There are more than 65 MAC foundation shades, which makes it one of the most inclusive beauty brands on the market.

FURTHER READING: We’ve reviewed and ranked the best Charlotte Tilbury foundations and the best No7 foundations Nina has warm undertones (reds in MAC terms) with cool under eye circles (yellow). I used MAC Studio Fix in NC20 over her face to even out and correct the redness and NW10 concealer to correct the dark circles What do the numbers on MAC foundations mean? The size and shape of the nozzle stop you from using too much and, despite its medium consistency, this MAC foundation creates light coverage. It also feels light on the skin and is buildable too.

Choosing a foundation can be really daunting, but it’s often a key part to our makeup and can make or break a flawless face. Many of my clients ask me about the labelling of foundations, particularly when it comes to MAC! I hope that today’s post will help you in understanding NC, NW, C and N in MAC foundations.* The very basics of Colour Theory The letter is determined by your skin tone and the number represents how light, or dark, the shade is ranging from 3 to 60. MAC has said this foundation will last 24 hours but again our oily nose did peek through. Although not as bad as others on this list. We also loved that the foundation didn’t sit on any dry patches on the skin. MAC Studio Face and Body has been around for many years and has long been adored by professional makeup artists.

We achieved more even coverage when using a foundation brush, but it still blended nicely with our beauty blender. However, getting this foundation out of the bottle can be a pain. We thought this foundation would be runny, due to the fact it says it’s sheer, but we were pleasantly surprised by the medium consistency. It’s frustrating that the shade range is relatively small in comparison to other MAC foundations and you can’t get it in the same NC or NW colours. Since we published this guide, MAC released the MAC Studio Radiance Serum Powered foundation. Designed to “fuse the science of skincare with the power of makeup,” the new medium-to-full coverage MAC foundation comes in 56 shades. We’ve bought the new MAC foundation and will update this best MAC foundation list as soon as we’ve had time to put it properly to the test. We found that the built-in sponge gave a more smoother application than the brush, or beauty blender, and it really did give us a flawless, poreless look to our skin. It also provided full coverage. By comparison, using a brush to apply it reduced the amount of coverage provided, which saw us piling on more to get the desired finish.For each foundation, we tested how well it went on and how well it lasted using both The Ordinary Silicone primer, and the Bobbi Brown Face Base cream. We also applied each using a foundation brush, or a damp beauty blender to see which gave the best finish. This caused it to look cakey and this cakiness just got worse during the day as it settled in our creases and pores. A flaw that was exacerbated when we added our powder bronzer. While the powder works well with cream products, it doesn’t seem to like being combined with other powder makeup products and it was hard to blend our bronzer out. Georgia’s overall skin tone is cool (yellow) with warm (red) undertones across her cheeks. Because her skin tone is a little deeper and cooler, I decided on MAC’s Studio Fix Fluid in NC20 to complement her cool tones, cancel out the reds and add the depth of colour needed Shop my favourite MAC foundations However, not all shades are available in all foundation finishes. The Studio Fix foundation has 67 shades, the Studio Fix Powder has 53.