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Well I just got the email offer to buy single and auto delivery.
Still giving that weird message when trying to order online. What on earth are they playing at?
Great to see the images of the ADs.
Thought the contour in the final one was supposed to be a palette though, not just a crayon. That one does not look as good value as the first two.
Hmm that does look a bit skimpy; I don't mind them including the contour crayon but we should get a third palette as well! There'll be lots of cancelled AD's after the second set! Including mine!
Where did you see the pictures of the auto deliveries? I can't find them.
Hmm that does look a bit skimpy; I don't mind them including the contour crayon but we should get a third palette as well! There'll be lots of cancelled AD's after the second set! Including mine!
Where did you see the pictures of the auto deliveries? I can't find them.
In terms of colour any of the "fair" foundations are very pale. The Tarte "neutral" suffix denotes "yellow & pink tones"
They don't do a really cool option with just pink tones; my sister used a pale foundation with true pink tones in the 60s and it looked like calamine lotion!
I reckon that unless you have really strong yellow tones in your skin that the "neutral" shades will look better. So if you suit Light Sand in the Amazon 12 hour foundation then I'd go for Light (N) in this TSV. You might get away with the Light Medium (honey) in the Summer, but it is quite a bit deeper in tone than Light.
Just to ensure that everyone is completely baffled I'm uploading the swatches I did a while ago (the powder foundation one don't apply to this set obviously but might help you find a depth of colour that matches other products you may have tried).
The swatches on skin show just how far short of "UK milk-bottle blue-white American foundations fall! You can see that they aren't suitable for the palest skins. From left to right:
Left: "Light Medium Honey" in the 12 hour Amazonian Clay
Middle: "Light Sand" in the Colored Clay liquid foundation (Q no longer sell this foundation)
Right: "Fair Sand" in the 12 hour Amazonian Clay.
Sorry if this just adds to the confusion, but as Donna said earlier it's easier to add warmth with bronzer or blush than it is to tone down a base that doesn't match you neck. As a single item 216290, the Fair option is Fair Neutral; I bought this when it launched. But the Light is Light Sand.
I hope Leigh gets enough time to show real swatches of the foundation, not just the same old still shots they show for every brand!
I know on Facebook quite a few freaking over the term Neutral, they think its pink! I keep saying no beige which suits both pink/yellow unless your tone is very yellow.
American brands always run deeper than UK skin tones anyway. Some US brands have their foundations made in the far east Japan so they do run paler. True pink toned foundations Guerlain do these are actually for Indian/Asian skin tones which need pink to tone down ashyness(sp) in their skin tones. Companies are now moving more towards beige tones rather that the old pink or yellow untones.
As Akimbo said back in the 80s pink was the colour of foundation and that was it. Bobbi Brown in the 90s decided that everyone needed yellow, so brands started making yellow only. Have to say I am lucky as I can wear yellow or beige.