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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 · Neutral

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 a neutral 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 Patagonia
    Most likely

    Patagonia

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

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

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Santa Fe

    Santa Fe

    M2 - medium with neutral undertones, and a peach tone

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

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Lanai

    Lanai

    M2.25 - medium with neutral undertones

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

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionM1.2 - Medium with neutral undertones and a light peach tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with PatagoniaMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM2 - medium with neutral undertones, and a peach tone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with PatagoniaWarmer and less pink
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM2.25 - medium with neutral undertones
DepthLight
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with PatagoniaSlightly lighter and warmer
Price$55