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MAC NC 20/25

BE Fairly Light/Light

BB Sand

CG Classic Ivory, Creamy Natural, Buff Beige

Almay Naked/Nude

Maybelline Classic Ivory, Nude (AR)

Revlon Buff

Loreal Quickstick Nude Beige

to name a few...

 
here's mine:

Px Flawless skin - champagne 04 y/o (my fave)

BE in 102 Fairly Light

Origins Nude

Mary Kay Ivory 202 (or maybe 302) cant remember

nothing else has really matched, MAC was horrid on my skin

 
Hey all just thought I'd add mine for the other ghosts among us, lol:

Prescriptives foundation in Fresh Camellia

Origins Original Skin Pressed Makeup in Rice 08

Armani Silk Foundation Powder in 1

T. LeClerc Pressed Powder in Ivoire

LORAC Satin Makeup in M1

Shu Uemura Nobara Cream Foundation in 983

Shiseido Stick Foundation in I00

Kevyn Aucoin SXE in 01

L'Oreal True Match Foundation in C1 Alabaster

LORAC Concealer in 01 (I think)

And these two were a tad yellow for me but still workable:

LOLA Sheer Foundation in Porcelain Doll

Chanel Double Perfection Fluide in Limpide Nude(ack who uses limpide to describe a color...lol)

Hope that helps!

 
Cool thread!!

Foundations

Stila TM: light

Revlon CS: Buff

Estee Lauder Double Wear: Ecru

MAC Studio Tech and fix: NC20

MAC F & B: mixture of N1 and C2

Origins Nude and Improved: sheer latte (for when I am tan)

Powder

MAC Loose powder: NC20

MAC blot powder: Medium/Dark

Max Factor Creme Puff: Translucent

 
I need foundations with more of a yellow skin undertone...

Foundation: Lancome - Color ID - no.05

Shisedio - Stick foundation - B60 - Natural Deep Beige

Powder: Clinque - Stay Matte Sheer Pressed Powder- no.03 - Stay Baige

Lancome - Color ID Powder - no.05

Concealer: Clinque - Airbrush - no.02

Blush: Nars - Ninotchka

Esteé Lauder - Tender Blush - 213 Rosewood

 
Prescriptives Flawless Skin: Ecru

MAC: NC15

Bobbi Brown: Porcelain

Revlon: Ivory

 
MAC NC 20

And BE 1.2

that's all I know.
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MAC Select Tint NC50

MAC Select Sheer Pressed Powder NC40

DiorSkin Powder Foundation in 700 Cinnamon

Bobbi Brown Even Finish Foundation Compact in Golden

Bobbi Brown Sheer Pressed Powder in Golden Orange

 
Originally Posted by BeneBaby Okay here's mine..I am usually the lightest shade in any line.
Benefit- Jax and Volume 1

MAC- NC15

Revlon-Buff

Chanel-Limpid

Estee Lauder-Bone....Ha! Everytime I went to get this I was embarassed. "Can I get a Bone?...guess I have a dirty mind.

Prescriptives-Ecru

Laura Mercier- Ivory

LORAC- Porcelain

Dior-201

Bare Minerals-Fair

Do you find the EL in Bone a little too light? I use Buff in CS and find Bone to be just a little bit too white for me
 
Originally Posted by Sophia Mac NC20Clinique Neutral 05, not exactly my shade,it's a little darker but Clinique doesn't make a shade similar to mine, to foundations!!!

OMG!!!! We're "foundation twins"
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I've exactly the same shades and, about Clinique, my skin is a little bit darker than Neutral #05
 
bump!

stila foundation: 30 watt

mac concealer: nw20

becca foundation: nude

becca powder: sesame

shu uemura concealer: 7yr medium light-h

kevyn aucoin foundation: sx05

chanel foundation: limpide nude

biotherm tinted moisturizer: pale 01

stila tinted moisturizer: light

laura mercier foundation: warm ivory

laura mercier concealer: sc-3

kanebo concealer: medium

kanebo foundation: natural beige

mac blot powder: medium

laura mercier tinted moisturizer: nude

mac studio fix fluid: nc15

 
here are the foundations i have:

Clinique perfectly real mu- shade 30

Clinique city stick foundation- 05 (vanillia stick)

Clarinis true radiance foundation- praline

i dont usuallywear foundation, so i dont really have much of it. im a more concealer stick/liquid gal.

 
Foundations

Stila Natural Finish Oil-Free = Shade D

Stila Illuminating Liquid = 40 Watts

Stila Sheer Face Tinter Moisturizer = Dark

Mary Kay Medium-Coverage = Beige 402/Bronze 500

bareMinerals = Medium/Medium-Beige/Tan

Powders

Stila Sheer Pressed Powder = Medium

Stila Illuminating Powder = 40 Watts

Mary Kay Dual-Coverage = Beige 400/Bronze 507

Concealers

Stila Eye Concealer = Medium

Stila Cover Up Stick = Shade D

Mary Kay = Beige/Yellow/Light Bronze

***Mary Kay colors depend on the season and whether or not I've been tanning (which I don't anymore). I'm not a 100% match all the time anyway, I've always had problems making MK look right on me, which is why I switched to Stila (perfect EVERYTIME!)

 
MAC: sheer tint in nc20 (perfect match!)

Stila: tinted moisturizer in Bare

Prescriptives: traceless in level 1, Virtual Matte in Fresh Cream

Laura Mercier: tinted moisturizer in Porcelain (a little light but next color is too dark)

Clinique: Perfectly Real in shade n1, moisture sheer tint in fair (slightly darker than my skin)

Mary Kay: Ivory

Aromaleigh: 1C/1N

Bare Escentuals: Light

Serious Skin Care: tinted and regular foundation in light

Bobbi Brown: Sand

Powder

NARS: loose powder in Beach

Prescriptives: pressed powder Virtual Matte in Level 1

Clinique: pressed powder in Stay Buff (became too orangey after a while)

Clinique: loose powder in transparency neutral

Bobbi Brown: loose powder in pale yellow

 
Liquids:

Chanel Multi-Vitamin Soft bisque

Lancome Adaptive Creme 1

Color ID I-30

Photogenic Ivory 2

Renergie Lift Porcelaine 20

Mary Kay medium coverage Ivory 204

Powders:

Lancome Dual Finish Matte Porcelaine I (same in fragrance free)

Photogenic Ivoire

Mary Kay Ivory 200

Concealers:

Lancome Maquicomplet Ivoire

Photogenic Light Buf/Ivoire mixed

Mary Kay Ivory

 
Foundation:

MAC NC30

Concealer:

L'Oreal Ideal Balance Light/Medium (a little light but next darker colour was way too dark)

 
My skin, I would say has more pink/red in it when I look at it with no makeup.

So, does this mean I am suppose to use foundation with a YELLOW tone, or a Pink tone or a Orange tone????

I always get confused about this???

 
MAC: nc25-27

Lancome teint idole: 01 beige albatre, 03 beige diaphane and 04 beige nature

photogenic ultra naturel:01 and 03

adaptive:01 (but i guess i could use 03 and 04 as above)

Diorskin sculpt:020 and 030

Shiseido: I 20

Powder:

Lancome poudre majeur in transluside-the lightest

 
Bare Minerals in medium beige

J Lynne mmu in medium warm 3.4

Concealer:

Prescriptives Camoflage Cream in yellow/orange Medium 04

 
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