[girl_geek]

Originally Posted by seramakeup

I was wondering, through my continuous search for the perfect foundation, how many people have found their matched colour in a foundation?
How many people are yellow based and can only find pink based foundation like me?

That surprises me ... most brands carry mostly (or only) yellow-based foundations! Do you just have exceptionally strong yellow undertones? Since the majority of people have yellow undertones, and since some people with pink undertones like to wear yellow foundation to cancel out the pink, the vast majority of foundations I've seen have been yellow-based -- especially in the drugstores where most brands don't differentiate between warm and cool!

I have super-pale skin with pink undertones, and I haven't been able to find a foundation that matches perfectly. EDM's Fair Intensive foundation is close but just a hair dark, and turns orange later in the day from my oily skin. My biggest problem is that the lighest shade in most foundations is always too dark -- even Prescriptives, which is known for making pale shades!

Today I got the samples I ordered from Aromaleigh, and if you read my thread here, you'll see that I am trying to mix foundations to find my perfect color! Aromaleigh has the first foundation that I've ever tried that was actually too pale for me, so I am trying to mix it with another color to find the perfect shade!

Have you ever tried custom blend foundations? I know that Prescriptives has a custom-blend foundation although it is expensive ($65 last I checked). Prescriptives also has 4 undertones in several of their regular foundations, ranging from very pink/cool to very warm/yellow. Aromaleigh actually has 10 undertones which blew my mind!