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Shade finder Find your shade in NARS Soft Matte Complete Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 3 shades of Soft Matte Complete Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Light · Neutral

Your pick from 3 likely shades of Soft Matte Complete 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.

Your shade in Soft Matte Complete Foundation

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NARS Soft Matte Complete Foundation in Namibia
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Namibia

D4 - Deep with warm undertones, and a red tone

  • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Deep
  • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Warm
Why this shade
Deep depth, the nearest this range has to light, undertone differs (warm), 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 Namibia

Ulta BeautyUlta Beauty$42 · out of stock
Ulta BeautyView at Ulta Beauty

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The next closest in this range, and how each differs from Namibia.

  • Mali
    D6 - Very deep with neutral undertones
    Compared with Namibia: Deeper and more neutral
    $42
    This is my shade
  • Iguacu
    D3 - Deep with neutral undertones, and an olive tone
    Compared with Namibia: Slightly lighter and less pink
    $42
    This is my shade