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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 Fair · Cool

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 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 Light Reflecting Foundation for 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.

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Vienna
    Most likely

    Vienna

    L4.5 - light with cool undertones

    • Matches your depth: Fair depth
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Vallauris

    Vallauris

    M1.5 - medium with cool undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Oslo

    Oslo

    L1 - very light with cool undertones

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Very fair
    • Matches your undertone: Cool undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionL4.5 - light with cool undertones
DepthFair
UndertoneCool
Compared with ViennaMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM1.5 - medium with cool undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneCool
Compared with ViennaSlightly deeper and pinker
Price$55
Retailer descriptionL1 - very light with cool undertones
DepthVery fair
UndertoneCool
Compared with ViennaLighter and cooler
Price$55