topic Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons in Beauty

Foundation Shade Comparisons

Icegoddess — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:48:13 GMT

My Sephora order came in. I pulled out the Armani foundation to look at it and it looked a little dark. Compared it to my bottle of Nars Sheer Glow and it still looked a little dark, but I know that the shade looking at the outside of the bottle might not be accurate, so I tried to do a shade comparison. First, I put a small dot of each Nars, Fenty, & Armani, on my hand. The Fenty being thinner, it spread out before I could get to my phone and bring the camera up. Left to right is Nars, Armani, Fenty.

Next I swatched each on my inner arm using those drops and let dry since the color changes slightly as it dries.

It does dry down slightly darker than both the Fenty and the Nars. I wore it today without the addition of the Fenty Drop L'it drops and it has a nice finish. I haven't looked at pics with it applied yet compared to the other two.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

LizzieInSRQ — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:04:09 GMT

Yes, but you are not wearing foundation on yiur hands or arms. You have to put it on your face near your jaw line.

Because of driving etc, my hands and arms are not the sane colir as my face,

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

haddon9 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:09:51 GMT

In the top photo the one on the left looks to be not only lighter, but a lot cooler than the one on the right.

I have a cool toned complexion so I am always looking for not only foundations but clothing, etc. that has a cool tone to it.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Icegoddess — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:25:01 GMT

@haddon9, it could be my LED lighting, but the one on the left is Nars Sheer Glow in Light 2 Mont Blanc, It's supposed to be a Neutral.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

persiflage — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:27:44 GMT

The pictures you post (wearing foundation) are always so beautiful and your foundation looks very well matched to your skintone, these swatches all look so yellow on your hand and arm. I realize that you normally wear one of these, the nars looks closest to me.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Icegoddess — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:40:21 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ wrote:
Yes, but you are not wearing foundation on yiur hands or arms. You have to put it on your face near your jaw line.

Because of driving etc, my hands and arms are not the sane colir as my face,

@LizzieInSRQ I wasn't doing a color match. I was comparing the shade of a new foundation to the 2 foundations that I already have and wear.

ETA: My big test is at the hairline, not the jawline.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Spacrazy — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:32:29 GMT

@Icegoddess what a great idea you had with your photography comparisons. It's NARS all the way for me.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

On It — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:51:23 GMT

I would repeat the experiment along your jawline or hairline, but make about a two inch square for each one onto the face. These larger patches should help make the decision easier since they are where you will wear the foundation. Good luck.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

kate2357 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 21:43:15 GMT

@Icegoddess

I agree w/ person who wrote the foundation you've been using always looks fabulous on you.

I also look more at hairline than jaw line for color match. I hate when the foundation is darker than my scalp/part line.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Icegoddess — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 22:07:12 GMT

@persiflage wrote:
The pictures you post (wearing foundation) are always so beautiful and your foundation looks very well matched to your skintone, these swatches all look so yellow on your hand and arm. I realize that you normally wear one of these, the nars looks closest to me.

@persiflage, thanks. Yes, it's the Nars that I have been wearing for awhile. I got nervous last time I went to Sephora to get a new bottle and they told me they would no longer be selling it in stores. To me, that meant it could be going away soon, so I decided to try a couple of other options. I remembered years ago looking at the Armani but had no way at the time to get a close match. There is a similar shade that looks to be cooler, says it has pink undertones.

It might be that my inner arms are sooo light that causes them to look yellow or the lighting. The Nars doesn't look yellow on my face, and I don't think the Fenty does either. I posted a pic here in another thread with them both on my face side by side.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Ronettes — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 22:16:55 GMT

None of those shades match your skin, if you don't mind my saying so -

The first one nearest your thumb is the best match -

However, they are all too yellow, and your undertone is pink, so I would go with foundation with a 'pink undertone'.

Nothing makes a woman look worse than a dark shade of foundation - lighter is always best, and also more youthful!

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Shanus — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:53:34 GMT

@Icegoddess I'm somewhere between cool and neutral, but prefer neutral which has a bit of yellow to cut the pink and gives me a "blank canvas". I add my color of choice....cool or warm.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Shanus — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:56:00 GMT

There are times when I like two shades of foundation. I usually like the center of my face to be a bit lighter...a natural highlight that way.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Icegoddess — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 02:24:11 GMT

@Ronettes wrote:
None of those shades match your skin, if you don't mind my saying so -
The first one nearest your thumb is the best match -
However, they are all too yellow, and your undertone is pink, so I would go with foundation with a 'pink undertone'.
Nothing makes a woman look worse than a dark shade of foundation - lighter is always best, and also more youthful!

@Ronettes All of these shades are considered Neutral per their manufacturers. I've been wearing the Nars shade for a few years now and I think it looks fine. I've posted several pics here, either partial face on this forum or even full face over in the Outfit of the Day thread. In fact, I think I showed a side by side of the Nars and Fenty in another thread in this forum recently. If I decide to keep using the Armani, I would probably go with 4.75 which is considered Light Pink rather than this 5 which is considered Light Neutral, but I wore it today and I think it was fine.

Re: Foundation Shade Comparisons

Ronettes — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 02:35:41 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
@Ronettes wrote:
None of those shades match your skin, if you don't mind my saying so -
The first one nearest your thumb is the best match -
However, they are all too yellow, and your undertone is pink, so I would go with foundation with a 'pink undertone'.
Nothing makes a woman look worse than a dark shade of foundation - lighter is always best, and also more youthful!
@Ronettes All of these shades are considered Neutral per their manufacturers. I've been wearing the Nars shade for a few years now and I think it looks fine. I've posted several pics here, either partial face on this forum or even full face over in the Outfit of the Day thread. In fact, I think I showed a side by side of the Nars and Fenty in another thread in this forum recently. If I decide to keep using the Armani, I would probably go with 4.75 which is considered Light Pink rather than this 5 which is considered Light Neutral, but I wore it today and I think it was fine.

Probably the color I am seeing may not be the exact shade, all these computers / phones show different colors.

But many people don't realize that foundations come in so many shades of warm / cool and with undertones of yellow / pink.

Important to have the proper shade that lights up the face!