Beautler.Your beauty butler

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 Tan · Warm

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 tan skin with a warm undertone

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 NC55
    Most likely

    NC55

    Deep rich brown with golden undertone for deep dark skin

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NC50

    NC50

    Rich brown with golden undertone for deep dark skin

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

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in C55

    C55

    Rich brown with golden olive undertone for dark skin

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Deep tan
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Olive · warm olive

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionDeep rich brown with golden undertone for deep dark skin
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC55Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionRich brown with golden undertone for deep dark skin
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with NC55Slightly lighter and cooler
Price$39
Retailer descriptionRich brown with golden olive undertone for dark skin
DepthDeep tan
UndertoneOlive · warm olive
Compared with NC55Deeper and more neutral
Price$39