Almay Wake Up Liquid Foundation Review

I have never tried Almay foundations before this. I have never even looked twice at them. But it was $18.99 on sale for $8.99 and I had a $5 off coupon. For $4 I not only had to buy one to try, I had to buy one for my mom to try. Easy to choose the right shade for her. Lightest shade available. She is a shade or two darker than me, so most drugstore foundations work for her.

I have to say, I did not hate this, though I did not like it. Should have read reviews on it and saved $4! But hey, it was only $4. I understand why everyone on makeupalley rates it a 1 or 2.

The wear on this was not great, but it wore off evenly and kinda just faded away. It lasted about 6 hours. The good thing was that it did not get patchy and uneven as it faded or melted away. It also has NO coverage. I would call this more a tinted moisturizer than a foundation. It is extremely light coverage (my Bobbi Brown Extra Light Tinted Moisturizer has more coverage) and as you can see in the pictures my blemishes show through. All this really does is even out the redness in my skin and even that only lasts a few hours before it starts to go bye bye. In these pictures I am wearing it with bush, lipstick and eyeshadow. No concealer or anything else on my face.

Almay And Shoppers Optimum Make Me A Happy Blogger!

So when surfing the net, I happened on the Shoppers Optimum page and saw the above image. I had some coupons from Revlon that were "we are sorry our blush sticks were the crappiest product ever to be sold in a drug store" certificates that were good for any Revlon or Almay product. With the current promo of buy 2 get THREE THOUSAND optimum points I headed down to the store to see what I could find.

Now what is the difference between the two packages? I assume nothing. I didn't even notice they were different until I got home and went to take the photos.

And here is the receipt. A total of ZERO money paid and what did I get in return? 3000 shoppers optimum points.

And then I had second thoughts as I was leaving and went back. I know in theory these are ridiculous and unnecessary and that I could just take a qtip and dip in makeup remover, but I thought this would be really convenient for the mess I make when putting mascara on my bottom lashes. And while at $8 a package, no way, when they are on SALE, and 3000 bonus points, and a $5 off coupon, why not?