Shade recs please!! (+ foundation, concealer & blush swatches)
Hello! I have VERY MUTED cool (maybe cool-neutral??) fair-light olive skin. Swatched some foundations, concealers & blushes, along with my own custom shade matches I mixed. Swatch list at the bottom.
Looking for shades recs that match my mixes :) so:
•a “neck match” concealer
•a “face match” foundation & concealer
•+ bonus points for blushes similar to my custom blush mixes!
I have to mix in so. much. color corrector (esp blue) to get a foundation/concealer match. Every shade in store I’ve tried is too saturated/orange/peachy/yellow. Workers mismatch me in-store with too-light shades bc I’m so muted I appear to be lighter than I am.
My neck is a shade or 2 lighter than my face/chest/most of my body, & translucent/gray/blue-green. I CANNOT match my foundation to my neck or I look undead. I only use a concealer that matches my neck to spot-conceal my neck on foundation-free days. For reference, my neck is deeper than Haus 030 & Chantilly, & the same depth as Hourglass Birch (all 3 are too yellow.)
For foundation, I mix a shade that matches my face/center of chest. My face is still muted, but it’s deeper and has a bit more warmth and pink to it. I just make sure to blend it down my neck, & then conceal as normal with a “face match” concealer of the same tone/depth. This way I don’t look undead. Haven’t found a good match for my face in stores either—for reference I’m same depth as NARS Vanilla & Luminous Silk 3.5 (both are too peachy/orange.)
Pics 1-4 (from top to bottom):
My “neck match” concealer I mixed
Kosas Revealer Concealer (0.5N)
Anastasia Magic Touch Concealer (2)
Anastasia Magic Touch Concealer (4)
Tower 28 Serum Concealer (BU)
NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer (Light 2 Vanilla)
Haus Labs Triclone Foundation (030 Fair Cool)
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation (3.75)
The dots at the bottom are some “face match” foundations & concealers I mixed—except for the bottom right dot, which is my “neck match” concealer again.
Pics 5 & 6 (blushes)
•Top Left: Custom Mix 1–would love recs for blushes w/ a similar tone & depth (liquid, cream, or powder!)
•Bottom Left: Custom Mix 2–would love recs for preferably liquid or cream blushes (but powder works too) in a similar tone & depth. Blushes pull orange on me, so a more “balanced” peach would be best :)
•Top Right: L’Oreal True Match Blush (C3-4 Tender Rose)
•Bottom Right: Laura Mercier Blush Color Infusion Duo (Strawberry). New release—mixed both shades in duo together
Thank you SO much!!