Foundation Stick 40 dupes and alternatives Essence
Very fair · Cool · rosy 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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Only showing matches with medium coverage, in stick form, without silicones or alcohol denat.
- 7 matches have no formulation listed and are not shown.
- 1 match has no ingredient list listed and is not shown.
Closest shade matchClosest overall alternative: LIXR Beauty Multi-Use Cream-to-Powder Concealer & Foundation Stick Chestnut 2C
The equivalent shade and the most similar foundation overall.
- Overall match
- 81out of 100
- Shade (Shade match)
- 96
- Finish (Finish & visual result)
- 76
- Wear (Wear & performance)
- 40
- Skin (Skin suitability)
- 60
- Shade match
- 96out of 100
- Colour
- 93
- Depth
- 96
- Undertone
- 100
SephoraYour shade $6.99 at Ulta Beauty
Where to buy Chestnut 2C
LIXR Beauty Multi-Use Cream-to-Powder Concealer & Foundation Stick
Every store that sells this shade · prices as last checked
Sephora$36View at SephoraLooking for a concealer in your shade?
The closest shade to Essence Foundation Stick 40 (Very fair · Cool · rosy undertone) in each concealer range, compared on measured colour, depth and undertone. Price never changes the order.
Closest concealers
Cream Puff
Too Faced Born This Way Super Coverage Multi-Use Concealer, shade Cream Puff
- Very close colour
- Very fair · Cool · rosy undertone
$36
2C
Milk Makeup Future Fluid Longwear Hydrating Concealer, shade 2C
- Very close colour
- Very fair · Cool undertone
$30
Stone 1.3
Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Full Coverage Longwear Concealer, shade Stone 1.3
- Very close colour
- Very fair · Cool · pink undertone
$39
Affogato
12B fair beige
Tarte Shape Tape Full Coverage Matte Concealer, shade 12B fair beige
- Very close colour
- Very fair · Cool · pink undertone
$32
010 Fair
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Concealer shade colours are sampled from retailer swatch images, so check the shade on the retailer page before buying.
Why the closest match works
LIXR Beauty Multi-Use Cream-to-Powder Concealer & Foundation Stick in Chestnut 2C, against Essence Foundation Stick in 40. 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 LIXR Beauty Multi-Use Cream-to-Powder Concealer & Foundation Stick in Chestnut 2C.
Same or better
- Very close colour
- Same cool undertone
- Same medium coverage
- Claims a skin-like finish
- Claims long-wearing
- Claims a lightweight feel
Different
- Not marketed for normal/sensitive skin
Ingredients (information only, not scored)
2 shared ingredients; weighted similarity 7%. Ingredients only affect results through the filters.
Where to buy Chestnut 2C
SephoraYour shade $6.99 at Ulta Beauty
How these matches are scored
31 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.