How to know your skin’s undertone:

As I mentioned earlier, skin undertones play a huge role on how your foundation will look on you. Knowing which undertone you have will help you choose which colors compliment you the most and it will make your foundation look a lot more natural.

What is a skin’s undertone?

The undertone of your skin is the tone/color that is beneath your skin. Note that this is not how light/deep your skin. It is the ‘‘tint’’ that your skin has.

There are three main types of skin undertone categories:

Warm/Yellow: A warm undertone is when the skin has a golden/yellowish color to it (Yellow is a warm color). The skin doesn’t look yellow, but it looks kind of an olive color. If you’re a warm undertone, choose foundations that have a golden undertone to it and that are less pink.

Neutral: A neutral undertone is a mix of warm and cool undertones. The skin doesn’t look too pink, but it doesn’t look too golden either. It’s right in the middle. Choose foundations that aren’t too pink or yellow and that have a beige (neutral) undertone to them.

Cool/Pink: A cool undertone is when the skin is more pink than yellow (Pink is a cool color). The skin looks slightly peachy/pinkish. Look for foundations that aren’t yellow since those will be really noticeable on your skin.

How to know which is your undertone?

There are simple ways of determining what your undertone is.

Jewelry: If you wear jewelry, look and count how many gold and how many silver pieces you have. Decide which one looks the best on you. If you find that your wear silver the most and it looks best on you, then you probably are a cool undertone. Silver makes the pink undertones of the skin ‘‘pop’’. If you find that gold looks better on you, then you probably have a warm undertone. Gold makes the warm undertones of the skin ‘‘pop’’. If both look equally as good on you, then you might be under the neutral category.

The color of your veins: Look at the veins on your wrists. If you have blue/purple veins, chances are you have a pink/cool undertone. The pink of the skin makes the veins look blue/purple. If your veins have a greenish color, chances are you have a warm undertone. The golden tones of the skin makes the veins appear green. If you can’t decided or have a mixture of both, then you might be neutral.

Knowing your skin undertone can be really helpful for applying makeup and deciding which colors suit you the best. It might even help you choose a hair color that complements your skin the best!