How to Choose Makeup for Your Skin Tone
Wear a white shirt and look in the mirror.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Wear a white shirt and look in the mirror.
Be sure you are in natural or incandescent light, as yellow light or fluorescent light will reflect off your skin.
See if your skin appears to have more yellow-red
-- warm skin tones; or more blue-pink
-- cool skin tones.
The skin tone is not your skin color, it is the color that is under the skin color that reflects or is enhanced against white.
Skin undertone is often shortened to simply skin tone when referring to color.
There are many skin colors, but only two basic skin tones
-- warm and cool.
Once you know your skin tone, you can select your make-up colors.;
Detailed Guide
Be sure you are in natural or incandescent light, as yellow light or fluorescent light will reflect off your skin.
See if your skin appears to have more yellow-red
-- warm skin tones; or more blue-pink
-- cool skin tones.
The skin tone is not your skin color, it is the color that is under the skin color that reflects or is enhanced against white.
Skin undertone is often shortened to simply skin tone when referring to color.
There are many skin colors, but only two basic skin tones
-- warm and cool.
Once you know your skin tone, you can select your make-up colors.;
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