Why isn’t it working?

What are you seeing?

• PillingSmall rolls or balls of product lift off as you blend, or appear when you touch your face.
• SeparationThe base splits into islands or slides off the high points, showing bare skin between.
• PatchinessThe base clings in some places and disappears in others, often around dry areas.
• CreasingProduct collects in a line — under the eye, at the smile line, or across the forehead.
• CakinessThe finish reads as a thick surface rather than skin, and looks worse in daylight than in the mirror.
• Shade changes after dry-downExpectedThe base looked plausible when first applied and later reads darker, warmer, orange or muddy.
• Ashy or grayExpectedThe face reads gray, dusty or lighter than the neck — especially in photographs.
• Poor wearIt starts well and is simply gone — faded, thin or absent — long before the day is.
• Shine breaking throughOil returns through the base, usually first at the nose and forehead.
• TransferIt comes off on collars, phones, masks or hands.
• Flashback in photosYou look fine in the mirror and white, gray or ghostly with flash.
• Texture emphasizedPores, flakes or fine texture look more visible with the base on than without it.
• Streaky applicationVisible lines or edges where product was placed, that will not blend away.
• Lip color bleedingColor travels into the lines around the mouth, or wears away from the center first.
• Mascara transferringGray marks under the eye or on the lid within a few hours.

In your log marks a failure you have actually recorded on the Wear desk, with the share of days and the hour it usually starts. Expected marks one your profile predicts — skin, climate, coverage and depth — which you may never have seen. Both are hints, and neither is a diagnosis; a thing that happened simply outranks a thing that might.