No 7 Match Made Service

A couple of weeks ago I saw a video online about a new service which No7 had introduced and apparently had been working on for 3 years! Basically it’s a technique where by the small sensor takes 2 pictures of your jaw line – one either side – and matches your perfect foundation colour. Over the last month or so No7 have had an over hall introducing a lot of new colours into their foundation range and this gadget is designed to help find the right one for you.

I have used No7 foundations before and have found ones that I really liked however more recently I got drawn in by the Rimmel wake me up foundation which I liked the feel and consistency of.  I used a whole bottle of the Rimmel but the second time I purchased it I ended up with a different shade which was too light so when I saw this No7 gismo I jumped at the chance to get matched properly.

Now it wasn’t that I was sceptical about the match service, Ok maybe a little bit. I went to one of my local boots stores a few weeks ago to see if they did it. Now when I spoke to the lady on the counter, she wasn’t really sure what she was doing (she was from the perfume counter not the No7 counter) but gave it a go. She put the machine on my face – with the makeup I already had on (I was wearing No7 BB cream) and told me I was Cool Beige. Something in the back of my mind told me to take a tester pot of the colour – regardless of the fact I was desperate for a foundation. I took it home and tried it and the colour seemed to be ok, not perfect but similar shade.

On Saturday me and mum went into the bigger town where we live which has slightly larger Boots. I went in with the intention of buying the colour that had already been suggested and that I had tested, since it seemed ok. When I was hovering the lady asked me if I was ok and she asked if I was interested in having the foundation testing service done so I thought – why not.

This time the lady sat me down onto one the makeup stools asked me what my skin type was. She then used a toner (for normal/dry skin) to remove the BB Cream which I was again wearing and then used the machine. This time it came out as a Cool Ivory. Then she moisturised (again normal/dry) and primed my face, put the foundation on in the correct colour and then put my blusher and bronzer back on too! The colour was a perfect match. It had a great coverage but you could barely tell I was wearing any foundation! 

I took advance of the 3 for 2 offer which No7 currently had on and got the moisturiser and toner which she used as I haven’t really been happy with my moisturiser recently. Also because I spent so much you get a voucher for £5 off skincare and £3 off makeup which you can use on your next purchase so I will have some fun using those too :)

Have you tried the new colour match service from No7??? Impressed or not?