Choosing Foundation

[geekygal]

Hey there,

This may be a silly question, but I get a little bit nervous in the shop, how are you supposed to find the right shade of foundation? I've tried swatching the 'test' tubes against my wrist; all the places I've looked say this isn't a good idea as your skin isn't a uniform tone everywhere. I think I've pretty much figured out my undertones but I always seem to go too dark or too light. Am I just being silly to expect an exact match?

I'd be so grateful for any advice,
Thank you so much  :3

[Gina P]

   I find in the summer time I go a shade darker to match my tan. Currently I use Loreal C2 on my highlight areas such as cheeks then blend in some W2 on most of my face, with some W3 on the areas i want to diminish or shade, such as chin and nose. Add a touch of blush on the lower cheeks. Finish with matching power all blended together and lip gloss.
  The face is not one shade and if you look at a picture you will see there are lighter and darker places depending on the way the light is reflected. With makeup we are able to recreate or change this to look different by the placement of different shades. Experiment and have fun.

[barbie]

I no longer wear foundation, but it would be difficult to find the color that exactly matches your facial tone. I preferred slightly lighter colors.

BTW, nowadays I wear tone-up suncream as an alternative to foundation.

barbie~~

[Nadine Spirit]

Hi! I try and color match my foundation to the color of skin on my neck and chest area, but ideally a place that really hasn't gotten much sun. So it ends up looking a bit lighter than my face skin color, but through blending, and using a bronzer to darken certain locations then the color matches best.

As well, I tend to struggle with colors so I usually just ask the sales people if they can recommend a good color for me. It tends to get annoying to continually have to color match as makeup companies frequently discontinue products to make room for new ones. I'd say over the last ten years I've changed my foundations at least five or six times. Currently I use a MAC foundation as they tend to have to most color choices.

[geekygal]

Thank you everyone so much for your advice 

I'll give this another go with your advice and some more tutorials and I'll let you know how it goes.

Thank you again!

[ChrissyRyan]

Thank you everyone so much for your advice 

I'll give this another go with your advice and some more tutorials and I'll let you know how it goes.

Thank you again!

Yes, please let us know what you have learned.  Thank you.

Chrissy

[Lori Dee]

Hey there,

This may be a silly question, but I get a little bit nervous in the shop, how are you supposed to find the right shade of foundation? I've tried swatching the 'test' tubes against my wrist; all the places I've looked say this isn't a good idea as your skin isn't a uniform tone everywhere. I think I've pretty much figured out my undertones but I always seem to go too dark or too light. Am I just being silly to expect an exact match?

I'd be so grateful for any advice,
Thank you so much  :3

All of the advice I have been given is to test it on your lower cheek by your jawline. That seems to be an area that best fits most of your face. That's what I do anyway.