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 · Warm · Deeper end
4 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.
Which end of light medium?
Most likely shades of Light Reflecting Foundation for light medium skin with a warm 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.
Most likelySahel
M2.5 - medium with warm undertones, and a peach tone
- Matches your depth: Light medium depth
- Matches your undertone: Warm · peach undertone
$55
Stromboli
M3 - medium with warm undertones, and a yellow tone
- Matches your depth: Light medium depth
- Matches your undertone: Warm · yellow undertone
$55
Barcelona
M4 - Medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and a peach tone
- Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
- Matches your undertone: Warm · peach undertone
$55
Punjab
M1 - medium with warm undertones, and a golden tone
- Matches your depth: Light medium depth
- Matches your undertone: Warm · golden undertone
$55