Swatches of Coastal Scents Undercover HD Foundation

I noticed the HD foundations on Coastal Scents a few days ago. They cost $16.95 which seems to be quite reasonable for a HD foundation. It's that new that there are only a few videos about it on YouTube! I hadn't expected to be sent any to be honest as foundation can be hard to judge. I was very surprised to get home from work to find a box containing the full set of 14.

Clearly, I'm not going to be using most of these shades. However, after doing a quick poke around the message boards a common complaint was the poor quality swatches on Coastal Scents. They really don't look anything like the real product. So, why not swatch the whole set?




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There are some large gaps in shades, so a lot of people are going to find it difficult to find a match. I think there needs to be something between ST-03 and ST-04, there are about two shades between the two. Also, there is a large gap between the very olive toned ST-12 and the more orange based ST-13. I think there could be as many as three missing shades here.

I've been matched to NW15 at MAC and there isn't one foundation here that is an exact match. I'm pretty much there by mixing ST-01 with a tiny amount of ST-04. ST-02 is too beige for me and ST-03 is too yellow. Both shades look very similar in the bottle but once they're on the skin there is a difference.

I will eventually be reviewing this foundation, but I'm planning on at least 2 weeks of use before I can do that. Please also note that I am not familiar with MAC foundations. I cannot tell you which the equivalent will be in the Coastal Scents HD foundation.

I have plans for the spare bottles, please no comments asking me to send you any I'm not using.

These foundations were sent to me for review by Coastal Scents.

I hope these swatches are helpful for anyone planning on trying the foundation! They're not offering samples of these, but I wish they would!