New for spring 2017: Maybelline Dream Cushion

I can?t remember the last time I had a makeup-related dream.
Or a dream where I even realized I was wearing makeup.
Can you" Have you ever had a dream where you?re putting on your makeup" I wish I did. Dream makeup? I think I?d like that.
New Maybelline Dream Cushion Fresh Face Liquid Foundation, which is coming in January in eight shades that are $16 each, has the word ?dream? right in the name.

Maybelline Dream Cushion swatches (seven of eight shades): 10 Porcelain, 15 Ivory, 20 Classic Ivory, 30 Warm Nude, 45 Medium Beige, 55 Caramel, 60 Cocoa

I wear shade 45 Medium Beige

Cushion compacts like this one have been over the place lately! When you open the compact, instead of there being a pan of cream or powder, there?s a sponge pre-soaked with liquid foundation. You take a puff applicator, a Beauty Blender or a brush, dab it on the sponge, and then apply that to your face. I haven?t tried many of them yet, but MAC Matchmaster Shade Intelligence Compact is my cushion compact holy grail at the moment. It?s $38 though. It?s lightweight, medium coverage, and it beautifully blurs my pores. And it doesn?t budge on my skin.
But I like Maybelline Dream Cushion as well.

Before (left) and after (right), wearing shade 45 Medium Beige

I definitely like the much lower price, but it doesn?t cover quite as well as the MAC one. It has a more satiny, uber-natural finish, through which I can still see my 40-ish pores an...