Natural, Flawless, Light Weight

I have never been the person to purchase expensive make up since I don't wear make up everyday. When I do wear make up I try to go for a very natural look. The day I purchased this I walked into the Armani section with the intention of buying some sort of lip color. 15 minutes later I had a face full of make up and looked flawless - totally buying into everything the make-up guru, Ivan, was telling me. I walked away with pretty much everything he put on my face, including the Crema Nuda Tinted Cream. Since I don't wear make up everyday I am not sure if my skin has truly reaped all of the benefits it has to offer, but I am optimistic. What I love most about wearing this cream is how light weight it is. I mix it with a little lotion and apply all over my face, then ill mix it with the Armani liquid bronzer to do a little contouring. When I wear it I have an even skin tone, natural glow, and yet I can still see my freckles which gives me that natural look. I have dry and slightly oily skin and this cream has not made me break out. « less

- Nordstrom

Cakey Patchy Mess :(

Received 4 different shade samples of Giorgio Armani Face Fabric foundation and was looking forward to loving, as I am in love with their Luminous Silk foundation. I am 41 with combination skin. Most foundations apply nicely and melt well into my skin, just a matter of finding the right shade and coverage. Luckily I tested this foundation while at home for the day, still nothing I attempted seemed to help.I prepped before application with my regular skin care routine and products: clean skin, toner, eye serum, eye cream, moisturizing serum, then moisturizer. Allowed time for these products to sink in, then sprayed Smashbox’s Primer Water. On the left side of my face I lightly applied Tatcha Silk Canvas in small areas where my pores are larger to see if the two would work well together. After waiting about 5 mins, I then applied the Face Fabric foundation. At first I was very impressed by the velvety soft texture and smooth coverage. It glided nicely over my skin so I kept going. After applying with my fingers, I lightly applied a damp beauty blender to blend and melt. All appeared lovely at this point.I applied concealer, set my under eye area, then applied blush, highlighter, and lip gloss. Within this time I noticed the foundation starting to break up, especially on the side where I applied Tatcha Silk Canvas… my skin did not look like smooth fabric or silk. I then spritzed Tarte’s 4 in 1 setting mist and used the beauty blender to melt the foundation, which works extremely well with my other foundations. This helped a bit but only temporarily. After about 10 mins the foundation began to cake in a few other areas, on both sides of my face. I tried spritzing more this time with Caudalie’s Beauty Elixir. Again this helped temporarily but the cake like and dry patch texture reappeared. So disappointing. I initially thought this was a winner. There are so many other less expensive yet better light coverage foundations to choose from. « less

- Sephora

Insanely expensive, but I still purchased

This product is insanely expensive. The only way I could justify the expense was because of the size of the jar and the effect it had on my skin, plus I don't use a moisturizer with it. I receive a generous sample of the cream and wore it for a week. You don't need a separate moisturizer with this unless you're super dry. Just make sure to exfoliate well first. The cream doesn't cover broken capillaries or anything like that, but it evens out the skin, blurs imperfections and doesn't emphasize fine lines. It has a fragrance as many expensive creams do, but it didn't bother me. Even with the high dimethcone content, this didn't break me out at all. I'm usually sensitive to heavy silicone foundations. This product is different. It's creamy without being oily, and blends into your skin just like a regular face cream. It leaves a slightly matte yet glowing finish. I still use concealer for problem areas, but this can be built up a bit if needed. The sample I received was #2 light glow. It matched well, but was slightly too pink. I purchased this in #1 nude glow which is the same depth of tone, but more neutral than #2. I could easily wear either shade. I'm about a 2 (maybe slightly darker right now) in luminous silk. #1 isn't quite as warm as 2 in lsf. It's a bit more neutral. These look dark in the jar, but don't worry - they blend right in when applied. This doesn't give as much coverage as luminous silk. I like this for everyday wear and luminous silk for special occasions when I want a more flawless look. I have pretty good skin, and crema nuda is great for the finishing touch. Try to sample before paying the exorbitant price. I think my jar will last a long time, I saved my sample sized jar to scoop some into for travel. The jar is way to heavy for that. « less

- Nordstrom

Groundbreaking

Anyone remember the almost invisible "melty-ness" of Chanel's tinted veil "Hydramax + Active Teinte"? Overall, this is an improved product - it's REALLY almost impossible to see the product on the skin **in the sun**, less glowing (truly natural finish), better coverage. But this one lasts hours and hours looking exactly the same all day - I've never known a product to literally last all day! Where have you been all my life?!I called Cindi at Nordstrom Bellevue's Chanel counter; she'd put other really useful products in my hands before. I'd seen the ads and wanted to try this product. I lean toward fair and Cindi advised #3 for my skin based upon the Chanel product I'd been using. I would have tried the lighter 1 or 2, but as I recall they leaned into the pink family.So long as you get the tone right, (gold or pinky) there's a wide window of light/dark skins each color will truly work on. Again; very unique product. It does not visually "stick" in my pores like most products do. It is not quite as hydrating as the Chanel Active Teinte, but it has a more truly natural finish to it, and stays that way literally all day.Very dry skin; everything seems to sap moisture from my skin. Nose oily. This stuff seems to even it all out; what I do know is it lasts just as long on the more oily areas as it does on the super dry - how IS this possible?I do use concealer with this, as it's very very sheer. I could probably use more coverage if I was trying to shake down the look, but I like this so much I just don't see using anything else; I'm awesome enough the way I am with just a smidge tweaked :) « less

- Nordstrom

Great for mature skin

I have 60 plus year old, dry and sensitive skin. My coloring is NW 15-20. It's so hard to find foundations that are moisturizing, don't look cakey and hold up throughout the day. The Crema Nuda hits all the marks. I usually can never get a decent color match with GA foundations as they tend to look yellow on me. However, the 02 Light Glow is a great match and melds nicely with my skin. I put this foundation on with my fingers and then use a kabuki brush with a tad more to blend in. The finish is super natural glow without looking shiny. With the radiant or glow foundations, I find that they just disappear rather quickly. Not so with the Crema Nuda. I do need to blot and powder my nose during the day which is typical for me. The foundation does hold up pretty well over the course of the work day. I find the coverage to be light but buildable to medium. I initially bought this in the travel pump as I though it would be more stable and less likely to get contaminated. The pump has a hard time as the Crema Nuda is so thick. So I did buy a backup jar and will fill a smaller jar to use daily. Not only does this look lovely, it feels lovely to the touch. And my skin feels soft and moisturized when I remove it. My only gripe with this is no sunscreen. I guess in one way that's good as I am sensitive to chemical sunscreens and only use the physical sunscreens. That's a whole different topic trying to find a decent sunscreen. Sigh. I highly recommend this for mature or dry skin. « less

- Nordstrom