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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 Very deep · Olive

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 very deep skin with an olive 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 Zambie
    Most likely

    Zambie

    D5 - deep with warm undertones

    • Matches your depth: Very deep depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Warm

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Port Louis

    Port Louis

    D.75 - very rich deep with neutral undertones and a red tone

    • Matches your depth: Very deep depth
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Neutral

    $55

  • NARS Light Reflecting Foundation in Iguaçu

    Iguaçu

    D3 - deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Deep
    • Matches your undertone: Olive undertone

    $55

How they compare

Retailer descriptionD5 - deep with warm undertones
DepthVery deep
UndertoneWarm
Compared with ZambieMost likely shade
Price$55
Retailer descriptionD.75 - very rich deep with neutral undertones and a red tone
DepthVery deep
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with ZambieSlightly deeper and more neutral
Price$55
Retailer descriptionD3 - deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone
DepthDeep
UndertoneOlive
Compared with ZambieLighter and warmer
Price$55