Do you use a different shade of foundation summer and winter?

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Just wondering! I don't but a comment by assistant at make-up counter got me thinking.

Yes I do and I mix the two for the transitional periods between slightly tanned to ghostly white

My summer foundation is thin and lighter on the skin whereas my winter foundation is thicker, more full coverage.

^^ What Cheese said. Except for the ghostly white bit. I go from yellow to orange.

I do, and mix them for the in between.

I think I'm seeking a reason for a visit to the make-up counters and my foundation is almost empty ... very enabling ladies!!

Used to but now used liquid bronzer/illuminator to change the shade as needed as I tan very easily. Currently have one from Estee Edit but I think the range has been discontinued.

I’m the same as Cheeseontoes so I’m in a mixing phase at the moment for autumn.

Yes. I tan quite easily so my winter colour looks all wrong in summer!

Yes, paler in winter.

Yes always. Pale and creamy in winter but golden in summer. I also wear a thicker foundation in winter and a waterbased foundation in summer as i have oily skin. I also do the mixing in between seasons. I love MAC face&body in summer and Boursior gel in winter.

Yes, in summer I use a light tinted moisturiser as I usually get a pretty good natural colour; I've had a Bare Minerals one this year. In winter I change to a light foundation - I bought Bobbi Brown 'Skin' foundation and bronzing powder the other day in readiness for the changeover!

Yes, because I want my face to vaguely match the rest of my skin colour & I don't use fake tan .

So a couple of shades darker in summer - and I do the mix during transitional periods too.

I've only ever done this after taking holidays abroad! I currently have a foundation which is a bit darker than my usual shade and I do like it, luckily for me I'm very freckled so even if I wore it throughout the winter I don't think it would look silly!

Not so much because of colour, because my face pretty much stays the same other than a few freckles, but I tend to wear tinted moisturiser more in summer.

No, I'm pale blue/white all year and wear SPF 50 on my face as well

No, I have fair skin that doesn't tan. I was told I should change it when I was a teenager so I did but then it just meant having the wrong orange shade of foundation all summer.

I used to - but then I gave up foundation altogether and now I only wear a bit of tinted moisturiser for special occasions

Yes, usually a shade or two lighter in the winter when i lose my tan

If you are using the same foundation in winter/summer but need a different shade then I would just buy the lighter one and buy a dark colour adjuster.
Body shop and Nyx do one off the top of my head
If you are using different formulas altogether e.g. a sheerer base in summer and a fuller coverage in winter then obviously you would need two

Interesting reading - it had never occurred to me to do so. Anyway it turns out I wear the palest foundation anyway but g it a lovely makeover and, whilst my wallet is sonewgat lighter, I've come away with a host of new products and a new approach. Going to have to have a trial run or three on my eyes!

No. never. why would you? I use spf 40 every day of the year so my face is the same pasty white all year round.

If you face is getting tanned then you are getting sun damage= wrinkles= sagging = age spots in 10 - 30 years' time.