Shade finder Find your shade in Essence Foundation Stick.
Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 43 shades of Foundation Stick, with prices.
Your skin, as described Deep · Any undertone
3 likely shades of Foundation Stickranked on depth alone, never on price
Most likely shades of Foundation Stick for deep 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 see | Undertone |
|---|---|
| Blue or purple | Cool |
| Green | Warm |
| Blue-green, or hard to tell | Neutral |
| Green with a grey or ashy cast | Olive |
Sun test
How your skin reacts to the sun.
| What you see | Undertone |
|---|---|
| Burns easily, rarely tans, goes pink | Cool |
| Tans easily, rarely burns, goes golden | Warm |
| Burns a little, then tans | Neutral |
| Tans quickly to a greenish or grey tan | Olive |
- 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.
- Most likely
260
Tan deep with neutral undertones
- Matches your depth: Deep depth
- Undertone: Neutral undertone
$6.99
How they compare
Shade
Retailer description
Depth
Undertone
Compared with 260
Price
Retailer descriptionTan deep with neutral undertones
DepthDeep
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 260Most likely shade
Price$6.99
Retailer descriptionTan deep with warm undertones
DepthDeep
UndertoneWarm
Compared with 260Pinker
Price$6.99
Retailer descriptionDeep with neutral undertones
DepthDeep
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 260Slightly deeper and more neutral
Price$6.99