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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 · Olive

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 an olive 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 N3
    Most likely

    N3

    Very fair with neutral peach undertones

    • Matches your depth: Very fair depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral · neutral golden

    $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

  • MAC Cosmetics Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation in NC5

    NC5

    Very fair beige with golden undertone for very fair skin

    • Matches your depth: Very fair depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Warm · golden

    $39

How they compare

Retailer descriptionVery fair with neutral peach undertones
DepthVery fair
UndertoneNeutral · neutral golden
Compared with N3Most likely shade
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with neutral undertone for very fair skin
DepthVery fair
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with N3Warmer
Price$39
Retailer descriptionVery fair beige with golden undertone for very fair skin
DepthVery fair
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with N3Less pink
Price$39