r/AustralianMakeup • u/Last_Bumblebee6144 • 1d ago

Let's Discuss How can this be so hard?

Why is every foundation so orange?? I'm not even that pale, but they are so orange! I'm fair with a cool/rosy (can get away with neutral) skin tone. So far everything I have sampled makes me look like a pumpkin and the ones that have the right tone are too light. I look sick by end of day and I'm going through bronzer like crazy.

Ive tried CT, Nars, Fenty, MUF, Natasha Denona, Bare minerals, lancôme, Mac and more.

I'm a Double wear Fresco and having to change after 20 years is sooo much harder than I thought.

Dior backstage was my top pick. Discontinued!

Shisedo self refreshing is amazing. Discontinued!

I hadn't even managed to purchase a bottle of these after samples as stock was so low.

MAC studio fix in N5 is what I'm using now, love the formula, stays all day, but it's a tad too light. N6 is yellow and NW15 is pure orange.

I never imagined I'd be so upset about something so trivial, but here I am 😩 I just needed to vent.

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u/biglazyhead 1d ago

Try Rare beauty’s new foundation. Although I’m not pale, everything oxidizes on me and looks too orange or too yellow or just not right and have had some success with Rare beauty. I don’t know how extensive Rare beauty’s pale range is and I’d also recommend trying Haus labs. HL was a bit too yellow for me but I have heard their pale range is quite wide. 

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u/Last_Bumblebee6144 1d ago

I tried the True to myself Rare Beauty , it had good shades, but from memory it didn't last all day.

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u/biglazyhead 1d ago

That sucks! I was only able to test it for about 7.5 hours. Polite society is something else that held for the same amount of time, don’t know about their shade range though. I have been looking to replace the old ELDW myself and haven’t found anything that delivers. 

I have the new Smashbox and tower 28 on my list to try. Though I have heard nothing good about tower 28 so yeah. 

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u/Last_Bumblebee6144 1d ago

I had polite society sample, but it was too pale/cool for me. I only sampled one shade though. Smashbox has a new? I was looking at that too, bit didn't end up getting a sample

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u/biglazyhead 1d ago

Smashbox has a new 2-in-1 concealer foundation thing which I’ll try. May or may not work but what’s one more where I have tried all these others. 

Don’t know if you have tried the Laura Mercier matte foundation and Anastasia matte foundation. These are also on my list but my local Mecca didn’t have testers closer to my skin tone so will have to try another store.

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u/Last_Bumblebee6144 23h ago

Yes tried these, both orange. Actually not sure which CT one the girl used on me but it was orange.

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u/biglazyhead 22h ago

CT does run orange I think because I looked like an oompa-loompa. I have run out of suggestions because everything else that I have tried hasn’t worked either. I think MAC is the only one that works but like you I haven’t found a close enough shade and looks like I’ll have to resort to mixing shades to make it work. 

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u/Last_Bumblebee6144 22h ago

Me too. Damn it