MsEVILVENUS1
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Hi All you Beautiful ladies! For so long I have enjoyed reading this forum and then I finally put my painted nails down and joined I'm so happy!
I don't feel so all alone looking for the right color match in foundations now. For years I have mixed and reformulated hundreds of foundations to come up with my skin tone. The closest match ever was in Prescriptive back in the day when they use to match their foundation colors and undertones to perfection. YSl foundations came second until the formulas changed and spf was added. Mac and Bobbi Brown imo get so stuck on red, peach, and orange in their NC. After nc42 here comes the peachy nc43/44 and so on. Becca comes close to getting the right undertones in the darker shades like mink, tobacco. But, gets too red and ashy in most neutral cool tones. Newbie Marc Jacobs is a work in progress and I've tried the genius gel foundations in #82 cocoa light but just a bit too deep and a not golden enough and no matter how i look at it the ashy and grey keeps creeping in but never too red or orange and the worst of it comes in his darker shades (3) please expand. My biggest peeve is my undertones are different from my neck which is straight up lite medium brown no reds, no yellow and orange just like a sandy color on the beach. My advice is using color correctors and working with a color wheel will help diminish the red and yellow and blues in most all foundations. Well here's a short list of foundations working for my complexion that is sensitive and oily and acne prone.
Mac F/B c6 +C4
Estee lauder DW in 4n2 the best match
Nar’s no foundation match me only the concealer in Caramel
Mac Blot in medium touched up with deep dark around my mouth and jaw line
Bobbi Brown Ever wear in golden 6 before formula change spf added now too orangey
Maybelline Fit me Pore less in 330 + 322
Becca radiance in tobacco lightened with tan
Iman foundation stick in sand 5 now too orange
Laura Mercier in BB cream in Tan nothing in foundations
Mac Match master close in shade 6 peachy factor again in Tech nc43+44
I like to try Black Opals new extended stick shades in Cashew and Amber but I want to know if the undertones are beige with peach, or red.
Hope this is helping someone with the neutral undertones and try correctors (7 primary colors on amazon) let me know if you have any ideas.
I don't feel so all alone looking for the right color match in foundations now. For years I have mixed and reformulated hundreds of foundations to come up with my skin tone. The closest match ever was in Prescriptive back in the day when they use to match their foundation colors and undertones to perfection. YSl foundations came second until the formulas changed and spf was added. Mac and Bobbi Brown imo get so stuck on red, peach, and orange in their NC. After nc42 here comes the peachy nc43/44 and so on. Becca comes close to getting the right undertones in the darker shades like mink, tobacco. But, gets too red and ashy in most neutral cool tones. Newbie Marc Jacobs is a work in progress and I've tried the genius gel foundations in #82 cocoa light but just a bit too deep and a not golden enough and no matter how i look at it the ashy and grey keeps creeping in but never too red or orange and the worst of it comes in his darker shades (3) please expand. My biggest peeve is my undertones are different from my neck which is straight up lite medium brown no reds, no yellow and orange just like a sandy color on the beach. My advice is using color correctors and working with a color wheel will help diminish the red and yellow and blues in most all foundations. Well here's a short list of foundations working for my complexion that is sensitive and oily and acne prone.
Mac F/B c6 +C4
Estee lauder DW in 4n2 the best match
Nar’s no foundation match me only the concealer in Caramel
Mac Blot in medium touched up with deep dark around my mouth and jaw line
Bobbi Brown Ever wear in golden 6 before formula change spf added now too orangey
Maybelline Fit me Pore less in 330 + 322
Becca radiance in tobacco lightened with tan
Iman foundation stick in sand 5 now too orange
Laura Mercier in BB cream in Tan nothing in foundations
Mac Match master close in shade 6 peachy factor again in Tech nc43+44
I like to try Black Opals new extended stick shades in Cashew and Amber but I want to know if the undertones are beige with peach, or red.
Hope this is helping someone with the neutral undertones and try correctors (7 primary colors on amazon) let me know if you have any ideas.
