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 Light · Neutral
3 likely shades of Foundation Stickranked on depth and undertone, never on price
Skin depth
Undertone
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 shades of Foundation Stick for light skin with a neutral undertone
Ranked on depth and undertone, never on price. Prices are shown for each. Choose one to see why, where to buy it and the shades either side of it.
- Most likely
140
Light with neutral undertones
- Matches your depth: Light depth
- Matches your undertone: Neutral undertone
$6.99
110
Light with warm neutral undertones
- Matches your depth: Light depth
- Close to your undertone: Close: Neutral · neutral golden
$6.99
50
Fair with neutral undertones
- Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Fair
- Matches your undertone: Neutral undertone
$6.99
