Mineralize Skin Finish in Dark

[saj20052006]

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Originally Posted by lsperry Looking at your picture I think the MSF in dark is too dark for you. What's you MAC foundation shade? I'm NW45 and I wear the dark MSF. Of course, I'm not a MUA.....

I agree. I can wear NW45 or NC50 and use the Dark.

 

[ohsosparkly]

I'm C6 in winter and NC 45ish in summer and the MUA at Nordie's used MSF Deep Dark as a contour on my cheeks and sunbasque over the apples of my cheeks and it looked amazing!

 

[ohsosparkly]

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Originally Posted by Indian Barbie Yep I put on the MSF on first on the outer parts of my face, then put on the BP on the lighter parts (the middle) and buffed them together using a Kabuki brush!

by the middle of your face, do you mean the nose and apples of your cheeks? thanks!

 

[aziajs]

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Originally Posted by ohsosparkly I'm C6 in winter and NC 45ish in summer and the MUA at Nordie's used MSF Deep Dark as a contour on my cheeks and sunbasque over the apples of my cheeks and it looked amazing!

Deep Dark makes a great contour. I am suprised more people don't talk about it.

 

[MsCocoa]

I'm glad you found a soloution, I'm NC50 and I use the MSF Dark as an all over powder.

 

[chocolategoddes]

Weird... NC50s can use Dark MSF as either contour or all over??? I don't get it. Its funny how the shades can vary. there are light NC50s and dark NC50... if you get what i mean. i'm guessing thats true for a lot of shades. hmmm... D:

 

[MsCocoa]

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Originally Posted by chocolategoddes Weird... NC50s can use Dark MSF as either contour or all over??? I don't get it. Its funny how the shades can vary. there are light NC50s and dark NC50... if you get what i mean. i'm guessing thats true for a lot of shades. hmmm... D:

I know, I think the shades vary between the foundations so there's no 'standard' NC50, to avoid confusion I usually look at a range of 4 shades when trying to find recs from someone my complexion.

 

[marielle78]

I am an NC45/NC50 and I use MSF in medium deep. Dark looked muddy and orange on me.

 

[Kaycee37]

I'm NC-45 and dark is too dark for me. I decided to keep it and use it on my legs in summer. For perfecting!!

 

[MACaholic76]

I second all of the ladies who said Dark looked muddy. I'm also an NC45 and had the same effect. The only time it looked ok was when I was real dark in the summer, and even then, it turned orangy.
It seems this MSF looks best on lighter skintones as a contour or bronzer. :/

 

[damsel]

i'm nc50 and it goes well with my skin-tone. i use it to set my foundation.

 

[MiCHiE]

It looks better on me in colder months when my skin is lighter.

 

[ndn-ista]

I got the Dark MSF and it looked OKAY, a little dark, but I love using bronzers so I was just using the Dark MSF to contour. But then, I got the sculpt and shape for contouring so I ended up getting the Medium-Dark.

 

[PolyphonicLove]

I need some serious help - I'm NC50 with studio fix powder foundation, and I'm not sure if I should get Medium Dark or Medium Deep. I'm kind of on the light side, and with drugstore foundations, I've always been in the Medium/Deep range. Here's a picture of me from earlier this month:

and I dunno if it'll help, but here's the foundation I currently use:

Which do you guys think'll be best?

 

[marielle78]

^^ I think that I'd go with the Medium Deep.

 

[Perple1]

Medium Deep for sure. I just got it & I LOVE it! I am C6 or NC44 in SFF. HTH!

Edit: Okay...I wanted to love this product & on some level I do. The texture was great, it provided a nice finish to my made-up face but then -- approximately 2-3 hours later ---HELLO OOMPA LOOMPA!!! The red-orange face staring back at me in the mirror at work at the end of the day was purely embarrassing. Sadly I had to return it. This thing oxidizes like *%()!!! -- Caveat Emptor!

 

[elektra513]

I tried searching in swatches but didn't finding these two--

anyone one have swatches [link] of Med. Dark vs. Med. Deep?

Thx

 

[PolyphonicLove]

ahh ya'll have been a real help. I'd been going solely on the shade description on the site, and when I found out that medium deep was darker than medium dark, I flipped out a little. ;-;

 

[Caramel_QT]

Interesting thread b/c I'm nc45 and wear Dark. I use it as a setting powder over my Studio Tech or sometimes I used it alone as a powder.

 

[MACa6325xi]

I'm C7 in StudioFix and I am wearing Medium Dark right now. In the summer when I am darker, I will wear Dark.