Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation
SUMMARY OF REVIEWS
CoverGirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector Essence Foundation is a lightweight, water-based formula that several creators compare favorably to a high-end Chanel product, with professional makeup artist Nikki La Rose calling it "very dry skin friendly" and also suitable for oily skin. Amanda Z notes it has more coverage than the Chanel dupe but dries down noticeably, and she flags that it contains benzoyl alcohol which can settle in peach fuzz and feel drying.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
Variant: Light Medium
- “This is a direct knock-off of a Chanel product”0:33–0:40
- “This actually wears and plays incredibly well with my oily skin”0:44–0:50
- “It sits really well on top of my sunscreen of choice”0:50–0:54
- “Really lightweight”
- “It feels like nothing on your skin, it feels incredibly breathable, incredibly lightweight”
- “It looks like your skin, but better”
- “It plays really well with the rest of my other complexion products”0:17–0:20
- “This is very dry skin friendly because it is so hydrating, so airy, and so lightweight”
- Source: Anyone can use these drugstore makeup products - May 2, 2026
Variant: Medium Olive
- “You're going to have your socks blown off your feet when you see how well this matches my light medium neutral olive complexion”30:14–30:18
- “It's like they took my skin and my face and they balled it up to perfection”
- “This definitely runs, I'd say one to two shades lighter”
- “This needs to be broken down with the friction of your fingertips”
- “You have to do it a certain way for it to actually look and feel as amazing as it should”
- “Extremely watery, lightweight, feels like second to nothing on your skin”29:52–29:56
- “It's a burst of water, burst of hydration”33:16–33:20
- “It will dry down somewhat to the touch”
- Source: Best drugstore skin tints - Jun 27, 2026
- “I love this one. I already have my backup going and it's already starting”18:39–18:47
- “It's so lightweight and for days that you don't want tons of makeup on”18:55–18:59
- “I was surprised how much coverage you can get out of this though. It is so impressive”18:57–19:02
- “I love mixing it with other foundations to adjust coverage or dryness”19:20–19:24
- Source: 2025 Best Drugstore Makeup Tested on Mature Skin - Dec 30, 2025
- “This beat out Chanel”2:19–2:21
- “I love this one so much more than the Chanel that I spent 70 plus dollars on”2:22–2:26
- “This one is amazing”2:26–2:31
- “It has Pujial skincare ingredients. It feels so fresh and good on the skin. Obsessed”2:29–2:37
- Source: Drugstore vs. Luxury: Best in Category - Mar 16, 2026
- “I love this product cuz it's just like that. It's 70% water”2:47–2:53
- “It is such a unique formula, but the Chanel one does the exact same thing”3:33–3:38
- “It's so pretty on your skin”3:52–3:55
- “You can see how glowy we really are”
- “Look how pretty the skin is. Gorgeous”
- Source: Best drugstore dupes ever created - Apr 22, 2026
- “I think if you're not quite sure about the Chanel, this will give you the idea of the Chanel. It is a very similar product”15:48–15:54
- “The Simply Ageless has more coverage similar to the complexion touch, but it dries down and does look more noticeable”16:02–16:08
- “This has benzoyl alcohol in it. Basically, that acts as kind of like the solvent that makes this dry down on the skin. In that dry down, the makeup kind of sits in my peach fuzz a little bit and it starts to dry out”16:25–16:29
- “I think that those of you with more oily skin could very easily get away with it”16:39–16:46
- “I just think that my skin is at that point where it kind of wants what it wants”16:48–16:54
- Source: Best skin tints of 2026 and ones to avoid - May 22, 2026
Variant: 30 Light Medium
- “It was fine”
- “I don't think I was wowed by it”
- “I think I was more intrigued with the pigment capsules and that act of like blending it out more than I was intrigued by the product itself”26:36–26:45
- “I think it sat well on my skin. I'm just not blown away by it, so I don't think I'd repurchase it”26:50–26:56
- Source: June 2026 empties worth $1000 - Jun 27, 2026
- “It reminded me a little bit of the CoverGirl Olay Simply Ageless cream foundation, because that one starts out as a cream, but as you start applying it, it sort of like melts into a liquid”1:12–1:17
- Source: I tested new makeup releases for over a month... hits or misses? - Apr 6, 2026
MIXED / NEGATIVE
No negative reviews yet — creators have only had good things to say.
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.5 / 5 from 6 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Good for
- Oily skin (2) · Olive skin tones (1)
- Features
- Lightweight (3) · Easy to use (3) · Hydrating (2)
- Value
- Value for money (3)
- ⚠ can feel drying / tight (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- foundation
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
- —
- Key ingredients
- bakuchiol, tranexamic acid, glycerin, hexyl laurate, propanediol, octyldodecanol, pentylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, disteardimonium hectorite, aluminum hydroxide
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