Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation Thoughts
Hello, beautiful creatures! Today I wanted to share Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation Thoughts with you. I recently purchased this foundation from Rituel de Fille when they launched this as a lab sample release, so this is likely not the final version of the foundation. I paid $34 for this version, but it looks like it will be priced much higher, at $56.
Where to Buy
Rituel de Fille, Ulta, Credo Beauty
About Rituel de Fille
Rituel de Fille is a luxury indie beauty brand founded by three artist sisters in Los Angeles. They create their unique formulas in-house, based on their study and experimentation. Rituel de Fille is certified cruelty-free by Leaping Bunny, the gold standard for cruelty-free beauty, and the ingredients are ethically sourced.
Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation
Rituel de Fille claims that the Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation merges beautifully with your skin for weightless coverage that looks and feels like a part of you. It’s supposed to have a softly diffused, subtly dewy finish in a lightweight liquid.
The hero ingredients in Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation are organic jojoba oil, organic marula oil, organic babassu oil, and frankincense. It says to 1. shake the bottle well before you apply. 2. put just three drops into your hands and warm up the product in your hands. 3. gently press into the skin. I needed twice the amount stated to cover my entire face, but that could be because of my dry skin type.
Thoughts on the Packaging
I’m unsure if this will be the final packaging for the Three Drop Foundation, but if so, it does not feel luxury to me at all. I absolutely will balk at paying a luxury price tag for something that looks similar to the Ordinary Serum foundation bottle, which is like $7 or so. The black packaging with stars that Rituel de Fille uses for their compacts is much prettier to me.
About my Skin Tone
I have a very fair neutral to cool yellow undertone for my skin tone and when exposed to sun I turn a cool yellow olive. I prefer adjustable light to medium coverage and very glowy. Below are my current favorite foundation matches:
- Urban Decay Hydromaniac Tinted Glow Hydrator in 10 Ultra Fair Neutral
- Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Skin Finish Buildable Coverage Foundation Stick in Angel Food
- Milk Makeup Flex Foundation Stick in Porcelain
- Rituel de Fille The Ethereal Veil Conceal and Cover in Nix
- Auric Glow Lust in Morganite 2.0 (v)
- Missha Perfect Cover B.B. Cream in No. 17
My skin concerns are that I have rosacea (which is fairly well managed), serbhorreic dermatitis (managed), a bit of hyperpigmentation and minimal texture/scarring. I have fine lines and want to do my best to minimize them. I’ve seen a few snarky remarks from individuals suggesting I need botox, along with blepharoplasty but I’m not there yet.
See more fair foundation features and comparisons!
Wearing Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation
Eyes:
Smashbox 24 Hour Eye Primer (v)
Aromaleigh Inward Melodies loose eyeshadow
Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Tubing Mascara
Face:
Rituel de Fille Airglow Luminus Hybrid Primer + Balm in Atmosphere
Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation in Nix
Milk Makeup Bionic Glow Illuminating Highlighter in Virtual (v) – as blush
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisture Blush in Soleil – as blush
About Face Light Lock Powder in This Bliss (v)- highlight
Lips:
About Face Matte Fix Lip Pencil in 4Ever Flame (v)
Haus Labs Countess lip powder (discontinued)
Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation Swatch Comparison
I swatched the following glow complexion perfection products and foundations on my skin in a variety of lighting conditions.
- Rituel de Fille Airglow Luminus Hybrid Primer + Balm in Atmosphere
- Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation in Nix
- Rituel de Fille The Ethereal Veil Conceal and Cover in Nix
- Rituel de Fille The Ethereal Veil Conceal and Cover in Galatea
- Pacifica Alight Clean Foundation in 40NF (v) (on sale for 50% off right now)(thank you to my friend Aggressive Teaspoon for this sample!)
- Auric Glow Lust in Morganite 2.0 (v)
- Milk Flex Foundation Stick in Porcelain (v)
- Missha Perfect Cover B.B. Cream in No. 17
- Canmake Creamy Foundation Stick in No. 3
Color Match
The shade Nix in the Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation is an excellent match for my very fair neutral to cool yellow olive skin tone, in my humble opinion.
Final Thoughts
Overall, I really enjoy the Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation in Nix. I feel that the color matches me perfectly, I do feel it emphasizes fine lines by my eyes and I wish it had a bit more of a glow to it. Other than that, I think it is absolutely lovely. I personally would only purchase this if it continues to be in the $34 range going forward, or wait until there was at least a 20% off sale, as I feel the $50+ price tag is too high.
It is very comfortable on the skin, especially when paired with the Luminous Balm. I’m not sure if I should try a different primer near my eyes to help minimize the fine lines.
What do you think of the new Rituel de Fille Luminous Elixir Three Drop Foundation? I’d love to hear from you!
Personal Note
On a very personal note, I am struggling to find the time and energy to create content for my blog and YouTube. I have plenty of ideas (and I’ve swatched and taken tons of photos I need to process), but the constant online harassment and stalking I’m dealing with is extremely draining, as is my day job. I hope to find a day job better suited to my needs in a few months. I’m tired of feeling like I only have the energy to survive. If I didn’t work out an hour before work and an hour after work I would be in much worse shape. This is why I didn’t even celebrate my 14th blog anniversary on May 14.
Upcoming content I have planned:
- My favorite bold pink lipsticks (requested by my sweet friend Kari)
- My entire gel nail polish collection swatches (requested by several nail addict friends 🙂 )
- Game Beauty Adventure Palette (pr)
- Game Beauty Elemental Pearl Dendro (pr)
- Sydney Grace Co New Release (pr)
- About Face Makeup Haul talk and try on
- Ulta Marvel Thor Valkyrie Palette
- 3 Favorite Tubing Mascaras
- Several new manicure posts
- New fast way to apply full cover tips featuring Daily Charme
- Daily Charme Love and Haul
- Sugarpill Palettes (C3, Anniversary, Fun Size)
- Melt Gemini II palette
- Blend Bunny Surge Palette
Last thing I want to mention, both Lime Crime and About Face have dropped their prices significantly and are worth checking out. I’m dying for Lime Crime to create more Plushie Glows. I’m still on a very low buy because that’s all my budget allows. However, if there are things you want me to check out, please be sure to let me know in the comments! I love hearing from you and miss you! I still pop into the Phyrra Hex Squad group daily to see your beautiful makeup looks and talk about beauty.
Interesting!
The gall! The fact that those trolls do it to be caustic and cruel…I doubt they even believe what they say. Especially since what they say is so obviously not true. Your skin is enviable. Your looks are creative but approachable. Your swatches are comprehensive. You are brave as well. And that’s not just because I covet standard poodles!
Who TF thinks it’s okay to tell someone they need Botox/plastic surgery of any kind?! Never mind, like you said, “Keyboard warriors.” Your skin and hair *ARE* gorgeous because you take care of yourself. I think people have been conditioned from a young age to have body dysmorphia (or maybe it’s just human dysmorphia.) I appreciate what you post, and hope you continue to do so for as long as you like, but also don’t wear yourself out to get stuff posted.
Thank you! I’m doing the best I can, putting out content when I can.
Hi.
I’ve been hanging around fir a while, but never posted.
Your mentioning of people saying you need botox and surgery is just envy and this weird need to be mean to others in the safety of anonymity of the internet. Don’t let them get you down,
I’ll never understand this need to say mean things that they’d never have the guts to say to ones face.
I would probably be a crying heap on the floor, but I’m stupidly sensitive. 🙂
Don’t force yourself to create content if you feel tired, worn out after a day at the day job. Take care and tend to the blog when you feel the inspiration.
I hope you’ll get a new day job soon.
Wow, the difference between the swatch and it applied to your face is wild! It looks so much darker than the other Nix. Is the formula just sheer? A similar bottle (and maybe formula) would be the Kett Hydro foundation. They have olive and rosy tones AND it’s actually $30. Possible dupe?
The liquid formula is definitely more sheer. To me, the liquid is a nice mix between the Nix and Galatea shades. The Nix shade often blends seamlessly into my neck and chest. My face, with the surface redness, if I want to spot conceal I use the Galatea. I like to mix the two of them. I’ll have to check out the Kett Hydro foundation. THANK YOU for that recommendation.
I definitely think the way the 3 drop is more sheer helps it to blend seamlessly with my face neck and chest.
This foundation looks lovely on you! I always love the lists with foundations & shades that do work for you, it makes it easier to compare and/or get ideas of what to try.
Botox? I feel people push Botox, fillers, chemical and surgical procedures at increasingly younger ages. It’s wonderful to take care of our skin, and we all want to look our best, but we are all getting older.
If Botox and fillers or whatever else are what someone wants, I’ll be the first in line to cheer them on. But no one should ever be made to feel like they have to do it, be pressured to do it. Do what makes YOU happy and let others do the same.
Happy belated blog anniversary!
Thanks Cin! Sending you love and hugs.
it looks great on you. I would worry abt my skin with all of the oils, which tend to break out my skin. i think you look just as beautiful bare faced as you do with this make up. you have beautiful skin.
Thank you so much Sandy!
I’d love for the snarks to post pictures of their faces in close up. That would show the truth and how great your skin is!
You know how keyboard warriors are. They say things like this that they would never have the guts to say to you face to face. I get so many compliments on my skin and hair in real life that I know they look gorgeous. Thank you! Sending you hugs Marcia!