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Originally Posted by astronaut
A problem I had was I would try the foundations on under fluorescent lighting which many shades would match under. I never took natural lighting into account so I thought, yep, that's my shade, let's finally buy it and move on. When I bought the jars and started wearing the foundation, was when I started noticing the shade was way off when I was waiting in my car outside and looked in the mirror.
That plus, what I meant about not caring about a foundation match, is that I always used to match foundation with my face's skintone and never cared about the colour of my neck. My neck has always been slightly different than the colour of my face but I hated applying a colour to my face that was a different colour than it actually was because I felt like I was covering myself. I now use a colour that matches my neck and overcame the feeling of covering my face, but would like to put the old mineral foundation I have lying around to use.
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I would try the foundations on under fluorescent lighting which many shades would match under. I never took natural lighting into account...
Ok, I totally get that. Many women do apply makeup in bad indoor lighting. Yeeeeeeeears ago, a MA friend of mine told me to get a lighted mirror which has a DAYLIGHT setting on it. IMHO, it's just as important to have a good mirror and lighting as a good set of makeup products and application tools. (The one I bought, by Jilbere - from Sally's BSS - has daylight, office, home and nighttime/club settings, 2 side mirrors and a center mirror that you can turn from "normal" to "magnified.) I have it set on Daylight, all the time, even when I apply makeup for nighttime. It's the harshest light and if something looks "right" in that light it will look well in any other lighting situation. (Imagine leaving a nightclub and having breakfast in a diner. If you applied makeup with the nighttime setting you may end up looking too heavily made up.)
I started noticing the shade was way off when I was waiting in my car outside and looked in the mirror.
I also noticed that my makeup can look a bit off, when looking into my mirror in the car. My MA friend told me that this can be due to the lighting in the car, the mirror itself and the lighting outside the car. I did check that out and noticed that my makeup looked differently when I looked at it from different angles. The same happend when the lighting (inside and outside the car) changed.... Also, take a look in the mirror of a public bathroom. Some of the lighting can make you look off, when in fact your fine! I know it's weird.... - Natural (or closely simulated) daylight is the best judge.
I test all new foundations in my Daylight mirror - or I check the shade with a decently sized handheld mirror, outside.
I always used to match foundation with my face's skintone and never cared about the colour of my neck. My neck has always been slightly different than the colour of my face...
Yeah, I hear ya on that one too. Many of us tend to exfoliate our facial skin (with cleansers, BHA's, AHA's, scrubs, masks, etc...) more than our neck and the rest of our bodies. Also, many of us "forget" to apply a SPF heavily and often enough to our bodies, but cover our faces with it more religiously. (Even SPF-free makeup can act as a blocker, to some extend.) It's not unusual for people to have different shadings on parts of their bodies.
... [ I ] would like to put the old mineral foundation I have lying around to use....
I totally understand not wanting to waste something. I think Winthrop's suggestion of adding A LITTLE of the (wrong) Neutral product to the propper shade will be ok.
I suggest you figure out what shade is right, first. Once you've got that, get one full-sized jar of it. Take about half of it out, using a (food) measuring teaspoon. (I think a full jar is a little over 6 or 7 teaspoons.... FYI: I did this when I lightend my product a little by mixing W5 with a little W4. I ended up using a 1/4 teaspoon of W4 for every full teaspoon of W5.) Put that half jar into another sterile plastic container and save for later. Then add maybe a 1/4 teasppon of the Neutral to the first jar, without the sifter insert on and shake well. Then put the sifter insert back and test it out. (Make yourself a little log and write down the quantities, everytime you add.) Add maybe another 1/4 teaspoon of Neutral, the next day and test again.... Do this until the product looks a sight touch off. You can then add a little more of the propper shade back into it and from then on then leave it alone, until you need a refill. Keep the log in a safe place - maybe with the other jar of the propper shade. Once you run out of your mix, you can then look up the ratios for the refill.
It may take a while for you to use up the Neutral shade this way, but that's the best advice I can give ya....
I tried ordering the golden shades from Alima, which are the most yellow shades they have and no matter how much I use it's still pink. There's progress, but very little. I think I need to mix in some pure bright yellow foundation to get it into a warm shade. What can I do to make the pink into a yellow? And if my yellow foundation idea is good, where can I find pure super yellow foundation? I tried emailing Silk Naturals and Alima and so far no response. 
