GoldenGirl
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oh! I'll look them up. Thanks!
The NC50 Thread
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Copperhead
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I've bought from them twice. Of course you pay a few dollars more but you get your product and it doesn't really take that long to get it. I'd say about a week, week and a half at most.
Copperhead
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Yeah, they're the only ones I've bought from on Ebay. They're probably the ones I'd order from if I have to get Sleek from Ebay because I'm not familiar with any others. I'm now looking at the Oh So Special e/s palette instead of the Au Naturel one.
Copperhead
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Ok, Tobacco stayed looking good all day. Didn't really get darker or oxidize or anything as the day went on. I had the normal spots on the t-zone where I had to blot twice. So I'd say I wore it for about 7 hours today and it looked like it could've worn nicely for a few more hours but it was time to take it off and do my nightly skincare routine/shower. I think if I bought the Becca Radiant Skin Satin Foundation I'd probably buy Tobacco.Good to know!Leave it on for a while, see what happens.
ETA: GoldenGirl please try your samples and let us know your thoughts on it.
GoldenGirl
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So I walked around for about an hour and a half or so after I left work, (I'm stalking those new Wet N Wild palettes and haven't seen them anywhere in the city yet), and came home. My T Zone was shiny, but keep in mind, it was 91 degrees here today, and I was in hot subway stations waiting for trains, so nothing's going to keep shine at bay in that heat and humidity, and at the end of the day. I used a tissue to blot instead of powder and thought it still looked really nice. Not as matte obviously, but still held up, nothing slid off of my face or looked odd and there was very little oxidization. I'm sure if I had used some setting powder it would have been just fine. All in all I only touched up ONCE during the day, and blotted once when I got home. I'm pretty much sold on the Sheer Matte. I will say that I did use a primer, so that was probably a contributing factor as well, but I'd imagine if the weather wasn't as hot and humid I wouldn't need it. I use a primer with all of my foundations just because I want them to last. I'd say my skin is normal most times of the year and a bit more oily during the summer months.
I'm going to try the Sheer Glow again tomorrow and the Becca on Wednesday since you seemed to like it, and the new BH Cosmetics foundation that just came in the mail on Thursday. Yes. I just typed that. I have issues. I'm a foundation junkie.
Seriously though, I used to be so scared of foundation because I was using Mac SFF when I first started wearing makeup on a regular basis because it was the HG of makeup at that time and there were very few companies out there creating makeup for women of color besides like Fashion Fair. MAC SFF was soooo thick and sooooo masky that I thought they were all like that, so I stopped wearing it and went looking for something else. Now I'm so thankful that these companies are finally realizing women of color want to wear makeup too and a lot of us are darker than Beyonce, and they don't all cost an arm and a leg. They CAN cost and arm and a leg, but even Revlon and Cover Girl and Maybelline and them are finally getting it together. But NOW I'm like YAY!! Try ALL the foundations!
I'm going to try the Sheer Glow again tomorrow and the Becca on Wednesday since you seemed to like it, and the new BH Cosmetics foundation that just came in the mail on Thursday. Yes. I just typed that. I have issues. I'm a foundation junkie.
Seriously though, I used to be so scared of foundation because I was using Mac SFF when I first started wearing makeup on a regular basis because it was the HG of makeup at that time and there were very few companies out there creating makeup for women of color besides like Fashion Fair. MAC SFF was soooo thick and sooooo masky that I thought they were all like that, so I stopped wearing it and went looking for something else. Now I'm so thankful that these companies are finally realizing women of color want to wear makeup too and a lot of us are darker than Beyonce, and they don't all cost an arm and a leg. They CAN cost and arm and a leg, but even Revlon and Cover Girl and Maybelline and them are finally getting it together. But NOW I'm like YAY!! Try ALL the foundations!
ok , well, since we are foundation heaux up in here, I want to add something to the intriguing drusgtore list...L'Oreal Invisible Lift Foundation in the cream formula in Classic Tan (141). It has physical sunscreen SPF 16 so it's not for flash photography but it is light (builable to medium) coverage and it lasts pretty well. I only grabbed it on a whim because my Target is discontinuing the darker shades in this product (leave it to Target...) but it's worth a try. Comes with its own sponge, leaves a satin finish, lasts all day, even through touchups and sweat. I wear it when I go to amusement parks and it is still on when I get home. If I am doing water rides I set with a bit of silica powder and use everything else waterproof. It does not cake up when I apply more powder sunscreen. Not bad for half price! IT retails for $14.99 but can be found for half that or less at Target and Ulta stores right now.
GoldenGirl
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Ha! Why didn't you tell me that before I went to Target yesterday? I'll check it out this weekend.
GoldenGirl
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Ok. I'm wearing the Sheer Glow in Macao today. It's 2:48 PM and I've only had to blot ONCE, and that was only because I used a Ben Nye powder to set my face this morning which doesn't control oil. I use the MAC careblend pressed powder at around noon, then went out at around 1:00 for about 45 minutes, and came back in expecting to have to powder again... but I didn't! It was 97 degrees outside, just FYI. I'm kinda in love with this foundation! I'll see how it looks when I get home.
On my walk at lunch tho, I found myself in Sephora (again!) and got a sample of the Kat Von D, and the Clinique Stay Matte. I'll have to find time to fit those in at some point in the next few weeks.
The Sephora I went to last week to get the samples of the Nars foundations didn't have New Guinea, but this Sephora did. I noticed that many NC50's also say they can also wear New Guinea. I swatched it next to Macao and did notice they were extremely similar, but New Guinea had a more peach undertone, and Macao has a more yellow undertone. I'm sure an NC50 would be able to get away with both, depending on your preference and undertone. Kudos to Nars for hooking up women of color with good matches!
On my walk at lunch tho, I found myself in Sephora (again!) and got a sample of the Kat Von D, and the Clinique Stay Matte. I'll have to find time to fit those in at some point in the next few weeks.
The Sephora I went to last week to get the samples of the Nars foundations didn't have New Guinea, but this Sephora did. I noticed that many NC50's also say they can also wear New Guinea. I swatched it next to Macao and did notice they were extremely similar, but New Guinea had a more peach undertone, and Macao has a more yellow undertone. I'm sure an NC50 would be able to get away with both, depending on your preference and undertone. Kudos to Nars for hooking up women of color with good matches!
GoldenGirl
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I wore the foundation from BH Cosmetics yesterday and while it wasn't mind-blowing, like the Nars foundations have been for me, it held up well in the heat, very little oxidization, and looked pretty good by the end of the day. (Deep Cocoa for the NC50s out there. It looks very dark on their website, but it was actually a pretty perfect match.) Not a bad deal for 5 dollars plus shipping.
Had a foundation FAIL this morning with the Clinique stay matte sample I got, it was a shade too light. I knew that when I was putting it on, but I thought I could make it work. I got out into the sunlight and on the bus to work and was like OMG I have on a MASK!!! The dreaded "face lighter than the neck" look. UGH! I wiped it off in the bathroom, and just powdered my face, added some blush and it looked alot better. I used Golden. So I guess if you're an NC50 then definitely go a shade down. It was matte as heck tho, like MATTE MATTE. I know foundations be all "matte" but they don't really be matte, but this one was really MATTE. A little too matte for me really. So in that aspect it worked. I only had it on for about an hour so I can't make a full assessment on it, and I don't think I'd even consider getting a darker shade sample, because it was just way too... matte.
The Kat Von D foundation is thick as all get out, so I'm going to wait till it cools off a little in NYC before trying it. 94 degrees/feels like 100 is not the business with a thick foundation on, even sheered out with the beauty blender.
Had a foundation FAIL this morning with the Clinique stay matte sample I got, it was a shade too light. I knew that when I was putting it on, but I thought I could make it work. I got out into the sunlight and on the bus to work and was like OMG I have on a MASK!!! The dreaded "face lighter than the neck" look. UGH! I wiped it off in the bathroom, and just powdered my face, added some blush and it looked alot better. I used Golden. So I guess if you're an NC50 then definitely go a shade down. It was matte as heck tho, like MATTE MATTE. I know foundations be all "matte" but they don't really be matte, but this one was really MATTE. A little too matte for me really. So in that aspect it worked. I only had it on for about an hour so I can't make a full assessment on it, and I don't think I'd even consider getting a darker shade sample, because it was just way too... matte.
The Kat Von D foundation is thick as all get out, so I'm going to wait till it cools off a little in NYC before trying it. 94 degrees/feels like 100 is not the business with a thick foundation on, even sheered out with the beauty blender.
Copperhead
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I remember wearing Clinique's Stay Matte years ago. Didn't it used to be in a glass bottle? I think I wore Stay Spice. I wore the Stay Matte powder too. I don't remember if I wore Spice or Amber. Back when I wore Clinique I don't even remember what I used to apply the foundation. This was before I knew anything about brushes. I guess I just used my fingers. LOL. Or maybe I used those little triangle sponges.
GoldenGirl
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Ha ha! I remember those. My mom used to put on her foundation with the triangles, that's how I learned about makeup. These days I show HER how to use damp brushes or sponges to apply her foundation. And about eye shadow brushes. Student teaching the teacher the latest techniques.
Copperhead
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LOL! Yeah, I remember my mom always wore makeup when I was younger but right now, I could stand to show her a few things. I have no idea how my mom puts on her makeup anymore. She'll be 70 this winter. She doesn't wear much makeup anymore except probably to go to church.Ha ha! I remember those. My mom used to put on her foundation with the triangles, that's how I learned about makeup. These days I show HER how to use damp brushes or sponges to apply her foundation. And about eye shadow brushes. Student teaching the teacher the latest techniques.
auriannjag42
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i have the nars sheer glow in new guinea and i'm a nc50 and its my holy grail foundation and i live in Phoenix, Arizona and it gets beyond hot over here, whenever i wear nars sheer glow i never have to blot and its a dead on match for me, i absolutely love it and i highly recommended and i never feel like i have a face full of foundation on when i where it....i cannot say enough how much i love this foundation
1drfullycr8ed
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I think I am going to try this foundation. I live in the south, and it is hot and humid.
BeautyByLele
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Today I got a sample of New Guinea Sheer Glow (the SA) matched me to this . So far New Guinea is a good match but maybe I will go back and get a sample of Macao since some NC50s are able to wear this shade as well and see which shade I like best.
auriannjag42
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i absolutely love it, i think you would love it, it is truly a flawless finish
auriannjag42
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I never tried Macao and that's simply because when i was matched to new guinea it was dead on match and being a victim of Mac horrible matching system, where i was NW45 for years and recently started wearing NC50 which is still not an exact match, i was just in awe that a foundation can actually be a dead on match and blend flawless on my skin the way sheer glow does.
GoldenGirl
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Another casualty of Mac foundations! I feel you, I had the same issues, I didn't really *like* the foundation, but I used it anyway, because I didn't know any better. Thank goodness for YouTube and forums like these so we can see that there are other options out there.
I ended up purchasing the Sheer Glow over the weekend and wore it yesterday to brunch. Got lots of compliments. It's a keeper.
I ended up purchasing the Sheer Glow over the weekend and wore it yesterday to brunch. Got lots of compliments. It's a keeper.
