Almay Smart Shade Smart Balance Makeup
37%Recommended

Almay Smart Shade Smart Balance Makeup

2.7
              Rated #311 in Makeup - Face
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Very disappointing. I tried this product years ago and had high hopes for it because, at the time, I was a huge user of other Almay products. I have fair-to-medium skin with a light olive undertone so it is difficult to find a product that matches my skin. The product claims to adjust itself to match your skin tone so I thought it would complement my skin. Unfortunately, it did not. Instead of blending in with my skin color, it changed it to a deeper color that looked too orange and fake, like a bad self-tanner. It dried nearly the second it touched my skin so I was unable to blend it in well and it left it streaky. It did not moisturize my skin and was actually kind of sticky to the touch. I was very disappointed with the results and it went to the back of the makeup graveyard in my cabinet.

This makeup is a last resort for me. It has terrible coverage, makes my face oily, proceeds to make my face break out, and it doesn't match my skin at all. When I applied it, my face looked shiny and not much of a difference was there coverage wise. Honestly, this is the thing I dig up out of my makeup box when I'm desperate.

I hate this product. It didn't match my skin at all and didn't rub in very well either. I bought it because I was tired of buying the wrong shades. This was horrible.

it did nothing except make my face the wrong color no matter what shade I tried it was always whitish

I tried this and it left my skin so tight that I could feel the tightness and the color didnt match well to my skin. My wrinkles around me eyes were hidious.

While using this product I had a hard time keeping it from separating on my face. Mainly around my T zone. My skin is combination and this didn't set well with translucent powder and leaving it by itself.

I was really excited to try Almay Smart Shade makeup. I buy other Almay products, so I was ready to try their foundation. I don't know if my skin is just too difficult for it, but it left my face blotchy and very dry. I was really bummed, and ended up switching. I even tried a couple different shades, but the same thing happened.

This product definitely did not do well in matching my skin tone. I also found that the coverage is not great at all and even enjoy a lighter coverage in my makeup. I am very light though so those who are as well be warned this may not be the product for you.

This was one of the foundations I was excited to try however for my skin type and tone/undertones I found the coverage and color to be anything less than smart for my skin. I appreciate the SPF addition but the fact it didn't blend for my type of oily /combo skin with cool undertones make me look chalk-like and the smell was not pleasing at all!

Feels heavy, doesn't spread out on my face evenly, and not great at matching my skin tone. Not satisfied with this product or it's smell. I will not be buying it again.

I had seen the commercials and I really thought this make up would match my skin tone and sadly I was not satisfied, it just didn't seem natural nor did it smell nice.

Made me break out and has no coverage.

I have really sensitive skin and it made me break out. I will not purchase this product?

Provides only very light coverage.

I have a yellow undertone to my skin and seem to have a hard time finding the right shade of foundation. I have always worn a sheer mineral powder makeup and felt that I needed a little more coverage. I tried this foundation and loved that it did as it said-matched my skin, however, it didnt have the coverage that I was looking for. So if your only interested in evening out your skin tone, not covering up any flaws, this is a great makeup to try.