Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation Help!

[labelleetlafete]

[h=1]Hullo! New here, but I've a question and I'm hoping you lovely lassies can help me out![/h] [h=1][/h] [h=1]I was looking at the Chanel foundations on Nordstrom's website, (I'm looking to replace my old one-- I've found the alcohol in Vitalumiere Aqua to be too irritating), and I'd really like to try the Vitalumiere Moisture-Rich Fluid. The lightest shade Nordstrom has is 007 Ivoire. I'm dead pale so I want to get the lightest shade available, but 007 seems like an odd number to start at and I'm wondering if this is in fact as light as Vitalumiere runs.[/h] [h=1][/h] [h=1]Anyone know?[/h]

 

[Winthrop44]

I'm not sure if that one ever came lighter but 007 isn't even available on chanel.com anymore, so you might as well give it a try. In general Chanel's foundations don't run light enough for people NC15 or lighter. I can only pull off the newer ones in the lightest shades -10 (yellow) or 12 (pink) - with careful blending, and the yellow based ones tend to oxidize so I go with the pink. Some of the older foundations used to have shades called Porcelaine and something else that I can't think of atm, but those shades were discontinued.

 

[labelleetlafete]

I've the Illamasqua Skin Base foundation in 1 (the white shade) -- I've yet to find a brand with good quality foundation that produces anything light enough for my skin. Would the Chanel respond well to being mixed?

 

[Winthrop44]

I've never tried mixing with any of them. If you already have a white it'd probably be worth a try. I wear a mix of Chantecaille Future Skin in Porcelain + Alabaster. Chante Porcelain is quite light. Have you ever tried that?