Best foundation for very pale skin
Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation, £26.40, Illamasqua.com
The lightest shade in this particular foundation (01) is so pale that, if you’ve never managed to find a foundation that’s light enough for you, this could be the winning ticket – but either way we recommend you go and test it out first before buying. That said, this one makes a great mixer should you need to lighten any foundation that’s slightly too dark.
Best shade for pink-toned skin: 02
Best shade for yellow-toned skin: 03
Best shade for neutral skin: 01 or 3.5
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Best foundation for pale skin with yellow undertones
Bobbi Brown Stick Foundation, £31, Fabled
It might seem counter-intuitive to describe pale skin as ‘warm’, but skin tones that have yellow undertones do in fact fall into this category. You have yellow-toned skin if your veins appear green, probably have brown or hazel eyes and your skin tans easily. (Criteria for both pink and yellow-toned skin’s sounding familiar? If you can’t put yourself in one category or the other, you have neutral toned skin.)
Make-up mogul Bobbi Brown changed the beauty industry as we know it when, in the nineties, she launched a line of stick foundations that brought yellow-based makeup to the masses – previously, consumer foundation was predominantly pink-based and didn’t work on a lot of skin tones. The clever part is that its combination of moisturising and oil-controlling ingredients (namely Shea butter and specialised minerals) adapt to your skin’s needs to keep it in place all day.
Best shade for pink-toned skin: Alabaster
Best shade for yellow-toned skin: Warm Porcelain
Best shade for neutral skin: Porcelain
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Best foundation for pale skin with pink undertones
NARS Velvet Matte Foundation Stick, £30, Fabled
Skin tones with pink undertones are also known as ‘cool’ complexions. You have pink undertones if your veins appear blue (check your wrists now), your skin burns rather than tans easily, and you probably have green, grey or blue eyes.
NARS offer loads of pink-based shades across all their foundations, but the shades of their latest release, Velvet Matte, are particularly spot on for cooler skin tones. If you like a buildable, full-coverage foundation with a super matte finish, this one is for you – it even comes with a removable sponge tool for on-the-go application.
Best shade for pink-toned skin: Mont Blanc
Best shade for yellow-toned skin: Gobi
Best shade for neutral skin: Siberia or Deauville
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Drugstore foundation for pale skin
Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation, £4.19, Lookfantastic
Gone are the days when trying to get a pale budget foundation is nigh-on impossible, as a lot of high street brands now have a lightest shade that’s actually, well, light. The new Matte + Poreless foundation from Maybelline is a great buy for the summer heat, keeping you shine free and photo ready all the day long.
Best shade for pink-toned skin: 102 Fair Ivory
Best shade for yellow-toned skin: 100 Warm Ivory
Best shade for neutral skin: 110 Porcelain
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Best foundation for pale dry skin
Huda Beauty #FauxFilter Foundation, £32, Selfridges
Huda Kattan, the brains behind Huda Beauty, sent fans into a meltdown when she announced that she was releasing a full coverage foundation and #FauxFilter certainly did not disappoint; a heavy duty foundation that covers all level of blemishes and uneven skin tone in a broad spectrum of 30 different shades.
A bottle will last anyone ages (you need less than a pea size to do your whole face) and it’s so thick and pigmented it can be mixed with a little moisturiser for a more dewy finish. What makes it the best foundation for dry skin that’s also pale is that it’s packed with centella asiatica and argan oil for extra moisturisation. Huda, we applaud you for creating the best foundation for pale skin.
Best shade for pink-toned skin: Milkshake or Vanilla
Best shade for yellow-toned skin: Panna Cotta
Best shade for neutral-toned skin: Angel Food
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Best foundation for pale oily skin
Too Faced Born This Way Foundation, £29, Selfridges
With already oily skin, you need a foundation that’s non-comedogenic (non pore-clogging) and that won’t exacerbate the high oil levels of your skin. As a general rule of thumb, you can’t go wrong with an oil-free foundation.