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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.

Most likely shades of Light Reflecting Foundation for light medium 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 Stromboli
    Most likely

    Stromboli

    M3 - medium with warm undertones, and a yellow tone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm · yellow undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Patagonia

    Patagonia

    M1.2 - Medium with neutral undertones and a light peach tone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Porto

    Porto

    M3.25 - medium with cool undertones, and a rosy tone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Cool · rosy undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Punjab

    Punjab

    M1 - medium with warm undertones, and a golden tone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm · golden undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Sahel

    Sahel

    M2.5 - medium with warm undertones, and a peach tone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm · peach undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionM3 - medium with warm undertones, and a yellow tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · yellow
Compared with StromboliMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM1.2 - Medium with neutral undertones and a light peach tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with StromboliSlightly lighter and cooler
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM3.25 - medium with cool undertones, and a rosy tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneCool · rosy
Compared with StromboliSlightly lighter, cooler and pinker
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM1 - medium with warm undertones, and a golden tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with StromboliSlightly lighter and cooler
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM2.5 - medium with warm undertones, and a peach tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · peach
Compared with StromboliCooler and pinker
Price$55