The right foundation: how to find the perfect tone

Porcelain, Camel or Sand: Which clay suits me?

The make-up shelves are bulging with the most different shades of different brands. It makes you think quickly and asks yourself again: Which nuance really fits the skin tone? The solution is very easy: A simple trick tells you - you just have to look at your wrists!

Cool skin undertone

In this color world moves the undertone of your skin. These tones are also great for your eye make-up or outfit.

Keep your wrist in the sunlight, if the veins shimmer through bluish-purple and the skin has a rosé-blue glow, you have a cool Hauterterton. Incidentally, four out of five women in Germany have that. Another indicator is the sun tolerance of the skin. If the skin burns very quickly, with little or no browning, the level of melanin is low, and it can be assumed that it is a pink, bluish-red undertone.

This is usually true light to medium brown hair, light green, hazel, gray or blue eyes, natural blond or red hair, a pale complexion and freckles.

These foundation tones match the cool skin undertone: Foundations with bluish or pink undertones match cool skin types. Some make-up manufacturers choose their product names afterwards (for example "cool beige", "natural rose" or "rose beige").

Warm skin undertone

In this color world moves the undertone of your skin. These tones are also great for your eye make-up or outfit.

If the veins, which shimmer through the wrist, look rather greenish, you have a warm skin undertone. In general, the skin has a more yellowish complexion, tans quickly and does not get sunburn so quickly.

This is usually true golden brown, dark brown or black hair and brown or green eyes.

These foundation tones match the warm skin undertone: Foundations with yellowish undertones match warm skin types. Make-up shades are then called, for example, "golden sand", "honey" or "amber".

Neutral skin undertone

In this color world moves the undertone of your skin. These tones are also great for your eye make-up or outfit.

The veins shimmer blue-green through the skin, the happy neutral skin type can carry both color worlds. Depending on which side of this type of mix tends rather, his foundation must be voted.

When choosing make-up colors, take the best care of your hair and eye color. We have put together some color tips for mixed types.

Still insecure?

The following trick also helps to determine the skin undertone: Wrap a white T-shirt around the hair and neck. The white then reflects the coloring of your skin. If it is bluish, your Hautunterton is cool. However, if your skin looks rather yellowish, you are probably a warm skin type.

A general tip for the foundation purchase:

By the way, when trying out a foundation you should not take your wrists or the palm of your hand, because the skin on the face is usually redder. The wrist is great for determining the skin undertone, but a make-up nuance should actually be tried on the face. Make-up queen Bobbi Brown recommends: "Apply three tones with a little distance next to each other, go as far as possible to the daylight, and see which one connects best with the skin - that's the right one." In general you should better resort to yellowish tones, because pink-tinted foundations look more mask-like. "

The Foundation: That's how you put it on properly

Before applying the foundation, cleanse the face and moisturize well with a moisturizer.
First cover dark circles and small impurities with a concealer and work well, so that no edges are created.
Incorporate the foundation with a foundation brush or fingers and massage in circular movements. Distribute the texture evenly on the face and blind at the neck.
To fix: matt the face with transparent powder. Finished!

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