Shade finder Find your shade in Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Matte Powder Foundation.
Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 40 shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Matte Powder Foundation, with prices.
Your skin, as described Very fair · Cool
5 likely shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Matte Powder Foundationranked 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.
Which end of very fair?
Most likely shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Matte Powder Foundation for very fair skin with a cool 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.
Which end of very fair is your skin?
- Most likely
2C3 Fresco
Light medium with cool rosy beige undertones
- Matches your depth: Very fair depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
3C2 Pebble
Medium with cool rosy undertones
- Matches your depth: Very fair depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
2C1 Pure Beige
Light medium with cool pink peach undertones
- Matches your depth: Very fair depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · pink undertone
$52
1C1 Cool Bone
Light with cool rosy peach undertones
- Matches your depth: Very fair depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
3C1 Dusk
Medium with cool rosy peach undertones
- Matches your depth: Very fair depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
