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Jan 24, 2014
Hannah K.
It's normally NC45 or something :) it's the color coding for Mac foundations.
Jan 24, 2014
Sue T.
Their shade in Mac foundations and concealers.
Jan 24, 2014
Sapphire K.
Ok, they are referring to macs foundation system. N stands for neutral c for cool and w for warm, and sometimes they have NC or nw. The number refers to how light or dark they are, 15 sounds pretty light, and I think they go into 30s or 40s. One thing to understand:what Mac calls cool is actually warm and vice versa, for whatever reason.
Jan 24, 2014
Symone B.
^ I appreciate that last bit Sapphire! So it's flipped? Hmmm. I never would of known
Jan 24, 2014
Mackenzi B.
It's just a foundation color by Mac. With that specific code, people with similar or the same code could share tips on what colors for ther makeup look best on their particular skin tone.
Jan 24, 2014
Natalie T.
I wore MAC a lot when I was much younger, so I was always second guessing myself when trying to find a different foundation match or figure out what my skin tone was. Everyone always told me I was cool toned, but my MAC shade was an NW for many years, so it made me so confused. It wasn't until someone on here told me it was flipped (NW=cool NC=warm) that it clicked for me hahaha. Exactly as Sapphire explained it, is how it works! So nutty!
Jan 24, 2014
Antonia S.
I also just learned that MAC flipped their foundations. I always knew I had a warm skin tone so when the associate told me I was a NC37 I was like "Wtf?"