Concealer and foundation help!

[ozrules]

Can you be a NW35 in concealer and NC40 in foundation. I think the MA I had did a bad job of matching my skin tone. I'm gonna have to exchange this!

 

[Juneplum]

moved to recs

 

[glittergoddess27]

Actually you can,..but if you think that it doesn't match your skin tone the definitely take it back,..I can wear all combos of NC & NW 15 & 20, I am a fair olive complexion. A lot of MA's will go a little lighter on concealer,.. Light=brings things forward. If you have dark circles or any shadowing under the eyes they look recessed,.. so in order to bring them forward sometimes a lighter concealer is used. Some people don't like a lighter concealer,. they feel like a "reverse raccoon" though after powdering it that should go away,..these people tend to go a shade darker and more opaque concealer, I personally use a lighter concealer and have not had much success with the second option except in the case of highly pigmented ladies that have severe facial masking.

 

[hypergrl273]

if you don't like how it looks then i would exchange it, i've tried both a shade lighter and darker than my usual skin tone in concealer but i prefer lighter. after i put powder on over it it blends with my foundation, or you could try a correcter, i prefer bobbi browns over macs, and then just put your foundation and powder over that, both those options work great for me. hope i helped