You know the feeling when you're swiping through Tinder and you spot a super hot dude with serious potential: He looks tall-ish and athletic, he has three mutual friends with you, and he's posted five good photos of him doing things, none of which are hanging out with a sedated tiger. He's perfect for you, right? Until...SKUUUURT...not a match.

That disappointment is basically exactly the same thing I feel when endlessly trying out foundation colors trying to find my perfect match. I've gotten close before, really close actually, to finding a color that matches my skin tone and a formula that is right for me. But nothing ever consistently worked on both fronts, until the cosmetic gods at Lancome threw me a merciful lifeline in the form of their new custom made makeup.

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To try it out, I ventured to a well-lit, fancy Upper East Side townhouse to drink water with lemon (that's how you know it's classy) and talk to Lancôme's resident foundation expert, Nicole, about what I look for in my makeup. Nicole quickly assessed my skin and completely understood my needs for a full coverage foundation that blends well with all of the subtle tonalities of my face. This is not easy. I typically use a concealer, then a foundation, and then a powder to even out my base, and this is all before the blush and highlighter go on. Nicole said she was going to help me simplify this extremely complicated routine and, consequently, change my life. *Side eye* right? But no.

Nicole got to work with a skin-scanner that detects all of the tiny micro pigments that make up your skin tone. The scanner reads different areas of your face and then computes the perfect average in order to color match your custom foundation. This information loads into a computer where you are able to see your undertones and overtones, how much yellow or red is in your skin, and then, from there, it comes up with a recommendation of your ideal makeup color. I registered as perfectly neutral. This is a humblebrag that really means nothing except the warm and cool tones in my face are the same.

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After the color match is complete, the fun part starts. Lancôme's custom made machine is equipped with eight peristaltic pumps that create an airtight blending and dispensing process. I know, because I watched. First, I saw the colors on the computer pouring out of these eight little valves into a clear plastic container. That was me! After the dispensing was complete, the liquid goes into another machine that shakes it up in hyper speed so that the colors blend seamlessly together. Then, after about 15 minutes, my custom color was ready.

Nicole applied the product to my face and while it was good, amazing even, after a few seconds of deliberation we decided it could be better. We went back to the computer and Nicole decided to take it one shade lighter. Luckily, this did not mean we had to start all over again. It just meant it would distribute the right amount of new pigment to lighten the shade. Back into the machine it went and after another quick shake, my custom color was finally ready.

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After the full application, I was ecstatic, even a bit emotional. As someone whose skin tone does not fit a standard shade range, it's always been a challenge to find a quality product that works really well. After all that swiping, I finally hooked a perfect match, and now we're getting married. How's that for a fairy tale?

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If you're looking for the same happy ending, you'll have to live near the Nordstrom in Torrance, California, or in Seattle, Washington to get immediate gratification. But never fear: the product will roll out to nine other Nordstrom locations this summer, promising to make way more foundation fantasies come true in due time.

Lancôme's Le Teint Particulier Custom Made Makeup and the full experience ($80) is available exclusively in Nordstrom's Del Amo Fashion Center and Nordstrom Downtown Seattle with plans to roll out to nine other locations across the United States later this summer.

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