Hey guys! So we know that finding your perfect shade of foundation is extremely difficult (been there, done that) especially if you're new to makeup or if you're buying a drugstore foundation (no darn testers). Anyways, we want to help you as best as we can because we know how it feels to be stuck in that situation and we want to help you out as best as we can! So let's get started :)
Okay so first..
You should have a general idea by now if you're in the light, medium or dark section.
Now the more confusing part... UNDERTONES!
This is undeniably the most tricky part about truly finding you're perfect foundation/concealer shade..
Just like Michelle Phan says:
- Skin tones are often confused for undertones, but they are not the same thing .
- An undertone is the color that lies beneath the skin. It is almost like a shadow below your skin color. While your skin tone can change, the undertone never does.
- You can have a cool, warm, or neutral undertone.
For a more in depth answer to the whole shade range definitely check out her take on it (linked down below).
Anyways, you can have a yellow, olive, pink undertone etc.
A good way to determine if you're warm, cool or neutral is to look at the veins on your wrists. Do they look more green? If so, you are probably warm. Do they look more blue? Then chances are, you're probably cool toned. If you aren't sure or it just looks like both, you are probably neutral.
- "One way to find your undertone is to think about which colors look best on you – if you tend to look better in cool colors, like blue and white, it’s probably because of your cool undertone. If you gravitate toward oranges or pinks, chances are you have a warm undertone. " -Michelle Phan
- See her take on "What's My Undertone?" Here.
- Try this quiz to see your undertone. Here.
Another way to see if you're cool or warm toned is if you think that gold jewelry suits you more and you are more attracted to it, you are probably warm undertoned. If silver jewelry appeals to you and looks good on you, then you are most likely cool undertoned.
As a beginner, I recommend as you're most likely going to buy a drugstore foundation, go to somewhere like L'oreal where they are seperated into warm, cool and neutral already and go from there. NEVER SWATCH ON YOUR HAND because the colour of your face is different from the shade on your hand. Test the shade out on your jawline, and walk around a bit, to see if it oxidises (If you don't know what that means, it means that if you put on the foundation shade and you wait a bit, if the foundation oxidises, it changes shades. Some foundations can do that.)
Try your best not to eye it from the bottle because sometimes bottles aren't so accurate.
If you guys have any questions or need some help, send us a tweet or ask us on our tumblr asks box and we'd love to help you out!!
Hope this helps you out xoxo
As a beginner, I recommend as you're most likely going to buy a drugstore foundation, go to somewhere like L'oreal where they are seperated into warm, cool and neutral already and go from there. NEVER SWATCH ON YOUR HAND because the colour of your face is different from the shade on your hand. Test the shade out on your jawline, and walk around a bit, to see if it oxidises (If you don't know what that means, it means that if you put on the foundation shade and you wait a bit, if the foundation oxidises, it changes shades. Some foundations can do that.)
Try your best not to eye it from the bottle because sometimes bottles aren't so accurate.
If you guys have any questions or need some help, send us a tweet or ask us on our tumblr asks box and we'd love to help you out!!
Hope this helps you out xoxo
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