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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.

Most likely shades of Foundation Stick for light skin, deeper end of light

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.

Add your undertone to narrow it down

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.

  • Essence Foundation Stick in 170
    Most likely

    170

    Light medium with rosy undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Undertone: Cool · rosy undertone

    $6.99

  • Essence Foundation Stick in 120

    120

    Light with warm yellow undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Undertone: Warm · yellow undertone

    $6.99

  • Essence Foundation Stick in 130

    130

    Light with cool rosy undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Undertone: Cool · rosy undertone

    $6.99

  • Essence Foundation Stick in 160

    160

    Light medium with rosy peach undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light medium
    • Undertone: Cool · rosy undertone

    $6.99

  • Essence Foundation Stick in 110

    110

    Light with warm neutral undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Undertone: Neutral · neutral golden undertone

    $6.99

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLight medium with rosy undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with 170Most likely shade
Price$6.99
Retailer descriptionLight with warm yellow undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneWarm · yellow
Compared with 170Less pink
Price$6.99
Retailer descriptionLight with cool rosy undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with 170Slightly lighter and more neutral
Price$6.99
Retailer descriptionLight medium with rosy peach undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with 170Slightly deeper and cooler
Price$6.99
Retailer descriptionLight with warm neutral undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with 170Slightly lighter and more neutral
Price$6.99