do you use darker foundation in the summer?

[sdkitty]

I know it's wrong but sometimes I use tinted moisturizer a shade darker than my skin in summer. I like the extra color and even tho it doesn't really match, it pretty much blends since it's light coverage. I know the experts say to match your skin and get your extra color from blush or bronzer ......


I have fair skin and I don't sunbathe so my face will never tan


does anyone else do this?

 

[katran26]

I do! I use a BB cream w/ foundation & SPF by YSL- it's a little darker than my normal foundation because I tan a bit in the summer

 

[Schefflera]

I have a darker one, but... I haven't gotten enough sun lately for it to be necessary. So I use it for subtle contouring instead.

 

[Ghettoe]

I have to. I work as a life guard during the summer and I get like three shades darker (no exaggeration). My summer foundation is three shades darker than my winter one. However, I almost never wear make up in the summer unless it's an event or late summer when the weather cools down.

 

[jen_sparro]

I know it's wrong but sometimes I use tinted moisturizer a shade darker than my skin in summer. I like the extra color and even tho it doesn't really match, it pretty much blends since it's light coverage. I know the experts say to match your skin and get your extra color from blush or bronzer ......


I have fair skin and I don't sunbathe so my face will never tan


does anyone else do this?

My face doesn't darken like my body does during summer (SPF 50 and chemical exfoliators ), so I wear a shade darker than my winter foundation (I own one Dior BB creme which is 2 shades darker after a European holiday and my darker shade wasn't enough).

I like to match my body so I don't look weird in photographs... I think as long as your face doesn't look darker than your body it's fine!

 

[pmburk]

Not really. I'm pretty fair so I basically stay the same color year-round. I do use a matte powder bronzer for contouring & to add a bit of color/warm things up, though.

 

[Grande Latte]

Hmmm.... It's the same, but I work on reverse.

My face gets quite pale in the winter, so the foundation is a shade lighter than what I usually wear in the summer.

 

[nikimenz]

I don't, I just use a bronzer in the summer, which I don't usually use in the winter.

 

[rachel3k]

Yes I do, because of my work

 

[karman]

I definitely use a darker shade in the summer. I use Makeup Forever Face & Body, which has very light coverage, and blends into my skin nicely (so the colour is very forgiving). So I keep two shades year-round... typically it takes a few months for my tan to fade, so I go from using one to using a mix of the two throughout the year.

 

[NikkisABagGirl]

Yes, I tan not even trying. Few shades darker.

 

[Sakshi.Mathur]

I don't. In summers, I simply use a liquid bronzer and mix it in my makeup to change the shade.