The NC50 Thread

GoldenGirl

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I'm trying Macao. If you have a yellow undertone and want to really bring that out, that's a great one to try. Looking at the swatches on the Nars site right now and Trinidad might be a bit too dark for an NC50. The MUA at Sephora told me that they are the same shade in both the sheer and the matte.
 

Copperhead

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I'm trying Macao. If you have a yellow undertone and want to really bring that out, that's a great one to try. Looking at the swatches on the Nars site right now and Trinidad might be a bit too dark for an NC50. The MUA at Sephora told me that they are the same shade in both the sheer and the matte.
Yeah I figured Macao would be the one but I also know how swatches can be kind of deceiving. I was looking at the swatches on Sephora.com. Thanks GoldenGirl.

Just recently I tried a sample of Becca's Radiant Skin Satin Foundation. It was very nice.
 

GoldenGirl

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I got a sample of that in a Sephora order, thanks for reminding me! I may wear that one tomorrow, see how I like it. What shade did you use?
 

Copperhead

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I got a sample of that in a Sephora order, thanks for reminding me! I may wear that one tomorrow, see how I like it. What shade did you use?
The only one I've opened and tried so far was Sienna. It looked really good. I still wanna try Tobacco and Mink though, mainly because those have a bit more yellow in them. I see Mink (Sephora's site has it labeled "Milk") is sold out on Sephora's site.

Also, on Sephora's site, it appears that Mink is the shade in between Tobacco and Sienna.
 

Copperhead

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On Becca's site though it looks like Mink is the color AFTER Sienna. I don't know now. LOL. I'll try Tobacco and Mink this week.
 

sagehen

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The only one I've opened and tried so far was Sienna. It looked really good. I still wanna try Tobacco and Mink though, mainly because those have a bit more yellow in them. I see Mink (Sephora's site has it labeled "Milk") is sold out on Sephora's site.
Those sound like Becca shades - Tobacco is WAY lighter than Sienna and Mink...it is just a dark greyish brown mess on me. I have pondered NARS MAcao - findation.com recommended it to me, but that price makes me pause. Maybe I will get a sample. Does the Sheer Matte keep you ladies matte?
 

Copperhead

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Those sound like Becca shades - Tobacco is WAY lighter than Sienna and Mink...it is just a dark greyish brown mess on me. I have pondered NARS MAcao - findation.com recommended it to me, but that price makes me pause. Maybe I will get a sample. Does the Sheer Matte keep you ladies matte?
Tobacco does look WAY lighter than Sienna in this packet but when I opened up Sienna and looked at it, it appeared that it might be a tad too dark. It looked good on me though. Thing is, I didn't go outside with it on. It was new so I figured I'd try it on without going anywhere. I looked at it in natural light though and it looked good.
 

GoldenGirl

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Those sound like Becca shades - Tobacco is WAY lighter than Sienna and Mink...it is just a dark greyish brown mess on me. I have pondered NARS MAcao - findation.com recommended it to me, but that price makes me pause. Maybe I will get a sample. Does the Sheer Matte keep you ladies matte?
I'm wearing Sheer Matte in Macao today for the first time and it's pretty matte. I've touched up once today and I really didn't need to. I'm going to leave it for the rest of the day and see what it looks like when I get home. Now granted I've only been outside for short periods of time today, but it's very hot and humid outside and so far it's held up well. I'll report back when I get home. :p In fact, I'll even walk a while in the afternoon NYC humidity just to work up a good sweat before I get on the train.

I got the Becca sample and Tobacco looked like a good match for me, which is the match I got on findation also. Dark greyish brown mess does NOT sound good though. Maybe I'll save that to test on a weekend.

The price of the Nars foundation definitely gave me pause too which is why I asked for the samples. I was like this thing better be the bomb DOT before I spend this kind of money on foundation. (Not that I haven't spent that much on MUFE HD foundations in the past, but you know what I mean...) So far I'm really pleased.
 

Copperhead

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I'm wearing Sheer Matte in Macao today for the first time and it's pretty matte. I've touched up once today and I really didn't need to. I'm going to leave it for the rest of the day and see what it looks like when I get home. Now granted I've only been outside for short periods of time today, but it's very hot and humid outside and so far it's held up well. I'll report back when I get home. :p

I got the Becca sample and Tobacco looked like a good match for me, which is the match I got on findation also. Dark greyish brown mess does NOT sound good though. Maybe I'll save that to test on a weekend.

The price of the Nars foundation definitely gave me pause too which is why I asked for the samples. I was like this thing better be the bomb DOT before I spend this kind of money on foundation. (Not that I haven't spent that much on MUFE HD foundations in the past, but you know what I mean...) So far I'm really pleased.
Okay, I just put on Tobacco. It's not as light as I thought it would be. It looks good too actually. Tobacco is also actually closer to my neck shade because while Sienna looked really good, it was a tad bit darker than my neck. Just a tad bit though. I just put on Tobacco and on top of it I applied a little of MAC's NC50 pressed powder (discontinued). I think I might even like the Tobacco better than the Sienna. I'll still give Mink a try one day too but right now if I absolutely HAD to buy one, I'd get Tobacco.
 

Copperhead

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Oh and let me say that I used the Beauty Blender to apply it. Love that sponge! The little sample gives enough to do the entire face but I just wished it contained a little bit more because sometimes I like to go over my dark spots a little bit more.

ETA: It's really lightweight on the skin. I'd say it gives light-medium coverage. It's buildable.
 

sagehen

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I'm wearing Sheer Matte in Macao today for the first time and it's pretty matte. I've touched up once today and I really didn't need to. I'm going to leave it for the rest of the day and see what it looks like when I get home. Now granted I've only been outside for short periods of time today, but it's very hot and humid outside and so far it's held up well. I'll report back when I get home. :p In fact, I'll even walk a while in the afternoon NYC humidity just to work up a good sweat before I get on the train.

I got the Becca sample and Tobacco looked like a good match for me, which is the match I got on findation also. Dark greyish brown mess does NOT sound good though. Maybe I'll save that to test on a weekend.

The price of the Nars foundation definitely gave me pause too which is why I asked for the samples. I was like this thing better be the bomb DOT before I spend this kind of money on foundation. (Not that I haven't spent that much on MUFE HD foundations in the past, but you know what I mean...) So far I'm really pleased.
Oh, I wrote that badly - it's Mink that is the greyish brown mess (that is the color the SA in Sephora insisted on giving me)
 

Copperhead

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I love foundation. I don't buy a ton of them but I'm always on the search for that flawless base. I am still loving the Revlon Colorstay Whipped btw but sometimes I just feel like being a foundation heaux. LOL! Has anyone ever tried Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer?
 

sagehen

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I love foundation. I don't buy a ton of them but I'm always on the search for that flawless base. I am still loving the Revlon Colorstay Whipped btw but sometimes I just feel like being a foundation heaux. LOL! Has anyone ever tried Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer?
Me too - but I do keep buying lol
 

GoldenGirl

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Oh, I wrote that badly - it's Mink that is the greyish brown mess (that is the color the SA in Sephora insisted on giving me)

Oh ok, gotcha. Sometimes I wonder how some of the women (and men) in Sephora get those jobs because they just be giving you any old shade. Some, not all. I don't want to offend anyone that works at Sephora (and the MUA's I've met have all been very pleasant). I am usually pretty good at estimating what my shade would be in foundations based on looking at the bottle and swatching on the inside of my forearm if I already have makeup on, but when I ask an MUA at Sephora for help they pull sometimes the darkest or second darkest shade out of the displays for me. I'm a brown girl, but I'm not that brown. My goodness! And sometimes these are even women of color! Sometimes I just say "no I don't need help, but can you put this in a sample for me?" I already know what I need, thanks!

I'm finding myself foundation heauxing (LOL!) these days too. My skin isn't terrible at all, but I just want a nice even glow to my skin. So far the only foundations I've been able to achieve that with are the MUFE HD and this Nars Sheer Glow and Sheer Matte which is still holding up very well. These may end the search for my HG foundation... then I can focus on getting some of those Sleek eyeshadow palettes.
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GoldenGirl

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Kevyn Aucoin seemed like such a nice person. I loved that episode of Sex and The City he was on, I just wanted to hug him. I mean I know he was acting, but he was so adorable.

I've not heard of that before... off to Google. ------->
 

Copperhead

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Oh ok, gotcha. Sometimes I wonder how some of the women (and men) in Sephora get those jobs because they just be giving you any old shade. Some, not all. I don't want to offend anyone that works at Sephora (and the MUA's I've met have all been very pleasant). I am usually pretty good at estimating what my shade would be in foundations based on looking at the bottle and swatching on the inside of my forearm if I already have makeup on, but when I ask an MUA at Sephora for help they pull sometimes the darkest or second darkest shade out of the displays for me. I'm a brown girl, but I'm not that brown. My goodness! And sometimes these are even women of color! Sometimes I just say "no I don't need help, but can you put this in a sample for me?" I already know what I need, thanks!

I'm finding myself foundation heauxing (LOL!) these days too. My skin isn't terrible at all, but I just want a nice even glow to my skin. So far the only foundations I've been able to achieve that with are the MUFE HD and this Nars Sheer Glow and Sheer Matte which is still holding up very well. These may end the search for my HG foundation... then I can focus on getting some of those Sleek eyeshadow palettes.
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Oooh, Sleek. I only have the Bad Girl palette but have been looking at maybe getting the Au Naturale palette.
 

GoldenGirl

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That's the one I want! That will make some lovely daytime/work looks. Then I was thinking of either Acid or the Matte V1 Palette for when I want to try something experimental on the weekends or at night. The only thing about those is that Sleek won't ship them to the US. I was thinking about ebay, but I'm afraid of fakes. May need to do some more research or get a friend of mine in the UK to send them to me.
 

Copperhead

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That's the one I want! That will make some lovely daytime/work looks. Then I was thinking of either Acid or the Matte V1 Palette for when I want to try something experimental on the weekends or at night. The only thing about those is that Sleek won't ship them to the US. I was thinking about ebay, but I'm afraid of fakes. May need to do some more research or get a friend of mine in the UK to send them to me.
I thought about getting one of those Matte palettes too. The one with the dark shades. I got my BG palette from ebay. Seller vanitypalace.
 
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