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Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:59 pm
by ~*mikie*~
Currently wearing 1:1 ebony/base+1:1 warm gold/base. Have worn or sometimes wear in other lines: Lumiere FF Medium Beige, Meow Frisky Persian/Naughty Siamese or Naughty Chartreaux or Naughty Manx, Dreamworlds Ki.

~*mikie*~

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:07 pm
by JenW
Great thread, Mikie!

I am currently wearing 1Warm:10White (my favorite). Can also currently wear 1Ebony:1Warm:20White, but generally like to stick to one dark base for ease of mixing. When I am pale like this, I can get away with Ebony as the dark base, but must use the Warm when I am more tan in the warmer months.

Foundations in other lines that have matched me at this depth are Mineral Boutique W3, Everyday Minerals Fairly Light-Beige and Sunkissed Fair, Meow Frisky Chartreux. With a tan, I was Everyday Minerals Medium Beige-Warm.

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:18 pm
by Rhys
I use a teaspoon (the measuring kind) along with the scoops, for ease. Right now my recipe is 1 tsp white base, 2 scoops ebony, and 1/2 scoop warm gold to warm up my skin tone just a tad.

Lumiere's Light Beige and Light Cool (in Cashmere and Veena), EDM's Sandy Fair, and Signature Mineral's 1 Ivory (lightest shade) were 'almost-but-not-quite' for reference.

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:22 am
by chicseba
I sent mine to Karen a while ago but I tweaked it a bit :P , so here they are:

8 scoops of Ivory and 1 scoop of Buttery Gold

Other matches:
- Meow: Frisky&Naughty Manx 2:1
- Lumiere: Light&Lt.Med Golden 1:1 (VV, FF), Light Golden&Light Neutral (Luminesse), Lt.Med Golden Cashmere
- Buff'd: Cornsilk & Wool 1:1
- Cory: Fawn Cream
- Mineral Boutique: B1&B2 mix
- bareFaced Minerals: Y1
- KT Naturals: Light Warm
- Aubrey Nicole: Light Golden
- Valerie Beauty: Y2
- J.Lynne: Ivory Warm 1.4
- DW: can wear Brighid and Elli but not quite perfect

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:25 pm
by Ann
i'm asian.. and pretty fair for one.

here's my recipe..

1 warm : 11 ivory or 1 warm : 1 gold : 24 ivory (this is a better match though!)

other brands
- meow frisky chartreux
- meow frisky chartreux and angora mix (50%:50%)
- lumiere light beige

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:07 pm
by rubycat95
I am also Asian and my recipe is 1 scoop white to 8 scoops Buttery Gold, but will tweak when warmer temps arrive and I get some sun.

Other matches for me are:
EDM: Light Winged Butter
Lumiere" Lt-Med Gold in Flawless (my favorite formula)
MbO: B2
Monave: Hyeyeon
Dreamworld: Chang-O Luna

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:08 pm
by rubycat95
Forgot to add Meow N. Manx in Pampered and FF is another great match!

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:51 am
by deepix
Lol! I went for 1 warm:1 gold: 14 white......
In the beginning I thought I was of medium tan. So i tried mixing a 1:1 ratio. But I guess that didn't work too well.
Haha...guess im not that dark after all....

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:41 am
by ~*mikie*~
Rubycat, check your post ~ you only use 1 part base to 8 scoops of color? Just checking! I use a 1:1 ratio color:base & so far I think I'm the only person I've run into who does that,lol :) ... I just went w/Karen's recommendations waaaaaay back with my 1st order!
~*mikie*~

Re: Foundation Recipes :-)

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:35 pm
by rubycat95
Yikes, Mikie, thank you for catching that error, that is a huge mistake!!! No, I use 8 scoops white base to 1 scoop buttery gold.

Ruby :)