Shade finder Find your shade in Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation.
Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 58 shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation, with prices.
Your skin, as described Light medium · Cool · Deeper end
4 likely shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place 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 light medium?
Most likely shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation for light medium skin with a cool undertone, deeper end of light medium
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 likely3C2 Pebble
Medium with cool rosy undertones
- Matches your depth: Light medium depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
4C1 Outdoor Beige
Medium tan with cool rosy undertones
- Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
3C3 Sandbar
Medium with cool rosy-beige undertones
- Matches your depth: Light medium depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52
2C3 Fresco
Light-medium with cool rosy beige undertones
- Matches your depth: Light medium depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone
$52