Forest Essentials’ in the past week, has launched a range of “silk skin” tints, which are described as providing “light to medium” coverage. I received four samples as part of a Forest Essential’s promotion (you know buy a bunch of stuff and get some samples) and this is fortuitious for my budget!
My samples have been in quarantine and today is test-day!! Wohoo!
What are Forest Essentials’ trying to achieve?
Its likely that FE believe there is an unmet need for luxury natural cosmetics. They dub it as “when makeup meets skincare.”
Introducing beneficial or excluding synthetic, ingredients through make-up is not a new idea (e.g.) ILIA use corn powder instead of talc in their loose powder.
BUT in using all of these products, I assess them in the same way that I would Lakme or Chanel. That is, as a colour cosmetic.
My current gold standard foundation is HUDA Beauty’s faux filter luminous matte. It is a full-coverage, fragrance-free, buildable foundation that I have ZERO complaints of.
What is the experience of using the FE’s silk tints?
- Are relatively light-weight and spread very easily
- They ALL smell of the underlying ingredient they are named after. For example, the Chandan skin tint smells of Chandan. The only unbearable stench belonged to the Manjistha tint.
- These are not light-coverage tints BUT are in fact more medium cover foundation-like-products. While Manjistha is not the correct colour for me, it does show the extensive nature of coverage.
Enter the horrifying painted face problem…
Ok, so I would ask you to look past my ginormous nose and note the montone of my skin. I used the tint all over my face (including my eyelids) and its not a pleasant experience. I haven’t baked my face yet, but quite frankly at this point I was thinking how much extra powder would I need.
There is no way I could apply sunscreen on top of this product or below it – its just too oily (and dare I say unusable for me).
Would I buy this product again?
No. My main issue with these tints is the amount of oil they contain. A make-up influencer (name escapes me) uses a foundation test, which I have copied. This photo shows oil leaking out of the product after just 3 hours. That’s how much excess oil is going on your face and/or has to be absorbed by loose powder.
In order of MOST to LEAST oil leakage: Gulaab Pankh, Genhu, Manjista, Chandan and Huda Beauty’s Macchiato
Available for sale at Forest Essentials. Price is INR 2,750 for 40ml
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Chandan
(Per FE, for lighter skin tones)
Genhu
(Per FE for medium skin tones)
Gulaab Pankh
(Per FE for “underlying pinkish skin tones”)
Manjistha
(Per FE – for “underlying darker skin tones”)
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