Fuck to the yes it is.

Thank you for stating this. This is my point exactly. Bobbi, and any professional artistry educator will teach to this exact thing because it’s the way it is. It’s hard to explain that to someone who doesn’t want to acknowledge that there are perceptible differences—not valuations— to our skin that require different…

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What do you mean by choose? I think you can buy whatever colors you’d like to right now if you go to a makeup counter. Do you mean they should be provided as a set or at a discount or something? Genuinely trying to understand your suggestion.

No, it’s not. I’m saying that when you have a skin color, which aside from the flush of red, sun spots, or other discoloration, that is consistent in pigment and tone across the complexion, it can more readily be addressed with a) a single foundation of appropriate coverage and b) if necessary, color correction to…

Okay. The color you’re pointing out is typically redness or other discoloration and that’s typically concealed by the very presence of a foundation, it’s an aberration to the skin color itself which still remains consistent in the background— not a different skin color. Our skin is NOT discolored, it’s multicolored.…

I think that searching for one.single.foundation for dark skin isn’t the best approach, because it asks our skin to conform and that’s not how black and brown skin works, and it’s not how makeup works. I’ve worked as a retail makeup artist for over a decade now. This is a particularly touchy issue for me, because I…

Slightly off topic, but related: Up until recently I was so afraid to go to anything other than black salons to have my hair done, because I was avoiding the exact outcome above. But I have to say— I became fed up with the lack of scheduling, double/triple booking of clients, arbitrary pricing, and questionable…