Review: Rivera Cover Foundation in Misty Green

Hi all,

Ini utang review rivera cover foundation yang pernah kuposting di sini ^^
Seperti kubilang sebelumnya, aku baru tau kalo rivera punya foundation warna ijo. soo.. kupikir aku mungkin bisa coba untuk.. concealer? dan ternyata waktu maen ke kounternya, harga si cover foundation 9 gram ini hanya 20550. worth to try laahh...hehehehe...


Nama lengkap:
Rivera Cover Foundation in Misty Green (C22)


Pertama kali buka, ada harum semerbak yang mirip bedak bayi. Me, I don't mind, tapi aku tau beberapa orang mungkin ga suka bau seperti ini. tapi baunya hanya waktu buka pot-nya aja, waktu diolesin kemuka dah ilang kok.

ini swatch-nya

Teksturnya very very thick, dan cenderung agak kering. aku jadi inget sama tekstur la tulipe perfect foundation, but maybe a little bit thicker than that. well, menurutku tekstur seperti ini jadi bikin susah di apply dan di blend.
But, the bright side is teksturnya ini jadi bikin foundie ini cukup meng-cover noda2 merah seperti jerawat dkk. I'll show you:

my bare face

heavily applied

blend...
you can still see the green spots

cover it with random powder. I use inez twc

Kalo dipelototin bener, walopun dah dikasih twc (dan punyanya inez coveragenya cukup mantap), ijo2nya masih agak keliatan :(
so it can't be wear alone.
BA-nya malah menyarankan untuk pake rivera ini ke seluruh wajah. well, make sense kalo dilihat dari namanya, mereka memang bermaksud menjadikan produk ini untuk foundation, bukan sebagai concealer. Kata dia sih bisa mencerahkan wajah ^^

Well, I'll tell you my experiment...
First trial:
-I use as seen on picture, alone as concealer.
-Sebelumnya kupake moisturizer and sunlock, tapi tanpa tinted moisturizer, bb cream, liquid foundie, or anything that has colour.
-Setelahnya kupakein inez twc.
-Hasil: as you can see, masih ada green spot yang keliatan. and it's pretty disturbing. red spot? lumayan tercover.

Second trial:
-I use it all over my face, as foundation.
-Base-nya juga masih sama, nothing in colour, langsung templokin si rivera ke seluruh muka. seperti saran ba-nya.
-really really hard to blend. pake tangan ga rata, spons kering ga nemplok, pake spons basah agak lumayan.
-Habis itu ditemplokin loose powder and inez twc
-Hasil: my face look greenish. remind me to HULK! (lebayy.. ^^) dan sepanjang hari ga pede, rasanya semua orang ngeliatin si hulk ini. hahahahahaha...
Noda merah ke-cover sih, tapi seluruh muka jadi ijoooo...

Third trial:
-As concealer.
-Urutannya: moisturizer, sunblock, liquid foundie, rivera -only on red spots- powder to set (loose and little bit twc)
-Hasil: red spot gone tapi green spot masih keliatan walopun ga sejelas yang 1st trial :(

Fourth trial:
-Again, as concealer.
-Moisturizer, sunblock, rivera for red spots first, then liquid foundie, and powder to set.
-Hasil: flawless!
Kali ini green spotnya bener2 ilang, apalagi red spot. tapi waktu pakein foundie diatas rivera harus rada ati2 biar nutup green spotsnya bener.

Five trial:
-As foundation.
-Moisturizer, sunblock, rivera all over face, liquid foundie, powder to set
-Hasil: flawless dan mukaku beneran keliatan lebih cerah. ga ada merah2 sama sekali karena pakenya rata ke seluruh muka. but feel a bit heavy yaaa...
mungkin yang ini cocok buat make up yang mau awet seharian.

Overall:
Plus...
-Affordable
-Available locally
-Really cover red spots
-Mencerahkan, not memutihkan (can't wait to try for darker skintone) kalo dipake as foundation
-Has expired date (mine is oct 2014)

Minus...
-Agak wangi awalnya (but not a problem for me ^^)
-Very thick texture
-Kinda hard to blend
-Harus pinter2 nutupin green spots-nya

Repurchase?
maybe not, for two main reasons: first, one pot last for long time (esp. for concealer); second, I'd like to try green primer (maybe NYX?) for my red spots since I don't really have problems with acne and another red spots ^^

Fiuuuuhhh... panjang yaks
Well, I hope you like it (esp. for Chloro who request this)
happy weekend everyone
XOXO
Pu^^