Finding the perfect makeup colors can be both exciting and overwhelming. The right shades can enhance your best features, complement your natural beauty, and boost your confidence. However, with countless makeup products on the market, knowing which colors suit you best can be tricky. Whether you’re selecting foundation and concealer or choosing the best eyeshadow for your eye color, understanding your skin tones and undertones is essential.
So, in this guide, I’ll walk you through how to determine which makeup colors will flatter your complexion, helping you color match like a pro. By the end of this post, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to pick the best makeup colors that make you glow.
How to Know What Colors Look Good on Your Makeup
The key to finding the best makeup colors for your skin lies first in identifying your undertone. Then, understanding how different colors interact with your complexion. And experimenting with shades that enhance your natural beauty. Below, I’ll break down the overall process step by step.
How To Determine Your Undertones
Your undertone is the subtle hue beneath your skin that affects how colors appear on you. While your skin tone may change with sun exposure, your undertone remains the same. Determining your undertone will help you choose the right foundation, blush, eyeshadow, and lip colors.
Step 1: Check Your Veins
Look at the veins on your wrist in natural light.
If they appear blue or purple, you likely have cool undertones.
Also, if they appear greenish, you have a warm undertone.
Or, if you see a mix of both, you likely have a neutral undertone.
Step 2: Observe How Your Skin Reacts to the Sun
If your skin burns easily and rarely tans, you probably have cool undertones.
Also if your skin tans easily with little to no burning, you likely have a warm undertone.
If you both tan and burn, you may have a neutral undertone.
Step 3: Test Against Gold and Silver Jewelry
If gold jewelry complements your skin better, you have warm tones.
If silver jewelry looks more flattering, you have cool tones.
Or, if both gold and silver look equally good, you have a neutral undertone.
Step 4: Try the White vs. Off-White Test
Hold a pure white and also an off-white piece of fabric near your face.
If white makes your skin look radiant, you likely have cool undertones.
However, if off-white is more flattering, you probably have warm undertones.
Understanding your undertones will make choosing the right makeup colors easier, whether you’re looking for the perfect foundation and concealer, a complementary eyeshadow for your eye color, or a lipstick that enhances your features.
What Are The Best Makeup Colors For Different Skin Tones
Now that you understand your undertone, let’s explore the best makeup colors for different skin tones. Also, shop the best makeup for each specific undertone below.
Best Makeup Colors for Cool Skin Tones
Cool skin tones have overall pink, red, or bluish undertones.
Best Foundation and Concealer Shades:
So the best foundation shade for cool skin is often porcelain, fair, light beige with pink or neutral undertones
Best Blush Colors:
For the best blush colors, look to rosy pinks, berry shades, soft plums
Best Eyeshadow Colors for Cool Tones:
Silver, icy blues, cool purples, charcoal, and soft pinks overall complement cool skin tones well.
If you have blue eyes, try gray or cool brown shades.
Also, if you have green eyes, plum and mauve work well.
However, if you have brown eyes, deep cool-toned purples and blues look flattering.
Best Lip Colors:
Cool-toned pinks, berry shades, blue-based reds
Check out these neutral eyeshadow looks to find versatile colors for everyday wear.
Best Makeup Colors for Warm Skin Tones
Warm skin tones have an overall golden, peachy, or yellow undertone.
Best Foundation and Concealer Shades:
So, for warm skin tones, opt for a golden beige, warm honey, caramel, tan shades concealer and foundation.
Best Blush Colors:
Peach, coral, warm apricot tones
Best Eyeshadow Colors for Warm Tones:
Warm browns, golds, copper, bronze, olive green
If you have blue eyes, try copper and warm brown shades.
If you have green eyes, golden and earthy tones look stunning.
However, if you have brown eyes, rich bronzes and warm chocolate browns work beautifully.
Best Lip Colors:
Peachy nudes, warm oranges, brick reds, terracotta
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Best Makeup Colors for Neutral Skin Tone
Neutral skin tones overall have a balanced mix of cool and warm undertones, making them versatile in color choices.
Best Foundation and Concealer Shades:
Neutral beige, balanced tan, soft mocha
Best Blush Colors:
Muted pinks, soft rose, peachy nudes
Best Eyeshadow Colors for Neutral Tones:
Taupe, soft mauve, neutral browns, subtle metallics
Best Lip Colors:
Rosewood, soft berry, balanced nude shades
Best Makeup Colors for Olive Skin Tones
Olive skin has a mix of green, yellow, and neutral undertones.
Best Foundation and Concealer Shades:
Olive beige, golden tan, deep honey
Best Blush Colors:
Warm peach, dusty rose, bronze tones
Best Eyeshadow Colors for Olive Skin Tones:
Rich earth tones, golden hues, warm greens
Best Lip Colors:
Deep corals, warm nudes, golden-toned reds
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So, finding the best makeup colors for your skin tones doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By determining your neutral undertone, warm tones, or cool undertones, you can easily color match your foundation and concealer, pick eyeshadows that enhance your eye color, and also choose lipsticks that bring out your natural glow.
Experiment with different shades to see what works best, and overall remember makeup is all about expressing yourself. Use this guide as a starting point, but don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and try something new!
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