TL;DR:

• What It Is: A lightweight liquid foundation with light-to-medium coverage
• What It Does: Evens out the skin without looking cakey
• Who It’s For: Anyone looking for an affordable, lightweight foundation from the drugstore

As someone with decidedly combination skin, I have both the luxury and the unpredictable need to be able to change up whether I’m using a mattifying or dewy foundation. But I tend to lean toward the glowy end of the complexion-makeup spectrum, as I’ve found most matte foundations to settle into lines more noticeably. That Maybelline New York Fit Me! Matte & Poreless Foundation somehow bucks this trend is merely one of the reasons I love it so much.

In fact, this beloved formula doesn’t behave like most matte foundations in a lot of ways. Although it’s instantly apparent from its less-creamy, thinner texture that it’s going to have a shine-free finish, it blends with incredible flexibility and ease, even if you’re using your fingers. That can be at least partially attributed to how lightweight it is — proof that a foundation doesn’t have to be thick and cakey to be sufficiently matte.

Once on, even though it’s technically medium-coverage, I often find myself forgetting to apply concealer on any blemishes or discoloration when I wear Fit Me! Matte & Poreless Foundation because it somehow blurs it all away in one light layer. And it’s that blurring effect that I credit for making my smile lines look less apparent, too, which is arguably even better than the foundation simply not sinking into them.

As a beauty lover and blogger who’s constantly trying and changing up different products, I admit, Fit Me! Matte & Poreless Foundation had fallen out of my rotation, not due to any failings on its part — because it has literally no failings — but simply because of the sheer volume of foundations available to me. But I’m so glad I rediscovered it in my stash.

I’m clearly not alone in my fondness for Maybelline Fit Me! Matte & Poreless Foundation, as it’s the recipient of an Allure 2020 Readers’ Choice Award. And when you consider that all that I raved about above is available for just $8, it’s easy to see why.

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