Excellent affordable foundations are usually as rare as hen’s teeth – then a load all arrive at once, like bills. No sooner had I emptied a bottle of the outstanding L’Oreal Paris True Match Tinted Serum (£13.99) – at least a dozen of you have stopped me in the outside world, just to tell me that it’s one of your favourite ever column-inspired purchases – than the Body Shop’s new Fresh Nude Foundation (£18) dropped through the letterbox. And what an unexpected joy it is.
Moist, fresh-looking and comfy on all skins (even dry ones), it gives precisely the sort of light-medium coverage I favour: too much for pyjama days, too little for wedding days, but you could get away with either at a push. (Incidentally, the brand describes Fresh Nude as “medium coverage”, which, to my eye, both overstates and undersells it.)
