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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 medium light 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 Valencia
    Most likely

    Valencia

    M5 - Medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and a golden tone

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Warm · golden undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Barcelona

    Barcelona

    M4 - Medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and a peach tone

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Warm · peach undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Vanuatu

    Vanuatu

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

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Phoenix

    Phoenix

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

    • Matches your depth: Medium light depth
    • Undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionM5 - Medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and a golden tone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneWarm · golden
Compared with ValenciaMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM4 - Medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and a peach tone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneWarm · peach
Compared with ValenciaSlightly lighter and more neutral
Price$55
Retailer descriptionM3.5 - medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneOlive
Compared with ValenciaLess pink
Price$55
Retailer descriptionMD1.5 - medium to medium-deep with warm undertones, and an olive tone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneOlive
Compared with ValenciaSlightly lighter and warmer
Price$55