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Shade finder Find your shade in MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 71 shades of Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Fair · Cool · Middle

3 likely shades of Studio Fix Powder Plus 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 Powder Plus Foundation for fair skin with a cool undertone, middle of fair

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 Powder Plus Foundation in NW10
    Most likely

    NW10

    Very fair beige with rosy undertone for fair skin

    • Matches your depth: Fair depth
    • Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NW5

    NW5

    Very fair beige with pink undertones for very fair skin

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Very fair
    • Matches your undertone: Cool · pink undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in N5

    N5

    Rosy beige with neutral undertones for light to medium skin

    • Matches your depth: Fair depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with rosy undertone for fair skin
DepthFair
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with NW10Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with pink undertones for very fair skin
DepthVery fair
UndertoneCool · pink
Compared with NW10Slightly lighter and more neutral
Price$39
Retailer descriptionRosy beige with neutral undertones for light to medium skin
DepthFair
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NW10Slightly deeper and cooler
Price$39