My makeup always looks orange?

Jul 4, 2014

Jesse T.

I've been wearing foundation/concealer for years and no matter what I use I will always have that orangey shade. I don't understand. I'm pretty pale, not ridiculously pale but I'm usually the second or third lightest foundation shade. I use a beauty blender and I blend it down my neck, all the places you should and I blend it good but it still looks 'orange'. I could use the lightest shade and somehow it would still look orange. What can I do?

Jul 4, 2014

Jesse T.

Products I use right now
Revlon color stay (liquid)
Maybelline age rewind concealer

Jul 4, 2014

Emily W.

Is it possible that you are using the wrong undertone? That usually makes you look either really pink or really yellow, but I think it could lean orange too.

Is it orange immediately out of the bottle, or does it turn orange as/after you apply?

Jul 4, 2014

Meghan B.

Your products could be oxidising. Do you use a primer? Also, are you sure the foundation matches your undertone? Perhaps you have a pink undertone.

Jul 4, 2014

Jesse T.

When I first put it on it looks fine, matches me perfectly then an hour or so later I'll look in the mirror and my face is 10 shades darker than my neck 😒

Jul 4, 2014

Emily W.

That sounds exactly like oxidation. What products do you use under your foundation (moisturizer, primer, etc)?

Jul 4, 2014

Diana T.

I wAs thinking the same thing Emily - maybe you are buying the wrong shade - if you have cool undertones but buy a makeup with neutraL or yellow undertones it will come out as looking more yellow (or orange) on your face - but it could be oxidation too but double check that you are buying the correct shade first.