Yes I think so. I also have incredibly fair skin and neutral undertones. Often if I find something pale enough it is still not a match for me because my skin does not have pink undertones. If you are a neutral, like me, or have yellow undertones, than I would go with the cream ivory, if you have pinker skin than go with rose ivory.

Soft ivory is a very pale color. It has a great base color too. Not too yellow or pink..more of a yellow base neutral. I have very fair skin and NC15 in MAC is a tad light and I could not wear Dior 010 or the lightest shade in Chanel. This is for the fairest of them all! It is beautiful. People say I look like a porcelain doll :) You will LOVE it. SOFT IVORY!!
Pluse this foundation has the naturalist looking coverage but apply it with Laura's sponge and use a wipping/stippling motion over face and stipple more product over hard to cover areas.
Its the best! Give it a shot!

While I haven't tried the Laura Mercier foundation yet (I'm just about to purchase it), I have found that a very good match for my crazy-pale skin is Kevyn Aucoin's 'The Liquid Airbrush' in LQ02. (Instead of "albino," I usually describe my color as "cave newt" :)

Hi again! I was at the counter the other day and bamboo ivory seemed darker than I thought. These foundations run dark. I think you would be more of a medium ivory. I hope this is not confusing! I am trying to help. This foundation is the best. Use it with the sponge from her line and use stippling motions and set with either foundation powder with a brush or the translucent powder with a puff.

Good luck!
Sommer

Probably, I noticed my nose tends to get oily when I use this product. I normally do not have that problem.

Hi! I would suggest Cream Ivory. It is the second lightest shade in the line. However it is not fair, I would say it is a light color with pure yellow undertones. If you defentely have yellow undertones get this color or if you want a color with a little pink in it like a yellow based neutral I would get the Peach Ivory. The colors are all yellow based even the ones that say they are pink based. They really are more of a neutral yellow base.

Beware that cream ivory is very yellow. If you go down a shade Soft ivory is very very fair like an NC15 and is a great yellow neutral base.

The colors run darker then they describe. Also the jump from soft ivory to cream ivory is big. If you are buff 2 I definetly think soft ivory would be too light so go with cream ivory or peach ivory.

Hope this helped!!
Sommer

Coverage: I don't know if you need a darker color, but this is how I apply the product; I squeeze out about a pinki fingernail worth, slightly thick and raised. I put this all over one cheek, and half my nose and upper lip and chin. I push the make-up down with my fingers into my skin and kind of roll my fingers over the the area to the next area. I go across my cheek this way. Then the rest of my face in the same way. It goes quicker than it sounds. I don't like how sponges apply make-up.

Use Soft Ivory. It has more of a pinker undertone than the beige ivory and medium ivory. I really think that would work :)

This product is different from other primers. It is not a silicone base. It won't feel filmy on the face and goes on like a moisturizer. You can look at the ingredients on Sephora.com, glycerine is listed.

I am a fair complected, dark brown, hazel eyed girl who also tans alot. But only spray tans because it is way to dangerous to use the beds or bake under the sun. I hope your just getting sprayed, it's great. I use ivory and apply blush, bronzer and translucent powder. My face matches my chest, legs, arms etc.

Hi there! I agree with the last reviewer about the makeup. It is wonderful and when used right with a sponge with wiping/stippling motions it will cover anything and it is buildable.

I do not agree with the suggestion of Sand Biege! It is dark and is for medium to golden skin tones and it is a more pinker base than the other colors. You said you used the #3 powder foundation so i would suggest you use Beige Ivory if you are more towards the lighter side and more like a light-medium skin tone or since your powder foundation color says is fair to medium use Medium Ivory if you are a medium skin tone. Both colors a great yellow base.

I really hope this helps!

Beige/Ivory might be the one to try. It's for fair to light skin. It seemed to blend nicely with my yellow undertones although it was a little too light for me. I've tried the Mac NC25, and it was a little too light as well. Although I can't test them side by side anymore, I seem to recall them being fairly similar.