need foundation shade recommendation

[noahlowryfan]

please bare with me. this is me natural. no makeup. ignore the hair.
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these pictures were taken in my room. no flash. in natural daylight.

what shade in these brand would suit me? i have normal skin. the only places i get dry is on my forehead when i finish taking a shower, my eyebrows area and wherever i get a pimple.

Mineral Makeup:
EDM
Lumiere
Ocean Mist

Drugstore:
Revlon
Cover Girl
Maybelline

Dept. Store/Sephora:
MAC
Prescriptives
Urban Decay
Make Up For Ever
Shiseido
Bobbi Brown
Giorgio Armani

 

[Kuuipo]

I would get yourself professionally colour matched at a store where you can get to on a regular basis. You need to find a salesperson you trust to pick 3 close matches, swipe them on your lateral face, and then take a hand mirror and go outside and check it in unforgiving daylight. The colour that is undetectable to the highest degree is your winner. Don't trust the lighting in the store.Don't be influenced by friends. Be an individual and find the right formulation for you. Foundation is the most important thing of all-not how fancy you can Fafi up your eyes. Foundation is...the foundation...and it can make or break you if you so choose to wear it. The formulation must be right for your lifestyle. If you are young and you choose ultra moisturizing, don't expect it to be longwearing. You also want a foundation that isn't too sparkley, irritating, too shiny or too matte or even too expensive. It has to fit your lifestyle. What others rave over as flawless in ads or reviews you may not find a matching shade....some lines like Bobbi Brown and NARS will be more suited to golden girls, wheras Laura Mercier and MUFE will be a better match to those with some pink undertones, and do not be afraid of trying Estee Lauder -its available everywhere and has tones for women who are more cosmopolitan (multi ethnic). You can mix and match your brands. You may find a winner foundation with EL and a powder from Lancome and the perfect blush from Clinique. To just limit yourself onto one line can limit your opportunities to finding the best you. Its all about evolution.

 

[noahlowryfan]

what skintone do you think i have? golden? yellow? and do you think i am a light, light-medium or medium? answering these questions would help me a lot to find out which direction i should go towards if i go to a drugstore to look for foundations.

i did have foundation match professionally but professionals don't always have it correct. i was matched to MAC SFF in NC35 but it was too dark for me.

 

[Kuuipo]

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Originally Posted by noahlowryfan what skintone do you think i have? golden? yellow? and do you think i am a light, light-medium or medium? answering these questions would help me a lot to find out which direction i should go towards if i go to a drugstore to look for foundations. i did have foundation match professionally but professionals don't always have it correct. i was matched to MAC SFF in NC35 but it was too dark for me.

That is why you get three choices, a hand mirror and go outside to the broad daylight and pick the shade that matches you exactly. In the end, you are responsible for the correct choice.
It's really hard to pick skin tones from photos. The background, fash, lighting all can influence the look of the skin-even the room lighting.

 

[ms_bloom]

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Originally Posted by noahlowryfan what skintone do you think i have? golden? yellow? and do you think i am a light, light-medium or medium? answering these questions would help me a lot to find out which direction i should go towards if i go to a drugstore to look for foundations. i did have foundation match professionally but professionals don't always have it correct. i was matched to MAC SFF in NC35 but it was too dark for me.

It is nearly impossible to tell from pictures posted online, but let's say the pictures I can see on my monitor are exactly as you appear in real life; I would say you are light to light-medium with a neutral to pink undertone. This is taking into account that NC35 was too dark for you - based on your pics I am a bit darker than you and I wear NC30 in MAC. I would put you in the NW line, or the non-Warm shades in Bobbi Brown, rather than NC or Warm colours which are yellower. Wild guess would be MAC NW25 or Bobbi Brown Sand. Those are the only two brands I know well enough to hazard a guess.

 

[noahlowryfan]

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Originally Posted by ms_bloom It is nearly impossible to tell from pictures posted online, but let's say the pictures I can see on my monitor are exactly as you appear in real life; I would say you are light to light-medium with a neutral to pink undertone. This is taking into account that NC35 was too dark for you - based on your pics I am a bit darker than you and I wear NC30 in MAC. I would put you in the NW line, or the non-Warm shades in Bobbi Brown, rather than NC or Warm colours which are yellower. Wild guess would be MAC NW25 or Bobbi Brown Sand. Those are the only two brands I know well enough to hazard a guess.

thanks so much. i will try to get match to different foundations in different brand within a week span. i was matched to Bobbi Brown in Warm Beige. maybe i will go back there to get rematch. i really like her foundation but i hate the price.

 

[SweetCheeks]

I see you have Shiseido listed, which I use and love, but they are known to have yellower tones to their colors, so if your skin has more of a pink undertone I would recommend something else. Hope that helps

 

[ms_bloom]

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Originally Posted by noahlowryfan thanks so much. i will try to get match to different foundations in different brand within a week span. i was matched to Bobbi Brown in Warm Beige. maybe i will go back there to get rematch. i really like her foundation but i hate the price.

Oh I looooove BB foundation too, I use Warm Beige in the Luminous (but this apparently runs quite light). Maybe I'm not that much darker than you after all? The Warm Beige compared to the Beige in the Luminous is not actually yellower as it is supposed to be, in this particular foundation, I see the Warm Beige as less yellow than the Beige, no matter what the MAs say. The prices are a bit crazy, I got mine when I was Thailand recently. You could get matched and then buy off eBay? That's what I do

 

[noahlowryfan]

I'm just going to go to one counter each day and get matched. I should try the Bobbi Brown counter first.