Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation 3W0
Sandstone
- Undertone
- warm
- Depth
- medium (5/10)
- CIELAB
- L 72.5 a 16.0 b 25.0
- Swatch
- #DDA685
Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation 3W0 is a medium, warm-toned shade that sits in a well-populated part of the colour space. 11 other foundation lines carry something measurably close, and the nearest — Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation 300C — is within ΔE 1.2, which is close enough that most people would not see the difference on skin.
Closest match overall
Rare Beauty 300C
Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation
3W0 Sandstone in every other brand
Across the 14 lines that carry something close, the measured distance runs from ΔE 1.2 (Rare Beauty) out to ΔE 6.6 (NYX Professional Makeup). 1 of them hold the same warm undertone; the rest shift, which matters more than a small difference in depth. 11 land in the good band or better. Note that the closest shade by distance, Rare Beauty 300C, is cool rather than warm — if undertone matters more to you than depth, Dior 3W 3 Warm at ΔE 1.9 is the better pick.
| Brand | Closest shade | Undertone | ΔE | Match | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Weightless Foundation | 300C | cool | 1.2 | excellent | |
| Il Makiage Woke Up Like This Flawless Base Foundation | neutral | 1.3 | excellent | ||
| L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Foundation | neutral | 1.4 | excellent | ||
| MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation | N6.5 | neutral | 1.7 | excellent | |
| Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation | 230 | neutral | 1.8 | excellent | |
| Dior Forever Skin Wear Blurring Natural Matte Foundation | 3W 3 Warm | warm | 1.9 | excellent | |
| Too Faced Born This Way Undetectable Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation | neutral | 2.3 | good | ||
| NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation | cool | 2.9 | good | ||
| Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup | neutral | 3.3 | good | ||
| e.l.f. Cosmetics Camo Hydrating CC Cream SPF 30 | neutral | 3.3 | good | ||
| Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation | cool | 3.7 | good | ||
| Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Beautiful Skin Foundation | 6 Cool | cool | 4.5 | approximate | |
| Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Foundation | 5.1 Light, Cool Pink | cool | 5.0 | approximate | |
| NYX Professional Makeup Can't Stop Won't Stop Full Coverage Foundation | neutral | 6.6 | approximate |
Nearby shades in Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation
If 3W0 Sandstone is slightly off on you, these are the closest alternatives within the same line.
- 3W1 DuskΔE 1.8
- 3N2 CamelΔE 3.7
- 4C0 ChestnutΔE 3.8
- 3C1 DuneΔE 4.8
- 3N1 BuffΔE 5.0
ΔE is the measured CIEDE2000 distance between two shades — under 2 is excellent, under 4 is good, and anything at 7 or beyond is left out rather than shown as a match. How shade matching works.
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