Porcelain Beauties: New threads just for us!

[Winterwhite]

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Originally Posted by Briar

I do the same thing, very pale in the winter but through summer, even with sunscreen I tend to tan. Unfortunately my tan mostly shows up on my left arm, which is in the sun while I'm driving. Looks pretty goofy to have tan on one arm and one side of my neck.

Because I try to avoid chemical sunscreens for my whole body, or at least not to use them that_often, instead I figured the only way to protect skin in summer is to actually wear longsleeves. If you have them in white, it does not make much of a difference to T-Shirts anywise in "quality of wearing". I like this much better than getting tanned or sunburned.
For driving I fabricated my own "slip-on sleeves" ;D from old shirts, so I can protect my arms without wearing too many clothes in the heat. Looks probably a bit funny, but to me it´s worth it and much better than a bright red arm.

[Sanayhs]

Hurray! Pale party!

I'm NW15 in MAC's studio stick foundation, too light for the majority of their foundations. Plenty of pink undertones rule out their NC stuff (except for under eye concealer). Naturally brown hair (not that anyone has seen it in years) and brown eyes. Being out in the sun for much time tends to make me sick (nausea, headache, etc), and I usually neither tan nor burn. I can trace my veins over the majority of my body. Mmm, translucency. Hey, it helps when you have to have blood taken. No excuses for the nurse/whoever missing!

It was cool the other day when a friend I hadn't seen in a while commented on how "paper white" I am - and then continued to say how jealous he is!

[Brittni]

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I can trace my veins over the majority of my body

Meeeeee too. It's annoying on my feet though! Lol

[Sanayhs]

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Originally Posted by Brittni

Meeeeee too. It's annoying on my feet though! Lol

I think it's on the legs and eyelids that it annoys me the most. Though, the ones on the feet certainly aren't pretty. It doesn't help that I have big (women's size 11, usually), wide (d width isn't quite enough), flat feet. Blech.

Oh well! This is why I have pretty tights, good bases for eye makeup and fun shoes. Well, it's one reason.

[Brittni]

heehee! Oh yeah...I forgot about the eyelid ones...those ARE annoying! but easily coverable. I feel you on the flat feet issue as well. They are a PAINNNNNNN in my booty (espec after working out on 'em for 2hrs or walking all day)...actually feet, but you know.

So lately I've really been wanting to buy Sonia Kashuk's Loose Powder makeup. I forgot which I tested (probably the lightest, "naked") on my arm and it blended perfectly...it was soooo light... probably the lighest color I've found that doesn't have yellow undertones etc for me....Anyone else have any feelings regarding if it's actually good? I hope it's as good as her brushes!

[KinkyKel]

Ohhh great thread, Ive been signed up for AGES but never got round to posting till I saw this thread.

So I'll introduce myself, Im Kel, Iv got dark brown hair (when im not dying it that is) dark brown eyes and lovely pale skin, Cletic complexion the folks back home in Scotland call it.

Ive constantly fake tanned over the years, I used to do podium dancing and if you were tanned it looked better on stage. Iv been stopped for a while now and lately i have been getting fed up of tanning, so im getting used to being pale & proud.

These thread have been fantastic, , I usualy use Studio Fix Concealor in NW15 (tho in cool tonned, odd! anyway..)so I decided to get the studio fix liquid foundatio in the same shade, big mistake it is orange, not living near a MAC counter I couldnt try it before I bought it, so Im gonna have to keep that for when im a little darker.

So im on the hunt for a new foundation at the moment, I have been seaching the site for a swatch of the NC15 Studio Fluid but no joy.

Loooking farward to having a look at the other threads and chatting.

[elegant-one]

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Originally Posted by Sanayhs

Hurray! Pale party!

I'm NW15 in MAC's studio stick foundation, too light for the majority of their foundations. Plenty of pink undertones rule out their NC stuff (except for under eye concealer). Naturally brown hair (not that anyone has seen it in years) and brown eyes. Being out in the sun for much time tends to make me sick (nausea, headache, etc), and I usually neither tan nor burn. I can trace my veins over the majority of my body. Mmm, translucency. Hey, it helps when you have to have blood taken. No excuses for the nurse/whoever missing!

It was cool the other day when a friend I hadn't seen in a while commented on how "paper white" I am - and then continued to say how jealous he is!

Sounds like you described me I hate the vein thing - I feel like I have jellyfish skin

[elegant-one]

On the plus side, at least for me, I've found that with the pale skin, dark brown hair & eyes, I can pretty much wear any color. Any blush color works as long as I use a light hand or 187 brush, I can wear any color eyeshadow too. Prolly the only color thats a little difficult is orange - although corals are pretty.

Also, you guys should try Refined Golden bronzer &/or Eversun Beauty Powder Blush. Those colors are awesome sun tints for the very fair.

[Paramnesia]

Hey I'm NC15, probably a little lighter, I have golden brown hair with blue eyes. I have struggled with finding a foundation for ages.
I have acne scars on the sides of my chin but the rest of my skin is pretty good. I'm currently looking for a new blush, I'm think about trying nars orgasm and need a contour colour.

[Sanayhs]

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Originally Posted by elegant-one

On the plus side, at least for me, I've found that with the pale skin, dark brown hair & eyes, I can pretty much wear any color. Any blush color works as long as I use a light hand or 187 brush, I can wear any color eyeshadow too. Prolly the only color thats a little difficult is orange - although corals are pretty.

Also, you guys should try Refined Golden bronzer &/or Eversun Beauty Powder Blush. Those colors are awesome sun tints for the very fair.

That sounds just like me. I love to work oranges in anyway, though. Tis my favourite colour.

Also, in terms of Eversun BPB: LOVE. I've had it since the BPBs came out and I absolutely adore it.

[catz1ct]

I can add to this, i'm quite pale, the usual red hair and freckles. lol.

[Zhia]

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Originally Posted by delic1999

Hi!

I'm Andrea! I am BE in Fair with dyed red hair (naturaly ash brown) with hazel (honey brown/yellow/olive green/blue grey) eyes that change with the colors I wear and my mood. I have combo skin that drives me nutz. I have an oily t-zone with hormonal break outs and dry skin everywhere else.


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Me

I don't tan very well I burn instead...and usualy it's the blistering type. So I avoid the sun as much as I can in the summer to avoid the pain. Even just being in the sun for a little while makes my skin hurt. The most color I get is my driving arm....lol...and even then it doesn't look like much of a tan unless I take my watch off to show it's actualy has color.

I used to have people call me "casper" in college and an ex that said that he could find me in the dark cause "You glow in the dark". But I love me skin I think it looks pretty.

WOW! If ONLY my pale skin looked as half as good as yours!

My name is Leij, Im 23 years *ahem* young. Im a pale blue eyed blonde swede. I dont use any kind of foundation so cant give a numberthingy in that.

I like being pale, I just wish my skin wast so uneven in color..And that I couldnt see my vains..Everywhere.. Is there anything you can do about having an uneven tone? I can live with the veins, but I feel like Im dirty pale thanks to my uneven skin tone. I wish I could be more proud of my skin color!

[Pimpinett]

^I feel you on the uneven skin tone issue - I honestly don't know which parts of me I should try to match, the yellow undertones on my neck and chest, the pink and red in my cheeks and nose or the underlying neutral tones in the rest of my face. It's baffling.
SA's like to match me up with yellow-toned foundations, but I tend to think that they make me look like I'm wearing self-tanner at best (LM Warm Ivory did that), which is not the look I'm going for, or jaundiced at worst.

I'm Karin, I'm from Sweden and I'm pale, but not extremely so - I tan fairly easily, but seeing how my mother and grandmother look after a lifetime of hard tanning, I wear sunblock all the time. My natural hair colour was a golden blonde the last time I saw it, but I've kept it black for over ten years now, which gives me a more cool-toned colouring that I like. Blue eyes, probably a MAC NC/NW15 or 20, although I've never tried their foundations.

[Growing Wings]

Does anyone have any suggestions for good contour colours? Everything I've tried seems to dark/brown.

[Paramnesia]

Oh thats a good question, I've always been wondering that too and bronzers look so fake.

[Growing Wings]

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Originally Posted by Paramnesia

Oh thats a good question, I've always been wondering that too and bronzers look so fake.

I've just been to MAC and picked up Strada. I used the 169 brush, and it only needs a light hand, but it looks better than others I've tried

[Paramnesia]

Oh I'll have to look into that thanks.

[Sanayhs]

My favourite contour shade is emote, which was sadly limited edition. You can still find it kicking around, though. I like the new bronzers with Solar Fields - a light handed application with a 187 and it works. I actually use Solar Riche.

[Winthrop44]

Has anyone here tried x-rocks with a very light hand? Wondering if it could work on us fair ladies!

[Sugarstar1980]

I can totally relate to this thread. I actually went tanning quite a few times and it basically made it so that Studio fix fluid in NC15 is no longer too dark for me. Only thing is, I'm an NW, but the SFF in NW15 is still too dark. I really love the full coverage of the Studio Fix Fluid so I'm kind of fed up, as the NC is a little too yellow.
Lancome as one called Teinte Idole, but the lightest is too light and the next one is too dark. It's very hard to find just the right shade for me.
I need a pinkish undertoned foundation that is full coverage that is about the same lightness as NC15 but not as yellow - seems impossible to find!

[rachybloom]

Hi! I'm Rachel, and despite living in sunny Phoenix, I'm as white as Snow White :] I've found that Laura Mercier foundations in Porcelain (or Cameo) work perfectly but blushes always seem too intense! I'm scared I look like a china doll or something when applying blush and always check it ten million times before I arrive at my destination!

I love being pale though, it's a nice break from the "orange" phase the entire world seems to be in right now! I associate being pale with class and sophistication!

[Paramnesia]

I need a neutral foundation, I have light pink undertones but NW doesn't suit me and still undecided about NC.

[kippeydale]

yay! I am so glad that there is a thread for the very fair. I was beginning to think that everyone on beauty messageboards had lovely tan skin!! I have never tried MAC foundations, but in most other foundations, I am Intensity 1. In Estee Lauder, I am 1C1.

I pretty much stay the same color year round. I just add a dab of bronzer during the summers as my arms tend to get some color aka freckles.

Because I am so pink, I really struggle trying to find light foundations that aren't too yellow. Even a lot of colors labeled "Ivory" are yellow on me!

And to the person who mentioned Cornsilk foundations: I TOTALLY rocked Cornsilk foundation in junior high.

[adela88]

strada is the best for contouring

[Sanayhs]

You know what's my favourite thing? When "translucent" powders show up with a colour on me. Any one else bumped into this? Not all of them do, but some...