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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 light · Olive

Your pick from 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.

Your shade in Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation

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MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation in C40
Your pick

C40

Light with olive undertones

  • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light medium
  • Matches your undertone: Olive undertone
Why this shade
Light medium depth, the nearest this range has to medium light, undertone matches (olive), swatch colour measured.
Confidence
A starting point. Your skin is described, not measured, so no shade can be confirmed from here. For a measured comparison, start from a foundation shade you already wear. Start from a shade.

Where to buy C40

SephoraSephora$39
SephoraView at Sephora
Ulta BeautyUlta Beautyfrom $39 · product price
Ulta BeautyView at Ulta Beauty

Prices are shown and never change the recommendation. Shade details

Choose a different shade

The next closest in this range, and how each differs from C40.

  • C45
    Medium with olive undertones
    Compared with C40: Deeper and warmer
    $39
    This is my shade
  • C5
    Medium deep with neutral golden undertones
    Compared with C40: Slightly deeper, warmer and pinker
    $39
    This is my shade