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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 Medium · Cool · Deeper end

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 medium skin with a cool 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 Powder Plus Foundation in NW45
    Most likely

    NW45

    Medium mahogany with rosy undertones for medium to dark skin

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NW43

    NW43

    Brick beige with rosy undertones for medium to dark skin

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NW46

    NW46

    Auburn with red undertones for dark skin

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium tan
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium mahogany with rosy undertones for medium to dark skin
DepthMedium
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with NW45Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionBrick beige with rosy undertones for medium to dark skin
DepthMedium
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with NW45Warmer and pinker
Price$39
Retailer descriptionAuburn with red undertones for dark skin
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneCool
Compared with NW45Deeper
Price$39