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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 Light medium · Olive · 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 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 light medium skin with an olive undertone, deeper end of light medium

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 Córdoba
    Most likely

    Córdoba

    M3.75 - medium to medium-deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Matches your undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Phoenix

    Phoenix

    MD1.5 - medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
    • Matches your undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Vanuatu

    Vanuatu

    M3.5 - medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
    • Matches your undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionM3.75 - medium to medium-deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneOlive
Compared with CórdobaMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionMD1.5 - medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneOlive
Compared with CórdobaWarmer and pinker
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM3.5 - medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneOlive
Compared with CórdobaSlightly deeper, warmer and pinker
Price$55