Cushion Foundation

Cushion foundation is a makeup format, not a serum. You press a puff into a soaked sponge inside a compact and tap coverage onto the face—usually sheerer than a liquid bottle, with a skin-like finish that is easy to touch up from a bag.

• Shade match in outdoor and indoor clips; cushions oxidize and can look pinker or yellower than the pan.
• Coverage after two pats versus a third layer, because buildable is not the same as full-coverage concealer.
• Whether a refill is sold separately, and if the puff is included and replaceable.

If you want a bottle you pour, this is the wrong aisle. If you want a compact that lives in a tote and a finish that still looks like skin, compare undertone first, then how the puff lays product around the nose and mouth.