The idea for #FauxFilter Luminous Matte Full Coverage came after brand founder Huda Kattan looked at customer feedback. The first ever foundation she launched, #FauxFilter Liquid Foundation, became an instant cult product but it’s known for its blurring properties that made it sit on the heavier side of foundation products.

With this in mind, Kattan set out to remake the bestselling formula so that it still gave the full coverage, blurring and non-drying properties her foundations are known for but felt comfortable and lightweight on the skin. She even made the new formula fragrance-free.

When I dispensed the foundation on the back of my hand, I found the formula was still quite thick so I opted for a flat kabuki brush to blend it out. I only needed one and a half pumps to cover my entire face and neck, so I took any leftover foundation over the middle of my face as this is where base products tend to fade quickest. I was impressed by the coverage it gave my skin – post-inflammatory pigmentation and broken capillaries on my nostrils disappeared under the smallest amount of formula.

Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Luminous Matte Liquid Foundation review: is it better than the original formula?