If you have pale skin, you know that it's not always easy to find the right foundation. But the right one can make your skin look healthy and radiant. Here are some great options for foundations for pale skin.
ITEM: 724914
Color: Matte 090 Porcelaine I (N)
$70.00
I also have very pale (porcelain) skin tone, which burns very easily so when Lancome came out with their oscillation powder foundation with SPF, I was really excited. ...Most porcelains I see have yellow undertones, but this foundation goes on beautifully, feels great, and makes my skin look flawless.
What it is: A sheer-to-full-coverage powder foundation has a versatile, mattifying, and long-wearing finish that is perfect for all skin types, including oily.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
What Else You Need to Know: This versatile matte foundation is buildable, long-lasting, and can be used wet or dry. The face powder is perfect for on-the-go touch-ups, covering imperfections, and as a sheer-coverage setting powder. The lightweight formula does not cake and offers a shine-free, natural look.
Size: 0.31 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 1615004
Color: Golden Natural (W-058) - medium beige with golden undertones; for medium olive skin
$76.00
I have combo skin, dry foundations will dry my face and oily foundations will make me a grease ball... and this foundation does both... easy to blend, perfect shade, but it looks dry on my skin, creases, and doesn't set... it also doesn't cover much......I can wear one shade all year round (in the winter when I'm pale, in the summer when I'm tanned) and it will look fine as I find the foundation sort of adjusts to your natural skin tone.
What it is: A foundation formulated with a unique transparent base and that’s expertly calibrated to your undertone to even out and correct the complexion.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Stick
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates. This product is also gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Featuring a blend of emollients like olive extract and shea butter, the formula moisturizes wherever skin is dry. It delivers medium to full coverage and is water-, sweat-, and humidity-resistant.
Size: 1 oz/ 30mL·ITEM: 2477453
Color: Deep 5 - deepest skin tones with very warm undertones
$49.00
I love a buildable foundation! This Skin Tint can be applied sheer or built up to full coverage. ...Best for Acne Prone Sensitive Skin...Pleasantly surprised by this foundation. Coverage is medium to full. Doesn’t crack, doesn’t crease and leaves it looking like ‘my skin but better’.
What it is: A skin tint that hydrates with light-medium buildable coverage and a naturally radiant finish.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid- Helps to visibly plump skin and improve the look of fine lines and seal in moisture.
- Niacinamide and Willow Bark Extract: Visibly smooth, brighten, reduce the look of irritation, and minimizes the appearance of pores and blemishes to keep skin looking smooth and clear.
- Beta Glucan: Soothes and restores skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, tr
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2546935
Color: Lovina ST19 - extra deep with neutral undertones
$65.00
Excellent foundation...I use a few drops and it covers my face well. I also noticed my skin is less shiny. The choice of colours is wide and I could fine the correct shade for my very pale skin...Asked an employee for a recommendation for a foundation that I can't feel while wearing, with sheer coverage and light enough to match super pale skin.
What it is: An award-winning skin tint with dewy coverage, powerful skincare ingredients, and mineral SPF 40. Safe for sensitive skin and non-comedogenic.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
SPF: 40
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Plant-based Squalane: Hydrates and visibly improves elasticity without clogging pores.
- Niacinamide: Visibly smooths texture, minimizes the appearance of pores, softens lines, and promotes even tone.
- Hyaluronic Acids (Macro and Micro): Penetrate at different levels to visibly plump and boost skin’s moisture levels.
Size: 1 oz/ 30 ml·ITEM: 2551745
Color: 14 Neutral - deep with neutral undertones
$70.50
I received form Influenster This foundation holds up well on oily skin. This foundation works very well and stays put over skincare products and that is something that most foundations can't do if you apply multiple products, including sunscreen....This foundation leaves my skin perfect and healthy, one of the best foundations I've ever used.
What it is: A 16-hour natural-glow foundation with buildable medium coverage to hydrate, smooth, blur pores, and brighten skin.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates and revitalizes skin’s outer visible layers.
- Rose Complex: Reduces visible signs of fatigue for brighter-, smoother-looking skin.
- Bix-Activ: Visibly reduces shine and blurs the look of pores.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan.
Size: 0.35 oz/ 10.5 g·ITEM: 479774
Color: Matte Cream
$52.00
Finally a powder for pale skin...I had some trouble with other products settling into my pores but this stays on my skin and doesn't smudge....I'm very fair and usually buy the translucent powders, because I find the ones made for pale skin are too dark. This one was just right.
Coverage:
✔ Full
Skin type:
✔ Combination
✔ Oily
Finish:
✔ Matte
What it is:
A long-wearing, two-in-one, powder and foundation in a portable compact.
What it does:
Get a powder and foundation combined in one portable compact. The long-wearing, full-coverage powder works as an over-foundation finisher or as a powder foundation. The extra-cling formula provides double coverage, yet leaves the skin with a natural skin-perfecting look.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Phthalates
$52.00
great for blemishes so you can hide them! skin Stays fresh looking. great for oily skins or spots because it is oil free formulation and is shine absorbing. ...Maybe I just have overly oily skin, who knows. I got this in translucent and it blends in well to my very pale skin.
What it is: An oil-free formula that maintains a fresh look and feel, all day and night.
Skin Type: Combination and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Oiliness, Dryness, and Uneven Skin Tone
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, mineral oil, and fragrances.
What Else You Need to Know: Clinique’s Stay-Matte Sheer Pressed Powder Stay has a matte finish with sheer coverage. It’s also dermatologist-tested and non-acnegenic.
Size: 0.31 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 1868264
Color: Translucent
$51.00
I do have super pale skin, so I’ve never noticed any chalkiness, but it might do that for anyone with any skin tones beyond porcelain/alabaster shades. ...Really does what it says, blurs pores and reduces shine upon application, but I can't speak to oil control throughout the day since my skin is on the dry side. It's translucent on SUPER pale skin and didn't alter the color of my foundation, even under the eyes!
What it is: A talc-free setting powder infused with silk that mattifies, minimizes pores’ appearance, and sets foundation and concealer in a convenient pressed-powder compact.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
What Else You Need to Know: Developed with plastic surgeons, this setting powder is infused with silk, collagen, antioxidants, and peptides to ensure it won’t settle into wrinkles while delivering an airbrushed look. Keep this translucent setting powder in your makeup bag for mattifying touch-ups.
Size: .35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2514768
Color: Sable - deep to very deep
$57.00
Great compact to keep in your purse as well. I am pale so the translucent colour works for me with no problems. ...As someone with oily problem skin I have to say NARS has pulled through in making a setting powder that keeps the shine away without making me look too matte or dry and it doesn't irritate my skin.
What it is: A bestselling pressed powder that locks makeup in place up to all day with a luminous, photo-ready finish.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Micro-fine Mineral Powders: Glycerin and vitamin E guard against dryness and keep skin comfortable.
- Light Reflecting Complex™: Visibly restores skin’s youthful radiance.
- Photochromic Technology: No-flashback formula makes skin look perfect in person and on camera.
Size: 0.88 oz/ 26 mL·ITEM: 2133403
Color: Ivory - light cool beige
$53.00
One of my favourite foundations. Wears great, not cakey, good coverage that is easy to build or to sheer, lightweight and doesn’t break me out. ...Absolutely LOVED it. Feels light on the skin. Stayed beautiful all day. Nice matte finish.
Coverage:
✔ Medium
Skin type:
✔ Normal
✔ Combination
✔ Oily
Finish:
✔ Matte
What it is:
A lightweight, oil-free foundation that creates a second-skin effect.
What it does:
This oil-free, long-wearing foundation applies silky-smooth, leaving skin feeling soft, hydrated, and comfortable. Perfect for all skin types, it offers shine-free, medium, buildable coverage, helping to blur imperfections, fine lines, pores, and signs of fatigue. Skin is left looking flawless, even, and softly matte.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates
