Friday 20 November 2015

Base Products For Pale Skin & How To Find Your Perfect Foundation Match

Pale drugstore UK foundations matching skin foundation match tips

I have pale skin and although I might not be quite as pale as Snow white ( Although I am pretty close!) Most drugstore makeup brands insist on not developing a wide enough shade range to cater for us Snow whites out there! You pick up their porcelain or ivory, thinking that it should be okay, shouldn't it? I mean it is the lightest shade, it will match, right? After forking out on it, you get it home and realise that it literally looks like you have rolled around in a bag of wotsits and basically that foundation is never going to see the light of day again!!! So to minimise the number of times this happens for you guys, I thought I would share with you some of my foundation matching tips and pale people base product recommendations, that have all been tried and tested by yours truly! 

FOUNDATION MATCHING TIPS

#1 ARE YOU COOL OR WARM TONED?

It's really not a big deal whichever one you are, however, in regards to foundation matching, it can make a world of difference. If you have blue veins you are likely to be cool toned and if they seem more greenish, then you are are warm toned! This is really handy to know when you are shopping for a new foundation and they have a system which is based upon this, such as the Loreal True Match. If you are pale, you are more likely to have cool undertones and vice versa for warm undertones. 

#2 DON'T APPLY IT TO THE BACK OF YOUR HAND

Boots and Superdrug are very sneaky and the lighting within the shop is artificial, to make the shop brighter and more welcoming, which is all lovely and nice until it comes to buying foundations. Applying it to the back of your hand will just blend into your natural skin colour. Instead. apply it to your neck and either take a buddy or if you are always alone and have no friends, take a mirror and walk outside to see what it looks like on! 

#3 IF ITS HIGHEND GET TESTERS

When buying anything high-end but especially base products, ask if you could have a tester first. Don't let them match you up because they will 90% of the time match you with the lightest shade even though that might not be your real match! It makes me want to cry thinking about all the money wasted on high-end foundations that people don't use because they are the wrong shade!       

#4 GO FOR FOUNDATIONS WITH A LARGE RANGE OF SHADES

This can be hard because so many foundations have such amazing claims but unfortunately if you can't use it because it doesn't match your skin then what's the point in buying it in the first place! I tend to go with foundations where their USP is match or skin protection because you known they have probably taken more time over making sure that there is a match for  most skin tones than just the basic bog standard three shades. This will, therefore, hopefully, increase your chances of finding something that actually matches! 

MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PALE SKIN: 

* Loreal true match- C1. Rose Ivory 
* Rimmel match perfection- Light porcelain  
* Rimmel BB Cream- Very Light
* Rimmel stay matte- 001 Transparent
* Natural collection powder- Netural

I hope all you pale people out there found this somewhat useful and maybe maFE the task of going foundation shopping a little less excruciating!

If you have any other tips or recommendations of products to suit pale skin, do me and others know in the comments below, I am sure it would be very helpful! 

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