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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.

Most likely shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation for medium 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.

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.

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium tan with warm red undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm
Compared with 4W3 HennaMost likely shade
Price$52
Retailer descriptionDeep with cool red undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneCool
Compared with 4W3 HennaWarmer and pinker
Price$52
Retailer descriptionMedium tan with warm golden-olive undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with 4W3 HennaWarmer and pinker
Price$52
Retailer descriptionDeep with neutral undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 4W3 HennaCooler and pinker
Price$52
Retailer descriptionDeep with neutral golden-red undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with 4W3 HennaSlightly deeper, warmer and pinker
Price$52