Porcelain Beauties: New threads just for us!

[m4dswine]

Hi peeps!!

I'm aka Nat, I'm an NC15 (just) in SFF, and a better NC15 in Studio Fix but it doesn't cover enough. I keep looking at my bottle of NC15 SFF and wondering if its too dark, but it seems ok when I check in natural light, so I guess thats the ultimate test eh!!

I'm not sure its not the powder thats the problem, so if I don't switch to MSF when the naturals are made perm, I will look at lighter powder.

I'm considering switching foundations again, cos my spots seem to have got worse since I started using SFF, so I'm going to look at Select SPF, and the Mineralise Satinfinish when it comes out.

[redambition]

m4dswine, i've found that the NC15 in select SPF is quite light as far as foundations go. i'm an NC15 in studio tech, and NC15 in select spf is a bit too pale for me if i wear it heavily.. i really have to blend blend blend and i can only use a tiny little bit.

[L'Ida]

I'm Ida, and I too lack pigmentation. Most Danes tan easily (and then they turn super pale during the winter). I'm a NW15 in the winter, blond hair, blue eyes and stupid visible veins at the jar I refuse to slather on foundation every day, though, I think it's bad for your skin. But I tan easily. In the summer I use Helena Rubinstein Magic Concealer in Medium, no need for cake concealer at that time of year.

I noticed (as many of you fellow melanin challenged) that it's hard to find a blush that isn't too harsh or too dark. I found out that MAC's Blushcreme is just perfect for me as it looks very natural and you have total control over the amount of colour applied.

[MorningGlory]

It is so nice to see that there are other melanin challenged individuals just like me.
I am so pale. Foundation is the most difficult thing for me to find, they are too dark and/or yellow. MAC NC15 is about 2 or 3 shades too dark for me!
Hopefully, one day there will be a line that will market for us as well.

[m4dswine]

I bought the Select SPF yesterday... much much better colour on me. And I switched to NC5 (!) in the loose powder and NC15 in the concealer. So much better. Much less yellow and more creamy coloured. I'm feeling good about my face this morning!!

[ViVaMac]

Yep, MAC 's foundations are not the shame color. A NC15 in studio tech is different to a NC15 in Hyperreal for exemple.

I love my concelear Logona or Dr.Hauschka, there are really fairest. For USA, try another organic brand because the european products are $$$ for you.

[Becki]

Another paley here!!! I am 10 watts in Stila. I have long blonde hair and blue eyes.

I used to be realled tanned but now that I work in an office 5 days a week I dont get out in the sun much!!!

[Klava]

Well, hello girlies! Mu hubby calls me Casper and also loves to compare his tan agains my pale skin. Just recently I've discovered MAC Studio Fix fluid in NC15 and it works great for me! I've noticed how many of you said that you have rosacea. What a pain in a butt, hey? I head my second interview with MAC past week and in the morning of it I woke up with my first ever big flare up of rosacea!!!
I was terrified, I didn't have a corrector. So I managed to cover it up with Studio Finish Concealer pretty good. But blush is always a challenge, because even after I put foundation on and then blot powder as soon as I put blush (with the lightest hand) my red rosacea blotchiness comes through...sigh

But I can rock so many MU looks - I love it!

[chillipea]

Hello!
I too am melanin challenged. I'm a NW15 Australian with tons of freckles (which I still hate), dark auburn hair and green-grey eyes. It took until I was about 15 to really embrace the pale after seeing an older woman with skin that looked like brown leather.
As most Aussies prefer to be tanned, most cosmetic companies don't bother selling their paler colours here. I think MAC, Chanel and Givenchy are the only MU counters that don't try to 'give me some colour' by covering me in bronzer!

[Fairyphoebe]

I´m also melanin challenged *lol*
I ´m something in between NC 15 and NC20. When I had enough sleep, I can wear studio fix NC 20, but at the afternoon people call me a floater. But porcelain beauty is a lot better

My hair is almost black and my eyes are dark brown.
I like the contrast and we don´t have to put much makeup on to be an eyecatcher

[xheylushx]

I'm Anna, in l'oreal true match I'm C1 in the winter, I actually tan like nobody's business but I choose not to, so with some careful use of sunscreen in the summer I can usually stay a C2. I have light blonde hair and blue/greyish-green eyes. I love being pale, I think it's classic, and beautiful. Needless to say I will not be tanning for prom this year like every other girl in my grade, even though my dress is deep red. I think it'll look pretty with pale skin.

[sparkler]

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Originally Posted by NikkiHorror

...I used to try to use self-tanners in middle school, but would always turn out super orange and smelly, lol. I knew I couldn't go bake because I might end up with skin cancer! Finally my mom talked me into loving my alabaster skin. I wouldn't change it for the world I actually try to make myself more milky-white every chance I get! Milkbaths work wonders, and keeping out of the sun is imperative.

My favorite part of being pale? I love being able to rock insanely bright makeup colors!

what's a milkbath??

[MisStarrlight]

Hi hi everyone...I don't know why it took me so long to see this thread. When I was in high school my friends began describing me as transparent.

I'm Autumn. I don't have a clue what my heritige is (a lot of adoption & illegitimate childern in my family's history), but from what I understand, it's pretty much everything "white"...German, Irish, Dutch, British, Welch, Dutch, French, etc, etc. (but everyone that meets me is convinced that I have some Black in me due to my bum & my eczema. The girls at my job have started calling me Jael.)

Red hair (currently dyed black), blue eyes.

My daily foundation is SFF NC15, but my ideal color is W10 (but it's full coverage, pro store only & I can never seem to catch it when they are in stock).

I <3 not being able to tan. I turn bright red & then the next day I'm back to being transparent.

The biggest perk of my skintone? Being able to rock bright red or deep purple lips nearly every day....that, and being told I look like Dita all the time (which I totally DON'T! hehehe).

[Opheliac]

Yay! Threads for the pale-skinned girls! :3

While I've never tried MAC (I kinda can't - there's no MAC shops or counters at all in my entire province, and I don't have a credit card to order from the site. xP), I'm a C1 in L'Oreal's True Match, with rosy cheeks (and arms). Trying to find a foundation match for my skin has been horrible, and it's only been in the two years or so that I've found stuff that does match (I was downright shocked when I discovered that Maybelline's Pure. line has a light enough shade for me - even though on some days it looks too dark. :/). I'm lucky in the fact that I don't tan at all, and I tend to just get a bit flushed in the face when I go outside, so I don't need to get another foundation for summer. I'm blue-grey eyed, with blackbrown hair (it's dyed - my natural colour is a few shades lighter).

If I wasn't so scared about how overly dramatic it would look on me, I would attempt the bright red lips look - but I can never find a red I like.

[Dark_Phoenix]

Zomg!!!

Clinique has a new collection for spring/summer called
White In Bloom

Looks like something that's especially for the melanin challenged ^.^
Thought I'd give a head's up to you guys. I can't order any for awhile (I hit my card limit) but I SO will when I can. Especially the Shimmering Whites powder. K, thanks.

[GemmaAntonia]

I'm Gemma, i'm naturally a redhead although i'm currently growing out brown dye because I miss my red hair, I have blue eyes & freckles. I love having pale skin & I use loreal infallable in porcelain which is a perfect match for my skin. I don't use MAC foundation but i'd love to and I'm not sure what shade i'd be, I know either NC15 or NW15 (which is lighter?). If anyone wants to either look at my avatar or go on my profile & look at my photo & take a guess at what shade I'd be I'd be very greatful!

[crikey]

Add another ghostgirl to the list...

I use NC15, but unless I've been getting a lot of sun it sometimes feels like I'm going for the footballer's girlfriend orange effect. It's slightly closer to the colour of my freckles than the colour of the skin beneath. I managed to get an almost perfectly toned foundation from prescriptives, using their colorprint range which goes several shades lighter than MAC, but the texture is horrid and sucks all the moisture out of my face if my skin is already on the dull/tired side.

Add that to almost black hair, and you'll see why I was a natural goth when I was a teenager. But that's *ancient* history...

[dmenchi]

yay, porcelain beauty is the best!
thanks to sunscreen i'm one of the pale 'Floridians' ( not from here) & without skin cancer and wrinkles! so yay, we do need a porcelain beauty section & one just for skin health & sun screen!!!
i love MAC but their sunscreens suck! sorry, the new primer is the best !

[EleanorRigby]

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Originally Posted by asphyxiad0ll

d0lly here.. and I too am part of the Porcelain Princesses. I'm a poor college student, so I haven't been able to afford it to try out MAC foundation yet, but I'm a W2 in L'Oreal True Match. In the summer, if I'm lucky, I get to a W3. My legs pretty much refuse to tan, burn, or anything else, however.

I always have people matching their skin up to mine to make themselves feel more tan, and I've been teased for being pale in my earlier days, but.. blah on those people. We'll be the ones without skin cancer, right?

Also, food for though: In the olden days, being tanned was a sign that you worked hard in the fields and were "lower class". The rich people sat around in their castles all day and never got sun on their skin, so pale skin was a sign of beauty and wealth. What's that say about us?

Well pointed out It's interesting how the semiotics of tanning have reversed..Now a tan signals wealth in that tanned people can afford to sit and sun themselves all day/go on nice holidays to exotic places while the pale people slave away indoors all day (the 'office tan' eh?!).

As a NC15, I find that people can be pretty offensive about my paleness...I mean, I've actually been likened to Michael Jackson. I was truly horrified about that one! I like being pale and embracing my Celtic heritage (I have mostly Irish ancestry and I play it up by wearing lots of green and Celtic earrings lol) but with the overwhelming influence of the tan and the way women are expected to conform to 'FHM' styles of skintone, it's kinda difficult at times

[glitternmyveins]

Hello! I'm Glitternmyviens and I'm an NW15! Blonde hair green eyes and would love to find a foundation that suits me! I've found these mac products work well with my complexion me: hue lipstick, belightfull highlighting powder, foxy lady liner and aqua liquidlast liner! My icon is Gwen Stefanie! I would love to be able to pull off pale blond hair and red lipstick! I've been umming and ahhing about getting a lip piercing and tattoo but can't decide where/what! My favorite can't live without make up item is mascara and my favorite can't live without mac product is Engraved Powerpoint

I'm very excited to hear more on this thread and think it was a FAB idea :thumbsup:

[tiramisu]

NW 20 here... but only for the summer!! Pale out to an NW 15 the rest of the year here in the Midwest USA

Glad to know I am in the same "casper"/light reflecting boat as the rest of you! Do any of you ever get as excited as I do when I can purchase say, a Medium Dark blot powder in the summers?! LOL

[woopsydaissy]

I'm so happy to have stumbled across this! I am VERY pale, but I actually don't use foundation. I don't get to go makeup shopping that often, and when I do, I make a bee-line to the eyeshadow. Foundation is the farthest thing from my mind. I just don't want to cover up my freckles! I DO have to use base on my eyelids to cover up the veins though. They're VERY annoying.
I don't like spending too much time in the sun. Going on a short walk will get me a pink face.
I have light brown hair, hazel eyes, and little freckles on my nose and cheeks. I LOVE MY LIGHT SKIN!!!

[SoHeartc0rex3]

Hi guys! I'm Mary, a Porcelain Beauty coming from the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, Arizona! I have light blonde hair and blue eyes, and a NW20! I love my fair skin with pink undertones. I burn very easily in the sun, and I'm proud of the freckles that sprinkle over my face in the summer! Yay porcelain beauties!

[Magic Markers]

I've never tried any MAC foundations... But in all of the others that I've tried I'm always shade "1"

I have eh medium blonde hair and yellow-brown eyes. My friends tell me that I'm as white as a ghost, or not to stand too close to a white wall or they'll lose me.

I do love my pale skin though. Mostly because I don't so much have a choice. I got burnt at a school pep rally that was outside... And only about 15 minutes long.

The sun was in my eyes really badly here, so excuse the awful facial expression. But this is a good representation of the reflective properties of my skin.

[frocher]

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Originally Posted by Magic Markers

I've never tried any MAC foundations... But in all of the others that I've tried I'm always shade "1"

I have eh medium blonde hair and yellow-brown eyes. My friends tell me that I'm as white as a ghost, or not to stand too close to a white wall or they'll lose me.

I do love my pale skin though. Mostly because I don't so much have a choice. I got burnt at a school pep rally that was outside... And only about 15 minutes long.

The sun was in my eyes really badly here, so excuse the awful facial expression. But this is a good representation of the reflective properties of my skin.

I think your skin is lovely, you have a flawless and creamy complexion.