Many women are victims of wearing the wrong kind of make up and clothes that do not go with their skin color. But, more women do not know that they need to choose colors that go with their skin undertones.
Confused? Let me explain.
Skin undertones are the colors that are underneath the skin that casts shadows on your skin color. It NEVER changes. Our skin is the biggest organ in our body and as we know, it comes in different colors called skin tones because of a pigment called melanin. It produces layers and that protect of skin against the harsh sun. The sun rays can cause us skin cancer if our skin is not protected by the melanin (and sunblock). Darker people produce more melanin and are more protected from the ultraviolet rays while pale skin people produce less and need more protection against the sun.
Back to skin undertones, it is very important to know it because it plays a huge role in our overall choice of colors for our hair, make up and clothes. There are 3 different undertones a person can have. Warm, cool and neutral. Curious yet?
First, let me tell you how you can find out what your skin undertone is. It's an easy four step process and all you will need is a huge mirror, white towel, some silver and gold jewelry and a good lighting (sunlight preferable).
1. Flip over your arm and look at the veins. When you notice that your veins are green, it means you have yellow undertones and your skin tone is warm. Veins that appear to be blue indicates that you have blue undertones and your skin tone is cool.
2. After taking a shower, put your hair in a pony tail and use a headband to keep away hair form the face. Put a pure white towel around your shoulders and see if your face looks more yellow or blue next to the white towel. A pure white cloth will reflect your skin undertone. Again, yellow means you have a warm skin tone and blue means you have a cool skin tone.
3. Put on your silver and gold jewelry. Observe and find out if you look better in silver jewelry or gold jewelry. If you look better in silver jewelry, you have a cool skin tone and if you look better in gold jewelry, you have a warm skin tone.
4. The easiest way to determine your undertone is to look at the natural color of your hair and eyes. Usually, if you have blue, green, grey eyes with blonde, black or brown hair, you have a cool skin tone. If you have brown, black, hazel eyes with black, brown, blonde or red hair, you have warm skin tones.
Easy right? If you have done all these four steps and you still cannot determine your skin tone, you just might be one of the lucky ones have a neutral skin tone. It means you can wear any color, use any make up and have any hair color and look really good. Congratulations!
Now, if you are one of the unlucky ones that fall into the warm or cool category, then do not be sad because I will give you tips on the colors that will look good on you and will go with your skin undertone perfectly.
Let me start with those with WARM skin tone and I will help you choose the right make up for you.
Warm means that your skin will perfectly go with earthy colors. When you have a warm skin tone, you either have yellow, golden or peach undertones. These colors that will look good on you are gold, copper, olive, bronze and orange-red. Choose a foundation that is yellow or peach based. When choosing a blush, a warm peach or coral shade would look best on you. When picking out a red lipstick, choose an orange based red.
Now, for those with COOL skin tones, here are some tips. Pink, red or blue are your undertones and you will look good with silver, grey, magenta, jewel tones and blue-red. Choose eye shadows in these colors and you can have a pink or rosy blush. Choose a foundation that is neutral or pink based and for that perfect red lipstick, choose one that is blue based.
For the lucky ones who fall into the neutral category, a mix of warm and cool colors will look good on you! Good for you. Black though, is the only exception for all undertones because it looks good on anyone. So you can still stick to your black eye liner but remember that choosing colors that fall under your skin tone will look better on you! Now that you know your skin undertones, may be it is time to rethink your whole make up kit and if there are shades that are not good with your undertone, throw it away because trust me, if you have a warm skin tone and you are using a pink based foundation, it does not look good at all.
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