Beautycounter's Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation Review
Hi friends! I hope your day is going great! I just finished my workout, I’m just out of the shower and getting ready, and I thought it would be a great day to review Beautycounter’s Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation that I’m really LOVING lately, and this is coming from a person who is super picky about foundation. Furthermore, I’m not a fan of cake-y foundation and I also want to make sure my skin can breathe, so this definitely fit the bill for me! It blends into skin more easily than any foundation I ever tried, and I’ve tried a lot of foundations in my time. Plus, it lasts ALL DAY, even without a setting powder. Yes, please!
While I had a well-founded skincare routine for years, I was never a big makeup wearer until I actually found Beautycounter. I think because of how sensitive my skin is, all makeup would either bother my eyes and make them water or I’d break out. I’ve been wearing more Skin Twin Foundation, knowing that I won’t break out from applying it, and it hydrates my skin all day long. Not only that, but I’m really enjoying this natural and easy look with a simple swipe of Beyond Gloss, my favorite mascara (blog post here why), and I’m ready for my day!.
I have tried out my fair share of safer foundations over the years. Since turning 47, I have also started to prioritize a daily facial sunscreen. What I noticed is the side of my face was getting a lot of sun spots and knew I needed to add something on my face for added protection.
As I mentioned, I’m really picky about foundation. I have always had SUPER sensitive skin, where almost anything made me break out. I also feel that, especially as we age, too much of the wrong type of foundation is aging. Furthermore, I think less is more, and with a solid skincare routine, the “less is more” mentality definitely works because I’ve worked on the canvas underneath my makeup, my skin!
Over the years, I’ve tried many brands, but I’ve found a lot of them have been super matte which feels drying to me, so I’d often look for something to layer on top. This felt counterproductive to me, so when Skin Twin came out from Beautycounter, I now had the best of the both worlds! It’s moisturizing, so it doesn’t dry out my skin and doesn’t add unnecessary creases, which in turn age me. It’s buildable if you want more coverage, and isn’t too matte or shiny - it’s the perfect blend! It’s not oily or greasy, which as I mentioned above, I’m prone to acne, so this was a big to me! It’s really just enough to even out my complexion without feeling like I’m FULLY caked in makeup.
WHAT IS BEAUTYCOUNTER’S SKIN TWIN FEATHERWEIGHT FOUNDATION?
Beautycounter’s Skin Twin is breathable, buildable coverage with hyaluronic acid to visibly plump the skin. There are 27 buildable shades, which provides a wide variety of colors to match numerous skin shades. I love that I can apply in the morning post working out and throughout the day, I still have coverage without it sliding off my face. It feels like a weightless second skin. The all-day hydration it provides, leaves me feeling moisturized even at the end of the day, with the help of the hyaluronic acid which helps retain essential moisture for a smooth, plump, even appearance.
Beautycounter is the leader in clean and diligently screens their ingredients for harmful metals. You might not know this, as I didn’t prior to aligning as a brand advocate with Beautycounter, but we test the ingredients used in our color cosmetics and finished cosmetic products obsessively—multiple times—before they go to market. We only use validated test methods and the most advanced laboratory equipment available (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer, ICP-MS). This allows us to test for heavy metals at concentrations ten times lower than what is standard practice in the beauty industry (1 part per billion vs 10 parts per million). This fires me up!
Hyaluronic Acid: Known as a moisture magnet, hyaluronic acid delivers supercharged hydration for visibly plump, glowing skin immediately, and with continued use. Hyaluronic Acid has a lot of anti-aging perks. Skin Twin contains 10x more Hyaluronic Acid than our previous Tint Skin did. It helps skin glow and appear plumper, both immediately and even more with continued use.
Jojoba Esters: Derived from the desert-dwelling jojoba plant, this lightweight, non-greasy emollient helps to moisturize, soothe, and soften skin.
Hydrophobic Pigments: Specially coated and color-true, these pigments provide long-wearing, buildable, second-skin coverage.
How we’re committed to safer and more sustainable products with Skin Twin:
Skin Twin does not contain mineral oils, cyclic silicones, or synthetic film formers, all of which are common in foundations and may be linked to harmful effects to human health. You can read more about Beautycounter’s “Never List” here and use it to check your current foundation.
All products are subject to stringent safety testing. Each batch is tested for heavy metals to ensure it meets our strict safety measures. We’re highly selective when it comes to pigments; out of the 65 cosmetic colorants allowed in the US, Beautycounter prohibits the vast majority–only using 18 colorants in our color cosmetics.
Take a look at the glass bottle! I love this about Beautycounter! Moving Skin Twin into a glass bottle will avoid an estimated 235k plastic tubes from entering landfills and waterways in just one year.
How to Find Your Foundation Match
One of the best things with Skin Twin is we offer 27 shades, so it’s easy to find a shade to match your skin tone. If you need help, you can use our handy shade finder here. For reference, I use shade Medium 350.
Here is my before and after photo - using shade 350
How to Apply Skin Twin Foundation
When using it, you’ll just add 2, (maybe 3) pumps to the palm of your hand and then use your fingertips, a foundation brush or damp beauty blender to blend it into the skin. Continue to apply until you have the coverage you want, I typically start with 2 pumps which I find is enough and then add or pat in areas I feel might need a bit more coverage.
You can see all the makeup I use in this post, I also have a more in depth live demonstration and makeup tutorial, here. (Also, here’s the skincare line I use, which I think it’s important to have great skin first and foremost then add makeup if you want to!)
Flawless in Five and How to Save Money
You can buy Skin Twin within the Flawless in Five starter set and save money in the long run! This is a fantastic way to clean up your makeup drawer without breaking the bank! You’ve got effortless Beauty in Five Minutes:
INCLUDES SIX SAFER, HIGH-PERFORMING PRODUCTS:
Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation or Dew Skin Tinted Moisturizer
Skin Twin Creamy Concealer (this is truly the best, see post here)
Brilliant Brow Gel
Think Big All-In-One Mascara
Cheeky Clean Cream Blush
Beyond Gloss
Check out the Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation >>
Here is how I prep my skin for Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation in the morning:
Cleanse – my favorite daily face wash is this daily exfoliating cleanser.
Prep – my favorite is the Radiance Toner
Treat – I am OBSESSED with this serum. It’s one of those products where you start to see results right away. My skin is so soft, firm, and more even when I use it regularly.
Moisturize – l use this adaptive moisture lotion after my daily serum.
Primer – this primer is one of my favorite ways to prep my skin before using Dew Skin. It has tripeptides and Biopolymer, which enhances the complexion of your skin. I have found that any makeup I may be wearing during the day/nighttime, when I apply a primer, it has the staying power to last all day long.
Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation – I use 2 pumps of shade 350, you can use the better blender to help apply or a foundation brush.
TIP:
If I was stranded on a desert island and could only bring one product, this would be a top choice of mine! Here’s why: The overnight resurfacing peel when used every other night or 3xs a week to slough off old skin cells, it helps boost radiance and skin texture which means it’ll help your makeup set beautifully! If you want to make sure your makeup looks as flawless as it can, and not settle into your pores, which ultimately I think makes us look older, I HIGHLY recommend that you prioritize a daily skincare routine and a weekly exfoliating treatment! Your makeup can only apply as smoothly as the canvas it is being painted on (i.e., your skin!).
The most obvious difference between Skin Twin Foundation and Dew Skin Tinted Moisturizer is the amount of coverage that each offers. If you’re looking for coverage as well as color, foundation is probably best for you. That’s because it has a much higher pigment than tinted moisturizers do. Pigment is the fine, loose powder element within your foundation that’s responsible for color correction and coverage. It also works to conceal blemishes, pimples, and fine lines.
To sum it all up, the real benefits of Beautycounter’s Tinted Moisturizer Dew Skin vs. Skin Twin Foundation all come down to the look you are going and/or your desire to include an SPF in your makeup routine. Dew Skin is sheer, lightweight coverage that helps to create a more even-looking skin tone, while non-nano SPF 20 mineral sunscreen works to protect against the sun’s damaging rays, while Skin Twin does not. Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation is breathable, buildable coverage with hyaluronic acid to visibly plump the skin. It’s your match made in makeup. It also provides buildable coverage and comes in an expansive 27 different shades. I prefer to wear Dew Skin on a daily basis, but love using Skin Twin for fancier evenings out or on a date.
Check out the Skin Twin Featherweight Foundation >>
If you need help choosing your shade, I've got you! I've tried & Love them all! If you’d like a sample, please reach out to me here.
As you may know, one of the many reasons I love Beautycounter, and I have written a lot more about how we test and measure what is safer for us, but as someone with chronic health issues and an autoimmune disease, I will only use skincare products that I know are good for my health.
Beautycounter is the only beauty company to third-party test for safety. They ban over 1,800+ harmful + questionable ingredients, ethically source ingredients, are committed to environmental sustainability, and have the strictest safety screening program to date. All of their products are formulated with the most vulnerable populations in mind, meaning that they are safe for everyone, including women who are both pregnant and breastfeeding. Their values of education, transparency, and advocacy align with mine, which is why I use, trust, and recommend Beautycounter always.
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