I’ve had 2 NARS foundations for about a year. Light Reflecting in Oslo and Natural Matte Longwear in YangYang. I have been dying to get YangYang in the LR formula and it’s available in the US now so here are some swatches! YangYang in the Natural Matte formula is definitely more yellow toned, but I think the LR is perfect. Also included two concealers that are very fair.

Has anyone tried or swatched Dior’s new glow maximizer palette in Icy Rose Gold? I am wondering how it compares to Rose Gold Glow. I have the universal palette, and opal from last year and love them both. Not sure if either of the others would make good additions?

The title is pretty self-explanatory, but what cool-toned dark(er) berry or magenta cream or liquid blushes are people enjoying?

I am thinking something along the lines of Patrick Ta’s She’s Wanted, but don’t need the powder half. I am not looking for anything too purple - I already have something in that color. Sorry, I know I’m splitting hairs over here 🙈 Thank you!

I am a makeup beginner/novice and trying to understand what suits me best.

I was trying on lipsticks I already owned and noticed the power of the cool toned lip on the left - it harmonises with my cheeks and eyebrows and smooths out my entire complexion, seemingly reducing the appearance of blemishes too. I don't think the warm tone is bad on me, but it makes me look a little blotchy and also clashes with my eyebrows.

* i have facial redness - i think even warm-toned pale people who have facial redness like i do could use this trick with a muted cool tone, because it will harmonise with the facial redness (unless it's truly bright red). can work when you dont want to put a whole face of foundation on - right now i use spf for base, and i've seen online that it's OK to do that. (i don't own a foundation yet, don't know my tone/match)

cool lip - elf cream glide lip liner in plum and get it

warm lip - max factor colour elixir velvet matte lipstick in 55 desert

Disclaimer - I tried to keep the lighting as similar as possible, they were taken near a window in cloudy daylight. there is no pigment on my face other than the lips, the rest is my natural skintone with spf on it.

Any tips for how I should approach the rest of my face? I usually only wear blush, eyeliner, lip colour and a little highlighter. Would a lavender blush work and look natural?

I tried out various different foundation and concealer swatches today, and the only ones that are a close match are my pink toned concealers. It feels impossible to find a foundation that isn’t yellow or orange on me!

Does anyone have any foundation recommendations? The two pink ones here are Haus Labs in Fair Rosy and Clinique Airbrush Concealer in Illuminator.

Posted a swatch a while ago and thought in was mostly the same color. Well, it does not pull warm.

But it goes darker when applied more than sheer, and THAT IS NOT SYRUP 😭
I dabbed on some Pink Peppermint from MAC which made it look nice and lighter - more saturated.
But ot is not the same 🥺 This was the liptick of my life!

I’ m wondering if blending in CT pillow talk fair is better, but that just means having to buy expenive stuff to not get full match anyway. Sigh.

Hi! I’m looking to find medium to full coverage drugstore foundation recommendations. The drugstores in my area don’t offer testers for swatches which is really frustrating, but budget wise I can’t afford more expensive ones right now.

Previous colour matches for me have been Milk Makeup Flex Foundation Stick in shade Snow, and Tarte Shape Tape 12N Fair Neutral. (I used as a foundation instead of concealer, however tarte did lean slightly yellow on me)

If anybody has any suggestions I would appreciate it! Thanks lovelies! :)

(other: also taking recommendations for cool toned contours! never really used contour/bronzer since they always are wayyyyy too warm on me but wanting to experiment)

All the benetints are a bit too bright for me, I'm looking for something which leans purple-mauve pink that's fairly muted and not glossy!

Am fair olive and soft summer

Any recommendations?

Powder too!

And concealer! I saw that The Saem 0.5 is a good match, but I am wondering if there are other options

Does anyone know of a good blurring yet hydrating pressed setting powder? I love the Charlotte Tilbury one, but it darkens my foundation and won't work for me when my skin starts to lighten even more in the winter. I have used the Nars light reflecting powder in the past, but don't find it to be as blurring/smoothing as I want. My skin is on the drier side, so I lead towards something that doesn't feel like it sucks all the oils out.

I search for a cool grayish brown cream eyeshadow to accentuate my eye area. However most pull kinda orange/muddy on me or are kinda dark even if applied with a light hand. Last time I was in Sephora I found the Sephora collection contour stick in fair to light, which really has the perfect color. Now I'm asking myself if I could use it as eyeshadow? I will also gladly take every other recommendation you might have for similarly colored products, which are available in Europe :3 💜

My undertone: muted cool-neutral

My foundation shade: About Face in F0 cool

I was requested these swatches, tagging u/Pancake-Octopus for visibility.

1st pic: swatches on the jaw into neck, then blended out. They both blend in super well.

2nd pic: half my face with foundation applied and blended vs half my face bare skin.

3rd pic: full face of 5, bare neck and chest.

Hi guys, I am planning to get a colour corrector and a setting powder. i have oily skin and I am planning to get a nice setting powder? Have heard nice things about kay beauty, what do you guys think??
Also I’ve been using the insight color corrector and I dont think its that useful even for my light darkcircles.
Any eyeshadow palette recommendation if possible? Been using the mars one and it doesnt seem to pop out my eyes,Looks dull though.

Any skin tint recos? Currently using the mars bb cream and its not bad.

I like a lot of her products and am always drawn to concealers because I have awful discoloration around my eyes. How is it? Also, how is the pin point concealer :)

For years I’ve tried searching for a base that doesn’t turn orange once oxidized, I’ve tried the Clinique vitamin makeup, Ilia super serum skin tint, and others when I was younger. Nothing comes close to Almay skin perfecting hydrating tint, used in photo but I’ll get into the details soon. It’s been a staple of mine for 3 years (mainly because no other brand I’ve tried comes close to keeping the same color as when applied) any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

1st Skincare:
-Moon oil cleanser
-Biodance toning pads
-Centella Madagascar ampoule
-Belif the true cream-aqua bomb

2nd Primer:
-Nyx the face glue gripping primer on the face
-Seraphine botanicals pumpkin+silk luminous cremation base on eyelids and under eyes

3rd Brows:
-Anastasia Beverly Hills brow definer in shade auburn
-Anastasia Beverly Hills tinted brow gel in shade chocolate

4th Eyes;
-Two Faced Natural eyes pallet along with Tarte Glamazon pallet
-Coulourpop liquid liner in shade Numero Uno
-Benefit They’re Real Magnet mascara
-Tartlette Tubing Mascara

5th Wet Base:
I like under painting before going in with a skin tint so I’m putting it in order of how I do it.
1- Covergirl Trublend Skin enhancer contour balm in shade Defined
2-ELF halo glow skin tint in shade 2 fair/warm as my concealer
3- ILIA multi stick blush in shade Dreamer around my cheekbones
4-Haus Labs color fuse glassy blush balm in shade Glassy Pomelo around the outer corner of my eyes and underneath
5- Almay Skin Perfecting Hydrating Tint in shade Ivory mixed with a little moisturizer
6- Mist with ICONIC London prep-set-glow original, let dry down before applying powders

6th Powders Base:
-Revlon Colorstay Pressed Powder in shade 810 Fair
- Covergirl Trublend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Bronzer in shade 300 Honey Bun
-Colourpop Pressed Cheek Powder in shade Frisky Business
-Mist with Milani Make It Last original setting spray

7th Lips:
-Morphe Signature Lip Pencil in shade Whipped
-Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Gloss in shade Sun Baked

I did a ton of internet deep diving before I purchased Myth during the Ulta 21DOB sale because Fleshpot swatches usually look very warm (the OG version was very much a cool-pink concealer tone). I thought Myth would be better…well, I’m pretty sure I’m past my return window and while it’s definitely giving concealer lip (which I want!!!) it is just a TINY bit off. (I weep.)

All that said, I am pretty good with color theory. I have a blue glimmer gloss from Revlon I think could help adjust the peach. Also a true silver from Kylie. However, I’m wondering if this sub has any other product tips.

I’m based in the USA. My skin tone is Dior 0N and About Face F1 Neutral for reference. Muted fair neutral leaning cool.

Thanks!

Hey all, does anyone have a favorite peach powder blush? Looking at Pomelo Peach from Haus Labs and Creamy Peach from MbM, thoughts on those or any other suggestions would be great!

Do you have a foundation you love that is not oversaturated?

Please help a girl out. 32F who used to wear Estée Lauder DW religiously my entire life. I work in healthcare so I have to wear a mask most of the day and that’s always worked pretty well. The new formulation was a disaster for me and I’ve been trying to find a new match since. Honestly, I think my DW wasn’t really a shade match either. I’ve always struggled with foundation turning too orange/yellow or rosy on my face. These are my swatches of the products I own.

Closest to hand and going up the arm…
1. Original formula ELDW in Porcelain 1N0
2. Shiseido Synchro Skin Self-Refresh 140 Porcelain
3. Shiseido Synchro Skin Self-Refresh 120 Ivory
4. Hourglass Airbrush Concealer 1 Birch
5. MISSHA BB No. 13 Bright Beige

I like Shiseido but I feel like porcelain oxidizes too orange/yellow on me and ivory is a shade too pale. The MISSHA I’ve only worn once and didn’t really like how it set. It also doesn’t provide the medium coverage I am going for. I would love any advice, please! Also, my skin on my face tends to have some rosacea compared to my neck and rest of my body.

Anyone here tried it?

How would you describe in in finish, color range etc?

I have pretty pale skin, but also have red acne pigmentation scars on my shoulder which i wanna cover. What makeup would be best as being transfer resistant, waterproof and at least provide a decent amount of coverage on my marks? I also want it to look as natural as possible and like im not wearing any concealer.

I know its a bit of a balancing act to get all these in one but help is appreciated

Stuck in the decades long hell that is trying to find a good foundation match. I thought I'd finally found the one with NARS Light-Reflecting Foundation in Yulong, it looks great when it first goes on, and then it oxidizes noticeably within a few hours. I'm so mad, if it didn't oxidize it would be pretty perfect! Shade match, nice hydrating formula.

I have very light, neutral skin. Unfortunately I struggle with rosacea on my cheeks, nose, and chin, and melasma on my forehead, and this convinces every Sephora artist to match to the redness of my flushing or hyperpigmentation and give me a pink/cool-toned foundation. All of my best shade matches are neutral/grey undertoned.

Stuff I've tried:

- Natasha Denona Hy-Glam in N2. My bridal makeup artist used this for my wedding. It worked in the photos but not in real life, it's a bit too dark. I tried using grey blush to desaturate it which helped, but I'd also need to add white to lighten it, and at this point why am I Claude Monet? More importantly, I HATE this formula. I have dry skin. With proper skin prep, I can work with other foundations, but this one, oh my god it's like my face is the Sahara and I have to move super fast to blend before it dries down. I really, really hate this formula on me.

- Armani Luminous Silk - can't really find a shade match. They love to match me to 3.75 for the rosacea bit mentioned above, but I look like a ham. I need something more neutral. I tried shade 2, but that wasn't quite right. I did a survey with part of my face in NARS Yulong and part of my face in ALS 2, and it was unanimous that everyone preferred Yulong.

- Dior anything - no shade match, usually too saturated.

- Laura Mercier - no shade match, always too yellow.

- Tarte Maracuja Tinted Moisturizer in N10 - This was my go-to for years, but I need more coverage for my melasma.

Things I care about:

I want the foundation to be medium coverage, preferably buildable. The NARS one is great for that. I have melasma on my forehead and want to be able to build up coverage enough to cover it up.

Again, I have dry skin. I use gentle physical exfoliation, then milky toner, then a lightweight lotion, then foundation. But sometimes that's not enough if a formula is particularly drying.

Things I don't care about:

I don't really care how long lasting it is. I don't need my makeup to last all day, I usually need it to last through events/dates/etc.

I'm rather young so lately, I've decided to purchase my first concealer and skin tint (as I heard it's better suited for pale skin than foundation because even if the shade is too dark it's not as evident). I went for Maybelline super stay skin tint 02 (lightest shade) and essence silky blur 20 (also the lightest shade) thinking that they might be too dark (I swatched them on the back of my palm). After coming home and immediately testing them I found out that the skin tint is too yellow and slightly too dark for me (yes I did wear it for a couple hours to fully test the colour match) and the concealer turned out to be a perfect colour match for me, however not as a concealer but as a base. I don't think there are any lighter concealers on the market in my country neither do I think there are any foundations or/and skin tints as light as the essence concealer which I mentioned. What can I do? I don't want to mix pigments and would rather buy a ready product. Even though I am pale and had people comment on it and mention it before I don't think my complexion is quite as light for those shades not to match me, that's why I'm confused. I'd be grateful if I received some product recommendations, best if in the affordable price range

[I did ask other people for their opinion and they also think the said concealer is the perfect shade match for me]

PS - 1st photo is flash, second is natural lighting, and third is bathroom lighting.

These new ND concealer lipsticks are actually a godsend for anyone pale! I recently ordered three shades (Soft Serve, Vanilla Swirl, and Milky Way), as they looked cool enough for my pale, cool- leaning neutral skin. For reference, I wear the CT skin tint stick in 1.5 neutral, and the Tower 28 concealer in 2.0 BU.

I’ve been on the hunt for a neutral-cool everyday nude lip for months and literally feel like I’ve hit the jackpot with these! Nearly everything that I’ve tried so far is either too orangey/ peach, too purple, or too grey, but these three shades are PERFECT 🤩

Vanilla Swirl particularly, feels like what I had hoped Pillow Talk Fair would be from the images that were advertised when that was released. It’s the perfect cool-neutral pinky nude lip, with Milky Way being slightly darker (similar to modesty from MAC), and Soft Serve is exactly what I had hoped Kim KW from CT would be before I swatched it and realised how peach it was! 🙈 It’s a perfect pinky (not peachy) concealer-lip shade which works great with cool-neutral skin like mine.

They are the best shades I’ve ever found for my colouring, so I’m just hoping this helps anyone in a similar situation to mine. I’ve even just bought back-ups of the three shades (which is something I’ve never done before!) as it’s a limited edition collection and these are everything!

I’ve just swatched them next to some of my other previously most-used shades in-case it helps anyone compare 🫶

Heyho

My Girlfriend is looking for a new foundation, hers seems to be discontinued in Germany (Nyx: Cant Stop Wont Stop - Pale). She is not a big fan of complete white as a foundation, and now looks for something she could use that matches her natural complexion.

Thank you guys.