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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Ernesto Casillas wrote:
This would make a great thread! what foundations can be mixed for great results, what they can be cut with, and which ones don't work with silicone primers... This is a GREAT idea. Anyone with more info please look into starting this thread.....
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
To all the FA users.....which shades do you feel are the best to buy FIRST? I am on a budget so I can't get them all in full size so I will be ordering samples. I want to get mutiples of the same shades so I don't have to order so soon if I like them. Which shades do you feel are mush haves? I am getting 0++, 0-, and heat of course.
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Ernesto Casillas
Posts: 1346
Los Angeles, California, US
Blushed by SLM wrote:
To all the FA users.....which shades do you feel are the best to buy FIRST? I am on a budget so I can't get them all in full size so I will be ordering samples. I want to get mutiples of the same shades so I don't have to order so soon if I like them. Which shades do you feel are mush haves? I am getting 0++, 0-, and heat of course. This depends on your clientelle. Do you mostly work with fair/medium skin tones, or all?
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Ernesto Casillas wrote:
This depends on your clientelle. Do you mostly work with fair/medium skin tones, or all? When I first started it was mostly dark skin tones but now I am working with more medium tones but I want to make sure I can cover all. I would love a good range of light to medium shades since I have tons of creme foundation for women of color left over.
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Jessica Jean Myers
Posts: 1487
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blushed by SLM wrote:
When I first started it was mostly dark skin tones but now I am working with more medium tones but I want to make sure I can cover all. I would love a good range of light to medium shades since I have tons of creme foundation for women of color left over. Get evens 2,4,6,8 and 0-, 0+...if you work on a lot of dark tones maybe some of the new darker shades too
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Jessica Jean Myers
Posts: 1487
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
courthart wrote:
what is the Yaby like compared to FA?? the liquid i mean Similar but less dewy...it's got nice buildable coverage too 
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Jessica Jean Myers wrote:
Get evens 2,4,6,8 and 0-, 0+...if you work on a lot of dark tones maybe some of the new darker shades too Thanks I really appreciate it! Is this foundation buildable?
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MakeupForLattes
Posts: 390
Pullman, Washington, US
This is such a useful thread, I love knowing what foundations you use and why, like what works best for different skin types and different types of coverage. I hope this ends up in the FAQ!
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Beauty4U
Posts: 1862
New York, New York, US
Blushed by SLM wrote:
Thanks I really appreciate it! Is this foundation buildable? FA is buildable but you really don't have to use more than "one coat". It has amazing coverage. One pump will cover the whole face. If you want it more sheer, then do half a pump.
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Y S B wrote:
FA is buildable but you really don't have to use more than "one coat". It has amazing coverage. One pump will cover the whole face. If you want it more sheer, then do half a pump. Thanks....this is good to know!
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Ashley Callaway Beauty
Posts: 77
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Y S B wrote:
There is NEVER a wrong "order" of doing things. Personally I like to do eyes first because if I have any fall out its easy to clean up w/o worrying that I'm going to mess up the concealer/foundation. It also saves time and product. Why do concealer/foundation, get eyeshadow fallout, then clean up the mess? You just spent product and time because now you have to re-apply what you took off.
But why not use those fall out papers that you can just peel off? Because it cost money and I don't like to spend money unnecessarily esp in this economy. There is no wrong order! I agree totally! I like to do eyes and brows first!
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Ashley Callaway Beauty
Posts: 77
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Does anyone use Mac Foundations anymore? ORrrr am I the only one?lol, I loveeee Studio Fix Fluid...Medium to Full Coverage .....Natural Matte Finish also.....But I am very interested in the FA. It sounds similar to Mac's Studio Scupt.
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Ashley Callaway Beauty
Posts: 77
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Jessica Jean Myers wrote:
Get evens 2,4,6,8 and 0-, 0+...if you work on a lot of dark tones maybe some of the new darker shades too I will be trying FA.....I want to rebuild my kit after reading this thread.
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Ashley Callaway Beauty
Posts: 77
Baltimore, Maryland, US
What drug stor brands are the best? Right now im in love with True match Liquid by Loreal....Any other suggestions????
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
BeautyMarkd by Ashley C wrote:
What drug stor brands are the best? Right now im in love with True match Liquid by Loreal....Any other suggestions???? Revlon Color Stay for liquids & I use Black Opal creme stick for women of color...
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SN Makeup
Posts: 540
Corona, California, US
Blushed by SLM wrote:
To all the FA users.....which shades do you feel are the best to buy FIRST? I am on a budget so I can't get them all in full size so I will be ordering samples. I want to get mutiples of the same shades so I don't have to order so soon if I like them. Which shades do you feel are mush haves? I am getting 0++, 0-, and heat of course. When I went to IMATS, I got my color (6), 2, 10 (I think - it was a dark yellow-based foundation), Heat, 0++, 0-.
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SN Makeup
Posts: 540
Corona, California, US
This is what I carry in my kit:
RCMA Shinto Palette
CS: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 - mostly use 3, 5, & 7
FA: 2, 6, 9, Heat, 0-, 0++
CoverFX: I haven't used in a shoot yet. Still testing it out
Graftobian Color Corrector Palette
MAC Concealer Palettes (le from a couple of years ago in Light, Medium, & Dark)
Temptu sb
OCC Skin
Yaby Powder Foundation Palettes - Light & Medium (just need to get)
Wishlist?: MUFE HD, maybe Face & Body too
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
I am in love with the Graftobian correctors! Anyone know a great corrector for dark skin?
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Denise
Posts: 1926
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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rdav
Posts: 381
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
BeautyMarkd by Ashley C wrote:
What drug stor brands are the best? Right now im in love with True match Liquid by Loreal....Any other suggestions???? Bourjois 'healthy mix'
sheer-medium coverage and can be matched with their concealers (but they only have a few concealers in the 'healthy mix' range) these foundations smell nice too.
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rdav
Posts: 381
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I love a dewy finish (can always mattify with powder) so almost all my foundations are give me dewy.
Yaby liquids, Bourjois healthy mix, Temptu Pro S/B airbrush, Face Atelier Pro Ultra, RCMA (weird hybrid of SH + KO), Graftobian hi-def glamour crème Neutral Palette #1.
LOVE
RCMA for dry skin, FA for dry skin.
Bourjois for normal/oily skin (and sheers nicely for men), yaby liquids for either but leaning more towards normal/oily skin (also great on men because it's really sheer).
Haven't got into using the graftobian much yet, I find it quite oily
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Beauty4U
Posts: 1862
New York, New York, US
BeautyMarkd by Ashley C wrote:
Does anyone use Mac Foundations anymore? ORrrr am I the only one?lol, I loveeee Studio Fix Fluid...Medium to Full Coverage .....Natural Matte Finish also.....But I am very interested in the FA. It sounds similar to Mac's Studio Scupt. I don't use anything MAC because I don't like to support anything that takes jobs away from MUA's. Plus, although popular and highly overrated, some of my personal clients are allergic to it so I rather stay away from them than risk someone breaking out.
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Ernesto Casillas
Posts: 1346
Los Angeles, California, US
Y S B wrote:
I don't use anything MAC because I don't like to support anything that takes jobs away from MUA's. Plus, although popular and highly overrated, some of my personal clients are allergic to it so I rather stay away from them than risk someone breaking out. I'm confused as how it takes jobs away from MUA's?
Doesn't it EMPLOY MUA's?
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Denise
Posts: 1926
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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Beauty by Natalie
Posts: 252
New York, New York, US
BeautyMarkd by Ashley C wrote:
Does anyone use Mac Foundations anymore? ORrrr am I the only one?lol, I loveeee Studio Fix Fluid...Medium to Full Coverage .....Natural Matte Finish also.....But I am very interested in the FA. It sounds similar to Mac's Studio Scupt. I don't use their foundations. But I do have some other products....lipsticks, eyeshadows/liners.
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beauty
Posts: 1213
Akhiok, Alaska, US
Ernesto Casillas wrote:
I'm confused as how it takes jobs away from MUA's?
Doesn't it EMPLOY MUA's? MAC ( Estee Lauder ) have the budget to sponsor a lot of work.
Fashion week,
Department Store / Events Parades
Magazine Editorial / Advertising Shoots
Etc .
In exchange that these companies use their artist ( MAC ) for a credit. No pay but experience and exposure to the artist.
Other make up companies are also adopting this method of exchange, product and talent for advertising credits.
= Cheap advertising
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Danielle Moore
Posts: 310
Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
finally a new foundation thread How about concealers/correctors? (Sendu search has been down for DAYS) I love Eve Pearl Salmon trio for under eyes, but I'm after some for blemish/general concealing. Any suggestions? I like the dry Laura Mercier for blemishes, but I need more colors in this.
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KJB
Posts: 1184
New York, New York, US
makeupbyDhani wrote:
finally a new foundation thread
How about concealers/correctors? (Sendu search has been down for DAYS)
I love Eve Pearl Salmon trio for under eyes, but I'm after some for blemish/general concealing. Any suggestions? I like the dry Laura Mercier for blemishes, but I need more colors in this. CoverFX Total Coverage has filled that classification for me...in 30 colors.
http://www.coverfx.com:80/US/Total-Cove … -P1C2.aspx
For extreme coverage that needs to be very waterproof, try MUFE Full Cover or Colortration Liquid - each has 12 colors to choose from.
http://www.colortration.com/index.htm
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Danielle Moore
Posts: 310
Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
thanks Kevin
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Beauty by Natalie
Posts: 252
New York, New York, US
I'm really fond of the Yaby color correctors.
I've been meaning to try the Even Pearl concealers b/c I've heard a lot of positive feedback.
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Lorayne York
Posts: 2146
Topeka, Kansas, US
I saw that you mentioned MUFE HD for oily skin. I have oily skin, should i switch to that foundation? and i googled it and saw that the power/primer might be good too... so is that true?
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Beauty4U
Posts: 1862
New York, New York, US
Lorayne York wrote:
I saw that you mentioned MUFE HD for oily skin. I have oily skin, should i switch to that foundation? and i googled it and saw that the power/primer might be good too... so is that true? The MUFE HD foundation is def dryer than the FA so it works really great with oily skin. I don't use primer so I wouldn't know. And the MUFE HD powder is nice for beauty but absolutely TERRIBLE for film.
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Shekeita Magitt
Posts: 1172
Atlanta, Georgia, US
I have been hunting for a great orange concealer for dark skin but the only one I have found is Cover fx in B35 but it's sold out. Is there any other good one?
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Ashley Callaway Beauty
Posts: 77
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Blushed by SLM wrote:
Revlon Color Stay for liquids & I use Black Opal creme stick for women of color... Oh yes I love Black Opal for women of color also!
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MakeupForLattes
Posts: 390
Pullman, Washington, US
So far I know Face Atelier has sample sizesâ¦.but after reading this thread I want to try out multiple brands without breaking the bank or being stuck with a product that isn't right for my kit.
Right now I use Smashbox foundations almost exclusively.
I have read thus far that ya'll really like FA for dryer/mature skin because of it's dewiness. What do you recommed for younger (teen) acne prone skin? What other brands can I buy sample sizes of? I'll be re-reading the thread and perusing websites for Graftobian (sp?), Yaby (which I didn't see samples under the makeup/face/foundation tab) and RCMAâ¦.
Thanks for such a great thread guys, this has proved to be SUPER useful!!!
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KJB
Posts: 1184
New York, New York, US
Y S B wrote:
The MUFE HD foundation is def dryer than the FA so it works really great with oily skin. I don't use primer so I wouldn't know. And the MUFE HD powder is nice for beauty but absolutely TERRIBLE for film. You've said MUFE HD Powder is 'terrible' for film twice...and I totally disagree.
It was designed for HD Video and Film...not photo. I've had absolutely no trouble and have gotten great results on multiple film grades. It translated well in every other format from precise digital photo to HD Video (including Sony Red).
I'm very interested to hear what problems are you experiencing.
BTW - RCMA's pigments are not micronized and do not work well in HD Video or HD Photo formats. It shows product texture very easily if not thinned out to almost shear. Cinema Secrets is a better cream makeup formulation in these mediums when you need adjustable coverage.
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Beauty4U
Posts: 1862
New York, New York, US
KJ Bennett Beauty wrote:
You've said MUFE HD Powder is 'terrible' for film twice...and I totally disagree.
It was designed for HD Video and Film...not photo. I've had absolutely no trouble and have gotten great results on multiple film grades. It translated well in every other format from precise digital photo to HD Video (including Sony Red).
I'm very interested to hear what problems are you experiencing.
BTW - RCMA's pigments are not micronized and do not work well in HD Video or HD Photo formats. They show product texture very easily if not thinned out to almost shear. It picks up super dry and ashy esp on the RED cam and I'm not the only MUA who feels this way about this powder. Many agree that it really isnt the best for Film.
Sorry, I love MUFE and all but that powder is really useless to me unless I'm doing a beauty shoot.
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KJB
Posts: 1184
New York, New York, US
Y S B wrote:
It picks up super dry and ashy esp on the RED cam and I'm not the only MUA who feels this way about this powder. Many agree that it really isnt the best for Film.
Sorry, I love MUFE and all but that powder is really useless to me unless I'm doing a beauty shoot. I believe that you (and many other artists) are using it incorrectly.
It is not a matting product. It is designed to remove just enough oil shine to balance to a "normal" light reflective level so skin appears healthy and natural...not powdered or matte. The powder MUST come in contact with either oil or moisture on the skin surface to become transparent (activated)...otherwise it will sit on the surface and look white-ish or grey on darker skin-tones.
You should never powder skin unless it is oily in an HD format. Matte skin looks just as bad as oily skin in that medium.
If you accidentally apply the powder to a dryer skin-type and it sits on the surface and looks whitish...give it a light spray of makeup fixative or mineral water (Evian, etc.) and it will go transparent immediately removing any ashy finish.
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Hillary Wehrle
Posts: 4
Forest Hills, New York, US
Blushed by SLM wrote:
I have been hunting for a great orange concealer for dark skin but the only one I have found is Cover fx in B35 but it's sold out. Is there any other good one? Makeup Designory makes a really good orange for darker skin tones- www.mudshop.com
Also, has anyone tried the MAC silicone based airbrush m.u.? Is it any good? TIA.
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Jordan Liberty
Posts: 4831
New York, New York, US
KJ Bennett Beauty wrote:
I believe that you (and many other artists) are using it incorrectly.
It is not a matting product. It is designed to remove just enough oil shine to balance to a "normal" light reflective level so skin appears healthy and natural...not powdered or matte. The powder MUST come in contact with either oil or moisture on the skin surface to become transparent (activated)...otherwise it will sit on the surface and look white-ish or grey on darker skin-tones.
You should never powder skin unless it is oily in an HD format. Matte skin looks just as bad as oily skin in that medium.
If you accidentally apply the powder to a dryer skin-type and it sits on the surface and looks whitish...give it a light spray of makeup fixative or mineral water (Evian, etc.) and it will go transparent immediately removing any ashy finish. +1
Used correctly, MUFE HD powder is a FANTASTIC asset to any makeup artist's kit. I think a lot of artists apply way too much of this product and use it where it isn't necessary.
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