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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 Very fair · Cool

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 very fair skin with a cool 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 NW5
    Most likely

    NW5

    Very fair beige with pink undertones for very fair skin

    • Matches your depth: Very fair depth
    • Matches your undertone: Cool · pink undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NW10

    NW10

    Very fair beige with rosy undertone for fair skin

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Fair
    • Matches your undertone: Cool · rosy undertone

    $39

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NC10

    NC10

    Very fair beige with neutral undertone for very fair skin

    • Matches your depth: Very fair depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with pink undertones for very fair skin
DepthVery fair
UndertoneCool · pink
Compared with NW5Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with rosy undertone for fair skin
DepthFair
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with NW5Slightly deeper, warmer and pinker
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with neutral undertone for very fair skin
DepthVery fair
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with NW5Cooler
Price$39