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!
very fair beige with rosy undertone for fair skin
Try these foundation shades if you are matched to NW10.
| Bare Minerals Original | Fair | |
| Bare Minerals pressed | Fairly light | |
| Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick | Porcelain (0) | |
| Clinique BB Cream | O1 | |
| Graftobian GlamAire | neutral Lady Fair | |
| Kat Von D | Light 42 | |
| Kat Von D Lock It | Light 42 | |
| Lancome Teint Idole | 110 Ivoire C | |
| Lancôme teint idole 24hr | 100N | |
| Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer | Porcelain | |
| L’oreal Infalliable Pro-Matte | Classic Ivory | |
| L’oreal Pro-matte | True Porcelain | |
| L’oreal true match | W1 | |
| Marc Jacobs Re(marc)able foundation | Light 10 | |
| Maybelline Fit Me concealer | Fair | |
| Maybelline Fit Me Matte and Poreless | 110 Porcelain | |
| Maybelline Fit Me Stick | 110 | |
| Missha BB cream | #13 | |
| MUFE liquid foundation | Y205 | |
| NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer | Chantilly (for undereye) | |
| Neutrogena Mineral Sheers powder foundation | Classic Ivory (10) | |
| Revlon Colorstay | Ivory | |
| Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer | Light (125) | |
| Sephora 10hr Wear Perfection | 10 Light Ivory N | |
| Sephora spray foundation | Cream | |
| Tarte Amazonian Clay | Fair beige | |
| Tarte BB cream | Fair | |
| Too Faced cocoa powder foundation | Fair | |
| Urban Decay Naked | 0.5 |