MAC Concealers : NC or NW?

Wondering what concealer shade suits you?

Here's a comparison of MAC Studio finish concealer in NC20 & NW20 shades.

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EDIT:
Yes I'm aware that NC means "Neutral Cool" and NW for "Neutral warm", but this is easier to remember =)

NC means Not Cool = Warm skintones
NW means Not Warm = Cool skintones


Learn more about MAC's Shade Guide HERE.

Swatches:

As you can see, there's a noticeable difference between the 2 shades.

NC is yellow toned and suits almost all skintones. Choose a shade lighter if you want to brighten the undereye area or a your skintone shade if you want to hide pimples /blemishes.

NW on the other hand is a peachy-beige that suits cool or neutral skintones. This shade also counteracts dark undereye circles.

Hope this post helps. =)

Till next time,

Shade Guide for MAC

*Image from MAC Cosmetics*

Still wondering what's your MAC shade for foundation, concealer or powder?
Are you a N? C? NW? NC?
So confusing right?!

Here's a simple guide I want to share with you.
Credits to Sokissandmakeup.com

The Letters stands for the different skin tones while the numbers refer to your skin's depth from 15 (fairest) to 55 (very dark skin)

N stands for Neutral skintones (Beige skin)
C stands for Cool skintones (Yellow, Golden, Olive skin)
W stands for Warm skintones (Pinkish skin)
NC stands for Neutral Cool skintones (Golden Beige skin)
NW stands for Neutral Warm skintones ( Pink Beige skin)

I know, MAC's shade guide is really confusing coz from what I know WARM skin has a yellow undertone, while from their description its the other way around.

According to Sokissandmakeup:

"The reason for this is that MAC uses the makeup artists color wheel which is pretty much the opposite of what we usually think of as cool vs. warm. An easy way to look at it is like this: Think of each MAC foundation shade as being named with either the cool or warm shade that would neutralize and balance out your skin tone."

Now, to detemine your skin undertones take a look at your wrist or the underside of your arm.

If your veins are purplish blue - you have pink undertones
If your veins are greenish blue - you have yellow undertones

TIPS:

Pink undertones look good on white gold / silver jewelry.
Yellow undertones look good on gold jewelry.

Hope you find this post useful! Xiao! =)