Porcelain Beauties: Rants and Raves for foundations

[Winthrop44]

^^ I agree. On an everyday basis I use Alima N1 over MD Forte Replenish Hydrating Cream. After experimenting with a whole bunch of liquids/creams, I haven't found anything that gives my skin a better look than that combination. Pretty much any PPP should be able to find a match among Alima's "0" and "1" levels in 6 different undertones - Cool, Neutral, Warm, Beige, Golden and Olive, and if not they will do custom mixes:

Satin Matte Foundation | Mineral Makeup from Alima Pure

[UrbanEast]

Big rave for MUFE Face and Body. The #4 shade is very close to my skintone but because I live right by their boutique, they custom blended for me using #4 as a base. It's absolutely perfect now.

[Winthrop44]

I have a big new rave for Chantecaille Real Skin SPF30 in Fresh! The finish is incredible and the match is fab. The downside is that Chantecaille is very inaccessible and outrageously expensive. I also like Future Skin in Alabaster.

Real Skin Foundation -  Neiman Marcus

Future Skin Foundation♥-♥ Neiman Marcus

[dorkynerd]

I am going to have to check this out. I can't find any foundation I am happy with! Thanks!

[spacegirl2007]

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Originally Posted by delic1999

If you like meneral make-up( or hate how heavy liquid foundation feels on your skin and want to try something different). Everyday minerals makes a foundation wich is the lightest I have found yet. I'm very pale so anything with yellow or pink undertones i it doesn't work on me. This is the only thing that works for my skin tone.

Everyday Minearls foundation
"Buff-Fair Neutral
Ideal for the most porcelain skin with earthy ivory undertones. If you have never found a foundation light enough, this may be for you! This adaptable shade can also be used to lighten up darker foundations. By Heather"

https://www.everydayminerals.com/ind...d=21&Itemid=41

this is exactly what i use!
i find it so so hard to match foundation to my skin tone because i have neutral undertone and am very pale.

however, i really want to find a liquid foundation because id like the extra coverage sometimes i use a primer and i find that the mineral makeup doesnt have that much staying power. unfortunately i dont have much available where i live and ordering foundation online just doesnt work for me. this weekend im going to visit my family and there is a sephora, and i plan to try as many things as i can and get as many samples as they will give me! i want to try MUFE HD and stila for sure. ill report back if i find anything that works!

[Sanayhs]

I've found my foundation love in the form of MUFE mat velvet + in Alabaster, but what about concealers?

Do any of you fellow pale folk have concealer loves? If yes, what's the coverage like?

[Simply Elegant]

I use mat velvet+ in that shade too and CoverFX's cream foundation is practically the same shade. It's about 40% pigment and is pretty much a concealer in a foundation sized compact. Expensive but worth it. It needs to be set with powder but you barely need any and it lasts forever and it's meant for sensitive skin so it probably won't break you out. I love it.

[Sanayhs]

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Originally Posted by Simply Elegant

I use mat velvet+ in that shade too and CoverFX's cream foundation is practically the same shade. It's about 40% pigment and is pretty much a concealer in a foundation sized compact. Expensive but worth it. It needs to be set with powder but you barely need any and it lasts forever and it's meant for sensitive skin so it probably won't break you out. I love it.

Oooh, what shade of the CoverFX stuff do you use?

[Danfanny]

im in between an NC15 and and NW15
neither one is a completly perfect match
no one would notice whether i wore one or the other
but i notice
At the moment i am using Clinique's Repair wear foundation in Alabaster Breeze and set with MSF in Light its perfect

but concealers are where the problems lie
they reccomend you use one to two shades lighter for undereye
how the hell we ment to do that when they dont make them that light haha
any recomendations??

[Septemba]

Is anyone else 110 in MUFE HD? What are you in other foundies? I'm curious because I haven't worn foundation in ages and I don't even *know* what shade I might be...!

[Simply Elegant]

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Originally Posted by Sanayhs

Oooh, what shade of the CoverFX stuff do you use?

E0. E10 is really a perfect match but they discontinued a bunch of colours.

[Kitiara]

I have a concealer (there is a foundation and powder too) by flirt! called My Fair Lady. It's the palest color I've ever seen. its a good amount too, .5floz/15ml

[Sanayhs]

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Originally Posted by Danfanny

im in between an NC15 and and NW15
neither one is a completly perfect match
no one would notice whether i wore one or the other
but i notice
At the moment i am using Clinique's Repair wear foundation in Alabaster Breeze and set with MSF in Light its perfect

but concealers are where the problems lie
they reccomend you use one to two shades lighter for undereye
how the hell we ment to do that when they dont make them that light haha
any recomendations??

I, for one, go darker under the eyes. I'm paler than NC/NW15 everywhere but under my eyes, where I can use NW20.

[Sanayhs]

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Originally Posted by Simply Elegant

E0. E10 is really a perfect match but they discontinued a bunch of colours.

I went tonight to investigate this stuff. At my SDM, they had the cover creme in E10, but not E0. E10 is yellow on me. The E0 in the liquid foundation was a dead on match.

[Growing Wings]

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Originally Posted by Septemba

Is anyone else 110 in MUFE HD? What are you in other foundies? I'm curious because I haven't worn foundation in ages and I don't even *know* what shade I might be...!

I'm curious as to this too. Anybody know how it compares to NARS mont blanc? I'd love to try MUFE HD, but there's nowhere that sells MUFE near me (actually, there's only one place in the whole of the uk!) so I wouldn't be able to swatch it first.

[spacegirl2007]

ugh ive been wearing smashbox hd foundation in Fair0 for the past couple of weeks and have been fairly happy with it.
but today i wore a very low cut top and i realize that my neck is EVEN more pale than my face. the fair0 really does match the skintone on my face, but it looks so weird with the paler neck (i do take some foundation down on my neck to blend). wtf am i supposed to do about that? wear a foundation that is too pale for my face but that matches my neck? also i guess im back to square one for liquid foundation

[*JJ*]

i'm 110 in mufe hd. mac's studio fix fluid nw15 was too dark for me, but i do use the studio fix powder in nw15. i can't compare mufe hd to any other foundation because everything else has always been too dark for me. it's the first liquid foundation that really matches my skintone.

@growing wings: i looked at your fotds and i'd say we have a similiar skintone. i'm not a 100% sure since it's just a pic so i don't know if this is any help. i could try and post a swatch if you want!

[innocent]

Good news
!!!!
Lancome has very light shades of cream and compact powders
And their quality is excellent!

[Simply Elegant]

CoverFX's mineral foundation is pretty light but not as light as their other E0 shades. It's more of a glowy powder foundation and is perfect in the winter.

[xjsbellamias13]

I recently used a sample of the MUFE HD foundation in #110. The color was a pretty good match, but I felt it had just a tad too much of pink undertones for my skin. I currently use, and love, Sally Hansen's natural beauty foundation in the lightest shade(porcelain) and it's really nice. It's a very pale shade, and quite neutral in tone, but it does tend to lean toward the pinkish side.
I'm dying to try NARS loose powder in snow. I'm just too cheap to shell out the money.lol

[shadowaddict]

The MUFE HD foundation in #110 is a really good match for me but my trouble is finding a good powder to help with my oily skin. I love the look of Duo Mat over this but they are all too dark and still have the oily problem. HD #110 is a much better match than I can get in the Matte Velvet+. I think I will try MUFE Super Matte Loose Powder, but I do like the coverage a pressed powder gives. Sephora doesn't carry the lighter shades in the pressed powder if you go on the MUFE site and look at the shades.

Has anyone tried Smashbox's Anti-Shine? I've heard it's good and only takes a small amount. I tried their primer light for oily skin but it didn't work for me. Any Suggestions?

[Kitiara]

I use
Face and Body in White
and studio fix pastel in shivering white.
they are great.



the face and body, since its really light coverage, blends in with my skin and doenst make me look dead.
And the powder, if i blend it in my skin enough I dont look dead either....but together I look ghosty. But, I dont do that.

I'll switch em.
F&B with colored powder. (for light coverage)
or colored liquid with SF. (on bad acne days)
just depending on how much coverage I want that day.



So, you could mix you N_15 (or whatever you're using) with some white and it'll prob. be nice for what you want?
idk if some one has said this before but just throwing it out there

[Sanayhs]

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Originally Posted by Kitiara

I use
Face and Body in White
and studio fix pastel in shivering white.
they are great.



the face and body, since its really light coverage, blends in with my skin and doenst make me look dead.
And the powder, if i blend it in my skin enough I dont look dead either....but together I look ghosty. But, I dont do that.

I'll switch em.
F&B with colored powder. (for light coverage)
or colored liquid with SF. (on bad acne days)
just depending on how much coverage I want that day.



So, you could mix you N_15 (or whatever you're using) with some white and it'll prob. be nice for what you want?
idk if some one has said this before but just throwing it out there

I think part of the problem with the MAC foundations is in fact the undertones. Sure, you can lighten a shade, but the undertones can still be wrong. I know plenty of very pale people have distinct pink undertones, and on me I have the choices of yellow (NC) or orange (NW) from MAC. That's something that white just won't fix.

[Kitiara]

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Originally Posted by Sanayhs

I think part of the problem with the MAC foundations is in fact the undertones. Sure, you can lighten a shade, but the undertones can still be wrong. I know plenty of very pale people have distinct pink undertones, and on me I have the choices of yellow (NC) or orange (NW) from MAC. That's something that white just won't fix.

I was just throwing it out there.

But from what I see when testing it out, a drop of F&B with a normal foundation shade just lightened it, it didn't change undertones in it.

So an NW/NC15 could add a tiny drop of white to their foundation and mix them together and just lighten it up a bit.

It's at least trying to get a sample of or somthing.....

[MorianNoxa]

I use and love the Shiseido Concealer 1 Light Clair,
but so far no such luck with foundations. Still on the search.