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Home » Face » Primer » Review: Shu Uemura UV Underbase Fluid SPF20 – Beige

Review: Shu Uemura UV Underbase Fluid SPF20 – Beige

October 19, 2009 Paris B 18 Comments

Many of us might be familiar with the Shu Uemura UV Underbase in the mousse formula. Its one of their bestsellers. And we know brands don’t tinker with their bestsellers unless they can come up with something better.

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Shu Uemura thinks they have with the new UV Under Base Fluid SPF 20. Like the mousse formula base, this is a makeup base you use under foundation. The concept is therefore the same – Sunscreen and makeup base in one. However, I am picky so I always use my own higher SPF sunscreen anyway as part of my regular skincare routine and apply this one over my sunscreen/skincare before makeup.

The texture is fluid as the name implies and it actually reminds me a lot of the L’Oreal UV Perfect tinted sunscreen – to me, its got the same texture; and not the silicone texture of most makeup primers. As a sunscreen however, I think its a little lacking.

As a makeup base, its pretty decent. The one I have is Beige which is slightly tinted. It also comes in Pink (brightening) and Medium Beige tones. I’d say it should suit most shades of skin because once you apply it on your skin, it blends right in without adding too much colour.

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Mine’s in Beige which is quite light and goes on translucent. So, there is next to no coverage at all of any blemishes… not that its supposed to. When I apply my foundation over it, it does help the foundation stay on longer. That said, I don’t usually have a problem of foundation sliding around on my skin so perhaps I’m not the best person to comment.

What I particularly liked about this is that because its fluid it does not feel dry on my skin. The mousse Under Base felt a little drying on my combination-dry skin but this fluid feels much better. So if you have oily skin, go for the mousse but if you have normal-combination skin, go for the fluid.

I do have one negative comment about packaging. When I opened my bottle of UV Under Base Fluid for the first time, it spurted everywhere. I don’t know if its just pressure in the bottle but whenever I tip it over, it drips out of the nozzle too. So you have to make sure the cap is properly closed and preferably store it standing upright, if you don’t want base makeup all over your makeup bag.

The Shu Uemura UV Under Base Fluid SPF20 retails for RM135/28g RM98/28g (price was dropped after I got my information 🙂 ) Its very fluid so you don’t have to use very much. As I’m particular about the amount of sunscreen I use on my skin you can expect that this will be additional to my existing sunscreen and not a replacement.

Pros: Light texture, Not dying on the skin, Good makeup base

Cons: Insufficient to use alone as sunscreen

Have you tried this one? How about the original UV Underbase in the mousse texture? Do you like it?

Stay beautiful,

Paris B

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  1. Julianne says

    October 19, 2009 at 9:53 am

    ehmm… this’s a bit too pricey i guess… Shu does have a lot of gems 🙂

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    • ParisB says

      October 19, 2009 at 11:04 am

      Hi Julianne

      Actually its not all that pricey if you think of it as a makeup base and less of a sunscreen. I’d the price is on par with most department store makeup 🙂

      Reply
  2. Sue says

    October 19, 2009 at 11:01 am

    I have only tried the mousse one. This looks interesting. But it sure does pricey, I think a little more expensive than the mousse one? hm..

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      October 19, 2009 at 11:05 am

      Hi Sue

      Actually I believe its the same price 🙂

      Reply
  3. erin says

    October 19, 2009 at 11:22 am

    Interesting. I still have two bottles of the Shu mousse base, but I’ll try this out soon. =)

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    • ParisB says

      October 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm

      Hi Erin

      Do let us know how it work for you 🙂

      Reply
  4. bleusnow says

    October 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    I have tried the mousse one and weirdly, I seriously do not really like it as I should. I find my skin gets oilier, and it deoxisidise on me?? (I look darker a few hours later).
    Don’t know why but after a few times of usage, I chucked it aside. 🙁

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    • ParisB says

      October 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm

      Hi Bleusnow

      It oxidises? Aww… I wouldn’t expect it to.

      Reply
  5. Corinne says

    October 19, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Hi Paris,

    I just wanted to point out that the price of the product is RM95 and not RM135.

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    • ParisB says

      October 21, 2009 at 5:05 pm

      Hi Corinne

      Thanks for the correction. It was RM135 in the press release and I’m told they have just dropped the price to RM98 🙂

      Reply
  6. Jamilla Camel says

    October 19, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    ooh! I will have to try this out! Thanks for the review!!

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      October 21, 2009 at 5:05 pm

      You’re welcome Jamilla!

      Reply
  7. Jess says

    October 19, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    Hmm.. but it doesnt cover blemishes!

    Reply
    • ParisB says

      October 21, 2009 at 5:05 pm

      Hi Jess

      I don’t think its meant to cover blemishes – more of to act as a primer and/or sunscreen 🙂

      Reply
  8. mimi says

    October 20, 2009 at 9:47 am

    The SA at KLCC tried both mousse and fluid on my face. I can’t see much difference but she told me the fluid showed flakes on my skin (due to dry skin). It was sold out last Friday at Pavilion.

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    • ParisB says

      October 21, 2009 at 5:06 pm

      Hi mimi

      Aww… sorry it didn’t work out for you.

      Reply
  9. Fiona says

    October 22, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Hey!

    I was wondering, do you happen to have the ingredients list to this product?

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply

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