The foundation problem

Problem No.1: I am so pale!
At the beginning of this year and did the splurge and purchased a Bobbi Brown foundation in Porcelain which is really light. Now, this one is already too dark for me, and winter has just started! You see the problem?
Most brands just carry make up for the big majority of skintones. But if you are lighter than that (or darker I suppose) you really get a problem. The border is around MAC NC/NW 20 for (german) drugstore makeup, and NC/NW 15 for higher end. I mentioned Bobbi Brown Porcelain above. This actually is about an NC/NW 10. BB used to do an even lighter shade, Alabaster, which would probably be perfect for me at the moment, but they discontinued it.
There still are a few brands that do sell very fair foundation shades. The Nars ones seems to go pretty light, Illamasqua as well, then there is Dainty Doll (the whole line is actually designed for very pale people). The problem here is that you can't get those brands here in germany. And with foundation, especially in this price range, I like to test it out before I buy it, just to make sure I really like it and to make sure it is the right colour. Pale-wise and undertone-wise...

Problem No.2: Undertones??
It sounds easy. You either have a pink skin untertone, then you are cool-toned, or you have a yellow undertone, then you are warm. More or less professional people said I have a pink undertone and therefore am cold. However, I found that I like foundations better, that are slightly more on the yellow side, just because I tend to have a lot of redness in my face and the yellowness counteracts that. Now that I really have a hard time finding a matching foundation I googled a bit (as you do) and found, that some of the very palest of palest beautys found their skin not to have a yellow or pink undertone, but a blueish one! Now, to clear that up, I am very pale, but not superdupersnowwhite pale. But when people matched me to a pink undertone it was spring or summer and I was not as pale.

The solution?
The one thing that I have that is light enough is the Missha Perfect Cover BB Cream in 13. However, after a few hours it looks a bit pink. Not so much you could tell from a distance, but enough to bother me. Which is weird as BB Creams generally have a very greyish undertone. Also, I am really into high coverage foundations at the moment. And even though this one has amazing coverage for a BB Cream, it is not quite what I am looking for.

Something a little bit different that I purchased lately is the Barry M Foundation Creme in White. You do not want to use this on its own, no matter how fair you are, you are supposed to mix it with foundations that are to dark to lighten them up. And as the Bobbi Brown Porcelain seems to have the perfect undertone I think mixing those two could actually work (but I have not tried that yet).

Concealer: I use the MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW 15 on and around my nose (rudolph!). Even though it is darker than my skin it seems to work. For undereye I really like to use the Rimmel Match Perfection Concealer in the lightest shade, it gives coverage but is also illuminating! The Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer in 1 is also light enough.

I actually really like being pale, at least in the winter time. I like how it looks against the darker colours in clothing and lips and my relatively dark hair.However, the hassle that comes with it is just annoying. And I am definately not the only one that struggels to find fair shades, so I do not understand why there is not more available for us. I am looking forward to go to UK or US the next time to pick up a good foundation that matches, I heard lots of good things about Nars Sheer Glow and Laura Mercier Silk Creme!