1/12/2019 0 Comments Mac Makeup For Dark SkinSo you’re a Black woman moving to Koreawhere do you find your makeup? This is a question I get asked quite often so I decided to try and write a pretty comprehensive guide to makeup for Black women in S. If there’s anything I can add or change, please let me know! There are very few companies in Korea that carry makeup in shades darker than beige, pink beige, sandy beige, sunny beige, etc. Obviously this is the case because Korea is a pretty homogeneous country and the population of Black women that live here and buy makeup often is like.00003% (I’m just making this number up but you get my point). So, if you are a Black woman, or any darker skinned woman planning on moving to Korea and you wear a specific kind of face makeup, I’m here to tell you now to bring as much with you as possible. Face makeup includes foundation, tinted moisturizer, concealer, blush, bronzer, highlighters, etc. Most stores and brands in Korea will not carry anything in your color for these products. Now, say you’re desperate and you’ve run out and you don’t have time to call your mom and ask her to buy you your products and have them shipped to you (pretty much the only other option). There are a few brands in Korea that carry darker colors. The brands that definitely carry makeup in darker colors are MAC and NARS. ![]() I am a dark skinned woman who LOVES makeup! My MAC foundation is NW55 (as dark as they go) and i sometimes like to mix that with Becca foundation stick in Espresso. In terms of best eyeshadowsany color works, literally. I like to say thats because brown goes with everything! I am a lover of color, personally, and im a big fan pretty deep. Brands that *maybe* (and this is a tiny tiny maybe) carry darker colors are Bobbi Brown, Makeup Forever, and Benefit. Don’t hold your breath for these brands though, your best and safest bet is MAC and NARS. Popular US drugstore brands such as Maybelline and NYX are available in stores like Watsons, Olive Young, and Boons in Korea, but they do not sell face makeup in colors for Black women. You can find brands like MAC, NARS, Benefit, etc. At any department store in Korea, such as Hyundai, Shinsegae, and Lotte department stores. MAC is easier to find, with a counter in pretty much every major department store. There is also a MAC Pro Store in Apgujeong, which carries a wider range of products. NARS is a bit harder to find, with locations in the Seoul area in the Shinsegae at Express Bus Terminal, Hyundai Department Store in Jamsil, and The Galleria in Apgujeong. Other locations are available. Foundation, BB Cream, Tinted Moisturizer, and Concealer Sadly, these brands will not have a great range of dark colors, if any at all. The darkest color MAC carries just so happens to be mine, which is NC45. The color range jumps from NC35 to NC42, then NC45. That’s it, nothing in between. There aren’t any NW colors or C colors. If you are anything in between these shades or if you are darker than an NC45 in MAC, then sadly, you will most likely not find makeup in your color in Korea. Make sure to bring as much with you as possible. Of course, again, if you have seen anything darker than this in the stores, or know of any places that carry makeup in darker shades, please let me know in the comments. MAC also doesn’t carry NC45 products in every type of foundation. I’ve only seen NC45 in the Mineralize SPF 15 compact foundation, the Studio Fix foundation, and the Mineralize Moisture foundation. If you don’t like MAC or these 3 formulas, then you’re out of luck. Personally, I’m not a huge fan of MAC foundation, but I have had to buy the Mineralize SPF 15 compact foundation twice and it wasn’t that bad. NARS carries powder foundations in the colors Tahoe, which is described as medium to dark with caramel undertones, and Syracuse which is medium to dark with brown undertones. NARS is your best bet for tinted moisturizers, but they only carry up to the shade Malaga, which is described as medium dark with warm, caramel undertones. I actually use the shade below that, Seychelles, which is medium dark with golden olive undertones. I could maybe get away with using Malaga (if I used it with a bronzer), as tinted moisturizer is pretty forgiving when it comes to matching shades 100%. BB creams in shades for Black women barely exist in the US, and they definitely 100% do not exist in Korea. You will not find any concealers darker than an NC35 at MAC and the darkest shade at NARS is Ginger, which is way too light. I have yet to find a brand besides Benefit that carries a concealer in Korea for dark skinned women. Highlights: i7-6700K 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 W10 Pro 64-bit BluRay Writer GTX1050Ti 4GB The GTX1050Ti is for CUDA, but if you want to game it's pretty good. Best apps mac photo editing. I could have even added another SSD, more system memory but that's my recommend for a video editing system you build for about $1300USD. Pretty self-explanatory I guess. *For fun, I'll 'build' a Windows PC (without monitor) for $1300USD (or less) using pcpartpicker. And Benefit only carries the FakeUp concealer in the color Dark, they don’t have any other concealers in darker shades. Bronzer and Highlighter If you wear bronzer, MAC sells the Mineralize Skin Finish powder in Gold Deposit, the bronzing powder in Golden, and the Natural Mineralize Skin Finish in Dark. Depending on your skin tone, these could be used as either bronzers or highlighters. NARS carries the multiple stick in all colors, including the bronzer stick I use in Palm Beach. NARS in Korea also carries all three of their bronzing powders: Laguna, Casino, and Irresistiblement. Casino is the best shade for dark skinned women.
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