So here’s the deal: I’ve worn the Flower Beauty Light Illusion Foundation every single day for two weeks. It’s great stuff. The only reason I don’t have it on today is that I was travelling and needed to keep the weight of my makeup bag down – my laptop alone weighs the same as a Shetland Pony and I don’t need to be carting about an extra tonne in cosmetics. The Light Illusion Foundation comes in a heavy glass bottle – lovely and luxe-feeling, but about twenty times the weight of my current Affordable Foundation Champion, L’Oreal’s Infallible Pro Glow.
I tell you what though, Flower Beauty give L’Oreal a run for their money with this softly luminous, right-side-of-dewy face base. It’s just as glowy – in fact it perhaps has a teensy bit of added glossiness – and it’s also alcohol free. Perhaps because of that it’s not quite as light in feel as Pro Glow, but for those who constantly crave a rich butteryness in anything that touches their face, it’s incredibly pleasing. (Cheat’s trick: layering on an intense hyaluronic serum (the one from Institut Estherderm is amazing) and then Darphin’s 8 Flower Nectar Oil Cream beneath your base will make any foundation feel like the world’s most plumptious. And if you want less coverage but with the same juicy texture then Clinique’s Even Better Glow is gorgeous.)

Flower Beauty is the brainchild of Drew Barrymore, who ...