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Shade finder Find your shade in Estée Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 28 shades of Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45, with prices.

Your skin, as described Medium light · Any undertone

3 likely shades of Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45ranked on depth alone, never on price

Most likely shades of Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45 for medium light 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.

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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.

  • Estée Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45 in 3W2 Cashew
    Most likely

    3W2 Cashew

    Medium with warm olive undertones

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Olive · warm olive undertone

    $55

  • Estée Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45 in 4W1 Honey Bronze

    4W1 Honey Bronze

    Medium tan with warm golden undertones

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Warm · golden undertone

    $55

  • Estée Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue Moisturizing Foundation SPF 45 in 3N2 Wheat

    3N2 Wheat

    Medium with neutral, subtle golden undertones

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium with warm olive undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with 3W2 CashewMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionMedium tan with warm golden undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with 3W2 CashewWarmer and pinker
Price$55
Retailer descriptionMedium with neutral, subtle golden undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with 3W2 CashewPinker
Price$55