Ohayo!
I remembered about the Shu Uemura Nobara cream foundation stick when I was in Japan and walking past the Shu Uemura flagship store in Omotesando Hills. They were showcasing the Tsumori Chisato Christmas collection in store but I wasn’t enamoured by anything. I did pick up a Tsumori Chisato designed product which was a free tote bag that came with a Japanese magazine called “In Red”! Kawaii!!! 😀 I loved the fashion in In Red or Japanese mags in general even if I can’t read it.
Shu Uemura had a Nobara cream foundation before this which came in a pan. Many people raved about it because it offers quite full coverage i.e. you should be able to simulate a flawless complexion. The Nobara cream stick foundation is new, practical and more portable than the pan. It’s my first time using a stick cream foundation! 🙂
The portability would have been put to the test had I taken the Nobara stick foundation back to its homeland of Tokyo but I could not because the colour I have is a shade too dark for me 🙁 I have 764 which seemed to look alright under the lights of the boutique despite my initial doubts, but after I took it home and used it a few times I realised it was too dark for me. A friend asked why I was looking so sallow 🙁 It also oxidised a little. So here’s my advise for when you try the Nobara cream stick foundation:-
Test the Nobara stick foundation on your face and walk around for a few hours to see if the colour changes before deciding on your actual shade.
764 is a yellow based colour. I think I should get one shade lighter with a more neutral beige base – perhaps 774 or 784. I’m so blonde – numbers confuse me 🙁
Connie told me to try it over a pink makeup base like Benefit That Gal (which I don’t have for now) to neutralize the yellow tones so I’ll try that some day.
So what can I use this Nobara cream stick foundation for since its a little too dark for full face foundation? I use it as a concealer! 😀