M.A.C. Face and Body Foundation

I've been eyeing M.A.C. foundations for quite a while now but due to their price (and the fact that I currently have 100€ invested in Bare Minerals foundations that I am reasonably happy with) I was reluctant to go hit-and-miss online ordering spree.

So it wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I finally got a chance to match them at a store.
And this is where the first disappointment came: I was set on buying a product with SPF, however none of their SPF foundation lines came with shade light enough to be a match for me.
Only near match (still a bit too dark to be perfect) was lightest Face and Body, C1.

I pondered on the implications for a bit, but decided that since I use SPF30 moisturizer and have a translucent SPF15 touch-up veil coming my way, I could give it a go.

I wore it Monday through Thursday and I was absolutely in love.
Faux-tanned a shade and a bit shinier than usual, but the texture was absolutely lovely. I wasn't too happy about the smell which was quite intensive and - I think - help for quite a while, but gods, my skin looked so good, and with sheer coverage only, too!
It didn't keep my oily skin in check at all, however blotting did work (albeit I had to do it more often than with a powder foundation) and the overall appearance was kind of working and I was generally extremely pleased.

Until I got to wash it off that is.
Washing it off was not a walk in the park either, my usual powder foundation comes off easily with gentle Body Shop Aloe Face Wash, M.A.C. - not so much. Not a problem of course, I had a Camomile Waterproof Make-up Remover (also Body Shop; more precisely meant for eyes and lips, but I use it as general remover). But underneath I though I saw my blackheads got sort of a boost... I could swear I saw new big ones that was not there in the morning. Not something I wanted to see during my No-squeeze challenge of course.

By Thursday my blackheads got so annoying that I failed the challenge :(
I decided to go back to Bare Minerals on Friday and improvement was quite obvious after just one day.
This is a huge disappointment for me, especially because of how great M.A.C. made my complexion look.
I will definitely keep the bottle and maybe use it for those special occasions. I might also give it another try - I have not found a single user review complaining about M.A.C. face and Body being comedogenic to anyone else, so maybe if I calm down my skin some more, this could work. Hopefully.