HD Skin Balancing and Perfecting Natural Finish Longwear Foundation
SUMMARY OF REVIEWS
MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Skin Balancing Foundation offers medium, buildable coverage with a natural soft matte finish that blurs pores and wears well throughout the day, according to several creators. Professional makeup artist Julia Adams praises its serum-like texture and lasting power, while Kackie Reviews Beauty criticizes it for staying sticky and transferring easily, calling it overpriced at $49.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
Variant: 110N Travertine
- “Wow, there's like no looking back”3:23–3:27
- “I love this formula so much”3:25–3:29
- “It's so good”3:27–3:31
- “It has a heavier dose of coverage than the previous, but it has that same like watery, very serumy texture, so I can apply this very haphazardly with a foundation brush or a sponge, and it applies very evenly”3:29–3:33
- “It lasts so well throughout the day”3:41–3:45
- “I love it's more soft matte finish it adds”3:43–3:47
- “If you want to alter it to make it look a little bit more dewy or super matte, it easily adjusts to that, too”3:45–3:51
- “I am so delighted by this one and I know it's going to be replacing a lot of my other foundations I have in my collection”3:53–3:58
- Source: 41 New Makeup Products Ranked (What's Actually Worth It?) - Jun 19, 2026
Variant: 110N Travertine
- “It reminds me a lot of the Givoni foundation that I love so much, just with more concentrated coverage, which I really enjoy”2:47–2:51
- “This does have more of a matte finish, but the feel, the blendability, and how it wears reminds me a lot of the Givoni”2:54–3:01
- Source: Using mostly drugstore makeup plus the Rhode bronzer - Jun 12, 2026
Variant: 222N Sunstone
- “When I tell you that I have worn this exclusively for filming and just anytime I'm doing my makeup and I'm not testing other products, it has really replaced all of my other foundations”2:45–2:55
- “This is a phenomenal formula. It is lightweight. It has a beautiful medium buildable coverage, very thin”3:05–3:19
- “There is no stickiness, so every other product blends on it perfectly. I have no lifting. It doesn't have an issue sticking to my nose”3:19–3:24
- “It wears so well. It feels lightweight. Truly an incredible formula”3:27–3:35
- “I think it's the perfect middle of the road because it's not matte to where it's dry, but it's also not radiant. So, it's not too much for oily skin. I truly believe that anybody would love this formula”3:32–3:40
- “It is right in that sweet spot of not being too much of anything, but being just enough of everything”3:48–3:53
- Source: Products I recommend for oily skin - Jun 22, 2026
Variant: 222N Sunstone
- “It is a medium buildable to full, natural finish, non-comedogenic, and long-wearing”15:31–15:37
- “It feels very thin, which I like. It doesn't appear or feel like heavy”17:29–17:34
- “Coverage looks like a natural medium”17:19–17:21
- “I actually feel like it looks really beautiful. I agree with the natural finish. It doesn't look overly glowy, but there definitely isn't like a flat matte look”17:43–17:50
- “There's no issues sticking to my nose, which can happen a lot”18:03–18:11
- “The only thing I don't really like is the fragrance in it”18:09–18:13
- “I want to see how it plays with other products”18:13–18:19
- “I think everything looks great”
- Source: Trying hot new makeup releases - May 25, 2026
Variant: 110N Travertine
- “They call it their cosmic line, and unfortunately, it doesn't work because the glitter in it makes the product so weak and crumbly”28:51–28:58
- “It really weakens the integrity of the texture, and I just get a crumbly mess every time”29:02–29:07
- “Can you use those crumbles to get it to blend out? Yes, but it's such a mess”29:11–29:14
- “It's not worth it if you want a shimmery pencil”29:12–29:17
- “I feel so bad dogging on it so much because the Artist pencils are some of my top most recommended products of all time”29:14–29:19
- “I'm just so saddened by the cosmic texture. It's just not good”29:23–29:28
- Source: 41 New Makeup Products Ranked (What's Actually Worth It?) - Jun 19, 2026
Variant: 214N
- “I wear shade 214N”2:49–2:51
- “For me, this is fantastic”
- “This applies out quickly and easily, which is always a bonus in my book”3:01–3:10
- “It's buildable from medium to medium full coverage and is so smoothing and flattering on pores and texture”3:10–3:14
- “It looks natural and beautiful”3:16–3:20
- “It's a great any occasion foundation”3:18–3:24
- “This does a fantastic job of controlling shine in my shine prone areas while not drying out the normal dry areas around the perimeter of my face”3:21–3:27
- “It feels comfortable and weightless and wears phenomenally well throughout the day”3:32–3:36
- Source: Beauty and fashion favorites that live up to the hype over 40 - Jun 28, 2026
- “This is a really unique foundation because they market it as like a do-it-all foundation”1:22–1:26
- “It's not super matte, so it's not going to be too drying on dry skin, and it's not super glowy, so it's going to be good for oily skin”1:44–1:51
- “It looks like skin on me, like a perfected skin”1:56–2:03
- “It blurs over my pores and smooths everything, but it's not like truly matte matte, so it still looks very skin-like”2:14–2:21
- “I think it has great wear and it melts into the skin really nicely”2:24–2:30
- “I think it's a little bit more perfecting than their original HD Skin Foundation, and honestly, I think I like it a little bit more”2:28–2:35
- “I just think it looks fabulous on camera”2:40–2:45
- “I find it's very flexible with movement throughout the day”2:52–2:58
- Source: Top 5 viral makeup products I tried - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: 214N
- “This foundation melts into the skin with zero effort”1:20–1:31
- “I definitely noticed some pore blurring, and it kept me looking smooth, not greasy, for hours”1:33–1:40
- “This foundation completely defied my expectations from day one”1:36–1:45
- Source: 5 new makeup releases that are actually perfect - May 25, 2026
- “This is another reformulation that I think went very right”1:39–1:43
- “This is truly a skin balancing foundation. So pretty much all skin types can wear it”1:40–1:50
- “It has a lightweight breathable feel that corrects redness and uneven texture and this too has a soft matte finish that doesn't look dry or cakey”2:03–2:08
- “As someone with oily skin, this one does not last quite as long as this one. They're both excellent though”2:25–2:31
- Source: Best new makeup of 2026 so far - Jun 29, 2026
Variant: 222W
- “It has natural finish. It is a longwearing foundation. Medium coverage”1:20–1:25
- “It seems to go on really nicely”3:16–3:22
- “It looks really pretty on the skin”3:55–3:59
- “It blended in so nicely”
- “I do like the way this looks on the skin. I think it looks really nice. It is not too glowy”4:54–4:59
- “I actually love Make Up For Ever foundations and concealers”
- “I think it will be more of a natural finish rather than glowy”
- “I think it is a good basic foundation. I don't think it wowed me”25:28–25:33
- Source: Testing new makeup: Summer Friday bronzers, Makeup for Ever foundation & concealer, Kosas blushes - May 31, 2026
MIXED / NEGATIVE
Variant: 101N Porcelain
- “I will give them one thing and that is that I finally have a shade”0:39–0:46
- “It's a really nice shade match though”4:37–4:40
- “the issue that I have with this, okay, is that for all of its claims on being long-wearing, high-performance, medium coverage, whatever, we have a classic case of not drying down”5:15–5:21
- “it stays sludgy and sticky on me”6:11–6:16
- “It looks glorious from where you're sitting, but much like the Natasha Denona foundation, the Hy-Glam foundation that I don't really like, the issue is the feeling of it because you feel like it's just going everywhere”
- “if I reach up and just scratch, like it it it peels off. Like if I even touch my face at all, just like it comes off so easily”6:41–6:47
- “At 8:00 p.m., I have dry skin. This stuff should not be molten lava 8 hours after I put it on”7:41–7:49
- “it's like creasing in like lip marks that I don't even have”7:52–7:59
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.4 / 5 from 10 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Good for
- Oily skin (2) · All skin types (2)
- Features
- Long-wearing (7) · Easy to use (5) · Natural finish (4) · Blendable (4) · Medium coverage (3)
- ⚠ doesn't last / fades through the day (1)
- ⚠ creators flagged issues with medium coverage (1)
- ⚠ can feel sticky (1)
- ⚠ transfers / smudges (1)
- ⚠ can feel drying / tight (1)
- ⚠ feels overpriced to some (1)
- ⚠ scent some found off-putting (1)
- ⚠ creators flagged issues with creamy (1)
- ⚠ harder to blend (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- foundation
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
- 110N Travertine
- Key ingredients
- water, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, glycerin, silica
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