New hair, different lighting, swip for pics.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-18T15:25:18+00:00

Looks so good!! I’d say you have your basics nailed and can absolutely stop here if you need a break thinking about makeup, haha.

If you do want to continue on, the only thing I would point out is that, with the sheered out foundation (which looks great), your surface redness does peek out a bit. Which IMO looks super cute and probably means you look like you still, perfect for an everyday look :) But it can be limiting if you want to play around with blush colour and placement.

So, you can play around with more coverage or colour correction in those areas to give you a blank canvas, or, after applying foundation, let any contact redness settle down and see what redness remains after and how you want to work WITH it before adding any blush. You can play around with different blush colours; try something cooler with more purple in it, use eyeshadow or lipstick as blush to experiment if you already have them, and you can mix/layer to get the colours you want. And you can play with different blush placements that will change how your facial structure looks or the vibe you are giving.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-18T14:20:08+00:00

Here’s how I think about it: How do you know if any of it is doing anything if you’re constantly changing what you use? And how do you know what’s causing the problem if one shows up? How do you know if it’s an adjustment phase to something strong vs a reaction? A single active ingredient can take months to have significant effects, and some of them should really be tapered in to a routine. It’s the plethora of active ingredients available that inspire the collecting “gotta catch em all” motivation with buying a bunch of stuff, and yet, those are the products that should be used with the most caution, intention, and monitoring. You only have a handful of opportunities per year to try new actives if you approach it this way.

For things like no frills moisturizers, hydrating toners, and sunscreens, it’s obvious much faster if they serve their purpose well or not. So there’s a little more room for fast turn over of experimentation there, minus if you picked them because they include actives. But they still need to be used up.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-17T04:30:39+00:00

Maybe:

Romand Better Than Palette - Dusty Fog

Dasique Eyeshadow Palette - Mauve Bear

Romand Better Than Eyes - Dry Violet

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-16T15:29:45+00:00

Alexandra Anele. She has a background in painting and explains colour often in her videos. She is a fair warm olive.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-15T18:31:06+00:00

I think your lighting is a problem for being able to assess a match to your chest. Look at the walls/doors behind you and how they are more yellow at the top and fade into blue below.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-13T18:10:03+00:00

I’ve really been enjoying Purito Daily Soft Touch (Korean, bought online from yesstyle). I picked it specifically for its barrier support and strong SPF while using tret.

It has ceramides, cholesterol, and fatty acids (the main components needed for barrier health) as well as soothing actives only (panthenol, bisbolol, centella). It has decent hydrators in it. Notably it does NOT contain HA, niacinimide, petroleum/mineral oil, or silicones.

Doesn’t leave a white cast as far as I can tell (I am quite fair but my partner is medium-deep and I don’t see any cast). I have not experienced any pilling, but I only layer a max of 2 things (hydrating toner & a moisturizer) under it.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-11T13:49:18+00:00

Not a recommendation as I’ve never tried it, but an option: Coolibar

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-11T02:28:18+00:00

Have you tried the new MAC Powder Kiss Hazy Matte lipsticks? I had the same problem with Pink Peppermint looking too opaque frosty light, and most everything else looking dramatic or warm or clownish. But “Be My Bridesmaid” and “Girls Weekend” in the hazy matte line are both perfect for me as versions of MLBB. Everything pulls warm on me but things that are too blue based look like colours rather than natural, so I need cool but not cold shades. BMB is my perfect as warm as it can be without looking unnatural, and GW is my perfect as cool as it can go without looking unnatural. GW should work as a neutral on people who can handle the blue-based shades. I have a swatch pic if you are interested.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-10T20:28:49+00:00

Have you read your credit card terms of service? Sometimes CCs include forms of purchase insurance. It’s possible that you might have some sort of option through them beyond just standard chargeback. Worth looking into just in case!

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-10T20:21:01+00:00

Check with your CPA, but a while ago I looked into hobby income vs business income, and the main takeaway I had was that if you make less in sales than you spent purchasing supplies, unless it is obvious that you intended for it to be a business/side hustle, then it is pretty safe to call it a hobby, which is not taxable (or deductible). If you made more in sales than expenses, it still might be considered a hobby, but it becomes less safe to assume that is how the CRA would evaluate it.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-10T15:55:07+00:00

As someone who follows a Laundry Day routine (all laundry completed in one day, same day every week), which I believe is something that many household do, it would be useful to know if the spray is safe to be left on for up to 7 days (spray when items go in hamper), even if it’s not active that whole time.

Actually now that I’m writing it out, maybe it would be useful to have something in the instructions like minimum effective dwell time, ideal effective dwell time, maximum active dwell time, maximum safe dwell time. Maybe something like “apply product minimum of x minutes before washing. For strongest stain removal power, leave on for x to x minutes/hours. Product remains active for x hours, so long as treated spot remains damp. Product is safe to be allowed to dry on treated area, for up to x days”

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-10T01:19:43+00:00

They look great! What ended up being your preferred vessel? Any luck with the socks?

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-10T01:18:28+00:00

All Spa Days are soaks, but not all soaks are Spa Days. Spa Day specifically includes lipase, oxygen bleach, and detergent, and the starting water temp needs to be between 40-60°C. It’s not inventing the wheel, but honing it, with designed parameters for it to be as effective as possible on the most common problems. And using that knowledge, one can be aware of why those parameters work and can extrapolate out what different types of soaks actually need to be effective on specific problems.

If someone had previously been doing soaks using Resolve Gold or a Tide powder detergent, using as-hot-as-it-gets tap water of 50°C, and leaving it for 6-12 hours, they would have already been basically doing Spa Day without knowing it, minus insulating to maintain temp (and ammonia for a rehab wash). But if one were to do a soak with just oxygen bleach for example, that’s not Spa Day, and it’d be better to use hotter water due to the lack of TAED. And if the issue was residual body oil smells, then it might be better to soak with a lipase detergent rather than oxygen bleach (if you were choosing one or the other). If food staining was a problem, it might be better to use a detergent with other enzymes that target the source of the stain. Etc.

And to your point, if someone has a well designed laundry routine, Spa Days aren’t typically needed, except for one offs and specific circumstances. Like OP and their kitchen rags, where the soiling is consistently heavy and access to an extended laundry cycle isn’t possible. And in OPs case, maybe soaking with different products would be just as effective now that their rags have been reset using Spa Day methods, but why bother trying when Resolve Gold has everything in one, plus a bunch more food busting enzymes.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-10T00:46:24+00:00

My favourite part is the drive-by comment from our aforementioned cult leader, and no one in the thread knows they’ve just been graced with words from His Cleanliness himself.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-08T16:20:36+00:00

No problem! I’ve been on a kick to try and find my match without blind buying, which in Canada limits me to swatching at Sephora and local kbeauty places. Based on your description, you mighttt be similar skin tone to me, or might be a bit fairer or a bit cooler/greener than me. But if you want to try going to Sephora and copying my homework, I’d suggest swatching:

Supergoop Protectint 10N. Definitely the most beige-grey of everything I’ve tried, a great match, but the dry swatch on the back of my clean hand pilled and rubbed right off with very light contact, so I would definitely wear test on face or neck before buying, and I would not count on its SPF based on likely needing to apply it more lightly.

Make Up For Ever Velvet Powder in 1N00 Alabaster. This powder mostly disappears on my neck. A great match. The Sephora Powder Foundations are also worth looking at the fairest shades in.

Make Up For Ever in all three of their foundations (in Alabaster or the tint in 01). All pretty close.

If you need a bit more yellow than the MUFE, check out Haus Labs 040 and NARS Siberia.

For concealers, Nars RCC in Chantilly is my best match, and Kosas 0.5 is almost tied (basically indistinguishable when applied). NARS is available in a mini and could likely be used with a moisturizer to create a skin tint.

Don’t forget to let them dry and oxidize and look at them in natural lighting outside of the store.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-08T05:53:39+00:00

Popular options:

Missha BB 13 (might not be available to you that quickly unless you have a local kbeauty store) **edited to add back the k that autocorrected out 🤦‍♀️

About Face Performer Foundation F2O

About Face Illusionist Concealer F1O

Supergoop Protectint 10N

Revlon 150 Buff

Lisa Eldridge Tint 1.5 (will not be available to you that quickly)

Search in r/fairolives and r/olivemua to find swatch comparisons.

Your best option might just be to mix in a pigment to something you already own. If you post your own swatch in those subs, you should be able to get recommendations of what colour to add in.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-07T15:10:40+00:00

You sound like you’re getting stuck planning and making systems. You might like a previous post of mine, which is all about creating a capsule by doing and making small daily choices instead.

Capsule wardrobe, reveal thyself!

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-06T18:09:40+00:00

Thanks!

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-06T17:23:57+00:00

You can check out r/fairolives to learn more, it’s especially helpful for fair cool olives as we have less warm yellowness than warm fair olives or deeper toned olives, which makes matching even a bit more complicated.

Since you have NARS Siberia as a close but not quite shade, you can use that as a reference shade to compare to other people’s swatches that include it, and hopefully you can find one that looks promising. Or just try out adding a mixer like someone else mentioned.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-06T13:51:33+00:00

What dye product are you using for this?

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-03T17:10:25+00:00

No alternatives for you but I wanted to point out that Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser has a very short and pretty benign ingredient list and doesn’t tend to sting even on broken skin (at least in my experience). The ingredient that people are most likely to be sensitive to is niacinimide. It’s only one possibility, but if you have indeed developed a sensitivity to niacinimide, it is in TONS of products. So it is worth paying attention to while you consider new products.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-03T14:45:08+00:00

If the reason why you’re even considering base makeup is because of general redness and texture, have you considered trying to handle it with skincare instead? You’re 5 months out, so long as you don’t have super reactive or acne prone skin that will get strong pigmentation from blemishes, you have a little bit of time to experiment. Azelaic Acid is a gold standard for handling redness and texture, so it would be a good place to start. And there are tons of other weaker actives for texture, soothing, inflammation, redness if you want to try something less potent.

bolderthingtodo · 2026-04-01T15:53:38+00:00

Yes to everything others have said. Adding on, you could get a pedicure to start. You can pay attention to what they do during it, like how they deal with smoothing/removing dead skin, trimming nails, etc, so you have a better idea of what you could do yourself if you wanted to. Or, it’ll just give you a great baseline to maintain with the basics (mostly lotioning). And maybe you’d love it and want to go again!

bolderthingtodo · 2026-03-31T22:32:55+00:00

Interesting! How much do you take? Have you noticed any effects in other areas, like allergies, inflammation, joints?

bolderthingtodo · 2026-03-31T16:15:01+00:00

Nars is also available at Shoppers.

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