@Katcat1 wrote:
@Shanus Now I need to vent. I purchased Smashbox BB and Bobbi Brown BB cream to see which shade works best. Well the Smashbox is on the yellow/peach side for the Fair/Light and Bobbi's Extra Light may work but it is also yellow based but not as much. What is wrong with these companies? They charge an arm and a leg and cannot provide sufficient color shades for fair and light women. We have pink undertones or we are neutral and some are warm. I lean toward pink but I can do neutral. Please stop with all this yellow in your shades and start giving women what they need.
Good morning @Katcat1 . I understand your (& others’ frustration) with yellow in foundations. In all honesty, it’s done on purpose, especially in CC Creams and BB Creams (BBs came to us before CCs). BB was mainly a makeup for blemished skin, heavier coverage than CC. Assuming that the blemishes had pink/red colorations, the makeup had yellow in it to counteract the pink. Along came CC cream which stands for Color Correcting. It has slightly lighter coverage, but still a yellow base to correct ruddiness, dark areas, etc. These formulations came to us from Asia where many of the women have a more yellow toned skin.
I also am fair with a slightly pink undertone, but prefer a neutral foundation. It’s difficult to find. In my powder foundation, I wear Bare Minerals Fair...it seems more neutral to me. When I was younger, I could wear Fairly Light, but my skin lightened and that shade, when oxidized as powders do when mixed with w/ your moisturizers and natural oils, turned too yellow on my now more fair complexion. Tinted Moisturizer is my solution to yellow foundations because it’s less coverage. I use a concealer (a better neutral match to my skin) where needed around my nose and a few stubborn brown spots on my left cheek (from my driver’s window).
It takes getting used to, but yellow toned foundations aren’t going away anytime soon. Many women like the look of it taking all pink/red out of their skin. My suggestion is to find the least yellow one that works. That’s Bobbi’s for me. In the Foundation Stick, the lightest shade Alabaster has just a hint of yellow...same w/ Porcelain which is the next shade up. I wear the Extra Light Tint (now called Porcelain Tint) in the Tinted Moisturizer. It’s in a beige tube. It has light coverage, more than most tinted moisturizers. I use either Bobbi’s Porcelain concealer or the Porcelain Foundation Stick to touch up areas where I need it. In fact, all of Bobbi’s foundations have less yellow than many on the market.
Makeup artists prefer to work on a blank canvas just like fine artists. Taking all pink/red out of the skin, then concealing, using a finely milled setting powder is the universal routine. Then we add back color/shape with contour, bronzer, blush, etc. Artists will also use a shade lighter than darker if a difficult match and use bronzer on the neck to equal the look to the face.
I personally cannot wear the fair beige foundations that have pink undertones. They look artificial on me. They give me a flushed look and my neck is completely neutral. I prefer more yellow. ***Estée Lauder Double Wear has a range of fair & light beige w/ a tiny bit of pink to try. It’s medium-full coverage.
Another mua friend is meeting me in NM in Charlotte this weekend to test new makeup for fall. I’ll be on the lookout for cool foundations and cool shadow palettes for us and report back here if I find anything of interest.
***Expensive, but Tilbury foundations are less yellow. English women have rosey complexions and her line started there. Shadow palettes are also more cool.
*** Higher end ($$$$) foundations like Tom Ford, Armani, Chanel may have better selections in the fair to medium range. I refuse to pay that much.
Note: If anyone has a request for particular makeup items they’d like me to investigate, please let me know by tonite. I’ll do my best to accommodate...will have my IPad with me. Skincare will be another trip.
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