Why arent any of the drugstore brand makeup (like loreal, cover girl,)available in darker shades in Canada..?

I have checked their USA sites and all of them have shades even for darker skin tones. But I have never seen these shades in Canadian drugstores. Like the CG Queen collection is unavailable in Canada.


I have also noticed that Loreal hardly ever has foundation or powder darker than a tan.


What could be the reason??


(Mind u..I live in Montreal, where we have ppl from multiple backgrounds...Africa, Haiti, India, China..to name a few).Why arent any of the drugstore brand makeup (like loreal, cover girl,)available in darker shades in Canada..?
i don't think theyre geared towards that kind of consumer. plus more pigmentation = more $$. theres a greatbrand of cosmetics for women of color called VASANTI. its now sold in Shoppers Drug Marts. natural looking face makeup for women with pigmentation in their skin. I'm not sure baout this but i THINK bobbi brown also carries great products for women of color.


i have brown skin but i'm like medium-tan...so i used to use L'Oreal's foundation in Classic Tan but I've found that I prefer MAC. In fact, I just changed the type of foundation I use and for a powder it has AMAZING coverage (Studio Fix). I have alot of acne scars and it covers very well.





I really advise you into looking into other brands of foundation. esp at a store like Sephora or MAC or at dept store booths. This is something that youre applying all over your skin (daily for most women) and you've got to ensure the products youre using on your skin won't hurt it. You don't want to look 40 when youre 30 etc. Unfourtunately they have yet to make great drugstore brands without bismuth. Drugstore based foundations all contain bismuth which is like a chalky substance and will make your face look like a mask of makeup.


Try going to every booth/store etc. youre interested in, ask them to match a color for you...and to apply it all over your face. youre not required to buy it. wear it for the whole day, see how you like it. keep going to diff stores and doing that. I'm not familiar with other stores but MAC's return policy is AMAZING! you can try anything they have for upto 30 days and return it as long as youve kept thebox %26amp; reciept. so you can take advantage of that and try out different foundations for a few wks and see how your skin responds to it.





More companies really do need to diversify their colors to compliment darker skin tones. I'm assuming it's just cheaper to make the lighter colors. Maybe theyre JUST realizing it and thats why theyve come out with the Queen collection. maybe if it does well in the States they will bring it to canada. they ususally do that...bring it to the states THEN canada

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