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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 tan · Cool

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 tan 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.

  • Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation in 5C1 Rich Chestnut
    Most likely

    5C1 Rich Chestnut

    Deep with cool subtle red undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Tan
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $52

  • Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation in 6C1 Rich Cocoa

    6C1 Rich Cocoa

    Very deep with cool subtle red undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Tan
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $52

  • Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation in 5C2 Sepia

    5C2 Sepia

    Deep with cool red undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $52

How they compare

Retailer descriptionDeep with cool subtle red undertones
DepthTan
UndertoneCool
Compared with 5C1 Rich ChestnutMost likely shade
Price$52
Retailer descriptionVery deep with cool subtle red undertones
DepthTan
UndertoneCool
Compared with 5C1 Rich ChestnutAbout the same
Price$52
Retailer descriptionDeep with cool red undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneCool
Compared with 5C1 Rich ChestnutLighter and warmer
Price$52