OMG what bad manners I have...sorry for taking forever and a day to come back to my own thread.
Thanks so much for all the opinions and to all those that have chimed in.
I have since branched out to A LOT of other brands lol i'm practically obsessed with always finding my match in a new/different brand.
About my NC45 situation......I find I cannot realty rock NC45 alone without some work like an concealer and/or powders that have a pinkish/reddish base. So....I have found NW43 is a better match but sometimes that can look a little deep and a little red but STILL A FAR BETTER MATCH than NC45 alone. Sometimes I wear NC45/NW43 together which works really well for me too. I talked to staff in 2 different Sephora and a Macy's and they all said I have a neutral but slightly red leaning undertone so neutral or reddish foundations would work better on me.
That can be hard though because I swear so many brands cater more to warm/yellow/golden undertones.
@deadSAVVY I took that suggestion about 1 month after your reply to a Macy's and this is pretty spot on....a much better match than NC45 alone....it pretty much went invisible on my skin when I got re-matched (my skin was tiny pinch deeper and tiny pinch redder by then too though).
@bell21 my undertone has almost an even mix of red+yellow (just a pinch more red tho) so just NC45 let alone NC45+NC50 would never work. It took me almost 2 yrs prior to my starting this thread to realize NC45 alone without a reddish powder wasn't quite right. NC45/NW43 or just NW43 I've found are the better alternatives for me. Big thanks. Hourglass's Liquid Powder foundation is a holy grail especially with me being an oily/combination girl...my best match is Sable (during summer months anyways). Back when I started this thread I was only using MAC or L'Oreal or Revlon or Black Opal or Maybelline (R.I.P. to Caramel in the Superstay formula) at the time. I've tried sooooo many different brands within the last year
. Nars is tricky for me....Cadiz has the undertone I need but it's a tiny pinch too light alone even tho it oxidizes a pinch so I mix it with Macao (R.I.P. to the Sheer Matte formula smh).
@pinkcrush just my luck i'm sorta in-between shades...i'm like a 175 with a pinch of 173 but I avoid mixing if I can and depending on the cost of the foundation lol so I just make 175 work. In the Kat Von D i've found that Deep 66 actually pretty much blends into my skintone (depending on the time on year i'm wearing it lol), I also wear Caramel in Revlon Colorstay for Oily/Combination, Maybelline Fit Me Matte I can just barely rock their 330 right now but i'm certain I'll need to mix with 355 when summer is near like start of June. I wish there was a 340 in the Maybelline Fit Me matte but they just skipped 340 in this new version smh. I sometimes wear Milani's Multitasker powder in 07-Dark Tan but it makes the 330 oxidize like A LOT so i'll have the get their 06-Medium Tan or I wear BH Cosmetics powder in 240 or their powder foundation as a setting powder in Warm Tan which work great.
@sagehen thanks...I've gotten matches for just about all of them except Fashion Fair.
@Angel007 I dig the Matchmaster even as an oily/combo girl too lol....I wish there was a 7.25 but I make 7.5 work.
