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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 medium · Warm · Middle

5 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.

Which end of light medium?

Most likely shades of Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation for light medium skin with a warm undertone, middle of light medium

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 C3.5
    Most likely

    C3.5

    Light medium with peachy undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC15

    NC15

    Fair light with golden undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC13

    NC13

    Fair with golden undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC30

    NC30

    Medium beige with golden undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
    • Matches your undertone: Warm · golden undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in N6.5

    N6.5

    Light with neutral peachy undertones

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Close to your undertone: Close: Neutral · neutral golden

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLight medium with peachy undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · peach
Compared with C3.5Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionFair light with golden undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with C3.5Warmer and less pink
Price$39
Retailer descriptionFair with golden undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with C3.5Slightly lighter, warmer and less pink
Price$39
Retailer descriptionMedium beige with golden undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with C3.5Slightly deeper and less pink
Price$39
Retailer descriptionLight with neutral peachy undertones
DepthLight medium
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with C3.5Pinker
Price$39