Porcelain Beauties: New threads just for us!

[haleylovesMAC]

Hello fellow pale ladies.

I am Haley and I am very pale. Now, when I say pale I don't mean NW20 pale. I mean I can't ever wear any MAC foundations (other than Studio Fix in NW15), or any other regular foundations for that matter, because they are all so dark on me. I am so pale that UDPP is too dark for me. There has only been one "normal" foundation that has actually matched my skin tone. It is the from the Carmindy line by Sally Hansen. The color is Porcelain. I have been wanting to try Aromaleigh for about a year now, so, when I get a job, I'll be saving for that.

[gildedangel]

I have very pale skin, I am an NC15 normally but when I tan I can get up to NC20. I have always been made fun of for being so pasty and it is nice to know that there are other ladies out their who have the same experiences. I think that there should be a forum group for "Porcelain Beauties" because we have our own makeup problems such as foundation colors, and we have trouble with colors that become too bright and too dark on our skin. I love my pale skin and I am happy to join the ranks of the porcelain beauties (not so sure about the "beauties" part for me though hahaha)

[Teagan :)]

I am also very fair, naturally a read head (damn you Irish genes), however I do TRY to tan, but I end up burning. ... I dye my very un-even red hair colour dark brown - it looks very striking with my skin! I have very light blue eyes and... oh, NC15 in SFF is too dark for me, but I'm able to make it work by adding a lighter powder on top

- Very cool thread, I like it xD

[kathyp]

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Originally Posted by SparklingWaves

I don't know about MAC, I can state confidently that other lines have changed what they consider the lightest skin tone in the recent past. A lady that I know that has been in makeup for 35 years says that many of the companies stopped producing shades that really matched my skin tone, because people started using self tanner, bronzers, and/or tanning beds.

I would guess this this accounts for the trend toward golden/orangey undertones regardless of how light the shade is. I have very cool-toned skin and a lot of times even the lightest shades are too yellow. I know NWs are supposed to be neutral to slightly pinkish, but even they are usually too orange for me.

Glad to see the love for N3. I'm always afraid it's going to go the way of the dodo, too.

[clb1968]

So glad to have found this thread. I am Charlotte, NW15 in Studio Sculpt .
Strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes, lots of freckles.
I have been reading and I see alot of products that I want to try out.
I have some of that ruddy/redness in my face that shows thru most of the foundations I have tried, so far so good with the Studio Sculpt .

[Little Addict]

Hi there, I have a quick question for you guys (it may sound stupid but bare with me): is the C2 studio fix powder lighter than C3? c3 is a little too dark for me ...

anywho, hi everyone. My name is Andrée. I am lighter than nc15 in the winter and in the summer I am nc15 if I'm outside enough, since I normally tend to stay inside. I have dark brown hair (dyed red and some bleached to pink) and tend to burn after about a min / 2 minutes in the sun, so SPF 70 has become my friend.

[lucyinthesky]

Hi everyone! I am very fair-I wear Dior in 010 but it is still slightly too dark for me. A crazy man called me a vampire once-but I embrace my paleness. I recently purchased a Chanel blush in Narcisse and I just have to share my love for it, it is the most perfect pink for fair-skin girls!!

[Ggxox]

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Originally Posted by Efionawade

I am the most "melanin challenged" person I know, it comes from being anemic and I find the BEST products for my skin are NW15 moisturecover concealer (it's much lighter than the NC15 and it's not as pink as most NWs are!) and NC5 select sheer loose powder!

Then of course, Vanilla pigment and Crystal Avalanche are great for highlighting and making my skin GLOW! I also really like using Pure White pigment from the pro store sometimes to set my foundation/blend with other powders, so that they aren't too dark for me. Even Light MSFnatural is almost dark enough to look like a natural bronzer on me!!!

Same! I do love NW15 moisturecover concealer though. I need to check out Illamasqua properly, it seems so perfect.

xoxo

[kathyp]

Not being near a pro store, I haven't used it, but Mac's airbush foundation comes in NC10. Did their regular line of foundations ever have 5 and 10s? I know some of the powders do. Full Coverage, which I know is just concealer in a larger pot, comes in W10, a very pale pink-toned color (the swatch is way off).

[slowdownbaby]

Yeyyy a Thread for us fair girls

I'm really really fair! Sometimes I can be in peace with it, others times I just want to paint myself.
I don't know which color from MAC i am, but maybe a NC15... I'm a cool shade and always the lightest one in every foundation I use.
I'm blonde (very light blonde) with hazel green eyes... But because it's summer, I use fake tan and dyed my hair medium blonde with low highlights! I can't lie... I always wanted to be a brunette... but I guess I'm out of that idea now:P



One of the worst things about being so white, it's the veins!!! I refuse to use a skirt, because you can see all my veins in the back of my legs... I'm searching for some product to make them less noticeable, but I can't find one.. if you could give me any suggestions I would be very thankful (:

For a bronzer... They always look like dirt on me, but recently I bough L'oreal Sublime bronzer powder in Carrabien Sun and I love it! It's so natural, I totally recommend... And it's cheap too!

[x_ladydanger]

I'm pale too! And hardly ever tan! I use NW15 and it's a good match to my skin! I have dark brown hair and green eyes! I like being pale, makes a change from all the orange girls around!

[slowdownbaby]

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Originally Posted by x_ladydanger

I like being pale, makes a change from all the orange girls around!

Agree

[girloflowers]

Just out of curiosity- do any of you fellow porcelain beauties ever wish you were -even paler-?
i already have trouble finding foundation, but there's very little i wouldn't give to be a few shades lighter :P

[Growing Wings]

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Originally Posted by girloflowers

Just out of curiosity- do any of you fellow porcelain beauties ever wish you were -even paler-?
i already have trouble finding foundation, but there's very little i wouldn't give to be a few shades lighter :P

This is an interesting one. I love being pale. I've recently gotten a tan (only I could go to a festival where we all packed wellies and ponchos, and end up with sunburn!), and I really don't like it. I'm still paler than most, but I can still tell the difference. I prefer the way my makeup looks when I'm pale. So I guess at the moment I wish I was even paler. Don't think I'd ever bleach my skin or anything though.

Oh yeah, and I also hate the way my skin feels when I've got a tan. It just doesn't feel so soft or healthy. Roll on the winter when I can get my nice healthy pale skin back!

[kathyp]

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Originally Posted by slowdownbaby

Yeyyy a Thread for us fair girls



One of the worst things about being so white, it's the veins!!! I refuse to use a skirt, because you can see all my veins in the back of my legs... I'm searching for some product to make them less noticeable, but I can't find one.. if you could give me any suggestions I would be very thankful (:

This is why I love dark tights. And boots.

Not exactly practical in the summer, though.

[manthanoelle]

I too am a porcelain girl!!!
NC15 year round, the sun and I do not mix. Mother nature and I, not friends. Haha.


I have an odd sort of question, do any of you have trouble getting your undertones matched? I am a freelance artist so I easily can match my own undertones. But when ever I want to take time out and treat myself and pay for someone else to do my makeup I feel like they can never get my undertones correct. Every MAC MUA I've had touch my face has put on an NW not and NC because I have a lot of redness in my cheeks, but it doesn't match the rest of my face and they end up having to buff out a serious line of demarkation, YUCK. Needless to say I don't pay people to do my make up anymore But I was wondering if anyone else has had that issue or if you have a hard time finding a foundation that matches your undertone?

[kathyp]

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But I was wondering if anyone else has had that issue or if you have a hard time finding a foundation that matches your undertone?

Yes but for the opposite reason. I have exceedingly pink-toned skin all over, not just my face, but prefer a neutral (not yellow) foundation to even it out. Lately a lot of lines are leaning toward yellow or peachy-toned lighter shades and it's getting harder to find a neutral/cool shade.

I know I talk up Px too much here (I swear I don't work for them), but theirs is the only foundation I've worn that made me think "Wow, this is what I'm supposed to look like, but with much nicer skin." Unfortunately, they've discontinued my color (Petal) is all but two of their foundations, I think.

[Tahti]

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Originally Posted by girloflowers

Just out of curiosity- do any of you fellow porcelain beauties ever wish you were -even paler-?
i already have trouble finding foundation, but there's very little i wouldn't give to be a few shades lighter :P

Yes! I've only seen one or two people in my entire life that are paler than we, but I still want to be as white as snow xD
Most of my body skin (torso and legs) have only seen the sun a few times in my life, I burn far too easily (and I hate showing skin... and swimming ;P) so they're way whiter than my face, and I always get really annoyed when I see the comparision. Sigh!

[00alxandra00]

I'm pretty pale too. NW20 I think. I have to say that i quite like my paleness. In fact most of Asia and China strive to be the palest they can be, some going to the lengths of using creams to change their pigmentation. Tbh, i would like to be NW15 if i could, but this is the palest i can go!

So what im trying to say is embrace the porcelin skin you possess! It's beautiful!

[kathyp]

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Originally Posted by girloflowers

Just out of curiosity- do any of you fellow porcelain beauties ever wish you were -even paler-?
i already have trouble finding foundation, but there's very little i wouldn't give to be a few shades lighter :P

There are enough negative connotations that I'm uncomfortable with the thought of skin bleaching, or anything like that. But I would love to be more even-toned. Even with proper sunscreen application, I still end up with a few spots on my arms every summer. (I'm only truly PPP for about two days in February. )

[Ggxox]

Pale girlies, I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before but has anyone tried Bobbi Brown for foundation? I see they have a tinted moisturiser which seems to have a super pale shade but it'd have to be paler than NW15 for me to use it!

xoxo

[NatalieMT]

I'm super pale too, I used to wear MAC NC15 (but it was much too dark!) until Illamasqua came along and now I use their shade 110 foundation. It's really quite a good match!

Personally I am fond of being pale. I like being one extreme or the other when it comes to skin tone. I'd either like to be really pale or really tanned, given I do not tan the latter is out to be honest unless it's fake.

[Tat2dbeauty07]

Im an nc/nw 15 combo I like having a tan but I burn to easily in the summer. I use to go tanning but I rather be pale then risk getting cancer from a fake and bake bed.

[Dreamingeagle24]

Hi everyone. I'm just finding this thread since I've had the time to look through the forum some more. I am so happy to see these thread devoted to light skin. I tend to feel pressure in the summer months to be darker. i will tan eventually, but i always burn first. Even with sunscreen i get frekles some and some sun discoloration. I used to use the tanning bed back abotu 9 years ago... and i really regret that I did that now. back then I was modeling and I was sucked in by the "standard" in beauty. How refreshing to be so celebrated on here.

I'm Jennifer, and 28 now and am happy with my skin how it is. I have tried MAC NW15 but it is too dark for me, even this past summer. I switched to revlon colorstay in the oil free version and get a good (not perfect) color match right now with Buff and when it gets colder I'll switch to their lightest shade. I'm always on the prowl for that perfect flawless look though. I am going to try the Bobbi Brown foundation and concealers soon. Hope I like them.

It is funny that being 1/4 cherokee, I still have the very light skin. My hair is medium brown and really long (so the sun bleeches it), and I have hazel/dark green eyes. The restof my heritage is at least 1/4 irish, French, Dutch, English, and who knows what else. I hve never been diagnosed with rosacea, but since I have been learning from other beauties on forums, I think I might have it. I always thought it was acne, but acne products tear my skin up.

Now I am in the process of lightening up. I am trying to erase the sun damage i did from tanning, and protect from any more. Does anyone know the best sunscreen for keeping our skin fair that is also easy on sensitive skin?

All the best to my fello Porcelain beauties. Glad to meet you all!