MAC NW46 is a deep auburn shade with red undertones.
Buying foundation is such a hit or miss thing for me. Somehow I always end up with a shade that’s completely wrong for me. And then I discovered this fantastic megathread at r/MakeupAddiction where the makeup aficionados there listed all the popular foundation shades that matched their skin tones.
I wanted to make that super useful resource easier to use, so I’ve extracted the shade info from the thread and sorted it by MAC shade.
The full list contains all the MAC shades.
Enjoy!
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Try these foundation shades if you are matched to MAC NW46:
| Foundation/Concealer | Shade | Review |
| Beauty blender concealer | 4.20W | |
| Colourpop Pretty Fresh Hyaluronic acid concealer | 175N | |
| Dior backstage powder no powder | 6N | |
| Fenty Beauty Pro Fil’tr concealer | 390 (for brightening undereye area) | |
| Fenty Beauty Pro Fil’tr concealer | 430 (exact shade) | |
| Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Powder foundation | 410 | |
| Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation | 410 | |
| Elf Hydrating Camo concealer | Deep Caramel | Review |
| Juvias Place I am Magic concealer | 11 (dark with Warm undertone) | |
| NARS Radiant Creamy concealer | Caramel (for brightening undereye area) | Review |
| NARS Radiant Creamy concealer | Amande (exact shade) | Review |
| NYX Born To Glow concealer | Golden honey | |
| Pat MacGrath Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection concealer | MD23 | |
| Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed powder | Pecan | |
| Too Faced Born This Way concealer | Chestnut |