I HATE M.A.C. and FASHION FAIR!
For my skin tone, neither do me justice. And to add, nothing chaps my a$$ more than seeing a good looking woman with mismatched makeup on (re: neck and face, three different shades! looking like a drag queen on crack!). Suffice to say, I worked over the summer at a casino in Detroit (MGM Grand) and appropriate, attractive, well kept appearance was required of my job. I haven't been a huge makeup nut, but have always been a fan of Bobbi Brown and Trish McEvoy.
Anyways, I tried out several different counters, just to try something new and was sorely dissapointed. M.A.C. seemed costumey and not necessarily complimenting to my undertones. I like to blend shades and could not find anything that did right by me (even with blending, it was always too-something-or-the-other). ALSO, Fashion Fair is made for those with severe red tones and of a darker variety. None of those colors suited me (I went out for a day looking like Boonquisha from down 'na skreet! with some bogus orange looking lipstick, the lady just KNEW would look good on me!).
The concept behind Bobbi Brown is not to mask your beauty, but to compliment it. And that means more earthly tones and if you want to get "spunky", then there are colors that you can match to your shade that won't make you look like Boo-Boo the fool! Also, the compacts that you can get (esp. McEvoy with changeable shades to suit mood/occasion are neat!) fit well and carry nicely (in a purse - bulkiness). So, perhaps I should be the new spokeswoman, but I would encourage those two, or even something cheap. You can ALWAYS manipulate/blend/mix/whatever to find something to match you (Maybelline, Revlon, Wet&Wild, etc)
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