Mac Studio Fix For Medium Tone
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MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation NC35 for Women, 0.52 Ounce. Day, so a reapply is needed if I want it to last but I usually let it go. Using a primer helps. Great color for my skin tone which I love!! I have sensitive skin, and this does not cause any irritation, and hides redness. MAC Blot Powder/Pressed Medium Dark $38.56. MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Medium Tan ($32) Depending on which color you choose, you can use the MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural line of baked pressed mineral powders for a number of different things, like cutting down on shine, evening out your skin tone, blurring pores, bronzing, and setting your foundation and/or concealer.
Update: I recently got hold of a sample of NC40 and I don't really like it, it's rather neutral and looks orange on me. I think I've tried so many foundations and foundation shades that have a more truer yellow / olive in them that compliment my skin better, that I find NC40 doesn't have enough now. MAC NC40 was my first foundation that I tried after the constant let downs from pink drugstore foundations so whatever yellow / olive it does have in it was a lot better than the drugstore foundations which is why I thought it was really yellow.
But it's actually more on the neutral side. This is probably THE first foundation I heard of years and years and years ago. I knew it to be of a matte finish and one for the oily girls. During my trialling with the Studio Sculpt and the beauty blender dupe I realised that No.1: the Studio Sculpt was rather moisturising on me, a bit too moisturising so it had the tendency to get a little oily and wasn't lasting very long on me.
And No.2: the beauty blender was miraculously taking out ALL the hard work and struggle I had with foundation application and finish, it made my foundations look flawless, hence why I started to look at foundations in a new light. I thought I'd pick up a sample of the Studio Fix Fluid in NC40. I went home and tried it and was pleasantly surprised at how yellow it was, I looked more golden than usual but I thought it actually looked good!
It did make me look a little too yellow but I could deal with that. I used it for the following Eid and mixed it with a lighter foundation to tone down the yellow a bit. It went well, I was commented at how flawless my skin looked and just as I had hoped, it lasted longer than the Studio Sculpt did.
I actually didn't find it too cakey or drying on my prone-to-dry combo skin. I obviously moisturised well and I mixed some liquid highlighter into it which I think helped. Since I liked the foundation I decided to buy the full size bottle but decided to go down a shade to NC37, thinking that the yellow would go down a notch and be a better match to my skin than the overly yellow NC40. Unfortunately the NC37 wasn't yellow enough and was too peachy undertoned for my yellow skin. I should have stuck to the NC40. I can easily get away with it, since I wear a hijab the face neck difference is concealed, but I prefer to wear foundations that are as close as possible to my skintone. I heard that NC37 was a newer shade compared to the rest and also found out that the newer inbetween shades are made more neutral than yellow or pink.
I'm not sure if NC35 is more yellow but I do want to try it and see how that compares to NC40. If it isn't I may just have to stick to NC40. I also want to compare NC40 to Nars Stromboli, since Nars Stromboli is the most yellowest liquid foundation I've ever come across and is the closest match to my skintone yet. In comparison to Nars, NC37 is very close to Nars Barcelona. It's bang on! I really believe that MAC describe their products and foundations to a 'T'. For someone who is prone to dry skin, I don't find it too thick and heavy or drying as it's known to be.
I didn't get along with the Pro Longwear foundation AT ALL and the Studio Fix is a lot more flexible and agreeable on my skin, I suggest you use extra moisturiser for a less matte look or mix in some liquid highlighter. Less goes a long way, and the formula is build-able. I build up 3 thin layers with my beauty blender and I get a flawless long lasting finish, it's not very matte since I mix in liquid highlighter and on my combo skin it performs very well and keeps oils at bay, no setting needed. I did the same thing as you 9 NC40 and NC37 and got fed up of getting the wrong match. I even bought nc30 which was still too orangy. So.i decided to try one more time!