

I've used Dermalogica Precleanse, SK-II cleansing oil and even olive oil, and they all removed the foundation really well. Because of such coverage, it really does stick to your skin. You really need much stronger cleanser and oil-based pre-cleanser. Using makeup removers (wet tissue) won't clean this foundation. But then I realized that this happened because I change my cleanser (Olay Total Effect cleanser) which cleanse really poorly and also because I didn't used any oil-based pre-cleanser to take my makeup off. When I first used this, probably after a year I started to have breakout from this.

The smell is a bit like a paint, which I don't really mind anyway. I've tried Estee Lauder Double Wear and Shiseido and its too thick, Clinique foundation make me looked washout and chalky and Dior foundation which is good but this gave a dewy/shiny finish (I preferred semi-matte) and not enough coverage for me.This covers everything really well and most of the time I don't need any concealer along with this.

Even though I don't have much experience with high brand foundation but I've tried several sample of high-end foundation but nothing compared to this. I loved liquid foundation because it gave more coverage, easy application and last longer than the compact or loose powder. Luckily, the foundation loved me too.haha. After few months of being indecisive and frequent visit to Mac counter, I finally bought the fluid version. I read so many mixed review on this foundation that occasionally make me back off from buying it. Before this, I used only drugstore brand such as Maybelline, L'oreal and Revlon. I've been an avid user of Mac Studio Fix foundation since 4 years ago.
