ECfromDC
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HELP! NC45 to NC 50 and NW 35 to NW 43 ladies help me. I have been wearing NC45 but now I dunno....
NC45 to NC50 and NW35 to NW43 opinions most wanted but others can join in.
I was HORRIBLY matched to NW45 the first time I walked into a MAC store 4 yrs ago by a sales/floor representative there (she was white if that matters). NW45 even for me in the high of summer is too dark and too red and when I was matched I only had a pinch of my summer color (I was still pretty much my "most of the year" skin tone) ... i've been told I have both warm/yellow and red/cool undertones so I can wear neutral colors but that I lean more red which looking at old discussions is supposedly rare in WOC to be all or primarily red/pink undertones.
NW45 again being too red and too dark when she applied it to half of my face made me look a little dirty ... annoyed she didn't know what she was doing I left (after cleaning my face). In the fall of the same year (October/November) I returned to a MAC and decided on my own to get NC45 and the shade was almost right but was a pinch too orange and reluctantly I asked a rep for a good powder to offset the orange/yellow a bit (she was white too *shrugs*) and she gave me NC50 which again was a bit too dark and went on looking like dirt it was weird (maybe because I applied it on top of the NC45 I dunno).
So ... what do you think I am or what do you think I need to mix? I wear NC45 in most things MAC or 7.5 in the Matchmaster though I think I could be a 7.25 if it existed.
For more recent reference this is me sans makeup with a hint of my summer color left (so this is pretty much my "most of the year" color ... indoor natural light, no flash):
NC45 to NC50 and NW35 to NW43 opinions most wanted but others can join in.
I was HORRIBLY matched to NW45 the first time I walked into a MAC store 4 yrs ago by a sales/floor representative there (she was white if that matters). NW45 even for me in the high of summer is too dark and too red and when I was matched I only had a pinch of my summer color (I was still pretty much my "most of the year" skin tone) ... i've been told I have both warm/yellow and red/cool undertones so I can wear neutral colors but that I lean more red which looking at old discussions is supposedly rare in WOC to be all or primarily red/pink undertones.
NW45 again being too red and too dark when she applied it to half of my face made me look a little dirty ... annoyed she didn't know what she was doing I left (after cleaning my face). In the fall of the same year (October/November) I returned to a MAC and decided on my own to get NC45 and the shade was almost right but was a pinch too orange and reluctantly I asked a rep for a good powder to offset the orange/yellow a bit (she was white too *shrugs*) and she gave me NC50 which again was a bit too dark and went on looking like dirt it was weird (maybe because I applied it on top of the NC45 I dunno).
So ... what do you think I am or what do you think I need to mix? I wear NC45 in most things MAC or 7.5 in the Matchmaster though I think I could be a 7.25 if it existed.
For more recent reference this is me sans makeup with a hint of my summer color left (so this is pretty much my "most of the year" color ... indoor natural light, no flash):
..... looking for more opinions still.
