jamie Oliver I’d tuck right in.
It’s a glossy, healthy looking formula that blends beautifully on the complexion feeling a million times lighter than it looks. This is just a shade down for me, so I wore it on a home day, and found the last to be very good, although I didn’t put it through anything gruelling. I did notice though that it has virtually no smell – those of you who hate perfumed bases would, I think, find this easily tolerable. The finish isn’t matte, but nor is it gleamy – it lies as a mid-point between the two and a little goes a very long way so it will last and last; I can definitely see why makeup artists rave about it but the days of ‘having’ to go over even £20 for foundation are long over since high street brands such as Bourjois upped their game.
So, yes, I get it. Suqqu Foundation feels expensive (my skin feels far softer when wearing it) and has all the charm of a luxury foundation. Essential, no? Extremely lovely? Yes. You can find it HERE.
The other product from Suqqu that has converts evangelising is the Suqqu Eyebrow Liquid Pen. Now, you definitely don’t need to even think twice about snapping this up if you’re a brow groomer. Soft, feathery strokes in a water and oil resistant formula blend instantly into your own brows with nothing to give away that it’s not all natural brow up there. It has the finest tip that gives a generous amount of colour – no wonder it’s never in stock. I’d recommend this for those who have sparse brows that need to look fuller rather than for full brows that need to look more shapely.
It’s no wonder that these barely stay in stock for five minutes. I have found shades Brown and Moss Green (for ashy, dark brows, and no, it’s not green) HERE (£20) but know there is also a blonde shade that sells out almost instantly every time there is a re-stock.
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Ah I’ve been meaning to try this foundation for ages – love the sound of it but don’t think we have a counter in Belfast and I don’t like to buy foundation blind. I have to say that while there are some great budget foundations around, it’s the one makeup product I’m prepared to pay extra for the perfect formula.
Nic x
No not in Belfast Selfridges and Harrods are the only stockists. I did try some of the compact foundation and it was lovely think it was shade 102? I got it as a freebie when I bought eyeshadow quad on Ebay.
I don’t like foundation in a pot either, but I made an exception for Shiseido Future Solution foundation. The finish is so amazing, the best of all the Shiseido foundations. I’d say it’s more of a treatment foundation.
Did the Suqqu foundation look greasy or oily after a few hours?
How light is the lightest shade? I am about NW5 in Mac terms. Is there a shade match?
Hi Sandy.. I only have one shade here so it’s impossible for me to do a comparison.. so sorry x
Well, I would have bought this in a heartbeat but it seems that Suqqu doesn’t know that some people have brown skin. That such an oversight is still possible in the early twenty first century truly astonishes me. Fortunately, there are numerous other brands that seem to want my money. I’ll shop with them.
On another note, I want to thank you for having fresh, interesting content every day, Jane. There are many so-called “professional” beauty bloggers who, it seems, can’t be pushed to post even on a weekly basis. Or they think we want to see videos of them doing the laundry and the school run. Thank you for steering clear of such nonsense and continuing to bring us honest, useful information.
You’re really kind.. thank you so much – and yes, I also noticed that it’s a poor shade selection for anyone with vaguely non-white skin! It’s such a shame as you say that women of colour are excluded from certain brands; actually, it’s more than a shame, it’s disgraceful.
Many cosmetics companies that sell a wide range of shades in the US, don’t do the same in the UK or France where the societies have become more diverse and where tourists from Asia and the Middle East do a lot of shopping.
Suqqu is a Japanese brand and Japanese cosmetics companies do not have a wide range of shades. The ideal of beauty in Japan is being very white. In most of Asia, this is the case — that’s why you have whitening creams and serums flying off the shelves from Tokyo to Jakarta. It’s a class thing – they think white skin equals higher class, dark skin equals peasant. It’s slowly changing in the Philippines, for example, where I come from, but VERY slowly.
In the US, Shiseido sells the largest range of shades because they realize they won’t make any money if they don’t. However, in Japan and in the rest of Asia (including SE Asia where women are much darker), Japanese brands do not sell a wide range of shades. I cannot figure out why. For the past three years, the number of Chinese, Thai, Filipino, Indonesian and Malaysian tourists buying cosmetics in Japan and outside Japan has increased dramatically because of the weaker yen and I’m sure they find it hard to buy foundation and powder. I am Chinese-Filipino and I love Japanese foundations (powder and liquid) but I usually wear the darkest shade in Lunasol’s line of foundations. With other brands, the darkest shade is even too light for me.
Not all Japanese women are fair. There are many who are darker than me, especially from the island of Kyushu. They cannot wear most of the foundations in Japan and have to resort to brands like Bobbi Brown and MAC.
This is the late 21st century.
No it is not. It is early days.