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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 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 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 M20W
    Most likely

    M20W

    Level-two medium with a warm undertone

    • Matches your depth: Medium depth
    • Undertone: Warm undertone

    $45

  • Smashbox Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation in L30N

    L30N

    Level-three light with a neutral undertone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium light
    • Undertone: Neutral undertone

    $45

  • Smashbox Always On Skin-Balancing Foundation in T10W

    T10W

    Level-one tan with a warm undertone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium tan
    • Undertone: Warm undertone

    $45

How they compare

Retailer descriptionLevel-two medium with a warm undertone
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm
Compared with M20WMost likely shade
Price$45
Retailer descriptionLevel-three light with a neutral undertone
DepthMedium light
UndertoneNeutral
Compared with M20WSlightly lighter and cooler
Price$45
Retailer descriptionLevel-one tan with a warm undertone
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneWarm
Compared with M20WDeeper
Price$45