I’ve been back on the foundation testing train (first scheduled stop, Dior’s new Forever Perfect Mousse, toot-toot!) but before I hit you with a slew of in-depth reviews, let’s talk about the chunky brush I’ve been applying my bases with for the past few months.
Earlier this year Rodial launched a set of very, very pigmented foundations called Airbrush Makeup* and the Airbrush Foundation Brush* is their purpose-built application tool. Its incredibly dense and chunky brush head gives – as you’d hope from the name – a flawless, airbrushed finish. The brush is also very good looking, which is why I think that it attracts so many comments and questions every time I feature it – the sleek black styling is chic and luxurious, the shape of the brush head looks very professional. I actually don’t love the Airbrush foundations themselves; I find them a little too pigmented to work with, even when diluted and sheered out with a few drops of oil, as suggested in the instructions. If you want a very buildable base that’s more the consistency of a concealer than a foundation then you might get on well with it – just make sure to use a tiny bit of product at a time and work carefully. It’s not the sort of foundation you can just bash on in thirty seconds before you rush out of the door, it needs more of a considered approach. Which isn’t particularly my forté, I’ll admit!

The brush, however, is tot...