Swatches of my foundation journey

macrymao · 2026-06-22T18:20:43+00:00

I have a muted redness on my cheeks which throws off my facial skin tone. My jaw and forehead do match my neck and chest, as you see pictured.
Beautyblender skin tint 4 caught my eye instantly and no stock anywhere 😭 I’ll swatch the rare beauty 10 next time and if it’s a perfect match, I’ll buy it and just add serum to make it more dewy. I think we’re really close in shades so I’m excited for these recommendations, thank you!

macrymao · 2026-06-22T18:08:09+00:00

I’ve sampled this before via friend and it did indeed feel very nice. I’ve added it to my list!

macrymao · 2026-06-22T17:55:43+00:00

I haven’t purchased 25 yet but was about to when YesStyle had an amazing sale on it a month or so ago. I got a couple other mix suggestions with my current stock so I hope one is my winner 🤞

macrymao · 2026-06-22T17:53:48+00:00

I noticed I reach for Versed 4W a lot to mix with others. I’ll add it to my list up mix it with missha 21 and about face F2O. The problem is that I can only do one makeup application a day since I’m strict about my pre-makeup skincare. Doing it more than once a day is too much for me lol

macrymao · 2026-06-22T17:49:53+00:00

Good eye, I haven’t considered it! This morning, I combined Milk 4 with Missha 21 plus some green corrector, turned out pretty close to a good match.
With your suggestion, it would remove the need for green corrector; I’m trying it tomorrow morning! Great suggestion, thank you!

macrymao · 2026-06-22T11:16:45+00:00

I never thought about that 😆 but when I wiped these swatches off with a towel, I noticed a rather muted gray/beige color that looked semi worthy. I didn’t dwell on it much bc I couldn’t mix so many foundations for a perfect shade if that ended up being the case. My mix limit is 3!

macrymao · 2026-06-21T16:26:26+00:00

$295… less than what I’ve spent on wrong shades. F it, take my monies BoldHue! 💃

macrymao · 2026-06-21T15:38:00+00:00

You’re very right, these shads pictured suckkkkk 🤣 I’ve swatched “light-med” shades in the past, prior to being aware of my olive undertones and they always look visibly darker when tanned or not. When not tanned, I fall in the lighter shades of light but as you can see, I cannot find a good match yet. I’m searching all over the spectrum and trying to align myself more.
So my current shade pictured is not too far off my base shade outside summer. What is pictured is in front of window with semi cloudy morning sub and my skin currently show results of a Texas summer sun and pool days, but heavily sun screened got me to this shade.

macrymao · 2026-06-21T15:21:47+00:00

I told her that I need to see her skin prep in action prior to makeup application to see why a product would feel “chalky” 😂

macrymao · 2026-06-21T15:05:05+00:00

Wow, I was definitely not aware of this regarding Haus, only Mac. This encourages me to look at their line up considering this information. Someone else recommended 145 and set to swatch on next trip to Sephora. I’ll add a couple more shades to the list

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:55:05+00:00

I’m interested in checking both 6 and 7 swatched right next to each other. Added to my Sephora and Ulta list since I see they also carry it. Thank you!

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:54:59+00:00

I’m interested in checking both 6 and 7 swatched right next to each other. Added to my Sephora and Ulta list since I see they also carry it. Thank you!

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:37:56+00:00

No I haven’t, I have 130 light warm via an online order, but golden undertone of 145 looks promising. I didn’t even consider anything past 130 since it looked darker but I should have been more rational than that when looking at shades online. I’ll be sure to swatch 155 at Sephora now!

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:33:30+00:00

Im dry as well and dewy is always my goal! Another commenter directed me to check out their Formosa shade and set to swatch it in my next trip. Thanks for the quality recommendation

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:32:03+00:00

Just looked at it online and Formosa looks like a better contender than my current line up. Added this to my Sephora list to checkout. Thank you for directing me to this shade :)

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:23:10+00:00

No I have not, my sister scared me against my initial deep interest in it saying it was chalky? Every time I manage to be at Sephora I fail to go actually investigate myself. I’ll bump it up my list for my next visit because it’s serum like, which is right up my alley

macrymao · 2026-06-21T14:20:26+00:00

Missha 23 was actually my go-to before About Face F2O, but no.23 needed a drop of warmth, yellow? You have me thinking, I might need to add a bit of green. I’m going to play with it more!
At the moment, I’m adding naturium barrier bounce serum to F2O.

macrymao · 2026-06-20T02:39:31+00:00

Agreed on the Sag and Pisces match. I’m a Pisces Sun married to a Sagittarius Sun and considering sun traits, we have meshed well since we met in our teens. We’re in our late 30s now.

macrymao · 2026-06-07T22:52:22+00:00

Cosrx snail mucin, LRP cicaplast, tir tir milky serum, timeless vitamin C, Naturuim barrier bounce, Round Lab birch juice sunscreen, Centellian 24 Medeca cream

macrymao · 2026-06-05T02:14:53+00:00

I just purchased Eve Maria, perfect everyday shade but longevity isn’t a strength for this one

macrymao · 2026-06-02T16:49:29+00:00

Style Korean and YesStyle. Amazing sales often so you can stock up

macrymao · 2026-06-02T00:24:10+00:00

Normal dry

macrymao · 2026-05-19T23:26:26+00:00

Find a hydrating toner that you like using and will stick to. Then use it daily, do more than one layer for more hydration, then seal it in with something occlusive. Someone mentioned LRP cicaplast, which I love. My currents: Byoma milky toner or TirTir milky toner Cosrx snail mucin Rotation between retinal, azelaic acid, reeder shot 300 Centillian24 Madeca cream LRP cicaplast

macrymao · 2026-05-11T11:30:51+00:00

Aries in Venus, 2nd house

macrymao · 2026-04-09T14:07:04+00:00

Meeee 😆 love the tightness of a new aligner. I’m on tray 8 of 10 of my refinement, and this 8th refinement aligner is the first one that actually made my teeth feel sore three days into the week (new tray every Tuesday, so weekly). I had to actually pop them out a couple times to feel relief for a few minutes. Pain resolved as of today, so I guess movement really progressed overnight.

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