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Epsilonae

Recommendations for a very pale foundation?

I'm ideally looking for a liquid foundation around £15 or lower that would match my incredibly pale skin!

In the past I've used MaxFactor FaceFinity All Day Flawless in Light Ivory, but it looked sort of orangey and definitely not right on my face.

After that then, I went to boots and got colour-matched at the No7 counter - she said that I was shade "Calico," the lightest shade they had. So I bought the No7 Stay Perfect foundation in Calico, but it looks like this, and I'm incredibly disappointed.

However I'm still stuck with no foundation - I've been round my local boots and sampled every single foundation in the makeup aisles that was called "light" or "ivory", and still every single one was too dark - so I was wondering if anyone in this sub had discovered or knows of a brand that could possibly match?

Posted May 23, 2014, 9:23 AM UTC

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milkyjoebob•

I found [this] (http://imgur.com/a/ZhWkt) posted a couple of weeks ago really helpful for us pale girls!

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ladymysla•

That post was super duper helpful, i'm damn near transluscent at parts and the Missha perfect cover BB cream #13 was a perfect color match for me (and cheap enough that I could buy it off eBay without losing sleep over the cost!)

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ladymysla•

I've been using Missha perfect cover BB cream #13 and absolutely loving it. Not expensive and got free shipping over eBay from a highly rated seller! I also ordered a boatload of samples from Meow cosmetics (i'm in Belgium and they are in the states) but it was cheap enough to try out, and they have completely white foundation that you can mix with others. You get a lot for your money but its still quite a bit to spend.

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MannequinFactoryClueless Newbie 💋•

I have the same problem, I can never find a foundation light enough for me. At the moment I'm using Rimmel's Match Perfection in the shade 'ight porcelain', it's the lightest high street brand I've found so far.

I also bought Stargazer's white foundation and I've mixed that with a few foundations that have been too dark for me. They're both reasonably priced too, hope this helps! :)

*Edit: Here's some swatches, Rimmel at the top & the Stargazer foundation at the bottom. Here is what they look like mixed, I don't tend to mix it with the Rimmel foundation usually though as it's light enough for me on it's own. It's fine for darker foundations though!

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Chopsypie•

I've also been using rimmel match perfection. It's £5 in asda at the moment as well!

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sammycinematic•

I'm on the lookout for an every day foundation since I don't like using my Studio Fix Fluid every day. NW10 suits me almost perfectly and I tried L'Oreal Infallible recently in the very lightest shade (I think it was called Porcelain!) and it matched my near white inner forearm. I think i'll be picking it up soon, might be worth a try for you since it's £9.99 and often in 3 for 2 deals. Good luck!

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BNSquash•

Gosh foundation in Pearl is the only drugstore foundation pale enough for me

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blozzerg•

The best I've found is Bobbi Brown long wear even finish foundation, I use Porcelain, the lightest. It's not too yellow, not too orange, it's absolutely fucking perfect. It's around £30 but I buy a bottle once a year, it lasts 7-8 months easily. I have redness & uneven skintone so though I could cake it on, I use other products (redness primer, concealer etc) to neutralise everything then even it out with the BB foundation, a little goes a long way! This is a swatch I pulled from Google comparing it to MAC's lightest, NC15, which is what I used to use but I would always get angry that it was so orange on me so I investigated and shopped around until I found Bobbi Brown. If there's a counter near you, it's definitely worth popping in and seeing for yourself, I'm sure they'd give you a sample or give you a mini-makeover to see for yourself. I was in the same boat so I know how frustrating it is, it's literally the only one I've found that's anywhere near my skintone. :)

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youngmakeupaddictMOD•

The palest Revlon Photoready shade (001) is PALE. Also Gosh CC cream in Porcelain. It's amazing and flawless and I love it.

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