Porcelain Beauties: Rants and Raves for foundations

I love body and soul 2 in 1 face powder - but its not available here in Australia. Im making do with clinique perfectly real compact makeup. Its not a 100% perfect match, just a touch too yellow for me, but Im the only person that notices it, and it covers quite well.

I'm lucky - i match MAC's NC15 foundations. because my skin is fairly neutral i then use an NW15 powder to set them.

stinkers: napoleon (all too dark), pretty much every cheaper brand excpet covergirl (but their foundation isn't too good).

I am lost to finding the ideal foundation. my only true match has been N3 studio fix but I do not always want to use it. i love what hyper real does but even that looks a little too dark in both NW15 & NC15. I think there should be a petition sent to MAC to make NW5 & NC5 in other products rather than just the sheer powders... while we are at it to bring back successful shades like NW45 sheer powders for other gals that are missing out on their match.

all MAC liquid foundations are far too dark for my skin, however the studio stick is the only appart from powder that do a decent match in nw15 wich I believe is paler than the NC wich made me yellow.

The problem is that the studio stick is really thick and greasy so not good for an everyday basis as if you are acne-prone its a no-no

solutions: if you are mac-addict but care for your skin:

use select cover up concealer in NW15 mixed with strobe cream in the back of your hand then apply normally. it makes a great foundation and you choose the coverage adding less or more concealer.

NW5/NC5 face powder is really really pale too if you want a matte finish afterwards.

Studio Fix seems extremelly pale in the shop but its a really thick powder so it probably wouldnt look too good on me because I tend to have dry patches, and I heard reviews that block the pores... but if it works for you the colours are great!

I personally after a while and trying loads, the best for me is Givenchy Subli'mine foundation in exact dragee, wich doesnt cover much but evens the skin nicely, and you can put powder on top after if you want some more coverage, or blend in select cover up concealer.

I use also a lot bare escentuals, the fairest one, its a tad bit darker but with the kabuki brush it looks great, it doesnt damage the skin and there is no yellow face or patches, its quite porcelain like with strobe cream under does a fab job!

hope this helps xx

BeautiControl makes a shade in their wet/dry line called "alabaster" that's very fair. I used it when I was a senior and yeah...good coverage and extremely light toned.

I love Estee Lauder's Double Wear foundation in Bone. It looks yellow in the bottle, but ends up being perfect on my skin!

Laura Mercier also makes some really light-toned foundation shades.

I finally found Prescriptives- I have their one of their foundations in Camilla- i loved that they did the colorprinting, finding my undertone THEN matching my lightness. that was great!!

i haven't ever used it, but i've heard of their exact colormatching being great! The prescriptives counter here in Amarillo took out their color matching part after I finally ventured over there =(
i am very fair, more fair than any MAC foundation to match. I have a hard time, too.
most foundations that I have tried are either too yellow or way too pink. =/

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I use coverfx but I have to make it a lot sheerer because it's a heavy cream foundation and I don't have that much to cover up. On the other hand, it doubles up as a concealer when it's full strength so I guess it's not that bad.

Physician's Formula mineral foundation was a close match for me but made me a bit oily.

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When I'm wearing foundation, I use Clinique Superbalanced foundation in Petal & Ivory it works well for me.

I heard Shiseido has made one for the fairest skins, did someone know something about it?

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I usually use BE in the lightest cool/neutral shade "fair", but I think it may be a tad too dark for me...

I ordered the free sample kit from everday minerals in the lightest cool toned shade (I think it's called fair as well) and it's actually significantly lighter than BE's fair. So if anyone is looking for something lighter, I would check EM out! So far, I would say the quality is similar to BE, maybe better =)

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hello!

there are lots of brands that we don't have access to through retail channels here. Smashbox, Urban Decay, Shu Uemura, MUFE (apparently sydney DJs sells it but i can't find it there), and i am sure there's a whole heap of others.

mineral make up is not easy to get here without ordering online. we also have very limited access to Nars, Stila, Kevyn Aucoin and Prescriptives (and all of these brands are very expensive here as well).

There is the option of using a buying service, eBay or getting CPs, but that requires being organised, and also runs the risk of you not liking a product when you receive it.

it can be very challenging on the boards when people mention all sorts of wonderful products from lines we can't get... but by the same token there are a few australian brands that are rare overseas - like bloom and napoleon. (you're not missing much by way of napoleon ) there are also some d/s type brands like natio, australis and face of australia that have some decent products in their lines.

the most frustrating thing is when certain shades of a foundation etc aren't available here. quite a few brands do it (including MAC) and it usually means us PPPs miss out.

whew... sorry for the long post. I got a bit carried away there.

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Well, as you can probably tell from my advatar I am deathly white.
I wear Studio fix in C2, but try Becca cosmetics for foundations, I was looking at them and they have 4 or 5 reeally pale shades.
As for eyemakeup, I tend to go for cool tones as I have ridiculously cooled-toned skin, and warm colours usually look shitty on me.
Thanks for posting this thread btw!

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Australian girls, hie thee to Mecca Cosmetica and get a Prescriptives custom blend foundation. It's $$$, but you'll get an exact match and can pick your choice of finishes and luminisers.

Me, I just stopped wearing foundation. I can't be bothered with it every day - a whitening mask once a week does a good job of keeping my skin tone even and the freckles at bay.

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I really like the mineral foundations from Aromaleigh. They have a website www.aromaleigh.com and have a huge range of foundation colors. You can also order samples. I use Voile foundation in a mix of 1/3 alabaster to 2/3 1Y and it's great. I apply with a Kabuki brush or their flocked sponge and mist my face to set it. Great for pale skin!

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right now, NW15 is really orange looking on me...and NC15 makes me look like i rolled around in pink pixie dust. during the summer, NW foundations work perfect for me...but in the winter i get dead pale and nothing works for me anymore with the exception of mineral foundation.

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I am Fairly Light in BE and I'm really wanting to try EM next. I love mineral makeup, it's perfect for everyday wear without feeling heavy or greasy at all.

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I am a Sothern California Girl too, in the summer sometimes I can pull off a NW15 but in the winter time its way too orange. At the last pro class I went to I asked Pro artist John (cant recall his last name) to Match me in hopes that it would help corprate know how lacking they are in the pale department. after being amaised that Nothing matches and we tried the lightest in every type of foundation. Finnaly we found something that worked

MAC Airbrush (Face and Body) in NW15 and NC10
I mix 5 drops in the palm of my hand of each then apply.

its a pain to do every morning but its a great match and I can lighten or darken as needed. it works freat for me if you can find them I highly recomend it.

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I just found a foundation that works for me (Full Coverage W 10), but then when I went to buy it-3 stores & the Pro Store-no one had it in stock...one store said that it was d/c, but I don't want to believe that yet.

Since I have to wear foundation to work, right now I am wearing NC15 SFF w/ NW15 Studio Fix.

For those still searching for the right color, give Face & Body or Full Coverage (sheered down w/ F&B Mixing Medium or moisturizer) a shot. They both have a much wider range of colors & can easily be mixed to the right shade.

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I bought the two lightest Ben Nye foundations made for "white" skin, meaning no yellow, olive, or pink undertones. Just neutral. They were too light! That's really shocking, because I'm always the lightest in every brand.

So if you're finding that most brands aren't light enough, you might try Ben Nye.

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Yes, it's for find the right shade of foundation, specially when you are pale or dark.

No no, mister cosmetics, women are not only medium skin !

For my fair skin, i find the fluidle foundation Urban Decay in "illusion", or i put the concelear like a foundation (Logona or Dr.Hauschka, the very fairest shade) and i put on a little mineral foundation "illusion" Urban Decay. In Mac studio tech i'm Nc15-20, if i put just the 15, i look like a ghost, but it's the right shade

I will trying the pure luxe and the meow mineral foundations, Meow comsetics are very differents shades (fairest to deepest) and i like the idea of choice for everyone.

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WHAT THE F***!!!! Has any of you girls noticed that Mineralize Satinfinish doesn´t have an NW15 version? MAC is tossing us melanin challenged ones aside...Fan- f***ing-tastic...

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I'm not as pale as some of the rest of you (bout NW 20), but I'm VERY sallow skinned/ olive-ish... I have a terrible time getting warm/yellowish hued foundations that are pale instead of just ORANGE - just a nice subtle creamy PALE golden is nigh on impossible to find in the UK without going high-end... so I do totally sympathise with the difficulty in finding natural-looking foundations that folks paler than myself must experience...

From checking out a few different ranges, I'd strongly recommend looking at fyrinnae mineral foundation if you're paler than me. I've found my match - "Sunstone", which Fyrinnae class as a "medium" - after trying a few different samples, but I was amazed and JUST how pale some of the "pale" category shades- "Topaz" (which Fyrinnae describe as a "medium light" shade), for example - were.

Moonstone (described on the Fyrinnae site as "lighter than drugstore brands' 'ivory' shade), Opal (pink-toned ultra pale) and Pearl (very pale yellow toned) might well be worth checking out for the truly pale, and the sample service is a cheap way of experimenting with a few different shades (as I did).

http://www.fyrinnae.com/product_info...products_id=96

Personally I use either mineral makeup or Studio Fix in the summer and Clinique Superfit makeup in the winter, IMHO Clinique are the best manufactor of pale, warm foundations that I've found so far, particularly given that my skin is also quite oily and Clinique offer a range of foundations for my skintype, while most other manufacturors do not.

Hope this helps

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The Clinique stick foundation in Fair seems to be a pretty good match to me but I am not really crazy about the formula. Has anyone tried a good Lancome foundation? I've heard theirs are nice...

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All Clinique foundations go orange on me.

Chanel used to do a brilliant shade in their Double Perfection range, but they d/c d it just to spite us pallid ladies...

I'm lucky... I have found Select SPF in NC15 is perfect, both in coverage and texture and colour. I have switched to NC5 powder and NC15 concealer as well. Much much better.

I wouldn't be any other way.