Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse: The Best Makeup Foundation in Many Years

Some people are very fashion-conscious-- they keep an eye out for what is new and popular, and have to have it. I'm not one of those people; when I find something I really like, I prefer to stick with it. It's easy to see the drawback when this comes to clothing styles-- if something is "the rage," it is nearly impossible to find something more suitable to your own personal liking. My way of dealing with this is if a popular new style is something I dislike, I simply won't buy it-- I prefer to wear what I already have, rather than spend money on or wear something I hate.

The same holds true with cosmetics. When companies and consumers decide on something new and popular, it's virtually impossible to find your favorite "tried-and-true," because the companies frequently stop manufacturing it. While I consider most cosmetic items to be more or less interchangeable, the one item I've always been picky about is foundation-- I will not wear water-based foundation, because I do not like it. The catch being, water-based foundations have been what is popular for a very long time; and I would hesitate to say how long I've gone without using any, as my longtime favorite, Max Factor Whipped Creme, has not been available for quite a few years.

Upon first seeing magazine ads for Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse, I was a bit wary-- first, I'd never had any interest in Maybelline products because the company seemed too old-fashioned; but mostly because I generally assume that anything billed as "new" is usually just a sales-gimmick, and not very satisfactory in the longrun.

Deciding that going without had gone on long enough, I was determined to find something-- and Maybelline Dream Matte Mousse was a pleasant surprise. My only complaint about this product is that the list of ingredients is so dinky that it was difficult to read; but in reading ingredients which were along the line of "-iloxane," "-icone," and "-alane," it met my intial, most important criteria: it is not water-based. Not a clue what those ingredients are, but they're not water. Good enough.