I’ll start boldly here and say that if you did a blind test with L’Oreal’s Pro Glow foundation and some similar, very expensive foundations (I’ll use Lancome’s Teint Idole here for ease, seeing as though I’ve tested the two out in tandem so many times) then you would be very hard-pushed indeed to tell the difference.
Pro Glow was an instant hit when it launched in the US, prompting a small barrage of emails and messages from people asking me to find out when it would hit the UK. But it didn’t, not for ages, and I’ll admit that I was impatient to try it. The reviews were outstanding, the videos I watched showed a foundation that looked right up my street – non-cakey, a radiant finish and a texture that felt moisturising and comfortable.
I remember feeling the same way about Lancome’s Teint Idole as I do about L’Oreal’s Pro Glow; you can read the full review here, but to pick out the relevant bits I was “won over” by the “gorgeous formula”, writing “it?s one of those high-powered face bases that offers it all ? a youthful glow, a juicy finish and coverage so full that a proper application leaves you looking as though you?ve been given a new skin.”
I really could just copy and paste that section and give it a new title, because Pro Glow seems so similar. L’Oreal rate Pro Glow’s coverage as “medium”, but after a number of comparison experiments ...