Foundation too sandy: can I correct it?

[Gail Evans]

Help please!

I recently bought a liquid Becca foundation (Luminous Skin Colour, Sheer, in Nude). It's the right strength of colour, if that makes sense, but it's a bit too sandy for my face. Not orange thankfully, but too sandy. I'm pretty sure it has a yellow base. It was a bit pricy, so I really don't want to throw it out.

Previously I bought a far-too-pink-based cheap Maybelline liquid foundation, and mix it with some green corrector stick before I use it, which makes it a good shade.

Is there anything like this that I can do for the Becca? I don't know what colour to mix/ use that would work.

Thanks in advance.

 

[speedy]

Can you take it back and swap it for the right colour?

 

[Gail Evans]

Nope, not really. It was bought in Australia.

I'd also like an answer in case this kind of thing happens again.

Thanks for asking, Speedy.

 

[chavette]

just buy a better one. I know its a bummer, but at the end of the day, are you really going to go to all that effort to just "correct" a bad foundation?

 

[vav]

You can use it by mixing it with some pink or peach concealer, yep.

 

[Aquilah]

Check into Face Atelier... They have Zero Plus (which can darken foundation) and Zero Minus (which can lighten it). The only other thing I can think of, short of trying to return it somehow, is to find a face powder which can balance it out to give you the right color.

 

[Gail Evans]

Vav: It sounds like you have you done this before, yes?

I'll give it a go.

Aquilah: I'll try to find them online, and have a look. The face powder might have to be the way to go.

 

[vav]

Yes, i've done it a lot! And if you have something too pink you can correct it by mixing it with something yellow, a concealer or a face powder.

 

[Gail Evans]

Aha! I have some experimenting to do, by the sounds of things.

As long as the dreaded orange is avoided...