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 · Cool
Your pick from 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.
Your shade in Light Reflecting Foundation
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Your pick
Vallauris
M1.5 - medium with cool undertones
- Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light
- Matches your undertone: Cool undertone
- Why this shade
- Light depth, the nearest this range has to light medium, undertone matches (cool), swatch colour measured.
- Confidence
- A starting point. Your skin is described, not measured, so no shade can be confirmed from here. For a measured comparison, start from a foundation shade you already wear. Start from a shade.
Where to buy Vallauris
Sephora$55View at Sephora
Ulta Beautyfrom $55 · product priceView at Ulta Beauty
Macy's$55View at Macy'sPrices are shown and never change the recommendation. Shade details
Choose a different shade
The next closest in this range, and how each differs from Vallauris.
- PortoM3.25 - medium with cool undertones, and a rosy toneCompared with Vallauris: Deeper and pinker$55This is my shade
- PatagoniaM1.2 - Medium with neutral undertones and a light peach toneCompared with Vallauris: Deeper and pinker$55This is my shade