Between orders I've placed on Sephora and Nordstrom and a swap-for-samples with a generous Redditor, I've gathered enough foundation and concealer cards to do another slew of swatches! I tried to pick cards that came with both a light and dark shade; samples that only included medium shades, like the NARS and Bare Minerals ones, were not used for this post. As always, if any company would like to send a sample of their lightest and darkest base product shades for me to swatch, please contact me via the email on the side bar. This is especially relevant for dark shades--for whatever reason, companies never include anything near the darkest shade in the range on their sample cards.
These swatches were photographed in three lighting situations: natural light on the left, ring light in the middle, fill flash on the right. Please remember that these are being swatched on the inside of my arm, which is very light and leans cool yellow (NC5-ish). Hence, some undertones or shades may appear quite stark. My hope is that you'll be able to compare the shades to each other to figure out if you have a match. Also, I apologize about the disparity in swatch thickness; almost all of these came from free sample cards, and some of them give you almost no product to test.
From top to bottom:
- Urban Decay All Nighter Liquid Foundation in 1.0. This is the lightest warm shade in the range.
- Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra Longwear Concealer in 1N. This is the lightest neutral shade in the range.
- CoverFX Natural Finish Foundation in N20. The CoverFX range includes neutral (N), warm (G), and cool (P) undertones; there are two neutral shades lighter than this, and there are equivalent cool and warm shades.
- Bobbi Brown Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation in Sand. There are five shades before this.
- Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation in Y225. There are two warm shades lighter than this and several lighter shades with different undertones.
- Fenty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation in 150. There are five shades before this.
- Marc Jacobs Shameless Youthful-Looking 24H Foundation in Light Y210. There are three shades lighter than this.
- Lancome Skin Feels Good Skin Nourishing Foundation in 01N Nude Vanilla. This is the lightest neutral shade; 01N and 010C are currently the lightest shades in the range, but they have different undertones.
- NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in Siberia. This is the lightest yellow shade in the range.
From top to bottom:
- Urban Decay All Nighter Liquid Foundation in 8.0. There are six shades after this.
- Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra Longwear Concealer in 4N. There are three shades darker than this in the range.
- CoverFX Natural Finish Foundation in N100. The CoverFX range includes neutral (N), warm (G), and cool (P) undertones; there are two neutral shades darker than this, and there are equivalent cool and warm shades. The darkest shade in the range is cool (P125).
- Bobbi Brown Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation in Espresso. This and Cool Espresso appear to be of similar depth, but with different undertones; they are the darkest shades in the range.
- Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation in Y505. There is one warm shade darker than this; most of the darker shades in this range have red undertones.
- Fenty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation in 420. There are seven shades after this.
- Marc Jacobs Shameless Youthful-Looking 24H Foundation in Tan 420. This is actually in the middle of the range; there are other "Tan" shades and five "Deep" shades.
- Lancome Skin Feels Good Skin Nourishing Foundation in 12W Sunny Amber. This is the darkest warm shade and currently the second darkest shade in the range. There is a big jump between this shade (12W) and the darkest shade (16C), which suggests that the range will be expanded in the future.
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