Porcelain Beauties: New threads just for us!

[plexivixen]

Hello! I'm Erica and am super pale. I have naturally dark hair, that is close to black. I'm paler than any MAC foundation and I have brown eyes. Lately I have been tanning just to get a bit of color. I'm white as a ghost in the winter and love it. =)

 

[Sparkling]

Hey everyone, I'm new here, but pale all my life! Never could tan, stopped trying about 30 years ago.

I'm 44 and have fun shocking people with that, since I don't look it (you know why). Most people guess me to be at least 10 years younger (which is cool since my husband's 13 years younger than I am, so we match a little better. Heh).

I have natural darkish golden blonde hair and hazel/green eyes (one is browner). [The adorable husband is blond and blue-eyed.] I'm a combo of Swedish and other northern European stock. I had a terrible time over the years finding any appropriate foundation like many of you. Then around 1992 I found a Prescriptives color called Porcelain and it was great...then 2 years after that they shifted everything to pink for some reason. WTF!! That sucked. Couldn't find ANYTHING decent until Laura Mercier's Tinted Moisturizer, also a Porcelain, 7 years ago or so, but then I stopped using liquid at all. Even that was really too heavy.

Now, I cleanse with extra virgin olive oil, layer on some Paula's Choice BHA gel, "moisturize" with an oil-free version of Olay, and my foundation is Everyday Minerals in Ivory. For powder touchups I have used a cheapo Cover Girl pressed powder compact in Translucent Light or Ivory, for many years. Skin is the clearest it's ever been, and far less oily. Took long enough to find a combo that worked!

I'm glad there's a place here where we glowin' gals can be appreciated. There are some pics of me with a small dance troupe in costume from years ago. I look a glowing ghostly blue in those pics, and the redhead in the group looks normal. 'Nuff said.

 

[Paramnesia]

I think I've found my match, I'm currently testing Select SPF in NC15 and seems to be the best match so far. My skin tone is deceiving, I'm clearly NW but the NC neutralizes the red in my face and with a NW powder to give my back a little warmth this foundation looks good. Feels really nice on, barely even feel like I'm wearing a foundation. I'm probably more like a NC10 but yeah unfortunately thats not available.

 

[CantMAKEUPmyMIND]

Okay. NYX foundation is offically the best color match for fair ladies! I can't believe how light they are! Pale is SO light that I had to use the second color, which has NEVER happened!!

 

[Raevyn]

Hi, I'm Raevyn (Rae for short, a.k.a Erin) from Sydney, Aus, and I'm a pale-o-holic. I am naturally blonde/ginger curly hair and green eyes, though lately I've been dying my hair a rich, deep, bright red to enhance my pale skin and green eyes. I have Irish/Scottish/Cornish/Welsh/French/Russian/Spanish ancestry (my ancestors got around apparently) but am a born and bred Aussie.

I love being pale - I very briefly went through a phase when I was 14 of trying fake tan, but decided I liked being different and standing out from all the kids at my surfer high school, which has been confirmed by the fact that I have no wrinkles and nice smooth skin and they're all starting to show signs of early aging (I'm only 22). I use a brightening face mask at least once a week and always use sunscreen and wear a hat and large sunglasses most of the time. I avoid going outside between 11am and 2pm in summer here, I despise sunburn. Even my little gothy friends refer to me as "the pale one" when pointing me out to people, a huge compliment in my books.

I think pale legs look really hot in a nice pair of heels and usually dress in all black with bright red nails and lips to bring out my skin tone.

I've been using MAC Studio Fix in NC15, but am currently finding it to be a little too dark (perhaps it's the powder I'm using, not sure yet, but I'll figure it out) unfortunately it seems that the MAC counters here rarely have the lightest shade in the other MAC foundations (they usually only go as low as 20) I'm waiting for samples of MUFE's Mat+ to arrive to try that out.

If you have slight pink undertones as I do and are looking for a good, red nail polish, I highly recommend OPI's Quarter of a Cent Cherry. For lips, even though it takes a bit of maintenance and is not the best formula, MAC's Ruby Woo is an almost perfect shade (and apparently Gwen Stefani's fav shade, so you can't go wrong!)

Thank God for this thread!

 

[ColorMeMac]

This may sound REALLY weird, but I'm just DYING to become pale and porcelain! I used to have such beautiful white skin when I was a baby, but I tan SOO easily now that I'm barely an NC25

I'm going to try some products (Murad) to lighten my skin, I really want to go back to the way I was and be an NC15..or even lighter!

GAHH, I envy you! I HATE being tan and I live in California, LA!!

Bleh...you girls are soo lucky

 

[revoltofagirl]

hi everyone, I thought I would introduce myself

I'm lyndee, 23, and I refuse to tan. I remember trying to, in junior high, and being jealous of the other girls who could get golden... but now I love my skin and do everything I can to keep it as light as possible (lots of sunscreen, hiding from the sun, etc). I'm actually kind've PINK right now, which bugs me a little... I want to be just creamy white

I have no idea what shade in MAC I am, as I've never been matched. I've started using Tarte tinted moisturizer in facade and that's been working pretty well for me. I have dark blue eyes and naturally light brown hair that I dye black. I really like the contrast against my pale skin and the blue-ish tones in the black bring out the blue in my eyes.

anyways, hi... I think this is my first post here (even though I've been reading the forum for weeks!)

 

[innocent]

let me introduce myself, i'm a woman of no color

fluorescent, and i love it!
thanx to the author of the topic, it's not right that we're not represented enough in media and public space.
i have brown eyes and similar hair but i dye it in blue/black, 'cause i'm a goth person
finding right face make up is really pain in the ass, but i manage somehow, lately using shiseido smoothing veil and loving it, but i don't have problematic skin, just dry. and white, of course

love you, fair beauties

 

[aleksis210]

Hey everyone! I'm new to this forum, but I too I have no color very yellow-toned with a bit of dietary rosacea (I drink waaay too much caffeine) everything I put on my face makes my neck look so yellow in comparison!!!....I have naturally pale blonde hair but just recently I dyed it brown which sucks cause it looks gross on me

my eyes are very light brown...my little sister calls them "yellow" lol.. if my face could be the same color as my neck I think I'd be in heaven! Oh and I'm a MAC NC15(in concealer)but for foundation I am in LOVE with MUFE mat velvet found. in #20 'ivory'...I was also jealous of all the "tanned" girls in high school but as soon as I started looking up to people like Claudia Schiffer (freakin' stunning)and I put down the bronzer for a sec (lol)...I realized how amazing porcelain skin can look. I think people are kind of "afraid" of having really white skin because in a way it's not the social standard of beauty today, but I really LOVE standing out in a crowd with my ghostly skin! I too have started avoiding the sun to get it to be even whiter...I also started looking up bleaching creams etc. but they seem kind of suspicious .....I think to this day the greatest compliment I've gotten on my skin was from a Lady I use to work with she said "Your skin is beautiful it's so milky and smoooooth" haha. Oh and Nars makes an AMAZING loose powder called "snow" it's perfect for porcelain skin and it's about $34 for a POUND!! Oh and all my friends gave me the nickname 'snow bunny'...and all the assholes called me powder

 

[Insalubrity]

Im all for this idea. Im 19 and when I'm tan im NC15 with green eyes and (naturally) blond hair though at the moment its dyed a brown/black.

 

[jlundy]

My name is Jamie and I am Irish... enough said, hahaha. I use NW 15 concealer-- the foundation is a bit too orange for my taste. I have dark brown hair and blue/green eyes, depending. I am so glad that someone started this thread because I feel so ignored by the makeup industry-- I cannot wear strong colors, nor does anyone seem able to match my skin tone. Now I've found a sisterhood here, and we are all so beautiful!

 

[MrsRjizzle]

Hi, I am Sara. NW15 which I think is still to dark at times! Here I am living in beautiful sunny california! In the middle of summer and I am complaining that NW15 may still be to dark! Imagine That! I wear studio fix now but i was wanting to try make up forever foundation. Any ideas what shade I would wear in that line? Thanks for all the assistance!!!

 

[Heiaken]

Hi, I'm Heidi and come from Finland, prolly explains my paleness quite well

I have blue-greenish eyes and a light brown natural hair but right now it's bleach to a allmost whiteish blonde.
I wear SFF in NC15 wich is now in the summer wich is a good match for me but I fear that when the winter comes it might be just a tad too dark, not much but maybe something that I'll notice myself.. But I think I can live wiht that because everything else in that foundation is pure love. And the price is OK too, maybe a bit expensive for a student but I can manage that just about. That's one thing why I can't really change it because it's the only foundation that really gives my the coverage that I need and has the right tone for my skin that I can afford..

 

[zabbazooey]

Hey I'm Rachel I'm NW15, and now wear an Ivory 2 in Lancome's Teinte Idole Ultra foundation. I've only recently come to embrace my paleness. Pic in profile for proof of my ghostliness

 

[aleksis210]

MrsRjizzle you should try 'alabaster' MUFE mat velvet+ foundation

 

[sn0wbunnie]

Hey, I am Sarah and I am too pale for MAC foundations, though I do use the translucent setting powder and it seems to work for me!

I am of various blonde/redheaded descent, and burn in the sun after 5 minutes so I use SPF50 or higher year round. MAC is one of my many weaknesses but I think I am becoming sensitive (possibly allergic, NOoOOOOooo!) to their eye makeup and am starting to shop for a new brand to dedicate myself to. Sad face.

 

[widdershins]

I just bought MUFE Mat Velvet in Alabaster and I loooove it. It dries to a really nice finish and it's a really good neutral light shade.

 

[Retromom104]

Hey there! I am also a fair skinned gal. I am 39 and just getting back to my old makeup addiction after having kids. My dad always used to call it my "prison pallor". I have light brown/dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. I have no idea what MAC color I am, maybe a NW15? I gave up on liquid foundation a long time ago. Right now, I am using MSF in Light/Medium natural and loving it. I am also new to MAC and having so much fun with makeup again.

Danielle

 

[Bagpuss]

Quote:

Originally Posted by widdershins I just bought MUFE Mat Velvet in Alabaster and I loooove it. It dries to a really nice finish and it's a really good neutral light shade.

It sounds very pretty. I just tried the MUFE HD in 115 Ivory and I love it too.

 

[lilrumpkinkb]

hey, i'm also a fair skinned gal, and since fall is around the corner, I'm gettin interested in the darker, more red/burgundy, possibly plum. blushes (trying to lay off the pinks and plain old contouring). Any reccomendations? (I was thinking of Desert Rose, Ambering Rose, or even Merrily from the Sonic Chic collection. The upcoming Plum-de-Bois from Cult of Cherry doesn't look bad either...) Also, if you dont see my sig, imma NC/NW 15.