Natural Matte Longwear Foundation
Summary of Reviews
NARS Natural Matte Longwear Foundation offers a soft matte finish with medium-to-full coverage that blurs pores and lasts all day, ideal for oily and combination skin. Professional makeup artist Julia Adams notes it can be finicky to blend, requiring quick work and good skin prep, while Morgan Turner (former wedding makeup artist) warns it emphasizes dryness and can look cakey on dry skin. A few creators also mention it may cause breakouts or apply patchily, so it's best suited for those with oilier skin who want a long-lasting, blurred effect.
Full Reviews
Positive
- “This set the bar for matte foundation for me. It is incredible. I like it better than Estee Lauder Double Wear. It's so thin”27:50–27:59
- “It is the best matte foundation I have ever tried. It is so blurring on the skin. I literally look like a filter”28:21–28:29
- Source: Top 3 faves in every makeup category 2026 - Jun 8, 2026
Variant: Punjab
- “This foundation is the one that answers all of my needs when it comes to foundation”
- “It's matte, but like a beautiful, very modern matte”8:02–8:10
- “It's super longwear, super super longwear, and it feels like a serum on the skin”
- “As you are buffing the foundation, you can see how it just evens out the skin”8:50–8:54
- “If you are also someone that looks for a foundation that will blur the pores, that will blur the fine lines, that would just make your skin look very even, very aromagen”10:12–10:20
- “I would say this is absolutely perfection if you have combination and oily skin”10:35–10:41
- Source: New makeup releases review and demo - Mar 1, 2026
Variant: Vienna
- “This is the most long-lasting for me”10:46–10:53
- “I love this foundation on me. I love it so much”11:10–11:13
- “It's really nice softer matte. It's not like a drying taking the life out of your skin kind of matte”11:16–11:20
- Source: Effortless spring face with my go-to products - Mar 22, 2026
Variant: Ulong L1.5
- “I always forget how very pigmented and obviously full coverage this is”
- “It still leaves a very nice glow to the face even though it's a matte”
- “I was really scared that I have dry mature skin and I did not want a more dry looking and crusty looking skin when you use like a matte foundation”5:02–5:16
- “I think that this could be the foundation that I might use when I go to my son's graduation only because I think it lasts much longer”6:16–6:29
- “This has been one of my favorites lately that I've been using a lot”6:29–6:33
- “If you have dry and more dry and mature skin, if you have a very good moisturized complexion before you apply this product, it looks wonderful on the skin”23:09–23:25
- “You can use one pump. Don't do two pumps like what I did”
- “Definitely recommend this one”23:41–23:42
- Source: Trying new makeup releases with honest first impressions - Mar 30, 2026
Variant: L2 Mont Blanc & L4.5 Vienna (mixed)
- “I've been testing this foundation out. I received them a little bit early before they officially launched and I really like it”0:30–0:37
- “What feels so refreshing about it is that it is a soft matte foundation”0:37–0:43
- “It does have a higher amount of coverage. It's a good medium to full, but it's been wearing really well on my oilier skin type”0:41–0:48
- “Throughout the day, it does end up becoming kind of like a natural matte on me, which I really enjoy”0:50–0:54
- “But what I love about it, it doesn't feel like it dehydrates my skin”0:54–1:01
- “Very lightweight and I don't detect that I'm wearing a foundation at all”0:58–1:03
- “Because it is a matte foundation, you have to work a little quicker or else it dries and I really blend it out with a brush because it doesn't really like when I go over with my beauty blender to like fix any excess product or brush strokes”1:01–1:07
- “I think it's such a pretty finish and it gives such a blurred effect to my skin”1:21–1:27
- Source: Soft Matte, Poreless Skin Base | Monochromatic Toasty Browns Look - Mar 6, 2026
- “I feel like I get a hit or miss application”4:09–4:13
- “My skin needs to be in quite a good condition for it to apply really well and I kind of fought for it because I really enjoyed that soft matte finish and the way it looked”4:11–4:18
- “Now that the Make Up For Ever One is here and it's so much less hassle. I don't know if this one is really it”4:22–4:26
- “I guess compared to the effect of the Make Up For Ever Now, this one is quite underwhelming”4:49–4:54
- Source: 41 New Makeup Products Ranked (What's Actually Worth It?) - Jun 19, 2026
Variant: Sahel
Mixed / Negative
Variant: L4
- “I do not recommend this if you have dry skin”1:30–1:35
- “Less is more when it comes to this product”1:32–1:40
- “There's a fine line between this of being matte and cakey”1:40–1:50
- “It bridges from matte to cakey very, very quickly”1:47–1:55
- “This is definitely a foundation that I recommend more for oily skin types”1:57–2:01
- “It has a pretty finish”2:05–2:11
- “It just looks heavy on my skin and has a tendency to emphasize dryness”2:08–2:14
- “This is $55 and there are matte foundations that do work for my dry skin. I would recommend spending $55 on a different foundation”2:14–2:22
- Source: I tested 34 viral new makeup products speed reviews part 1 - Jun 15, 2026
- “The new version is nothing compared to the Beyond Matte. It's just nothing”17:31–17:36
- “It was very patchy on me. I mean, I could not get it to blend out. It just looked really bad on my skin, unfortunately”17:41–17:46
- Source: Current beauty favorites: makeup, fragrance & beauty - Apr 28, 2026
- “The finish is beautiful, satin matte full coverage”
- “It makes me break out and suffocates my skin, worsening breakouts”
- Source: Sephora sale: what to skip and what's worth it - Apr 10, 2026
What creators say
- Consensus
- 3.3 / 5 from 7 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Good for
- Oily skin (2)
- Features
- Matte finish (7) · Long-wearing (3) · Blurring (3) · Non-drying (2) · Full coverage (2)
- ⚠ may not suit dry skin (1)
- ⚠ can feel drying / tight (1)
- ⚠ feels overpriced to some (1)
- ⚠ harder to blend (1)
- ⚠ didn't help with acne (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- foundation
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
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- Key ingredients
- niacinamide, peptides, micro greens, squalane, glycerin, silica, tocopherol, lactic acid, lecithin, sea salt
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