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 tan · Cool · Deeper end
3 likely shades of Light Reflecting 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 see | Undertone |
|---|---|
| Blue or purple | Cool |
| Green | Warm |
| Blue-green, or hard to tell | Neutral |
| Green with a grey or ashy cast | Olive |
Sun test
How your skin reacts to the sun.
| What you see | Undertone |
|---|---|
| Burns easily, rarely tans, goes pink | Cool |
| Tans easily, rarely burns, goes golden | Warm |
| Burns a little, then tans | Neutral |
| Tans quickly to a greenish or grey tan | Olive |
- 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 Light Reflecting Foundation for deep tan skin with a cool undertone, deeper end of deep tan
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.
Most likelyLa Serena
D2.5 - deep with cool undertone
- Matches your depth: Deep tan depth
- Matches your undertone: Cool undertone
$55
Alexandria
M5.5 - medium-deep to deep with neutral undertones
- Matches your depth: Deep tan depth
- Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral
$55
New Caledonia
D2 - deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone
- Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Deep
- Differs from your undertone: Differs: Olive
$55