My Foundation Shade Guide for normail (NC35-37) and tanned (NC40) skin-the base line up- by face made up/facemadeup
My Foundations. The base line up.
My foundation shade guide- tinted moisturisers/cc creams by face made up/facemadeup
Tinted Moisturisers and CC Creams.
My Foundation Shade Guide-My Everyday Foundations by face made up/facemadeup
My 'Everyday' Foundations.
My Foundation Shade Guide-My Evening/Filming Foundations by face made up/facemadeup
My 'Evening' and Favourite for Filming Foundations.
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Charlotte Tilbury Lite Wonder Foundation is Medium 6

I thought it might be a useful tool for whatsoever of you out at that place who are of a similar colouring and/or skin type as me, medium skin tone with warm, yellow undertones, for me to listing all the foundations I've used and what shade I am in each one when I am tanned (equivalent to MAC NC35-NC40) and when I'm not and so tanned (equivalent to MAC NC25-NC30) . I've seen many of these threads on the internet and find them very useful so I hope this may bear witness useful for some of you lot out there.

Selecting the correct shade of foundation can be a difficult task at the best of times but when y'all cannot access the foundation to swatch it, things become even more catchy. Unless you've done some intensive research online, at that place is a big chance that you lot will end upward ordering/ownership the wrong shade of foundation and in that location's nothing worse than throwing your money down the bleed (unfortunately, unlike our American counterparts, in the UK, we aren't able to render cosmetics if bought in-store, even if information technology's non been used, and if we buy on-line,  nosotros are merely able to return if it's non been used).

I've also found with some foundations is that what I previously idea was the right shade of foundation for me  is no longer the case equally it'southward the classic example of what colour your skin is on the tan calibration when you lot first try and later on buy the foundation. By and large due to my dear for galavanting across the world in hot and tropical climates, I am sporting some sort of tan whether information technology's just a hint of colour from a long weekend away (iv on the scale of 1 to 10, equivalent to MAC NC30-NC35) or whether information technology's a deep, dark, 2-week tan which is the upshot of being severely dominicus burnt (11 on the scale of 1 to 10, equivalent to MAC NC40, or fifty-fifty NC42!) from the typical showtime 24-hour interval of the holiday error "it's not that hot/sunny and so I don't think I'll bother applying/reapplying my suncream". Classic schoolhouse girl error. Do I e'er larn? Well clearly not. I am probably the palest (by my standards anyhow) I've been in a long time and subsequently I've been finding that with a few of my foundations, they are now a tad too night for me.

Then if you're an NC25- xxx or fifty-fifty an NC40, or if you have no idea what I am talking nigh just are of low-cal to medium skin tone with warm, yellowish undertones, so observe your foundation shade (MAC NC25-NC30-NC35-NC40 equivalent) correct hither.

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Foundation

Shade

Finish

Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick Foundation Warm Natural (non tanned)  

Light to medium coverage with a natural, demi-matte finish. Review to follow.

Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder Foundation six Medium (non-tanned)  

Lightweight finish with a dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Dior Diorskin Star Foundation 030 (non-tanned)  

Calorie-free to medium coverage with a semi-matt end. Although this foundation has a very neutral undertone, whereas I would adopt it more if information technology was a yellow base.

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel 55 Biscuit Fonce (slight tan)  

Lightweight coverage with a natural finish.

Bourjois 123 Perfect CC Cream Rose Beige (not tanned)  

Lightweight coverage with a natural finish. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this CC foam here.

Bare Minerals Foundation Medium Tan (tanned)  

Light coverage with a natural stop.

Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Gel Touch Foundation forty (can just nearly go away with information technology when not tanned, only looks better when slightly tanned)  

Light coverage with a natural, glowy finish. Review to follow.

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet thirty Beige (non-tanned)  

Calorie-free coverage with a matte, very real skin-like stop

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua  

B40 Beige- Dessert (tin can just about get away with information technology when not tanned, simply looks better when slightly tanned)

 

Light coverage with a natural finish. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation half dozen (non-tanned)  

Medium to full coverage with a flawless but natural stop. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation hither and here.

Giorgio Armani Power Fabric Longwear Loftier Embrace Foundation Foundation vi (not-tanned)  

Medium to full coverage with a velvety matte finish. Read review of the
Giorgio Armani Power Fabric foundation can be found here.

Hourglass Vanish Seamless Foundation Stick
Nude (non-tanned)  

Full coverage with a natural satin finish. Read review of the
Hourglass Vanish Seamless Foundation Stick tin can be found here.

Information technology Cosmetics Your Skin Only Amend CC Cream SPF 50 Medium (non-tanned)  

Medium to full coverage with a natural to dewy finish. Buildable. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this CC foam here.

Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint Gilt (non-tanned)  

Lightweight coverage with a very dewy finish.

Jouer Matte Moisture Tint Camoumile (not-tanned) although expect rather pinkish in tone but when buffed into the peel, the colour is habiliment. Calorie-free coverage with a matte terminate.
Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra-Longwear Foundation Dusk (non-tanned)  

Medium to full coverage with a matte end. Read review of the Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Foundation here.

Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturiser Bisque (non-tanned), Ochre (tanned)  

Light coverage (but buildable) with a glowy, dewy finish. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Loreal True Friction match Foundation W3 (not-tanned) W4 (tanned)  

Medium coverage with a natural, slightly dewy stop. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation hither.

Loreal Paris Infalliable Pro Matte Foundation 104 Golden Biscuit (non-tanned) 106 Sun Beige (tanned) 105 (somewhere in-between)  

Medium to full coverage with a natural, matte terminate. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation hither in W6 and here in W4.

MAC Pro Longwear Foundation N37 (a bit too night on non-tanned peel so an NC35 would probably be better)  

Calorie-free to Medium coverage with a matte end.

MAC Studio Fix Foundation N40 (tanned pare)  

Medium- buildable coverage with a matte cease.

MAC Face up and Body C3 (non-tanned), C4 (tanned)  

Sheer to calorie-free/medium coverage with a dewy finish.

Makeup Forever Hard disk Foundation (discontinued – replaced by the Make Up For Ever Ultra Hd Foundation) 128 Almond (tanned), 127 Nighttime Sand (non-tanned)  

Low-cal to medium coverage with a natural finish.

Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Foundation Y335 (non- tanned and equivalent to 127 in the original formulation)  

Medium to full coverage with a satin finish. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation hither and hither.

Nars All 24-hour interval Luminous, Weightless Foundation Deauville (non-tanned, be warned, this shade option does not match upward to the Nars Sheer Glow foundation which is totally bonkers to me!)  

Full Coverage, matte foundation.

Nars Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation Stromboil (non-tanned)  

Total coverage with a natural radiant cease. Read the review of the Nars Natural Radiant Foundation hither.

Nars Radiant Tinted Moisturiser St. Moritz (non-tanned)  

Light coverage with a dewy stop.

Nars Sheer Glow Foundation Stromboli (non-tanned), Barcelona (for when I'k rocking a deep tan- NC40)  

Medium- buildable coverage with a radiant and lightly dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Nars Velvet Matte Skin Tint St Moritz. (non-tanned although could probably get away using it with a calorie-free tan)  

Medium coverage with a natural, matte finish. Check out my video demo hither.

Too Faced Born This Way Foundation Natural Beige (slightly tanned, might become away when non-tanned)  

Medium to full coverage with a dewy stop. Cheque out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Urban Disuse All Nighter Liquid Foundation  

4.0 (non-tanned)

Full coverage with a matte finish. Check out my review here and my video demo here.
Yves Saint Laurent All Hours Full Coverage Matte Foundation  

BD35 Warm Caramel (non-tanned)

Full coverage with a soft satin matte finish. Read the review of the YSL All Hours Foundation here.

For MAC NC25-NC30 to NC35-NC40 shade matches/equivalents in the best long-lasting, full coverage foundation releases of 2017, check out my blog mail service – The Best New Long-Lasting, Full Coverage Foundations of 2017 here.

I will continue to add to the list as and when I try out new foundations/tinted moisturisers/BB/CC Creams. Feel costless to continue the thread by adding your ain foundation shades.

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