studio fix liquid problems...

[Raerae]

Thats what the concelor stick is for

[gigiproductions]

i love this foundation..i use the 190 then buff with the 109

[litlaur]

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Originally Posted by BabyFu18

If you use such a small amount, the 1/2 pea thing, will you be able to cover scars or marks, etc.? It seems like with such a little bit of foundation to start with that the coverage would be sheer and cover nothing if it's spread out so much.

I also use a small amount all over my face, then I go back with a concealer brush and pat on red areas, zits, etc...for thicker coverage

I've just never found a concealer I liked, so this works really well for me.

[Tessigrl]

I just got this yesterday. I was a little skepticle about going in the NW colors as I've always worn NC15. I must say that this foundation is my new favorite. I dotted it on and then blended with the 187 and then sprayed some fix+ and then used the sheer select loose powder and I love the way my skin looks today. Of course I am curiose to see how it looks when I get home from work. I usually use BE foundation, but I think this is my new favorite

[Trax]

Yeah I usually wear an NC20 in all my MAC foundations (Full Coverage, Select, Hyper Real) and it was way too yellow for me, so I'm an NW20 in Studio Fix Liquid, but I do love the color, it's perfect for me.

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Originally Posted by Sanne

this is not the most flattering pic of me hahah buit this shows how yellow the nc20 foundation was on me, I can't believe that I didn't see it, even though it was night and there was no natural light...I mean come on!!!

now I have nw20, and to be honoust, i like the color!!

I'm going to post my fotd in a sec, and you can see that nw20 still is kinda yellow on me...weird...

[giz2000]

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Originally Posted by lara

*shrug*

MAC foundations run to the extremes, unfortunately. Mixing them to create wearable colours is just a reality, unless you're really hot on looking like a tangerine or your skin tone is heavily slanted towards yellow or pink.

Totally agree...sometimes you have to mix more than 1 color to get a shade that matches your skin tone...as an MA, my big thing, more than anything else, is that the foundation match perfectly. I myself am in between shades and ended up mixing NW 25 and NC 20 to get my color...

[shabdebaz]

I am really loving this foundation. I think it's my new fave. I have been an NC30 in all of MAC's foundations/powders and I am still an NC30 with the Studio Fix Fluid. I know that a lot of people are moving up and down with their colours though. I put it on using the #190 brush and that's it! I don't set it with powder and I love the way it still looks hours later. The coverage is amazing.

[vivsha]

wow, there are such great instructions on how to use this! i bought this in nc37 and i am NC40 otherwise. would i be able to use my prescriptives bronzer brush instead of 187?

[MACreation]

I was told by my only male MAC mua that it has to do with the monthly cycle.

[as_cute_as_pie]

i like this foundation
i use nw15 and sometimes in some light i look far too orange and just yuck but then in different light in a different room i look v pale
its strange
this foundation is hell for my nose, ive had problems with a bumpy nose ever since i was 11/12 and plastered on make up for theatre and wore it for hours and hours
so i apply a diff foundation for my nose
but everywhere else its fine

[lovemetodeath]

I'm not sure about this foundation yet, somedays i love it, others i hate it. The only other foundation i have used was select spf in NC25, but as it got to winter i went to get the SFF and was colormatched for NC15. I use the 188 brush for best effect (i don;t have a 187 yet) and am pretty pleased with the coverage and finish and it's lasting quality's but I'm also dubious about the colour. I think if i go up it's going to look too orange but the NC15 makes me look very pale, maybe i need to mix the colours too. At the moment i just use a bronzer to warm me up a bit.

I've been trying some other foundations including colorstay in buff, clinique repairwear in bare buff, and prescriptives flwaless skin in cream. The colorsatay makes me look even sicker, and the clinique and prescriptives are a little too dark but i can get away with them.

[giz2000]

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Originally Posted by BabyFu18

If you use such a small amount, the 1/2 pea thing, will you be able to cover scars or marks, etc.? It seems like with such a little bit of foundation to start with that the coverage would be sheer and cover nothing if it's spread out so much.

A small amount will cover...you need to blend it to death and then spot apply (lightly) on any areas that need additional coverage...you don't want to go for the spackled look...

[Sushi_Flower]

I love this foundation but NC42 is just that little bit too light for me. I do not want to sit and mix shades every morning, my makeup application takes too much time as it is!

[MacVirgin]

i agree with with Lara about customblending the foundation for a perfect match. believe m doesn't take much time. I just pump some out of the botle and mix it with my brush, apply and buff it on my face that's it!. No hard work or anything. Once you know how much you need of a certain color it's easy to do. I would say when you have the time, practice and you will get the hang of it and be ready in no time. I don't know maybe it's easy for me to say being a mua (but i believe everyone can do it realy). But even years ago when i was a teen starting with my mu i blended difrent shades cause it was so damn hard finding a color for my skintone. Mixing 2 or 3 difrent shades, trying to make a good color for me. Sometimes you have to give it a go.

Keep in mind that most people have difrent color depending weather it's summer, winter or in between. I mix my nc44 with a drop of nc45, during summer i only used nc45 and now nc44 is turning yellow on me . I may have to get a lighter shade to mix with my nc44, but for now i can balance it with my studio fix nc43 and it looks good (for now).
I have to see what happens later on in the winter .

Go to mac and let them help you out with it, go get some samples

[madkitty]

is there any difference between the 187 and 188?

[Tash]

I must be one of the lucky ones. I can use NC15 (I'm horribly pale) and it turns out perfect on me.

[FacesbyNiki]

I love the way this foundation feels but hate the way it looks. It's too golden on me. I'm a NC45.

[m4dswine]

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Originally Posted by Tash

I must be one of the lucky ones. I can use NC15 (I'm horribly pale) and it turns out perfect on me.

You're not alone!!
I am terribly pale, and have the kind of skin that needs a yellowy foundation, so this is perfect for me.

I either apply it with a brush or my fingers, over Prep + Prime Skin.

Its the best foundation I have ever used and I have tried a few!

[calbear]

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Originally Posted by MacVirgin

i agree with with Lara about customblending the foundation for a perfect match. believe m doesn't take much time. I just pump some out of the botle and mix it with my brush, apply and buff it on my face that's it!. No hard work or anything. Once you know how much you need of a certain color it's easy to do. I would say when you have the time, practice and you will get the hang of it and be ready in no time. I don't know maybe it's easy for me to say being a mua (but i believe everyone can do it realy). But even years ago when i was a teen starting with my mu i blended difrent shades cause it was so damn hard finding a color for my skintone. Mixing 2 or 3 difrent shades, trying to make a good color for me. Sometimes you have to give it a go.

Keep in mind that most people have difrent color depending weather it's summer, winter or in between. I mix my nc44 with a drop of nc45, during summer i only used nc45 and now nc44 is turning yellow on me . I may have to get a lighter shade to mix with my nc44, but for now i can balance it with my studio fix nc43 and it looks good (for now).
I have to see what happens later on in the winter .

Go to mac and let them help you out with it, go get some samples

Being a woman of color, most of us have to mix and match (and have had to for years). Even supermodels talk extensively abot showing up at shoots and not having a color to suit them so they began mixing on their own and got good and quick at it.

[metalkitty]

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Originally Posted by madkitty

is there any difference between the 187 and 188?

The 188 is smaller and better for things like blush and highlighting compared to the bigger and more dense 187. HTHS.

[MACaholic76]

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Originally Posted by FacesbyNiki

I love the way this foundation feels but hate the way it looks. It's too golden on me. I'm a NC45.

Hey Niki,
Have you tried NW40? I'm also an NC45 and cannot get it to work. NC44 makes me look too pink and forget about NC42. NW40 blends in the best for whatever odd reason!

[honeebee]

I also do this and it gives me such a natural look. A tiny bit goes a long way. The kabuki brush is great for buffing this in. I absolutely love this foundation.

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Originally Posted by gigiproductions

i love this foundation..i use the 190 then buff with the 109

[FacesbyNiki]

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Originally Posted by MACaholic76

Hey Niki,
Have you tried NW40? I'm also an NC45 and cannot get it to work. NC44 makes me look too pink and forget about NC42. NW40 blends in the best for whatever odd reason!

I didn't think of that. I will get a sample of it this weekend and try it out. Thanks hun!!!!

[NikkiHorror]

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Originally Posted by lara

As for the colour problems, sounds like you're an in-betweener - was the nc 20, regardless of the orange, the right shade for your skin? If it was, you can negate the orange by either mixing in a little of the NC15 to create a custom shade, or add a weeny bit of liquid green colour corrector to your orange foundation. Green cancels red (orange).

HTH!

Good info about the orange...How do you make a foundation more or less pink?

[Sushi_Flower]

Ok guys, i want to try mixing shades to get the perfect Studio Fix fluid for me. NC42 is the closest at the moment and it looks perfect in some lights but in general it is too light for me, but the 'yellowness' of it is just spot on.
I got a sample of NC45 to try out some mixing to make it slightly more tanned - did i do the right thing by getting the next shade up to mix it with? Or should i have got another shade?