Does Hung Vanngo’s New Viral Foundation Work on Dry and Oily Skin? 2 Cosmo Editors Tried It

When a new foundation comes across my desk, I immediately turn to Cosmo editor Jasmine Hyman to ask if she’s tried it yet. We usually have pretty different tastes in makeup products; she has dry skin, and I have oily skin. But in essence, we look for the same things. Every product we test has to be suitable for acne-prone skin, firstly. But we also look for medium coverage, a lightweight feel, and a seamless blend that doesn’t look too much like makeup.So when Hung Vanngo, the master makeup artist behind Selena Gomez and Anne Hathaway’s flawless glows, launched his new foundation, the Red Carpet Skin Luminous Foundation, we both were eager to try it out.About the foundationKey ingredientsDimethicone, niacinamide, squalane, hyaluronic acidShades38FinishNaturalHung Vanngo’s first foundation is described as a serum formula that aims to deliver long-wear, medium-to-full coverage and a blurred, softly radiant finish. The liquid formula includes hyaluronic acid and squalane to help hydrate skin, as well as niacinamide to soothe. There’s also a film-forming polymer that’s designed to blur skin and increase longevity.The range of 38 shades is pretty impressive, but Vanngo took an interesting approach. He focused on depth first, making sure there was a wide range between the lightest and the deepest. But every shade is “neutral by design,” he says on the website, in an effort to make shade matching easier. Obviously, not everyone’s skin tone is neutral, though, so some shades are “slightly” golden or cool. To choose your shade, pick one of the eight tones (fair, light, light medium, medium, medium deep, deep rich, and rich), and within each of these is a handful of options depending on depth.Now that our team has tested it for two weeks, here are our full reviews:Beth Gillette, 29, oily skin I haven’t worn a full-coverage foundation all summer, so when this landed on my desk, I wasn’t sure. After months of lightweight skin tints and blurring tinted sunscreens, the thought of a thick, heavy liquid on my face sent a shiver down my spine. But I knew I’d be heading to the WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago and would want a more full-glam makeup look, so I decided to take this home and test it out. To my surprise, it ended up coming with me on three back-to-back trips as my only foundation.Beth Gillette/CosmopolitanWearing shade 8, for reference.This is easily the most lightweight formula I’ve used in a long time. Yet it provides a shocking amount of coverage. It’s medium upon first application, but one more thin layer will bring it up to full coverage. The liquid applies seamlessly with a brush, but I’ve sheered out the coverage with a damp sponge too.Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.Although the product is called a “luminous foundation,” I’d definitely call the finish natural. There’s a slight radiance (it’s definitely not matte), but it’s not overly glowy either. As an oily skin person, I love this. It looks like a perfected version of my skin—not too heavy, but not so light that it’s just a glorified skin tint.Beth Gillette/CosmopolitanMy makeup eight hours later—even though my eyeshadow has faded, my skin still looks blurred and fresh.What I really love is the longevity. These days, I want a true foundation mostly so I don’t have to touch up throughout the day. And this easily takes me from day to night. After a full eight hours at the office, including commuting in NYC August humidity, my foundation is still fully there. There’s no subtle fading around my mouth or jawline where makeup usually disappears, and nothing has settled into lines or dry patches. The fact that I can wear this for such a long time immediately made it a favorite.Jasmine Hyman, 26, dry skinI’m a certified foundation hater, which is a crazy thing for a beauty editor to say. But the makeup-averse contingent among us does exist! I prefer my skincare to do the work of creating a glowy, smooth base, adding some concealer and, at most, a skin tint. But when I saw the email come in for this new launch a few weeks back, the words red carpet and luminous definitely caught my eye—especially since the only foundation I actually enjoy wearing is Armani’s celeb-loved Luminous Silk.Jasmine Hyman/CosmopolitanUsing shade 10 for reference.As someone with super-dry skin, I need my foundation to keep my flakiness at bay while covering up my blemishes and dark under-eyes. Upon my first wear, I used way more of the formula than necessary. It was too full-coverage and felt heavy on my sensitive skin, but after hearing Beth rave about it, I gave it another go, complete with skin prep and a dewy primer.Jasmine Hyman/CosmopolitanFour hours later.I used a little more than a pea-size amount and blended it in with a brush, and that’s when the magic really happened. A little bit of this truly goes a long way, and I’m left with a blemish-free finish. I topped it off with some concealer and blush, and it survived a 90-degree, humid night in New York, complete with a sweaty subway ride. I even forgot to spritz on setting spray, and it held up pretty damn well.Why trust Cosmopolitan? Beth Gillette is the beauty editor at Cosmopolitan with eight years of experience researching, writing, and editing hair, makeup, nail, and fragrance stories. For this review, she and assistant beauty editor Jasmine Hyman tested the Hung Vanngo Beauty foundation for two weeks to see how it fared on two different skin types.Beth Gillette is the beauty editor at Cosmopolitan, where she covers skincare, makeup, hair, nails, and more across digital and print. She can generally be found in bright eyeshadow furiously typing her latest feature or hemming and hawing about a new product you "have to try." Prior to Cosmopolitan, she wrote and edited beauty content as an Editor at The Everygirl for four years. Follow her on Instagram for makeup selfies and a new hair 'do every few months.