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Finding the right foundation shade is a lot easier said than done. Are you fair, light, light medium, medium, tan, dark or deep? With so many different factors to consider, it’s enough to make your head spin. But, Maybelline New York is here to help you find your perfect match with a few simple tricks.
Explore tips from our Babelline @miabgalvan to find your perfect shade match using Maybelline's Fit Me Foundation.
Before you even get into shade matching, it’s important to know which formula will best suit you. Pigment can vary based on ingredients, which is why it’s smart to start here. Identify your skin concerns and goals below to ace your base.
Are you warm, cool, neutral or olive? Luckily the names of the undertone families are somewhat self-explanatory with warm tones having more yellow and orange while cool tones have more blue and red. If you don’t fall under either of those categories, you might be neutral-toned, which means that you have equal amounts of warmth and coolness. If that’s still not you, you probably have an olive complexion, which you-guessed-it, has a hint of green.
You can figure out yours by looking at the veins in your wrist. If they’re blue or purple, you’re likely cool-toned. Green veins usually mean you’re warm or olive-toned and blue-green signals neutral. There’s also the jewelry trick, which is a bit more simplistic and a little less scientific, but can give you a quick idea of what undertone you’re working with. Typically, those who look best in gold jewelry are warm-toned and those who prefer silver are cool-toned. If you’re still stumped, a swatch test along your jawline will help you to see which shade best matches your own.
While it might be easier to swatch foundation formulas on the back of your hand, the most accurate way to find your match is by swatching along your jawline. Follow the steps below to find your Maybelline New York Fit Me Foundation, which comes in 40 shades across skin tones. These steps apply to finding the right concealer, too.
To take out all of the guesswork, you can head straight to our Foundation Shade Finder quiz that’ll do the work for you.
If you wound up with the wrong foundation shade, there are a few ways around it. Here’s how to make it work.