The latest and greatest in foundations from Dior, Armani, Guerlain, Clinique, Avon and mark.!

The change in weather and season is a great excuse (like you needed one) to check out a new foundation! Here are a few new ones for your consideration:

Dior Forever Flawless Perfection Fusion Wear Makeup Fluide - 30ml - $46 - glides on seamlessly for a semi-matte, flawless result and targets specific areas of the skin where it delivers active ingredients as needed - to mattify and hydrate as needed for a perfectly balanced complexion, acting as personalized care to extend the wear of the foundation while offering the skincare benefits of mallow flower extract which improves the skin's overall appearance with each day by stimulating cell renewal for a smoother and more even skin tone and texture.
Also available in compact form for $52 (refill $42) - which melds with the skin to create a non-powdery, ultra-smooth finish.

Giorgio Armani Designer Lift Foundation - 30ml - $75 - has SPF 20 and full coverage in 10 shades with featherlight texture is what they promise with the skin-enhancing action of a stretch texture for a perfect second-skin sensation and a lifting action that comes from its active ingredients: redensifying adenosine, emollient and smoothing agents and antioxidant vitamin E for tighter, firmer feeling skin that lasts for 12 hours.And if you're looking for glowing skin that looks like it's been lit from within, check this -  they've formulated specific pearlisers according to skin tone: for light tones - a blue-tinged pearliser which counters a yellow complexion; for medium shades - a touch of pink pearliser for a real boost of freshness; and for dark hues - a gold pearliser to brighten the complexion and accentuate its radiance.
You can also pick up the Designer Brush for optimum makeup application - $62

Available now at Holt Renfrew.

Guerlain Lingerie de Peau Compact Foundation - $76 - an all in one face product that includes a primary foundation shade to unify and correct tone imperfections as well as a secondary concealor shade to conceal dark circles and imperfections as well as illuminate dark areas. It comes in 6 shades has a cream texture and powdery finish that recreates a new skin texture, smoother and plumper by magnetizing water in the skin to revive the complexion.

If those are all a little dear - there are some other great ones at a more affordable price point:

Clinique Repairwear Laser Focus All-Smooth Makeup SPF 15 - 30ml - $39.50 - in 12 shades that incorporate the technology from the Repairwear serum to help instantly soften lines and cover imperfections to help create picture perfect skin. The foundation also helps prevent and repair UV damage: Ultrasomes - which work over time to gradually help visibly repair damage resulting from direct UV exposure; Whey Protein - helps minimize the appearance of lines and wrinkles; Siegesbeckia Orientalis Extract and Palmitoyl Oligopeptide - helps provide a better support system to plump-up and fill-in lines; Murumuru Seed Butter - to help strengthen the skin's moisture barrier; Vitamin E - to help provide antioxidant protection and SPF 15 to help protect skin from future UV damage. Fragrance and oil free.

Avon Ideal Flawless Invisible Coverage Foundation - 30ml - $15 - available in: caramel, cream beige, creamy natural, light beige, light ivory, medium beige, natural beige, natural tan, nude, nutmeg, pure beige, sable, sand beige, soft honey - a new perfect coverage foundation that defies detection from every angle with InvisiBlend Technology that makes light work for you by shaping and softening it from every angle. It has SPF 15 and a lightweight, oil-free formulation that is suitable for all skin types.

mark. min-a-real cream-to-powder foundation - 8.8g - $20 - available in: ivory, nude, buff, natural, honey, golden, almond, mocha - a no-mess cream-to-powder foundation specially formulated with Lumiskin complex to help smooth, brighten and even out skin tone.

Both are available from your Avon rep - 1800-265-AVON or online at www.avon.ca.

Have any of these been tried by any of you and what is the verdict if so?

- Lisamarie -