Have you ever wondered how celebrities get that perfect, flawless finish to their makeup? It’s probably the result of a makeup artist using an airbrush system. Now, thanks to home systems, you can airbrush your makeup, too. I was given the opportunity to try the Luminess Air Pro Beauty Airbrush Makeup System recently and am glad I did. Read on for my thoughts.
The Luminess Air Pro Beauty Airbrush System that I tested came in a silver case containing a compressor, stylus, instructional DVD, 4 shades of foundation so that you can “custom blend” your perfect shade, a primer, blush, bronzer and luminizer. Before starting, I completely read the instruction booklet and watched the techniques demonstrated on the DVD. I then selected my shade of foundation (Ultra-Fair 3, which looks to be a light-medium), filled the stylus to the correct level….and nothing. I rechecked everything to make sure I had followed the directions exactly (I did). It appeared that I had a defective stylus.
I contacted the PR represenative that had sent out the system and within days I had a new stylus. Much better! I will say that there is definitely an art to airbrushing and it takes patience and perseverance to get a truly good result. Because the foundation is water-based, I found that using the primer gave more “grab” to the formula and helped achieve a better finish.
Overall, I liked the results I obtained, and the fact that you can custom blend your own foundation color, but to be honest, it’s a time issue for me. I definitely noticed that practice makes perfect and the better and more comfortable I get with airbrushing, the faster it goes. But in reality, I’d probably use airbrushing more for special occasions than daily makeup application.
The Luminess Air Pro Beauty Airbrush Makeup System retails at $295 and is available for purchase at HSN and LuminessAir.com.
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I really like mine too! I just wish that I had more time to use it. The more I play with it, the better I get, and I think that eventually I would be all crazy with contours and bronzer and such!
I’m expecting my Luminess System to arrive any day now & I’m excited! My only question is: Can you use ANY foundation in the system or just the Luminess brand?
I would think as long as it was a water-based foundation, it would be ok, as the consistency is thinner and wouldn’t clog the stylus, but I’d recommend calling Customer Service just to be sure. Let me know how you like it!
I got Luminess Air and I want to use my Covergirl Foundation in the machine. My foundation Ive been using has a ok color, and its cheap. Luminess Foundation is very thin so maybe if I water down the covergirl foundation? Luminess foundation is exspensive and you gotta wait few weeks just to get more. Im probley going to go up to Ulta and search for a thin foundation that will work. I love my Luminess Air machine, but their foundation is wrong colors, and the customer service guy I was trying to tell, he wanted to know my color and was asking who’s skin I have, Nicole Kidman or Linsay Lohan? Im like I have no freekin clue!?
i think i shoulda bought the tanning system from luminess and put foundation in that 1 and used it that way. maybe it woulda worked a lil better and i could use it multiple ways. so b4 buying it, definitly consider it. I tried to tan with the makeup machine and it works but its harder to do because its spraying a smaller area. if i got the tanning one i coulda did my entire face 1 spray, lol. ya know??!!
I’ve never used anything but the Luminess foundation in the unit….sorry. You might want to check with Luminess Customer Service before to make sure that using a different product in the machine doesn’t invalidate your warranty. Good luck!