Foundation Stick 250 dupes and alternatives Essence
Deep · Warm undertone
Closest shade match is the equivalent shade, scored on colour, depth and undertone only. Closest overall alternative is the most similar foundation overall, scored on shade match (55%), finish and visual result (25%), wear and performance (15%) and skin suitability (5%).
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Coverage
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- Full2
- Buildable1
Finish
- Matte0
- Natural matte0
- Natural1
- Radiant0
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- Fragrance1
- Talc1
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Only showing matches with medium coverage, in stick form, without alcohol denat.
- 8 matches have no formulation listed and are not shown.
- 2 matches have no ingredient list listed and are not shown.
Closest shade matchClosest overall alternative: Ulta Beauty Collection Moisturizing Complexion Stick Dark Warm
The equivalent shade and the most similar foundation overall.
- Overall match
- 77out of 100
- Shade (Shade match)
- 85
- Finish (Finish & visual result)
- 70
- Wear (Wear & performance)
- 50
- Skin (Skin suitability)
- 100
- Shade match
- 85out of 100
- Colour
- 77
- Depth
- 94
- Undertone
- 100
Ulta BeautyYour shade $6.99 at Ulta Beauty · product price; shade not separately priced
Where to buy Dark Warm
Ulta Beauty Collection Moisturizing Complexion Stick
Every store that sells this shade · prices as last checked
Ulta Beautyfrom $16 · product priceView at Ulta BeautyLooking for a concealer in your shade?
The closest shade to Essence Foundation Stick 250 (Deep · Warm undertone) in each concealer range, compared on measured colour, depth and undertone. Price never changes the order.
Closest concealers
55W rich warm
Tarte Shape Tape Full Coverage Matte Concealer, shade 55W rich warm
- Close colour
- Deep · Warm undertone
$32
540C
15 Deep
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Long-Wear Blur Concealer, shade 15 Deep
- Close colour
- Deep · Neutral undertone
$36
Cacao
Cacao
Bronze
CoverGirl TruBlend Undercover Concealer, shade Bronze
- Close colour
- Deep · Neutral · neutral pink undertone
$11.99
View at Sephora
Concealer shade colours are sampled from retailer swatch images, so check the shade on the retailer page before buying.
Why the closest match works
Ulta Beauty Collection Moisturizing Complexion Stick in Dark Warm, against Essence Foundation Stick in 250. Every attribute compared, with its share of the score.
Weights are each part's share of the overall match and each attribute's share of its part; an attribute neither product lists is not comparable and its weight goes to the others in its part. Confidence reflects data quality, not similarity. Price and ingredients are not part of either score.
If you switch
To Ulta Beauty Collection Moisturizing Complexion Stick in Dark Warm.
Same or better
- Same warm undertone
- Same medium coverage
- Claims a blurring effect
Different
- Small colour difference on the swatch
- Natural finish instead of matte
Ingredients (information only, not scored)
3 shared ingredients; weighted similarity 7%. Ingredients only affect results through the filters.
Where to buy Dark Warm
Ulta BeautyYour shade $6.99 at Ulta Beauty · product price; shade not separately priced
How these matches are scored
30 similar shades scored two ways: the shade match on colour, depth and undertone; the overall match on shade match, finish and visual result, wear and performance and skin suitability. Ingredients are shown for information and used by the filters only. Prices are shown next to every match and never change a score. How scoring and confidence work.
Shade colours are sampled from Beautler’s processing of retailer swatch images and are a digital approximation. Prices and stock were last checked when the product was imported; the retailer page is the source of truth.