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Shade finder Find your shade in NARS Light Reflecting Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 46 shades of Light Reflecting Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Deep · Any undertone

3 likely shades of Light Reflecting Foundationranked on depth alone, never on price

Most likely shades of Light Reflecting Foundation for deep skin

Ranked on depth alone, never on price. Prices are shown for each. Choose one to see why, where to buy it and the shades either side of it.

Add your undertone to narrow it down

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.

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Timaru
    Most likely

    Timaru

    D4.5 - deep with neutral undertone

    • Matches your depth: Deep depth
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Iguaçu

    Iguaçu

    D3 - deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone

    • Matches your depth: Deep depth
    • Undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in New Caledonia

    New Caledonia

    D2 - deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone

    • Matches your depth: Deep depth
    • Undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionD4.5 - deep with neutral undertone
DepthDeep
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with TimaruMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionD3 - deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone
DepthDeep
UndertoneOlive
Compared with TimaruSlightly deeper, warmer and less pink
Price$55
Retailer descriptionD2 - deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone
DepthDeep
UndertoneOlive
Compared with TimaruSlightly lighter, warmer and less pink
Price$55