1st Review! AVON Smooth Minerals Pressed Foundation

I know it may be weird to see an Avon product being reviewed these days. When my friends asked for my favorite powder they were surprised to hear I used Avon. In my area Avon has the reputation of being for women a little bit older than me I guess, but if you are still stuck on the idea that Avon is your "mom's" make-up in my opinion they are definitely making a comeback with great new products for all ages.

So, back to the product :). This pressed foundation is amazing, let me repeat, amazing! It is classified as a medium to full coverage foundation, but if applied right it can also just be a light setting powder. As the name states, the texture of this powder is definitely smooth & so easy to work with.

This powder does not contain sunscreen, however if you are using it as your only coverage you will just need to make sure you apply a moisturizer with sunscreen before applying. However, if you actually look at the ingredients, it does contain some sunscreen ingredients like titanium dioxide, so it might provide some protection.

I have used this powder as a foundation & a setting powder. As a foundation you should apply with either a kabuki brush (the Avon one is nice and only $4.99) or a sponge. The sponge works better if you have fine lines or large pores to cover. -*Quick tip* If you are trying to hide fine lines or large pores get the product on your sponge and kind of rock/press it into the skin, it will fill in the lines or pores and make your skin almost flawless. But please, please, please, when using this tip do not hide every line or pore as it will make your skin look rather fake, I know that sounds funny but trust me it looks kind of weird if you have no lines or pores.-

As a setting powder, apply with a fluffy brush and blend. Super easy!

A small trick I have found for this powder also is, if you pick up some of the powder with an eyeshadow brush ( I use the e.l.f. Essential Eye Shadow Brush, its only $1) and pat the powder under your eyes or blend on blemishes either over concealer or just alone and it will cover amazingly!

The price on this powder is usually $11.00, but as with most of Avon's products, it goes on sale every couple of Campaigns so you can get it for way cheaper!

So all in all this powder has definitely been great for me, I make sure I always have some on hand.

As for Ingredients this is what you will find in this foundation:
Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Bismuth Oxychloride, Zinc Stearate, Zinc Oxide, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Di-Ppg-3 Myristyl Ether Adipate, Dimethicone, Saccharomyces/Copper Ferment, Saccharomyces/Magnesium Ferment, Saccharomyces/Tourmaline Ferment, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retinyl Palmitate, Diisostearyl Malate, Silica, Tocopherol, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Calcium PCA, Kaolin, Zinc PCA, BHT, Methylparaben, Butylparaben

Does Avon test on Animals : No ma'am :)