I often get emails and messages asking me ‘what shade are you in Mac, Giorgio Armani, Nars, L’Oreal…?’, and I try to reply to as many of these as possible, because I know that making sure you have the right shade of foundation or concealer to match your skin tone and undertone is, sometimes, the most important decision for people looking to buy new makeup base products – especially if it’s from a High End brand.
So, instead of searching through my hundreds of foundations and concealers reviews, now you have a place to come and easily find what shade I am in all the foundations and concealers I have tried so far. I saw this post on Lily Pebbles’ blog and I thought it was such a great idea that I decided to do one here on my blog as well – check out Lily’s post to see her foundation and concealer shades.
Do bear in mind that my skin tone varies depending on how tanned I am – I’ll make sure to mention if I have a Summer and Winter shade of a particular product, but most of them will suit my skin tone all year round. Let’s dive right in!
About my skin tone and undertone
Medium Olive with Neutral Undertones (not tanned)
Medium-Dark Olive with Neutral Undertones (tanned)
Foundation
– Winter shade: best suits my skin when it’s not tanned.
– Summer shade: best suits my skin when it’s tanned.
– No mention: suits my skin tone all year round.
Concealer
– Face: best for hiding blemishes and dark spots on my face.
– Eyes: best for under-eye dark circles.
– No mention: suits both my blemishes and dark circles.
High End Foundations
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation – more info || buy
5.5 (Summer) and 3.5 (Winter)
Nars Sheer Glow Foundation – more info || buy
Medium 2 Santa Fe (Winter)
By Terry Terrybly Densiliss Foundation – more info || buy
7 Golden Beige
Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation – more info || buy
B40 Beige
Giorgio Armani Maestro Foundation – more info || buy
6.5 (Summer)
YSL Le Teint Touche Eclat Foundation – more info || buy
BD50 (Summer shade)
The Body Shop All-In-One BB Cream – more info || buy
Shade 3
Dior Diorskin Airflash Spray Foundation – more info || buy
Shade 300
MAC Face and Body Foundation – more info || buy
C4 (Summer) and C3 (Winter)
Supergoop Daily Correct CC Cream – more info || buy
Light to Medium
Vichy Dermablend Stick Foundation – more info || buy
15 Opal (Winter)
Benefit Hello Flawless Foundation – more info || buy
Toasted Beige (Summer)
Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation – more info || buy
Softan (Summer)
MAC Mineralize Satinfinish Foundation – more info || buy
NC35 (Summer) and NC25 (Winter)
Drugstore Foundations
L’Oreal True Match Foundation – more info || buy
N4 and N5 (Winter)
Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation – more info || buy
Shade 400 (Summer)
L’Oreal Nutri Lift Gold Anti-Ageing Serum Foundation – more info || buy
160 Rose Beige and 170 Beige Glow (Winter)
MaxFactor Skin Luminizer Foundation – more info || buy
50 Natural (Winter)
Olay BB Cream Complete Care – more info || buy
Medium
Elf HD Mattifying Cream Foundation – more info || buy
Buff (Summer)
L’Oreal Eau de Teint Foundation – more info || buy
140 Pure Beige (Winter)
Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation – more info || buy
53 Light Beige (Winter)
Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation – more info || buy
53 Light Beige (Winter)
Smashbox Studio Finish Foundation – more info || buy
Shade 2.1
L’Oreal Lumi Magique Foundation – more info || buy
N4 Pure Beige (Winter) and N5 Gold Sand (Summer)
Collection Lasting Perfection Foundation – more info || buy
6 Golden (Summer)
Barbara Daly Moisture Foundation – more info || buy
Honey (Summer)
Revlon Photoready Airbursh Mousse Foundation – more info || buy
40 Natural Beige (Winter)
High End Concealers
Mac Pro Longwear Concealer – more info || buy
NW20 (eyes) and NC25 (face)
Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer – more info || buy
Medium 1 Custard
Giorgio Armani Maestro Eraser Anti Dark Circle Concealer – more info || buy
Shade 4
YSL Touch Eclat Concealer – more info || buy
Shades 1 (eyes) and 3 (face)
Amazing Cosmetics Amazing Concealer – more info || buy
Dark Beige
Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer – more info || buy
Beige (eyes)
Bobbi Brown Corrector – more info || buy
Peach Bisque (face)
Mac Studio Finish Concealer – more info || buy
NC35 (face)
Benefit Erase Paste Concealer – more info || buy
2 Medium (eyes)
Mac Prep + Prime Highlighter – more info || buy
Light Boost (eyes)
Sarah McNamara Miracle Skin Transformer Treat & Conceal – more info || buy
Medium
Drugstore Concealers
Soap & Glory Kick Ass Crayon Concealer – more info || buy
Medium
Garnier Roll-on Anti Dark Circles Concealer – more info || buy
Medium
Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer – more info || buy
3 Medium (eyes) and 4 Deep (face)
Maybelline The Eraser Concealer – more info || buy
Light (eyes)
Elf Tone Correcting Concealer – more info || buy
Light Beige (eyes)
Maybelline Fit Me Concealer – more info || buy
Shade 20
Avon Age Transforming Concealer – more info || buy
Fair (eyes)
L’Oreal True Match Concealer – more info || buy
5 Sand
L’Oreal True Match Touche Magique Concealer – more info || buy
Rose Beige (eyes)
Smashbox High Definition Concealer – more info || buy
Light
Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer – more info || buy
Classic Beige
I hope this was helpful! I will try to update this post as often as I try new foundations and concealers, and if you have any requests for foundations and concealers you want me to review, please leave them on the comments below.
What’s your favourite foundation and concealer?
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This is such a great idea for a post! Especially if buying foundations online, it’s good to have an idea of shades x
http://cocoamay.blogspot.co.uk
Brilliant post! My favourite foundation is chanel perfection lumiere velvet. As far as concealers go I haven’t found a HG, but a close one would be the hourglass stick concealer.
thebeautybloss.com
You have a wonderful foundation collection!
This was such a great post, thanks so much! x
FARFROMPERFECTIONXO
Great.You Have a Nice Collection foundation.can i get that same foundation in other brands? like mac and vow.
So helpful! You and I have similar foundation shades and skin type so I always come to your blog to get an idea of the right foundation shade for a particular brand. Please update your winter shade for Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation if you ever buy that in the winter. Also, does your L’Oreal True Match Lumi Magique run a little darker than the regular True Match? I bought N4 in both and the Lumi Magique seems a shade darker.
I have mac prolongwear concealer and it is the most natural looking one. I have tried maybelline fit me too. that’s good too. Have you tried collection lasting perfection concealer? that’s a very good concealer too.
So helpful! you’re Adorable!♥