Make Up Matches For Mac Studio Face And Body C6

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I thought it might be a useful tool for any of you out there who are of a similar colouring and/or skin type as me, medium skin tone with warm, yellow undertones, for me to list all the foundations I’ve used and what shade I am in each one when I am tanned (equivalent to MAC NC35-NC40) and when I’m not so tanned (equivalent to MAC NC25-NC30) . I’ve seen many of these threads on the internet and find them very useful so I hope this may prove useful for some of you out there.

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Make Up For Ever Face & Body 46. Armani Maestro #11.5 & 12 (I use 11.5 on its own in the winter. Thanks heaps! I thought I was the only one who has to mix 2 shades of foundation to get my correct match. I mix MAC Studio Fix NW55 and MAC Matchmaster 9.0. On the back of my hand, mix with my brush and then apply. MAC Face & Body Foundation: A huge 120ml bottle! MAC Face & Body is that standard, simple, unfussy, workhorse foundation that I love and have been using and quietly recommending to anyone who will listen for years now. Get your makeup pouch, tote bag or shirt and help support our operational costs Our team show off their talent with Match My Makeup very own developer's mobile game, Blade Master of Mibu. The game based on the true story of Japan's famous Shinsengumi.

Selecting the right shade of foundation can be a difficult task at the best of times but when you cannot access the foundation to swatch it, things become even more tricky. Unless you’ve done some intensive research online, there is a big chance that you will end up ordering/buying the wrong shade of foundation and there’s nothing worse than throwing your money down the drain (unfortunately, unlike our American counterparts, in the UK, we aren’t able to return cosmetics if bought in-store, even if it’s not been used, and if we buy on-line, we are only able to return if it’s not been used).

I’ve also found with some foundations is that what I previously thought was the right shade of foundation for me is no longer the case as it’s the classic case of what colour your skin is on the tan scale when you first try and subsequently buy the foundation. More often than not due to my love for galavanting across the globe in hot and tropical climates, I am sporting some sort of tan whether it’s just a hint of colour from a long weekend away (4 on the scale of 1 to 10, equivalent to MAC NC30-NC35) or whether it’s a deep, dark, two-week tan which is the result of being severely sun burnt (11 on the scale of 1 to 10, equivalent to MAC NC40, or even NC42!) from the typical first day of the holiday mistake “it’s not that hot/sunny so I don’t think I’ll bother applying/reapplying my suncream”. Classic school girl error. Do I ever learn? Well clearly not. I am probably the palest (by my standards anyway) I’ve been in a long time and subsequently I’ve been finding that with a few of my foundations, they are now a tad too dark for me.

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So if you’re an NC25- 30 or even an NC40, or if you have no idea what I am talking about but are of light to medium skin tone with warm, yellow undertones, then find your foundation shade (MAC NC25-NC30-NC35-NC40 equivalent) right here.

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Foundation

Shade

Finish

Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick FoundationWarm Natural (non tanned)

Light to medium coverage with a natural, demi-matte finish. Review to follow.

Charlotte Tilbury Light Wonder Foundation6 Medium (non-tanned)

Lightweight finish with a dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Dior Diorskin Star Foundation030 (non-tanned)

Light to medium coverage with a semi-matt finish. Although this foundation has a very neutral undertone, whereas I would prefer it more if it was a yellow base.

Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel55 Beige Fonce (slight tan)

Lightweight coverage with a natural finish.

Bourjois 123 Perfect CC CreamRose Beige (non tanned)

Lightweight coverage with a natural finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this CC cream here.

Bare Minerals FoundationMedium Tan (tanned)

Light coverage with a natural finish.

Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Gel Touch Foundation40 (can just about get away with it when not tanned, but looks better when slightly tanned)

Light coverage with a natural, glowy finish. Review to follow.

Chanel Perfection Lumiere Velvet30 Beige (non-tanned)

Light coverage with a matte, very real skin-like finish

Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua

B40 Beige- Dessert (can just about get away with it when not tanned, but looks better when slightly tanned)

Light coverage with a natural finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation6 (non-tanned)

Medium to full coverage with a flawless but natural finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here and here.

Giorgio Armani Power Fabric Longwear High Cover Foundation Foundation6 (non-tanned)

Medium to full coverage with a velvety matte finish. Read review of the
Giorgio Armani Power Fabric foundation can be found here.

Hourglass Vanish Seamless Foundation Stick
Nude (non-tanned)

Full coverage with a natural satin finish. Read review of the
Hourglass Vanish Seamless Foundation Stick can be found here.

It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC Cream SPF 50Medium (non-tanned)

Medium to full coverage with a natural to dewy finish. Buildable. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this CC cream here.

Jouer Luminizing Moisture TintGolden (non-tanned)

Lightweight coverage with a very dewy finish.

Jouer Matte Moisture TintCamoumile (non-tanned) although look rather pink in tone but when buffed into the skin, the colour is wearable.Light coverage with a matte finish.
Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra-Longwear FoundationDusk (non-tanned)

Medium to full coverage with a matte finish. Read review of the Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Foundation here.

Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted MoisturiserBisque (non-tanned), Ochre (tanned)

Light coverage (but buildable) with a glowy, dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Loreal True Match FoundationW3 (non-tanned) W4 (tanned)

Medium coverage with a natural, slightly dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Loreal Paris Infalliable Pro Matte Foundation104 Golden Beige (non-tanned) 106 Sun Beige (tanned) 105 (somewhere in-between)

Medium to full coverage with a natural, matte finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here in W6 and here in W4.

MAC Pro Longwear FoundationN37 (a bit too dark on non-tanned skin so an NC35 would probably be better)

Light to Medium coverage with a matte finish.

MAC Studio Fix FoundationN40 (tanned skin)

Medium- buildable coverage with a matte finish.

MAC Face and BodyC3 (non-tanned), C4 (tanned)

Sheer to light/medium coverage with a dewy finish.

Makeup Forever HD Foundation (discontinued – replaced by the Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Foundation)128 Almond (tanned), 127 Dark Sand (non-tanned)

Light to medium coverage with a natural finish.

Make Up For Ever Ultra HD FoundationY335 (non- tanned and equivalent to 127 in the original formulation)

Medium to full coverage with a satin finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here and here.

Nars All Day Luminous, Weightless FoundationDeauville (non-tanned, be warned, this shade selection does not match up to the Nars Sheer Glow foundation which is totally bonkers to me!)

Full Coverage, matte foundation.

Nars Natural Radiant Longwear FoundationStromboil (non-tanned)

Full coverage with a natural radiant finish. Read the review of the Nars Natural Radiant Foundation here.

Nars Radiant Tinted MoisturiserSt. Moritz (non-tanned)

Light coverage with a dewy finish.

Nars Sheer Glow FoundationStromboli (non-tanned), Barcelona (for when I’m rocking a deep tan- NC40)

Medium- buildable coverage with a radiant and lightly dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Nars Velvet Matte Skin TintSt Moritz. (non-tanned although could probably get away using it with a light tan)

Medium coverage with a natural, matte finish. Check out my video demo here.

Too Faced Born This Way FoundationNatural Beige (slightly tanned, might get away when non-tanned)

Medium to full coverage with a dewy finish. Check out my tutorial of me wearing this foundation here.

Urban Decay All Nighter Liquid Foundation

4.0 (non-tanned)

Full coverage with a matte finish. Check out my review here and my video demo here.
Yves Saint Laurent All Hours Full Coverage Matte Foundation

BD35 Warm Caramel (non-tanned)

Full coverage with a soft satin matte finish. Read the review of the YSL All Hours Foundation here.

For MAC NC25-NC30 to NC35-NC40 shade matches/equivalents in the best long-lasting, full coverage foundation releases of 2017, check out my blog post – The Best New Long-Lasting, Full Coverage Foundations of 2017 here.

I will continue to add to the list as and when I try out new foundations/tinted moisturisers/BB/CC Creams. Feel free to continue the thread by adding your own foundation shades.

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Not a new product alert! MAC's Face + Body Foundation is not a new product, and it doesn't get a lot of attention, but it's well worth knowing about. I am seriously in love with this foundation. Honestly, it may be the only one I wear for the rest of my life!
Face + Body has been around for a long time, but at the beginning it was a Pro product, and only available at MAC Pro stores. As you might be able to guess from the name, it was designed specifically for makeup artists and can be used on the face and the body. But it's now not just a Pro product and available online and in stores to anyone who wants it.
It was a bit ahead of the times, being one of the very first foundations on the market that actually looked like skin when applied. Now, particularly with the advent of high definition televisions and cameras, there are many to choose from (Make Up For Ever's HD Foundation is one to check out). Face + Body can still be found in many a makeup artist's kit. Can you imagine/remember a time when foundation looked like a layer of product on the face and that was acceptable? Well, it's still not the case in many instances on the internet but for those of us who still want skin to look like skin but better, there are still options out there. For those of us who want (or need) that hyper-artificial skin look, you know what to do!
Face + Body is a light to medium foundation with a very fluid consistency that thickens as you apply it. It has a very dewy finish, is waterproof and lasts very well on normal to dry skin (less so on oilier skin types). It comes in 13 shades, but they're not shades that most of the other MAC foundations (and concealers) fall under (NC - neutral cool and NW - neutral warm, 15-55 - light to dark). The C and W codes relate to the undertones - cool = yellow and warm = pink. But for Face + Body the shades are coded as N (neutral) and C (cool) shades and the undertones (yellow and pink) are stronger. The 13 shades it comes in are N1, N2, N3, N5, N7 and N9, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and C7.
In most of MAC's foundations and concealers I wear a NW15, the second lightest neutral warm shade, but in Face + Body I wear C1, the lightest cool (yellow) shade. Each time I try a new base product (foundation or concealer) at MAC, I test it on my skin, and yes, these are accurate shades. The NW15 works on me, and the C1 works on me, despite it being cooler and more yellow than the NW15 products. Go figure, and goes to show you how you should try shades on before buying if possible. Have a MAC makeup artist help you.
Face + Body comes in two sizes, the 50 mL bottle (1.7 US fl. oz.) and the 120 mL bottle (4 US fl. oz.). The 50 mL bottle costs $32 CDN and the 120 ML bottle is $42 CDN.
Face + Body ingredients are photographed above.


The bottle is squeezable, and comes with a built-in nozzle that allows for easy distribution and control. As mentioned earlier, this is a very fluid product, more fluid than most liquid foundations I've tried (L'Oreal Paris Magic Nude Liquid Powder and Hourglass Cosmetics Immaculate Liquid Powder Foundation are similar in texture). It's slightly thicker than water. What's also notable about the texture of Face + Body is that if you use your fingers to work it into your skin, you'll notice that the consistency thickens and gets less slippery. You can actually feel it settling into your skin. You can use a brush or a sponge to apply Face + Body but this texture change is most noticeable if you use your fingers. This is when I know to start to stop my blending. It's still blendable after this texture change and you can still apply more if you need to, it's just less slippery and you're tugging at your skin more than is necessary if you continue to blend it.
At about the 4:48 mark in this Lisa Eldridge video featuring MUA Mary Greenwell, you can see how she applies Face + Body Foundation, by massaging it into the skin of the model.
Here it is on me. I apply a thin layer all over my face, focusing on the center and blending outward, and then going over any areas that need a bit more coverage.
I like the dewy finish so I only powder areas of my face that tend to get excessively shiny and those where I've applied concealer to help set it. So mainly, I powder the centre of my face - forehead, sides of my nose and chin, and under my eyes.
Face + Body applies beautifully, and even better on top of a primer. This is a foundation that needs and appreciates a bit of time and attention. It applies best for me when I use my fingers or a sponge, or a combination of the two. The dewy finish dries but not entirely, making it easy to apply cream products like blush, bronzer and highlighter on top of it.

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The yellow in the C1 Face + Body helps to counter the redder areas of my skin and it's not overly yellow, as you can see. Since my skin is combination, I like wearing foundations that give me a dewy finish since my skin is going to be shiny eventually anyway. And as I get older, glowing skin makes me look younger. Face + Body fades a bit on me, but lasts about 12 hours.

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I have yet to try a foundation that I love more than Face + Body. I love how it looks on my skin (like skin!), the glow it gives my appearance, how it wears (all day!), and how it feels on my skin (almost as if I've got nothing on).

I have not tried Face + Body on any body parts apart from my face (and neck). It doesn't set so it will transfer onto clothing without a good setting powder, though I can see this being useful if I was wearing an open neckline for a special occasion. Definitely not for everyday though.

If you're in the market for a new foundation and have not tried Face + Body, don't overlook this tried and trusted one.

Grade: A

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