Guest walkingmuse Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I know most Asian people use whitening products and want pale skin... but today I went to MAC to get new foundation and got matched with C2, which is I think the lightest shade available on the MAC website when you look at it, it looks like freakin paper - it's that white. It's not like I haven't been out in the sun... I've been outside a lot more recently because it's summer break, yet I get paler? I used to be NC 15. I've never even been just C something before (btw what does C stand for?) It just kind of makes me self conscious because I feel like everyone's getting tan and I'm all pale Anyone else relate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mayholic Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 MAC swatches on the site are really inaccurate. Don't think too much about it. I'd love to have your skin. C stands for "cool". According to MAC, pink is warm and yellow is cool. According to everyone else, it's the reverse. MAC just likes to be weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest walkingmuse Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Yeah I was kinda looking at the swatch online thinking that didn't seem to be accurate... I was like "agh is my skin really paper white?!" Thanks that was really helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest liimegreeen Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 i used to be self-conscious of my pale skin and even went to tanning salons -__- but now i LOVE it! i get compliments on my skin a lot and people tell me it looks like porcelain. i'm so fair, my pressed powder color is called "snow" by NARS :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mszpbshiix Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 don't be girl!!! if you're asian, at least especially in korea (and most asian countries) girls would kill to be as white as you! flaunttt that beautiful porcelain skin. asians can rockk it be happy you don't have to spend money on brightening products or tanning supples or even that whitening soap lol no reason to feel self-conscious for reals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest colloquy Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Are you as white as this one British celebrity - Nicola Roberts? I remember she also made a skincare line for people with really white skin because no major makeup line carried makeup that was that white. If you're C2, I don't think you're *that* pale. Even if you are, embrace the skin you have. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MeriendaTime Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Like someone stated before me, C stands for cool. Yep, c2 is the lightest shade, however I believe hyperreal pressed powder in extra light @ Mac Pro is lighter. What I'd like to know is how you go from NC (yellow undertones) to C...which is best suited for olive skin.... I'm not super pale. I match up at NW20, most of the people in my family are pretty tan so I stand out like a sore thumb at family parties. They call me "Twilight" (that movie/book about vampires) and say things like "I wonder what'll happen to you when the sun comes out". It's annoying, but I don't feel self conscious about it. There are a lot of people out there that are way lighter than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ BunnyliciouS ~ Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 i love my fair/pale skin just don't really like my fair/pale legs, my veins are visible close-up, looks freaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TOPforever Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 no, not really xD i wished that i was a little tanner tho. so my friends could stop making fun of me xD its impossible for me to get tanner. sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest walkingmuse Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 What I'd like to know is how you go from NC (yellow undertones) to C...which is best suited for olive skin.... yeah! I was wondering that too! I guess I'll just have to try it out and make sure it matches, otherwise I'll return it and have someone else match me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ephemeral. Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I'm starting to like my fair/pale skin. I used to be self-conscious because I thought I looked ghostly. But I receive compliments on my skin. They say it's different, innocent and porcelain-like? Probably because most of them have tanner skin, while I'm the odd one out. They say I'm either Snow White or a vampire. Black hair, pale skin, pink lips. (x Embrace it. (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ilikecandixD Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 lucky! i want lighter skin. You can get a tan if your too light but when your darker theres no going back . except skin whiting products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RAWR:p Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I love my Pale Skin, tan does not work on me. One thing i hate is my eye bags show 24/7 = ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CarelessWhisper Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I don't think skin color matters at all. I think someone's natural skin color is the most beautiful thing possible It's annoying when people are obsessed with changing their skin color by tanning and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tian`tian Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 i love my fair/pale skin just don't really like my fair/pale legs, my veins are visible close-up, looks freaky. Agree with this. I'm okay with it mostly, just my legs being pale is kinda awkward...everyone loves the tan look especially in the summer here. Also if I'm really pale when I take pictures with my friends who are tanner I look ghostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mika-chan Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I just don't like how my blemishes are super visible on my pale skin >< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest azpeach Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 omg me! i never put on sunblock or try to even keep my skin pale, it just is. i hate when people think i look sick, or "too white" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abviolinplayer Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 C stands for "cool". hell yeah pale skin is cool! haha jk anyway I say embrace your pale skin...lots of Asians probably envy you! though I used to be like you...I'm SUPER pale and don't tan easily at all, and I wanted to have a nice tan complexion...I bought one of those bronzing lotions (which didn't do much anyway) and sat in the sun a lot, but now I don't care. might be more out of laziness, but w/e, I'm fine with being pale, and my boy likes it so it's all good XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StrwB3rry Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 awww. dont be self consioussss. i would die for pale skin like yourss (: im still trying to get paler with masks and stuff but going to the pool doesnt help me ^^" i know lots of people who would envy your skin. Me being one of them O; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Emmiej Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Me, but I´m non asian I´m really pale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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