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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.

Your skin, as described Medium light · Olive

3 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 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.

Most likely shades of Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation for medium light skin with an olive 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.

  • Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation in 3W1 Tawny
    Most likely

    3W1 Tawny

    Medium with warm golden-olive undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light medium
    • Close to your undertone: Close: Olive · warm olive

    $52

  • Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation in 3W1.5 Fawn

    3W1.5 Fawn

    Medium with warm golden-olive undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light medium
    • Close to your undertone: Close: Olive · warm olive

    $52

  • Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation in 3W2 Cashew

    3W2 Cashew

    Medium with warm olive undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light medium
    • Close to your undertone: Close: Olive · warm olive

    $52

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium with warm golden-olive undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with 3W1 TawnyMost likely shade
Price$52
Retailer descriptionMedium with warm golden-olive undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with 3W1 TawnyAbout the same
Price$52
Retailer descriptionMedium with warm olive undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with 3W1 TawnyAbout the same
Price$52