Am I being pedantic?

It’s a poor choice of name for a skin product in a single colour, or narrow range, but the correct people to take it up with are the company, not sales assistants, who can’t change it.

seems like another goady posting.

I think you are being pedantic.

I always used to refer to that pinky beige colour as "old lady's knickers" anyway!

Don't worry about it !

I once made the assistants on the cosmetic counter double up with laughter when I described my skin tone as an uncooked pork sausage .

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Yesss. I'm not sure why you care so much 😆

There are more important issues to worry about than what to call a moisturiser

Pedantic yes - but right. Surely all foundation shades are 'nude' on the appropriate skin colour.

My skin is peelly Wally it would probably suit me?

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With regard to make-up, nude for me is not wearing any at all. Keeps life simple 🤣

Nude, as a colour, implies the colour of bare skin. Considering that the colour of bare skin differs widely, it doesn’t really work as a colour.

Lizhol77

There are more important issues to worry about than what to call a moisturiser

The post is in CHAT. OP is not worrying, she is chatting things over.
I'm sure OP knows about the state of the world etc., as we all do. But we all chat about all manner of inconsequential matters in our daily lives. We'd go mad otherwise.

Nude is a colour name, some brands do "transparent" though and that wouldn't actually be transparent for all skin tones as it does have colour to it, I know because I use it in winter

So, maybe some names changes would be appropriate

It is up to the OP which topic she posts it under, but it might have been better under "Pedant's corner"

Actually, I think you are making a valid point, but as others say to the wrong people.

In these days, when we quite rightly have to beware of making assumptions or labelling things in a way that could seem racist, the only way we can avoid giving offence is if we demand that makers instead of just labelling something "nude" or "skin tone" for a shade that no woman on earth irrespective of ethnicity actually is, find some other way of describing their goods.

Stockings or make-up should come in a range of skin tones, advertised as "Find the shade that suits your skin tone" or the like.

Yes, I agree it is a valid point but best not to harass a poor sales assistant! Write to the CEO. You can look up the email address of the CEO of Laura Mercier online.

I expect it's a product that's been around for a long time and nobody in Laura Mercier has bothered to stop and think about it.

well, this OP works well as an advertisement;
i'd never heard of that brand name before.

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Who cares, I love to pedant. The word nude has two separate meanings nowadays.
1. The flesh colour of the average Caucasian.
2. The state of being with no clothes on.
This is confusing and were I a black skinned person I might find this slightly irritating or even very annoying.
I don't think there is any harm in pointng out to anyone around that it is all a bit problematical.

Yes, 'nude' is an accepted colour description.
Yes, the name is obviously derived from it matching Caucasian skin tone.
Yes, there's an argument for ditching it, for the same reason that Elastoplast no longer just comes in 'skin tone' but in a choice of light, medium and dark skin tones, and that - taking an extreme case - 'N***er Black' is no long found on colour charts.
Yes, you're being a virtue-signalling twat for constantly raising the point with shop assistants!

For goodness sake maggierose , you must be losing the plot. The world is in chaos, maybe on the brink of WW3 and you are fussing about the colour of make up you buy. You are more than pedantic you must be really short of things in your life to get involved in. You must be really boring, get out and do something stimulating and useful, charities are always looking for volunteers.

Pippa22

For goodness sake maggierose , you must be losing the plot. The world is in chaos, maybe on the brink of WW3 and you are fussing about the colour of make up you buy. You are more than pedantic you must be really short of things in your life to get involved in. You must be really boring, get out and do something stimulating and useful, charities are always looking for volunteers.

With the world in chaos and far more important things going on why are you on social media reading trivial posts? Maybe you should be out doing something stimulating and useful.