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Shade finder Find your shade in MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 67 shades of Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Light · Warm

3 likely shades of Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 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 Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation for light skin with a warm 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.

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC12
    Most likely

    NC12

    Very fair with soft golden undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Warm · golden undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC5

    NC5

    Very fair with golden undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Warm · golden undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in N4

    N4

    Very fair with soft peachy undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light depth
    • Matches your undertone: Warm · peach undertone

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionVery fair with soft golden undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC12Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair with golden undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC12About the same
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair with soft peachy undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneWarm · peach
Compared with NC12Warmer and pinker
Price$39