Wet N Wild Photo Focus Collection: Best Foundation and Face Base discovery of 2020!

WET N WILD PHOTO FOCUS COLLECTION REVIEW, PRICE, DEMO

PRICE: To be detailed in the post

FROM: Free

OTHER LOCATIONS: Available at Lazada PH and SM department stores

THE VERDICT:

In my early years of blogging, Wet N Wild's Photo Focus Foundation was one of the lauded drugstore favorites for affordable, reliable, and great quality foundation; beauty bloggers loved it to bits. Strange enough, I never got around to trying it out despite the popularity surrounding it; maybe it's just one of those products that I have completely forgotten to try and also, Wet N Wild wasn't available locally back then.

When Wet N Wild arrived in the Philippines about a year or two ago, I have been working closely with the brand and was lucky enough to be included in their PR list. Last year, when I requested some products from them for a livestream, they told me to choose and I remembered I have always wanted to try their  Photo Focus range so I asked for all the products from the collection that's currently available in the Philippines.

And I'm glad I remembered and I'm glad I requested these! Because the Photo Focus range is high quality, high performance, and provides amazing coverage and longevity at an affordable price. I'm reviewing the entire range for you today!

Wet N Wild Photo Focus range is designed to provide flawless, camera- ready coverage for daily or professional use. The bases were tested under several lighting conditions with and without use of flash, and has light- adjusting technology to prevent white cast in photos.

There are new products in the collection namely the primer, primer water, and setting spray.

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Primer Water (P380) is a 3-in-1 solution that prepares skin for makeup application, fixes makeup, and sets makeup. The formula has rose water, which is a very good hydrating ingredient. There is another variant too called Cucumber.

This feels just like any other mist and has a light rose fragrance to it. I use this product before primer to help my skin retain moisture as I put on makeup. 

I think how this product functions is it's a primer/setting spray that utilizes hydration instead of the usual makeup setting spray ingredients such as silicones and polymers. As we all know, hydration is sometimes enough to keep makeup fresh and oil at bay and Wet N Wild's Primer Water has a lot of good hydrating ingredients such as Glycol, Cucumber and Rose extracts, Panthenol, and Glycerin to name a few. 

I use this alone as a primer and setting spray after applying powder when I have to do a quick grocery run because it's so convenient and I noticed that it's enough to keep my makeup looking decent. However, for prolonged makeup wear, I wouldn't risk using just this as primer; I would use it together with a regular primer (which is what I've been doing and I noticed that this water helps support the primer's oil- controlling and makeup- retention property). If you have very oily skin, I also don't think that this will suffice as a standalone primer, but it will work for those with normal, dry, and moderately oily skin types.

This primer is a good alternative for those who dislike or are allergic to makeup setting sprays with silicone and polymer ingredients, but should be used with a regular primer to double its power.

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Matte Finish Setting Spray (P489) is a mattifying makeup setting spray with an oil- free formula. It has another variant called DEWY SETTING SPRAY (review HERE).

This has an unscented formula and doesn't leave my skin taut and dry despite the matte formula. This one actually helps keep makeup matte for longer. I've worn this face base collection with the spray and my makeup looks more fresh after about 8 hours of wear versus without it; photo proof at the bottom of this post.

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Loose Powder in Banana (P599) comes in two variants: Translucent (for fair to medium and even tan skin tones) and Banana (good for all skin types). It promises to create a soft focus, blurring effect for smoother skin.

I went for Banana because I like how it has color- correcting properties as well: it helps adjust odd- toned foundations to my skin tone and warms up cool- toned foundations.

The puff that comes with it is soft and of high quality; my Beauty Blender Power Pocket Puff is the best powder partner ever, but I don't mind using this one; goes to show that the puff that came with the powder has really good quality.

Okay, let's review this by batch very quick:

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Loose Powder in Banana has a semi- creamy texture; it's great for baking and the texture prevents it from leaving a cakey finish. It has good oil- control and smoothing properties as well. It's a low- dusting, lightweight powder with good quality all in all.

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Concealer (P399) is a medium to heavy concealer that's engineered to look flawless and invisible under 7 light conditions: blue light, indoors pm light, outdoors pm light, clear blue sunlit sky, electronic flash, fluorescent light, bathroom light, and nightclub light; it promises to stay invisible in pretty much all lighting conditions that might make you look like a concealer monster in photos. It's also gluten- free, has Soft Focus Polymer Complex that makes it blendable and adds texture to the skin, and Chamomilia Flower extract to soothe puffy, tired under eyes.

Gosh I love everything about this concealer and I want to kick myself in the bum for not trying it out sooner. More about that in the demo portion later.

Wet N Wild Photofocus Foundation (P599) is a high performance, skin- perfecting foundation; one of Wet N Wild's most famous products. It has a light- diffusing complex for a flawless, #nofilter look. Locally, the brand carries 7 shades.

I have reviewed this before so here's a link to the review. And to add to this review, I have realized that this is a good dupe for MAC's Studio Fix Liquid Foundation; the finish of this foundation as well as coverage is at par with MAC's world famous foundation.

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Pressed Powder (P489) is a sheer, buildable powder with light to medium coverage. It's a good setting powder if you want to add more tint to your foundation, but without the cake and powder coverage; it's also a good blotting powder because of its sheer texture.

This one actually reminds me of MAC's Mineralize Skinfinish powder because of its baked quality, the reason why it's so fine and almost skin- like.

Wet N Wild Photo Focus Matte Primer (P489) smooths, provides a flawless base for makeup application, controls oil, and keeps makeup matte the whole day. I like the light, emulsion consistency; it's very light and tolerable. It's unscented too. This primer truly helps keep my makeup looking fresh for about 4 hours before oil starts to seep from my T-Zone and my makeup is about 60% fresh even after 8 hours of full wear. I love wearing this with Wet N Wild Primer water because I feel both products support each other well!

Here's me wearing the foundation. My shade is Golden Beige; it's like NC40 and a wee bit light on me initially, but I find that it oxidizes for a wee bit after a few minutes of wear so it ends up matching my skin tone eventually. If you have acidic skin, take note of this finding and choose a shade light.

The foundation has superior blend-ability and it gives a smooth, even finish. I love how easy to use this foundation is and how it makes my skin look nice and flawless. Finish is semi- matte and the foundation stays on pretty much the whole day. I think on its own, the liquid foundation has good oil- controlling properties too.

Here a demo on the concealer. I am using the shade Medium Peach and it's a warm beige with a heavy peach undertone. At first I thought it was pretty dark, but it's actually wearable and helps a lot in canceling out dark circles and brown discolorations on my skin; the shade ended up turning the product into a corrector as well, which I like!

I love this concealer a lot because you can layer it on and it will still look natural. Can you tell I have applied three layers on my under eyes in the photo? I KNOW RIGHT! You can't! :D 

Just like the foundation, it's very blendable, has a semi- matte finish, and doesn't look cakey at all. It also doesn't seep into fine lines during wear and pretty much stays on the whole day. Amazing coverage and staying power for only P399. Count me in.

Here's me wearing all the products.

Here's me 8 hours after wearing the products. I've used everything here including the Primer Water and Matte Setting Spray, which I think have greatly helped keep my makeup this way after 8 hours of wear, therefore I think they are worth considering as part of the system, should you decide to try the Photofocus range.

I have nothing to say but praises for this collection! I'm so happy I finally got to try Wet N Wild's Photo Focus collection; everything is affordable, great for oily skin, looks fantastic in real life and photos, has great quality, and has dupes for some of my MAC favorites!

Have you tried this collection already? What are your thoughts?

WET N WILD PHOTOFOCUS COLLECTION RATING

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