With the current global pandemic and being in the 3rd national lockdown (UK), I cannot go to the store to speak to someone at the makeup counters regarding correspondence with my foundation. At the moment, I have 1 foundation that closely matches my skin tone, the others are either way too light or way too dark and I have to mix and match to get the right shade. I was wondering what advice people had for buying foundations online! I’m pretty sure which foundation brands / finishes I want to go for, it’s just the color matching I’m not good at! Thank you in advance!
I love Temptalia’s Foundation Matrix – you can put in which shades of which formulas you know match you, and then filter by which product you want a match in, and it’ll tell you your shade!
Edited to add: I have also compiled a list of beauty YouTubers I know use the same shade of foundation I do & check to see if they have reviewed the product I want to try, and buy whichever shade worked for them.
More and more brands offer a “matching quizz” that can help you. I just got the Huda foundation stick and It’s a perfect match. Also there is the website Findation.com that can help you find foundations based on the ones you currently use.
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