Foundation match - follow up

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hydrangeablues
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Foundation match - follow up

Post by hydrangeablues » Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:16 pm

Hi,

I tried to mix my shade following your suggestion (ebony) and it's way off. I tried to mix buttery gold (1 scoop ebony + 1 scoop buttery gold), but the damage is done and I just wasted 15 scoops of white. I now barely have enough white to try again and a foundation sample which is dark and very orange on me.

Suggestions?

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Re: Foundation match - follow up

Post by hydrangeablues » Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:32 pm

hydrangeablues wrote:Hi,

I tried to mix my shade following your suggestion (ebony) and it's way off. I tried to mix buttery gold (1 scoop ebony + 1 scoop buttery gold), but the damage is done and I just wasted 15 scoops of white. I now barely have enough white to try again and a foundation sample which is dark and very orange on me.

Suggestions?

Thank you
Oh no, I'm so sorry, I didn't realise I posted this as a new topic. How can I delete this?

Thanks
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Re: Foundation match - follow up

Post by JenW » Mon Aug 29, 2011 4:34 pm

It is fine where it is.

I think you need more white and Yellow Booster. The Buttery Gold will be too brown, even if you get enough white. I did mention the pop of yellow in my initial suggestions, which will be fixed by adding a few scoops pf Yellow Booster.

Sometimes the fair gals need more white than what comes in the kit.
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Re: Foundation match - follow up

Post by hydrangeablues » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:07 pm

JenW wrote:It is fine where it is.

I think you need more white and Yellow Booster. The Buttery Gold will be too brown, even if you get enough white. I did mention the pop of yellow in my initial suggestions, which will be fixed by adding a few scoops pf Yellow Booster.

Sometimes the fair gals need more white than what comes in the kit.
Oh, I thought you meant I'd need a bit of buttery gold to balance it out... I would have to mix ebony and yellow booster? This is more complicated than I thought.

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Re: Foundation match - follow up

Post by JenW » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:32 pm

It is not really that complicated. I am guessing you just need a few scoops of Yellow Booster added to your Ebony and white blend.
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