The NC50 Thread

[precious2him]

So happy I found this thread. Foundations: Nars Sheer Glow in Macao MUFE HD in 175 Powders: MAC Minieralized Skin Finish in Deep Dark (really dislike this product - think it breaks me out.....looking for a new setting powder) Blush: MAC On a Mission Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Nectar Lips: MAC Rebel (love it), Angel, Ruby Woo, Cyber, Touch Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso Revlon Berry Haute (love it), Nude Luster Lip Gloss Sleek Mystic (lovvvvvvvve this lipstick - need some back ups) NYX Lip Pencils (the best ever for cheap)

 

[auriannjag42]

yay for a nc 50 thread foundations: nars sheer glow in new guinea (by favor best shade match ever...perfect yellow undertone) mufe hd in #177 sleek bb cream in medium mac mineralized skin finish in dark blushes: mac dollymix, mac breezy, mac raizin nars taj mahal, luster, torrid, exhibit a lips: mac touch, cyber, fresh brew nyx slim lip pencil

 

[auriannjag42]

i want to know what is the must have nude eyeshadow combo?  I speak in mac when it comes to eyeshadow shades but any other brands high or low end are welcome.  For me, I like mac soft brown on the lid and handwritten or sketch in the outer V.  I use painterly as a base for the SB to pop. I'v also used saddle as an all over  wash of color and just added liner and mascara. Recently, I've worn Samoa silk and Nars cordura II in the outer v/crease or MUFE 162 or handwritten in the outerV/crease....

what about ricepaper on the lid and amber lights in the crease for a somewhat bright neutral?

 

[auriannjag42]

Foundations:
Chanel Mat Lumiere Chestnut
MAC NC 50 Prolongwear
Tom Ford Praline
MAC Matchmaster 7.5
MAC F&B C7 (mixed with a little NC50 prolongwear concealer)
Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer Walnut  
 
Favorite Blushes:
Tom Ford Savage (Can wear this everyday)
Tom Ford Ravish
Tom Ford Narcissist
Chanel Plum Attraction (lovely)
MAC Fab
MAC Notable
MAC Lovejoy
NARS Exhibit A
NARS Liberte
NARS Crazed
Tarte Blushing Bride
 
Favorite Highlighters:
MAC Earthshine MSF (Gorgeous)
MAC Brunette MSF
Dior Amber Diamond
MAC Warmed MSF
MAC Center of the Universe (Gorgeous)
Giella I am Glam (sp)
MAC So Ceylon MSF
NARS Albatross
Laura Mercier Rose Rendezvous (Gorgeous)
 
Favorite Lipsticks/Gloss:
Chanel Giggle glossimer (Favorite of all time)
Tom Ford Aphrodisiac (Can wear this everyday)
MAC Viva Glam V lipstick and gloss
MAC Impassioned
Chanel Unity glossimer
 
Eyeshadow Palettes:
Chanel Kaska Biege Quad (favorite of all time)
Chanel Raffinement Quad
Tom Ford Cognac Sable
Tom Ford Burnish Amber
Tom Ford Enchanted
UD Naked 1 & 2
Laura Mercier Artist Palette
 
 

absolutely love center of the universe...i was wearing it for like a month straight as a highlighter and sometimes a blush...i actually took my original purchase of it back to get the one that had more veining...best decision ever

 

[sss215]

I'm NC50 in Studio Fix Fluid and I hate the way it makes my skin look, yellow and sallow with no depth whatsoever, so at MAC when I get my makeup done, they use that shade and then put MSFN in Deep Dark on top. I like that they do that, but I prefer wearing foundation without needing a powder to make the color look right for the purchase. I like straight out the bottle usage and I like to wear MSFN alone.

Foundations that match my skin tone are:

Chanel Perfection Lumiere in Ambre 104
MUFE Mat Velvet 75
MUFE HD in 178

Concealers:

NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Cafe
MAC ProLongwear in NW45
MAC Select Sheer Coverup in Nw40 and NW45, mixed

 

[RaizinnthaSun]

This is a really good thread! I've been wanting to try a new foundation for a few weeks, so I may just order online based on these recommendations. I love my Make Up For Ever foundations, don't get me wrong, but I'm just looking for something new and fun to try!

If you get some new foundations, please do posts to your blog. I love your blog! It's helped me select products, so many times.

 

[trayceeee]

Hey Ladies!
I've been researching Dior Amber Diamond highlighter. Is it NC45-NC50 friendly?!

 

[RaizinnthaSun]

I got a sample of the new MAC Mineralize Moisture foundation in NC50. I thought it was super orange. As far as the wear of it, I haven't formed an opinion yet. When I put it on, it just seemed way to oily for my skin. My eyelids seemed oily and and the foundation was creasing under my eyes (I have a single wrinkle under each eye.) When I added my NARS radiant creamy concealer to my undereye area, the concealer started to crease over the foundation, so I had to pat the creases out and then powder. Since I was going out to dinner, I decided to powder my whole face with a Ben Nye Powder and then MAC Prep + Prime Powder, thinking that this would combat any shine. Well, after 5 hours I didn't get shiny/oily at all. And, the foundation looks really good in pictures. So, now I'm on the fence about buying it. Has anyone else tried it?

 

[auriannjag42]

I got a sample of the new MAC Mineralize Moisture foundation in NC50. I thought it was super orange. As far as the wear of it, I haven't formed an opinion yet.  When I put it on, it just seemed way to oily for my skin.  My eyelids seemed oily and and the foundation was creasing under my eyes (I have a single wrinkle under each eye.)  When I added my NARS radiant creamy concealer to my undereye area, the concealer started to crease over the foundation, so I had to pat the creases out and then powder.  Since I was going out to dinner, I decided to powder my whole face with a Ben Nye Powder and then MAC Prep + Prime Powder, thinking that this would combat any shine.  Well, after 5 hours I didn't get shiny/oily at all. And, the foundation looks really good in pictures.   So, now I'm on the fence about buying it. Has anyone else tried it?  

i never really liked the MAC mineralize line as far as liquid foundation goes, it just always came across to me as too oily for me and that's even with setting it with a powder, and my skin isn't even oily at all.

 

[sagehen]

I know, right! How do you like the Face & Body foundation? I'm planning on trying it soon. Also, do you find your Pro Longwear (PLW) foundation to look really orange? I only have the PLW concealer in NC50 and it looks really orange. The color difference between my NC50 PLW concealer and NC50 Select Cover concealer is almost comical. But, the finish and look of the PLW beats the Select Cover, hands down.

update: I have been trying to use up my NC50 ProLongwear, so I have been mixing with C7 Face and Body that I have also been trying to use up, and it is working well (for my winter/spring shade). The C7 negates that orange-y look of the PLW and the PLW gives a little more coverage so I can get away with not building the coverage of the F&B. Best of both worlds. And less waste.

 

[captodometer]

Foundations that work:

MAC StudioFix Compact NC50
MAC Pro Longwear NC50
Black Radiance Mineral Dark
Bare Minerals Golden Deep
MAC MSF Natural Deep or Deep Dark
Rock & Republic Angora
MUFE Face and Body #12 or #18
Bobbi Brown Almond 7
Iman Second to None Luminous Clay 5

Blush:

MAC Raizin
MAC Darkly My Dear
MAC All's Good (perfect neutral)
MAC Dirty Plum
MAC X Rocks
R&R Bedroom
R&R Immoral
R&R All Nighter
R&R Shameless

Highlighter:

MAC MSF Center of the Universe
MAC MSF Golden Lariat
MAC MSF Shimpagne
MAC MSF Warmed
MAC MSF Earthshine
MAC MSF So Ceylon
MAC Solar Riche (perfect bronze)

Lipstick/Lipgloss:

MAC Cockney (perfect red)
MAC Prete A Papier
MAC Liqueur
MAC Buzz
MAC Spiced Tea
MAC A Different Groove
NYX Bronze
Of course, almost everything I like that isn't foundation is limited edition or discontinued

But I do generally tend to stick with MAC for the very basic reason that I can go to their store or counter and be guaranteed to walk away with something that actually works; have been wearing StudioFix compact for years. For lipsticks and glosses, I will gladly cruise the drug stores for less expensive alternatives in the brownish/bronze/orange categories. I have generally been pleased with the non foundation color options offered by NYX and Black Radiance, and you can't beat the price.

I tend to pull very yellow orange, and drift into C7 territory at times.

 

[sagehen]

^^I LOVE X-Rocks! I got a backup thank goodness. I asked at a Nordstrom counter on a whim and they had one after I thought the collection had left stores.

 

[afulton]

I agree. X-Rocks is very pretty. One of my favorites.

 

[lenchen]

MAC Matchmaster 8.0 Bobbi Brown Natural Finish Long Lasting Warm Almond 6.5
Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer Walnut
Bare Minerals Matte Warm Tan

Favorite Blushes:
NARS Luster (best highlight EVER)
Ben Nye Nectarine
MAc Loverush
NARS Exhibit A
MAC Raizin
Sleek Contour Kit Dark- good contour color
Covergirl Queen Ebony bronzer

Favorite Lipsticks/Gloss:
MAC Honey Love- Favorite nude
MAC Ruby Woo
MAc Kirsch Mattene
MAC Laugh a Lot
MAC Faux
MAC Rebel

I'm interested to know what products my fellow NC50ers are wearing. I love to buy makeup- enable me!

I'm an NC50 with yellow golden undertones. I have matched to Matchmaster 7.5(sample), MAC Face and body N7 in the past. I haven't used a MAC foundation in a really long time as I've found others that have worked better for me. I have also been matched to Bobbi Brown Skin foundation warm Almond. I use MUFE 177 for special occasions when I know I'll be photographed, it's too much for me everyday.

Foundations I wear often:

NARS-New Guinea (the website says red undertones but this has yellow golden undertones)-Winter
CHANEL Perfection Lumiere 114-Summer
Yves Saint Laurent Beige Diore 70- year round
Revlon Colourstay Caramel-Summer
Lancome Teint idole ultra-500w Summer

Conealers
Bobbi Brown foundation stick Warm Almond
Becca Foundation stick & concealer Truffle
MUFE Cover up #14
MUFE 5 concealer palette #4

Tinted Moisturizers:
BECCA -Cognac
Laura Mercier Walnut

Favourite Blushes:

NARS Liberte
NARS Gina
NARS Torrid
NARS Taos
NARS Gilda
Beauty is life-Soft glow
Beauty is life-Denver
Beauty is life-Tibet
Beauty is life-Chelsea
Beauty is life-Opera
MAC Merrily

These two brands have the best texture and is very pigmented, I love Blush, and I have many more shades from both brands, and others but I use these often.

Bronzers:
Guerlain Ebony 08
Guerlain 4 seasons in 08
NARS Multiple Bronzing stick Rapa Nui

Highlighters:
My Holy Grails
Beauty is Life-Multi touch powder in Castania
Beauty is Life-Multi touch powder in Sable D'or
NARS Multiple in Palm Beach
Guerlain- Sun n the city

Eyes:
MAC Neutral eye shadows especially the warm tone matte browns, golds like woodwinked, brown script, smoke and diamonds to name a few, Urban Decay the original naked palette, MAC blue and green eye shadows. For the most part MAC
MAC eyeliners
MAC Paint pots
NARS eyeliner pen

Lipsticks:
Reds
CHANEL Dragon
CHANEL Pirate

Coral/salmon (corals are difficult to pull off but these work for me)
CHANEL Rouge Allure Egeire
MAC Fresh Salmon

Pinks
MAC Girl About Town
MAC Candy Yum Yum
MAC Lickable
MAC Speak louder

Violet/Deep plums
MAC Violetta
MAC Faultlessly F/W

Nudes
MAC Touch-Brown nude
MAC Freckletone
MAC Jubilee
MAC Fresh Brew
MAC Call my bluff
MAC Pillow talk

Lipgloss Staples
MAC Boy Biat
MAC Mad cap
MAC All my purple life
CHANEL Gossmier in Giggle

 

[CRIMSONDIVA82]

THANKS!!! I do like this one better, but now I want to try the CG queen collection foundation what color do u think I should get?

 

[NiniCakes]

Hi Ladies!

I'm particularly interested in trying Chanel and other high end brand foundations so if any of you NC 50s on here have tried them, please let me know what was the best match for you and the pros/cons of the color. Here's my list:

Foundation
MAC Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 in NC 50
Covergirl Queen collection liquid foundation in Golden Honey
Mary Kay Timewise Matte Wear foundation in Bronze 5
Black Opal liquid foundation or foundation stick in Nutmeg

Blush
MAC
NARS Crazed
NARS Taj Mahal
Avon Soft Plum
Black Radiance Pressed Powder in Bronze Glow (more of a highlighter)

Lippies
MAC Riri Woo (Rihanna limited edition, but may be re-released in June 2013)
MAC Pink Friday (Nicki Minaj limited edition)
MAC Deeply Adored (Marilyn Monroe collection)
MAC candy yum yum
MAC silly (Fashion Sets)
Revlon Really Red
Revlon Wink for Pink
Covergirl Wetslicks Amazement in Red Riot
Kat Von D Painted Love Lipstick in A Go Go

Mascara
Dior Diorshow Blackout
Maybelline NY Great Lash (pink and green tube)

Shadow
Too many to list! lol i don't have many favorites, I just wear what matches my mood/outfit for the day
I will say that MAC Beautiful Iris really makes my brown eyes pop

Catch you dolls soon!

~ Nini

 

[sagehen]

^^Welcome - I think we are skin twins! How do you wear Silly l/s? Do you deepen with a liner of apply straight out of the tube? I have not worn mine yet - but it's time.

 

[NiniCakes]

^^Welcome - I think we are skin twins! How do you wear Silly l/s? Do you deepen with a liner of apply straight out of the tube? I have not worn mine yet - but it's time.

Thanks, sagehen!

I've worn silly straight out of the box because my lips are "naturally lined" as someone once told me, or darker around the rim so as long as i put it on in the middle and blot out it looks lined! but I would us a light plum or even MAC cork liner with it to tone it down a bit, i'm a big fan of ombre'-ing my lipsticks rather than using the same shade liner with it. what are you waiting for? crack that tube open! lol it's a fun shade, i love pinks!

 

[Copperhead]

Thanks, sagehen!

I've worn silly straight out of the box because my lips are "naturally lined"as someone once told me, or darker around the rim so as long as i put it on in the middle and blot out it looks lined! but I would us a light plum or even MAC cork liner with it to tone it down a bit, i'm a big fan of ombre'-ing my lipsticks rather than using the same shade liner with it. what are you waiting for? crack that tube open! lol it's a fun shade, i love pinks!

LOL! Mine too! That is so funny! I still like to wear liners though but it seems with some lippies I don't really need one. Welcome by the way.

 

[NiniCakes]

LOL! Mine too! That is so funny! I still like to wear liners though but it seems with some lippies I don't really need one. Welcome by the way.

Thanks, Lady Copper! Yeah it's cool to not have to use lip liners! I've been into matte lipsticks lately and I find there's really no need to line them if you apply them to your lips the right way. 1 less product to buy! Lol