MANIC PANIC Dreamtone White Foundation for Goth Makeup - Oil-Free, Full Coverage Liquid Foundation & Skin Toner - White Base for Gothic Makeup, Cosplay & Halloween - Vegan & Cruelty-Free (0.96oz)

This stuff is absolutely FANTASTIC! I shall start off by saying that I am *extremely* pale. For people as white as me, there are only a few cosmetic brands that carry light enough foundation, and they are around $30~$50, or higher. Not an option for me. I am on a very tight budget. So I read the reviews for this, and discovered it is to be mixed with foundation to make it paler. I mix it to about a 50/50 ratio with my foundation, sometimes I do more white toner than foundation when I want to look a little more pale (I love to look very pale). On it's own, it's on the runny side. But it dries to a matte finish, and won't slide around or transfer when you touch it. That can change when mixed with foundation, depending on how your foundation works. Also, it's water based, and not greasy. And it agrees very well with even the oiliest acne prone skin like mine! Not only can it be used with liquid foundation, I even use it with a heavy coverage stick foundation, I just put some of the stick foundation on my face, then I apply the same amount (or more) of the white, and then spread it on my face until it's blended. Then I finish it off with a matte face powder. It ends up looking flawless and very porcelain. It's absolutely lovely! I think it could be used on it's own, I'm not sure since I haven't tried it that way, but it's quite sheer by itself and so I think it would only give a subtle ghostly look, not a stark white look like a white cake makeup. I swear this has saved my life!!!! I love being ghostly white, so simply making do with something too dark was NOT an option. I wanted to find something to help me embrace how pale I am and this has made my wish come true! If you are super pale, BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will not regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

great for lightening foundation, if you want a pure white face I'll give you some tips. this product alone won't do it. You need to layer it on, but not cake it. First get off some peach fuzz off your face, you can use a tinkle razor or whatever razor you want. You can skip this step if you don't like shaving your face, I just personally think looks better since white makeup is super obvious to flaws, so the smoother the surface, the better.Next exfoliate, get off an dry and dead skin off your face and use primer. Next get a white face paint, like mehron or kryolan (it cost like $8), and get a nice base going carry it down the next and cover your ears. If you have long hair put it in a pony tail. Once you have a nice base, it's not going to look perfect. get a tiny bit of this foundation and use a beauty sponge or brush and blend (lightly tap) your face with it, and slowly layer it till it's cover. Don't get impatient and apply too much at once and make sure everything is dry with each coat. So you're not just caking you face in it, if you do it right you'll have a nice even tone without wasting a ton of product.Finally seal it, if you have a white foundation powder I'd recommend using that to help seal and get more coverage. Like the foundation don't use too much and lightly blend it in. Then use a setting spray, I prefer nyx matte setting spray. Now I don't really use white foundation to go out, I occasionally use this method to get a nice even tone of any shade and I do see people thinking of purchasing it to get that pure white slate. This product alone won't do it, but it can help you get it with other products. Like building it up on a mehron paint, mehron tends to be a bit tacky and sticky so it'll help get it to stick the the skin and help you save product.I'd recommend it be in everyone's beauty bag as well as a few bronzers your skin tone, Neutral, Warm, Or Cool. This way you can use this and the bronzer, to make the perfect highlight and contour foundation that matches your skin tone. You can also you a foundation within you skin tone a few shades darker instead of bronzer. Very versatile product whether you need it to help you get that white face paint or just as a foundation lightener.

I waited two weeks to write this review because I wanted to be certain it wouldn't mess up my skin. Thankfully, it hasn't! Phew. New products on my face always make me nervous. With that out of the way, I'm giving the makeup five stars because it works great but the pump stinks.I use it to lighten up my foundation because I am ghostly pale and recently purchased a foundation that was two shades too dark. I hate returning things and was determined to make it work. One part Virgin Dreamtone, one part too dark foundation seems to do the trick. It blends well and doesn't streak or disappear as others have reported. I'm using it with Bare Minerals Serum Foundation & the blending brush from BE. My only complaint is the horrible pump. It splatters the makeup here, there and everywhere. On my arm, on the wall, all over the mirror - pretty much everywhere but on the brush. That thing has way too much power! I stopped using it and unscrew the cap and drip it out that way instead. If it weren't for the terrible pump, I'd be giving it five stars.