Tone! Tone! Tone! And getting it right! The one typical rule which most girls go about when buying a foundation is choosing one that's a shade lighter than their skin tone. What a possible one third of these lovely ladies are forgetting or unaware of is matching the right foundation with the correct undertone.
We're here to give you guys a hand with selecting the right foundation for you, let's get started! :)
1. Shade
The one big rule that has been around for years in choosing the right foundation colour for your skin tone is to pick the foundation one shade lighter than you. Wearing a foundation darker than your skin tone will make you look caked and if you are out and about for some time or on some hot day you may look blotchy, as some areas my have worn away after some time. This would be avoidable by wearing a lighter foundation and it has a similar effect as concealer.
2. Tone
One rule many figure out after a while either on their own or via word of mouth or research is that when picking a foundation you have a selection of tones and colour to choose from! By this we mean in a row such as the picture above with the foundations of the same kind are placed in order from lightest to darkest. What most people don’t realise is that these foundations also include pink or yellow undertones; also known as warm and cool. If you choose a foundation with the opposite undertone even if it is your correct shade the foundation is not going to look great, whereas choosing a foundation suiting the correct undertone will give you a natural finish.
Some helpful pictures which explain visually:
Warm = Yellow undertones - Cool = Pink undertones
The colour of your veins through your skin of your wrist area can act as a code in telling what undertone group you belong to. Blue veins typically fall into the cool (pink) category, whereas green veins fall into the warm (yellow) undertone category.
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Victoria Jakubowski
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