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I'm in the process of trying to buy a new foundation and I'm totally confused with these colorings and undertones.
Unfortunately every time I go to my nearest Sephora the same sales people are there and they are rude and never give me the correct shades. And there is only one guy at the MAC counter who seems to be able to match me correctly and I haven't seen him there the past few days.
So, currently I use N4 in the Studio Fix Powder foundation and that seems to match well. But not all their foundations/concealers say just N4 they are like NC or NW and then some number...how do I know what N4 means in the other foundations? Would that be NC or NW? I'm assuming I'd be around NC15 or 20?
I can't really tell if I have pink or yellow undertones but I'm thinking yellow or neutral?
I went to get matched for the MUFE HD last time and he said I was 115 Ivory but when I went in lighting it was WAY pink. (Like when it was on my jawline I could definitely see just a pink color, no skin coloring at all.)
He said to go with that or 117, he said either shade would work for me. But one is pink under toned and the other yellow (according to Sephora.com) I'm assuming I have yellow under tones since 115 was too pink for me then?
I didn't go back and give 117 a try because I wasn't impressed with the first one despite the mismatch.
I'm trying to determine if I was a cool, warm or neutral shade to make things a bit easier.
Since everyone seems to mention reference to their MAC shade I haven't had much luck trying to google it. The only MAC shade I know of for me is N4 but most people use the liquid foundations so they have the NC or NW shades and I can't compare it.
From what I read I'd assume I would be the NC15 or NC20? Or for non MAC any neutral tone?
Sorry if this is confusing, lol.
P.S
I can add a picture without makeup on if it'd help any?
Unfortunately every time I go to my nearest Sephora the same sales people are there and they are rude and never give me the correct shades. And there is only one guy at the MAC counter who seems to be able to match me correctly and I haven't seen him there the past few days.
So, currently I use N4 in the Studio Fix Powder foundation and that seems to match well. But not all their foundations/concealers say just N4 they are like NC or NW and then some number...how do I know what N4 means in the other foundations? Would that be NC or NW? I'm assuming I'd be around NC15 or 20?
I can't really tell if I have pink or yellow undertones but I'm thinking yellow or neutral?
I went to get matched for the MUFE HD last time and he said I was 115 Ivory but when I went in lighting it was WAY pink. (Like when it was on my jawline I could definitely see just a pink color, no skin coloring at all.)
He said to go with that or 117, he said either shade would work for me. But one is pink under toned and the other yellow (according to Sephora.com) I'm assuming I have yellow under tones since 115 was too pink for me then?
I didn't go back and give 117 a try because I wasn't impressed with the first one despite the mismatch.
I'm trying to determine if I was a cool, warm or neutral shade to make things a bit easier.
Since everyone seems to mention reference to their MAC shade I haven't had much luck trying to google it. The only MAC shade I know of for me is N4 but most people use the liquid foundations so they have the NC or NW shades and I can't compare it.
From what I read I'd assume I would be the NC15 or NC20? Or for non MAC any neutral tone?
Sorry if this is confusing, lol.
P.S
I can add a picture without makeup on if it'd help any?