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Wow that was fast! Thank you so much for your help! I'm so excited about trying it!

hi there, i just ordered my foundation sample kit and would like to get some advice on color-matching. i can use both edm's fairly light neutral and olive fair (in the intensive formula), but i think that olive fair is a closer match in terms of the undertone. but i do feel that olive fair is a tiny bit too light for me. by the way, i'm ethnic chinese.

thanks in advance!

whimsyglory wrote:hi there, i just ordered my foundation sample kit and would like to get some advice on color-matching. i can use both edm's fairly light neutral and olive fair (in the intensive formula), but i think that olive fair is a closer match in terms of the undertone. but i do feel that olive fair is a tiny bit too light for me. by the way, i'm ethnic chinese.

thanks in advance!

You should start with our Olive. Start at 1:12 and add a little more white if you need it. I think you should be pretty close to my ratio of about 1:14 (1 scoop color to 14 white). Olive Fair was one of the colors I wore long ago, but it was too light for me, too. It did match my undertones best.

Hi! again
I just wanna thank you JenW for your spot on recommendation for foundation blend, but I still have another question for you. I been trying the medium coverage for a while now, but it doesn´t do the trick for my skin so I was going to try the heavy instead, but do I have the same ratio of peach and ivory ?
And at the same time..if I wanna mix a bigger batch of it, lets say a 4g jar, how much of each?

Thanks for you time and help

MarieH wrote:Hi! again
I just wanna thank you JenW for your spot on recommendation for foundation blend, but I still have another question for you. I been trying the medium coverage for a while now, but it doesn´t do the trick for my skin so I was going to try the heavy instead, but do I have the same ratio of peach and ivory ?
And at the same time..if I wanna mix a bigger batch of it, lets say a 4g jar, how much of each?

Thanks for you time and help

I am unsure what jar size you are referring to (if it is an eyeshadow size, do you have a bigger one?), and I need a little more information about the ratio you used (was it about 0.5:8 or 1:16?). It is best to have a little space in the jar to mix. I have mixed in a snack sized zip lock bag before, too. Then I just dump it into the jar as needed. I use measuring spoons from the kitchen....a 1/8th or a 1/4th. I am happy to help you figure it all out, but I need just a little more info.

For figuring with a 1:16 ratio.......An eyeshadow jar will hold about 3/4 tsp. and your recipe is in 1/32s. A 1:16 ratio with the small spoon makes a little more than 1/2 tsp. It would be 1/2 tsp white plus a small spoon of Peach.

For going from Medium to Heavy coverage.....just leave out a few of the scoops of white.

JenW wrote:

MarieH wrote:Hi! again
I just wanna thank you JenW for your spot on recommendation for foundation blend, but I still have another question for you. I been trying the medium coverage for a while now, but it doesn´t do the trick for my skin so I was going to try the heavy instead, but do I have the same ratio of peach and ivory ?
And at the same time..if I wanna mix a bigger batch of it, lets say a 4g jar, how much of each?

Thanks for you time and help

I am unsure what jar size you are referring to (if it is an eyeshadow size, do you have a bigger one?), and I need a little more information about the ratio you used (was it about 0.5:8 or 1:16?). It is best to have a little space in the jar to mix. I have mixed in a snack sized zip lock bag before, too. Then I just dump it into the jar as needed. I use measuring spoons from the kitchen....a 1/8th or a 1/4th. I am happy to help you figure it all out, but I need just a little more info.

For figuring with a 1:16 ratio.......An eyeshadow jar will hold about 3/4 tsp. and your recipe is in 1/32s. A 1:16 ratio with the small spoon makes a little more than 1/2 tsp. It would be 1/2 tsp white plus a small spoon of Peach.

For going from Medium to Heavy coverage.....just leave out a few of the scoops of white.

The jar I´m referring to is the 10g from the sample kit, I thought it was 4g And the ratio that I mixed was 0.5:8 and that was ok in medium but I need more coverage.

MaireH-

A 10 gram jar will hold close to three times your full recipe at 1:16, but make a double so there is plenty of room to mix. For Heavy Coverage, that will be about 1:14. Double ratios are 2:32 and 2:28.
Medium Coverage in a 10g jar.....measure 2 half tsp. of white and 2 small scoops Peach.
Heavy Coverage in a 10g jar.......measure 1 half tsp white plus, 1 quarter tsp white, plus 4 small scoops white, plus 2 small scoops Peach.

A half tsp = 16 small scoops
A quarter tsp = 8 small scoops
An eighth tsp = 4 small scoops
Scoops and tsp. must be level for accurate measuring.

Thank you JenW for you help

Hi! I'm looking for foundation help for my dear cousin, who is on the right. =]


She has a bit of redness, especially around the nose, but otherwise has pretty good skin. She'd like original or medium coverage. Thanks!

(Personally I think she's much more yellow than the picture shows, but she only approved this picture >_o)

WendyD wrote:Hi! I'm looking for foundation help for my dear cousin, who is on the right. =]
She has a bit of redness, especially around the nose, but otherwise has pretty good skin. She'd like original or medium coverage. Thanks!

(Personally I think she's much more yellow than the picture shows, but she only approved this picture >_o)

I think Buttery Gold.....start at 1:5 and go lighter if needed!