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Shade finder Find your shade in Smashbox Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 26 shades of Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Light medium · Any undertone

3 likely shades of Always On Skin-Balancing Foundationranked on depth alone, never on price

Most likely shades of Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation for light medium 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.

  • Smashbox Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation in L20N
    Most likely

    L20N

    Level-two light with a neutral undertone

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

    $45

  • Smashbox Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation in L20O

    L20O

    Level-two light with an olive undertone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Olive undertone

    $45

  • Smashbox Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation in L20W

    L20W

    Level-two light with a warm undertone

    • Matches your depth: Light medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm undertone

    $45

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLevel-two light with a neutral undertone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with L20NMost likely shade
Price$45
Retailer descriptionLevel-two light with an olive undertone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneOlive
Compared with L20NWarmer and less pink
Price$45
Retailer descriptionLevel-two light with a warm undertone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm
Compared with L20NSlightly lighter and warmer
Price$45