Start from a shade you own.

This planner helps you search from a known shade. It does not compute an exact dupe, score match percentage, or promise the same look on your skin.

Editorial method & limits

Structure: exact anchor → split attributes → candidate questions. This is a search method. A claimed dupe on social media is a lead, not verified equivalence.

When to stop

If you cannot name the anchor precisely, pause. If two candidates only share a marketing word, record the gap. Exact matching needs controlled swatches or a store test.

Budget and occasion swaps are role swaps

Set the role before comparing prices. For an optional gloss step, the linked lip guide compares Butter Gloss Praline at USD 6 (Ulta) with standard Gloss Bomb Fenty Glow at USD 23 (Fenty), observed on 3 October 2026 in US listings. This compares upfront product prices, not equivalent colours, pack values or tested performance. A rinse-off peel and a leave-on exfoliant have different usage instructions, so a lower price alone does not make one an interchangeable replacement. We do not have a verified two-product price comparison for the cleanser pair. Skipping an optional step can reduce spending without buying another product.

Compare the two gloss options and their sources

Prices exclude tax and shipping and may change. The linked guide states the exact shade and pack for each listing.

Covering, brightening and correcting are three jobs

Do not treat every concealer step as "one shade lighter". Covering hides; brightening lifts with light; correcting cancels a colour cast. The directory holds one concealer record (Kosas Revealer) and no colour-corrector record, so the correcting role has no product here. Keep the three jobs separate in your notes even when only one product fills more than one of them.

One complete everyday look scene: base, concealer, cheek, lip (C27/C28)

Editorial scene assembled only from listed product facts. Goal: a soft, everyday face for an indoor day — style inspiration, not a season diagnosis and not a colour-match result. Shade-premise: the shades below are listed defaults that make the role structure readable. They are not a cross-brand match plan for any user. Selection condition before you adopt the scene: replace each default with a shade you have already checked on your own skin, or keep the scene as a practice structure only.

1. Base — ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 in Bom Bom ST5 — Purpose: tinted-serum base form. Bom Bom ST5 is the recorded default (brand label: Light with Neutral Undertones); Skye ST.5 is a different shade. SPF 40 is product-label wording only.
2. Concealer — Kosas Revealer in Tone 0.5 N — Purpose: targeted cover as its own role, not a second base. Tone 0.5 N is the recorded default; its brand label is Very light with neutral undertones. This does not establish a match with the ILIA base example.
3. Cheek — Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush in Hope — Purpose: liquid cheek colour. Brand label: Nude mauve; dewy finish wording.
4. Lip colour — Vinyl Ink in Peachy — Purpose: nude-family lip. Brand family: nude. Finish wording: instant shine / vinyl.
5. Optional lip shine — Lifter Gloss Honey — Purpose: gloss top layer only. Honey is the verified shade from the Honeyd collection.

ILIA base · Kosas concealer · Soft Pinch cheek · Vinyl Ink lip · Lifter Gloss

Order is base → concealer → cheek → lip colour → optional shine, each with a purpose above. Conditions to write down before you change anything: native lip colour, cheek form (liquid vs powder), and whether you want the gloss top layer. Evidenced replacement (both sides carry product records): cheek form → Haus Labs Color Fuse Blush Powder Fire Moon (Beige Peach label, powder form) or Glossier Cloud Paint Beam (Soft peach label, gel-cream form). Base form alternative: Haus Labs Triclone Shade 260 (medium-to-full coverage wording). Lip colour alternative: Vinyl Ink Lippy (red family) when the goal shifts from nude to red-family contrast. Season or occasion frames stay optional styling words on top of this role structure. No winner, no on-face result, and no budget-saving claim is made.

Occasion and budget swaps are purpose swaps (C28)

When the occasion changes, change one role's goal and record the purpose you traded on. Selection condition for every swap: the replacement must already exist as a directory product record with its own brand labels — otherwise the swap is a wish, not a plan.

1. Soft indoor day: nude-family lip (Vinyl Ink Peachy) + liquid cheek (Soft Pinch Hope) + tint-form base (ILIA Bom Bom ST5). This is an editorial role plan, not a tested appearance.
2. Higher-contrast evening: red-family lip (Vinyl Ink Lippy) + powder cheek (Color Fuse Blush Powder Fire Moon) + foundation-form base (Triclone Shade 260). Change a role when that form or colour-family goal is wanted.
3. Evidenced cheek replacement — Color Fuse Blush Powder Fire Moon replaces the liquid cheek when you want powder form. Both sides are listed products.
4. For the same optional gloss role, the linked lip guide records NYX Butter Gloss Praline at USD 6 and standard Fenty Gloss Bomb Fenty Glow at USD 23 (US snapshots, 3 October 2026). This is a lower upfront-price option only: exact shades and packs differ, and no equivalent colour, unit-price saving or wear result is claimed.
5. Another budget choice is to omit an optional role: skip the gloss top layer instead of inventing a cheaper unverified product. Omission changes the plan; it does not reproduce the original effect.

Color Fuse Fire Moon · Vinyl Ink shades · Full look scene

The named base is Bom Bom ST5, not Skye ST.5. Tone 0.5 N and Hope are exact recorded examples, not cross-brand shade matches. Occasion and Soft Summer wording are optional editorial styling frames. Swap only where both product identities and the recorded brand labels are available.

Two bronzer labels to compare: Fair and Deep

For a matte powder bronzing role, Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Bronzer has distinct US Fair and Deep listings. These are compact products, not the separately sold refills. Read the exact shade page before deciding.

1. Fair: The brand positions Fair for fair skin tones. The listed compact contains 16 g; SKU FBRPX16X1R.
2. Deep: The brand positions Deep for deep skin tones. The listed compact contains 16 g; SKU FBRPX16X4R.
3. Conditional choice: Start with the brand's depth category closest to your own, then check colour and desired contrast. This is an editorial starting point, not a personal match or an undertone guarantee.
4. Keep the role clear: Choose a bronzing effect when you want warmth. Do not assume a deeper bronzer reproduces a cooler contour shade or that either compact matches a different brand's number.

Airbrush Bronzer Fair — US official · Airbrush Bronzer Deep — US official

Source facts checked 4 October 2026 (Asia/Shanghai). Brand category guidance is not an independent wear or suitability test. Availability and your result can differ.

Open a base-product evidence page to see how identity, brand labels and gaps are stored before you copy that structure into your notes. See a product evidence page →

Sources for the linked product record

These sources bound the linked product facts only. They do not verify this guide method or any on-skin result.