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Shade finder Find your shade in Clinique Superbalanced Makeup Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 10 shades of Superbalanced Makeup Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Fair · Any undertone

3 likely shades of Superbalanced Makeup Foundationranked on depth alone, never on price

Most likely shades of Superbalanced Makeup Foundation for fair skin

Ranked on depth alone, never on price. Prices are shown for each. Choose one to see why, where to buy it and the shades either side of it.

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How to tell your undertone

Undertone is the colour beneath the surface of your skin. It is separate from depth: deep skin can be cool, and fair skin can be warm or olive.

Vein test

Veins on the inside of your wrist, in daylight.

What you seeUndertone
Blue or purpleCool
GreenWarm
Blue-green, or hard to tellNeutral
Green with a grey or ashy castOlive

Sun test

How your skin reacts to the sun.

What you seeUndertone
Burns easily, rarely tans, goes pinkCool
Tans easily, rarely burns, goes goldenWarm
Burns a little, then tansNeutral
Tans quickly to a greenish or grey tanOlive
  • Fabric. Hold white, then cream, fabric against your face. White flatters cool, cream flatters warm, both look right on neutral.
  • Jewellery. Silver flatters cool, gold flatters warm, both look right on neutral.

If the signs disagree, choose Neutral, or choose Not sure to match on skin depth alone.

  • Clinique Superbalanced Makeup Foundation in 40 Cream Chamois
    Most likely

    40 Cream Chamois

    Very fair, cool-neutral undertones

    • Matches your depth: Fair depth
    • Undertone: Neutral · neutral pink undertone

    $43

  • Clinique Superbalanced Makeup Foundation in 20 Fair

    20 Fair

    Very fair, cool-neutral undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Very fair
    • Undertone: Neutral · neutral pink undertone

    $43

  • Clinique Superbalanced Makeup Foundation in 28 Ivory

    28 Ivory

    Very fair, cool-neutral undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light
    • Undertone: Neutral · neutral pink undertone

    $43

How they compare

Retailer descriptionVery fair, cool-neutral undertones
DepthFair
UndertoneNeutral · neutral pink
Compared with 40 Cream ChamoisMost likely shade
Price$43
Retailer descriptionVery fair, cool-neutral undertones
DepthVery fair
UndertoneNeutral · neutral pink
Compared with 40 Cream ChamoisSlightly lighter and more neutral
Price$43
Retailer descriptionVery fair, cool-neutral undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral · neutral pink
Compared with 40 Cream ChamoisDeeper
Price$43