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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 Medium · Warm · Deeper end

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 medium?

Most likely shades of Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation for medium skin with a warm undertone, deeper end of 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 NC44
    Most likely

    NC44

    Medium deep with light golden undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC42

    NC42

    Medium deep with golden undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC38

    NC38

    Medium with peachy golden undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC40

    NC40

    Medium deep with golden peach undertones

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in NC35

    NC35

    Medium with peachy undertones

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

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium deep with light golden undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC44Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionMedium deep with golden undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC44Slightly lighter and warmer
Price$39
Retailer descriptionMedium with peachy golden undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm · peach
Compared with NC44Slightly lighter and less pink
Price$39
Retailer descriptionMedium deep with golden peach undertones
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC44Lighter and warmer
Price$39
Retailer descriptionMedium with peachy undertones
DepthMedium light
UndertoneWarm · peach
Compared with NC44Lighter and less pink
Price$39