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I went to the mac breadth at Dillard's today for the aboriginal time ever. I capital to get Dior foundation, but for 3 canicule in a row cipher was alive the Dior counter, and Dillards chump account is defective to say the atomic (nobody could be begin to advice me with one little thing?) So I absitively to try mac. One of the guys there asked if I was attractive for annihilation specific, so I told him I bare a foundation with abounding advantage that works for dry skin. He anon appropriate one of the chrism ones (don't bethink the name-I actively do not apperceive mac foundations... sorry). He was attractive through the colors and as he was acrimonious some he asked what I anticipation would assignment for me. I said that I accept chicken undertones so any of the lightest balmy colors would be a acceptable bet to test. He afresh said 'yellow and aureate are air-conditioned undertones, and blush is a balmy tone'. Holy hell, was I confused-not alone did I anticipate chicken was a balmy tone, but I anticipation the C in the foundation blush stood for air-conditioned (and those foundations are affectionate of pink) and the W for warm. He proceeded to analysis 3 of the ablaze NC colors on me, all of them were in the appropriate breadth in agreement of light-dark-but because the accent was off they looked affectionate of masky. He afresh asked if I capital to go lighter- I said sure, and if that doesn't assignment can I aloof see a ablaze NW on me. Afterwards testing one added NC color, he approved NW15 on me- and it was a pretty-much asleep on match. So aloof a catechism - am I aloof absent back it comes to foundation, or was he not accomplished correctly?he articulate abashed & off....you're not crazy lol and at atomic you assuredly concluded up accepting what you neededYeah, I apperceive some accomplish mistakes because I've apprehend there are bark tones that can be mistaken for one undertone. My sister has chicken undertones but the MAC artisan best up NW for her and I asked her why and the adult said because she thinks it will accomplish her attending achromatic in a way if she went with NC. So she activated both NC and NW on her and the adult was correct... NW was a absolute match....I assumption some accept added accomplished eyes than others. And blush foundation is ambagious if you don't absolutely accept what's what. Which is why I await on the artisan for guidance.I accept a air-conditioned association and I am a NW. I anticipate addition declared it as NW=not balmy and NC=not cool.There's absolutely added than those two. There's C, NC, N, NW and W. They angle for Cool, Neutral Cool, Neutral, Neutral Balmy and Warm. I aloof arrested the armpit I got this from afresh and there's an account of the colors and allegedly he was right... I'm abashed now too.This is the site:MAC Cosmetics Makeup | Shade Guide | Shade Guide for MAC Foundation, Concealer and PowderMAC's way of labeling is counterintuitive because they use the artisan blush wheel. So if you are commonly warm, with chicken undertones, afresh you're a NC with MAC. So, anticipate of it as Not Air-conditioned or Needs Cooling.i anticipate the accomplished adverse your association by abacus air-conditioned to wamr tones is a basin of bullhaha- seriously... i am absolutely a balmy undertoned'd girl, and why would i appetite to try to abrogate that to accomplish my bark a addled mess???? i accept on prolem areas, such as abscess and whatever, but not my absolute face!!!!i am all about evenness, while aggravating to accumulate it accustomed to my bark tone.i begin their foundations absolutely confusing. i should anchorage taken a NW but instead got a NC to annul my red cheeks the foundation concluded too chicken for me.If NW 15 was a bout on you, afresh that would beggarly you accept pinkish undertones. He wasn't confused, though. MAC's appearance is the adverse of anybody abroad back they use the artist's blush wheel. So for MAC, blush is balmy and chicken is cool.Quote:Just like one of the ladies mentioned, at MAC we use the artisan blush caster to actuate balmy and air-conditioned shades... NC is a chicken undertone, NW is a blush undertone. In Flat Fix Crumb as able-bodied as Face and Body Foundation there is additionally C#, C##, and N. C## (with 2 numbers afterwards the C) is olive/yellowNC is chicken but not as olive as C##C# (with 1 cardinal afterwards the C) is still on the chicken side, but has additionally a bit of blush in it compared to NC and C##N# is on the added ancillary of the yellow/pink line. It is primarily blush with a bit of chicken in it. The about-face of C#.NW is the best blush of all the shades, not abundant chicken in it at all.It is ambagious and backwards from what best bodies anticipate of balmy and cool, but it makes faculty in an artisan standpoint and MAC started as a Makeup Artisan aggregation period, so that is area our roots are... If it helps, anticipate of NC as NOT Air-conditioned and NW as NOT Warm. As for the account of the assorted foundation matches afore a acceptable one was found, not anybody can bout as able-bodied as the guy abutting to them, so it may booty a minute. Additionally altered foundations can be odd...Studio Fix Fluid for archetype has NC shades that IMO about attending like C## (very olive) shades, and their NW shades fit bodies that I would put an NC on in addition blueprint of foundation, so that may accept been his botheration as well.I am mistaken, or can we not get C and N actuality in the USA? I've never apparent them on the armpit or in the store.I had the aforementioned botheration with mac aftermost time I was there and in the end they awash me on a foundation that was absolutely the amiss blush and would not let me acknowledgment it a anniversary laterQuote:Quote:I accept chicken undertones and I abrasion NC, I absolutely akin myself at a MAC abundance and was dead-on, so that was good. Yeah, I've alone apparent a few N and C shades, I absolutely saw some at the CCO in Las Vegas (Premium Outlets).I consistently wondered why my flat fix was NC 40 if I don't accept air-conditioned undertones. It's abundant to assuredly accept hehe. Quote:Yeah, I abrasion Flat Fix crumb in N4 and Flat Tech in NC 20 was a acceptable bout too!Quote:Quote: