In my defence, although it was too dark, so were all of the other foundations I’d tried, so it was either that or go barefaced, which would’ve been UNTHINKABLE to my younger self. It was a little too dark for me, though, so when I’d used up the bottle (Yes, I DID use up the entire bottle.

The news that MAC were releasing their famous Studio Fix Foundation in their palest shade ever – NW10 and NC10- was the news that every pale girl had been waiting for, basically.īack in my university days, I briefly went through a phase of wearing the brand’s Studio Fix Fluid in the NW15 shade, which was the palest colour available at the time.