Best Foundation Brand (for pale skin)

mogrady14

What is the best foundation brand for pale skin? Or is branding just a gimmick and they are all much the same?

Twee.

Moved to Beauty

I'm pale and the foundations I have found good colour matches in are Mac Studio Sculpt, Bobbi Brown Luminous Moisturizing and YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat. The YSL is my favourite. I have not found a good match in a cheaper brand yet.

Sheela

The Lisa Eldridge You Tube channel has loads of tutorials on foundation, including this one for pale skin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RQHn-uOWfw

I use Bare Minerals Fairly Light myself, and I like it (don't love it though)

bscm

The only two uber pale foundations I've tried are MAC Studio Sculpt in NC15 and Laura Mercier Silk Creme in Soft Ivory. Everything else is very dark on me (I'm lighter than MAC NW15/Bourjois 51)

fonpokno

I use Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation in porcelain and Urban Decay 0.5 at the moment. The Bobbi Brown is slightly lighter but I love them both. Lovely pale shades.

Ms.Sunshine

If you find that no match is good for your complexion , 'Illamasqua' do a great foundation - It is white , which allows you to mix it with another foundation to bring down the colour to what you are.

http://www.illamasqua.com/shop/products/face-and-body/foundations/skin-base-foundation-sb-01

Ah_Yeah

I really like Studio Sculpt too - great foundation! Buildable medium coverage, and if you use a primer underneath it'll last an age

BabyBirch

I love Clinique Superbalanced in Alabaster, it's quite light coverage and very moisturising. I've tried a few others including Lancome and Chanel and I always come back to it

Corruptedmorals

MAC have some of their foundations in NC/W 5 and 10, which have only been made available here in the last few years. Worth heading in and seeing if they're any good. I use MAC face and body in the palest shade which is slightly too dark but I use an NC5 powder over it and it works well. When I used to wear full foundation the only one that matched and suited my dry skin was Maybelline Dream Satin Liquid- it has two very pale shades, ivory and porcelain.

PlayGirl

I use bojouirs healthy mix in 51, really like it!

I have looked in a few chemists though as I've recently run out and could only find healthy mix serum? Is the original formula still available?

Sheela

Can anymore recommend a good tinted moisturiser or BB cream which comes in a pale shade?

PinkLemonade

PlayGirl wrote: »

I use bojouirs healthy mix in 51, really like it!

I have looked in a few chemists though as I've recently run out and could only find healthy mix serum? Is the original formula still available?

They changed the formula so it was out of stock for a while. I don't think I like the new formula

PlayGirl

PinkLemonade wrote: »

They changed the formula so it was out of stock for a while. I don't think I like the new formula

Oh no whats different ?

First the Rimmel liquid liner in brown, not this! Any time I find a product i love it gets discontinued

PinkLemonade

PlayGirl wrote: »

Oh no whats different ?

First the Rimmel liquid liner in brown, not this! Any time I find a product i love it gets discontinued

Im not sure but it seems to make my skin greasier? Could be just me though

PlayGirl

PinkLemonade wrote: »

Im not sure but it seems to make my skin greasier? Could be just me though

Yeah the one I saw said 'radiant'.. I'll still give it a go!

Seren_

Sheela wrote: »

Can anymore recommend a good tinted moisturiser or BB cream which comes in a pale shade?

The Gosh BB Cream in 01 Sand is a really good colour for fair skin tones. It's around €14. If you want something cheaper, Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream in no. 13 Bright Beige is really pale too (it also has better coverage than the Gosh one) - the only thing with that is unless you're in Asia, you'll have to get it on ebay.