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Shade finder Find your shade in Temptu S/B Foundation.

Start from a shade you wear, or describe your skin. The closest of the 12 shades of S/B Foundation, with prices.

Your skin, as described Medium light · Cool

3 likely shades of S/B 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 S/B Foundation for medium light skin with a cool 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.

  • Temptu S/B Foundation in 005 Pure Beige
    Most likely

    005 Pure Beige

    Medium shade with a pink undertone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium tan
    • Matches your undertone: Cool · pink undertone

    $29

  • Temptu S/B Foundation in 004 Sand

    004 Sand

    Light-to-medium shade with a yellow undertone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Medium
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Warm · yellow

    $29

  • Temptu S/B Foundation in 003 Ivory

    003 Ivory

    Light shade with a soft yellow undertone

    • Nearest depth in this range: Nearest: Light medium
    • Differs from your undertone: Differs: Warm · yellow

    $29

How they compare

Retailer descriptionMedium shade with a pink undertone
DepthMedium tan
UndertoneCool · pink
Compared with 005 Pure BeigeMost likely shade
Price$29
Retailer descriptionLight-to-medium shade with a yellow undertone
DepthMedium
UndertoneWarm · yellow
Compared with 005 Pure BeigeLighter, warmer and less pink
Price$29
Retailer descriptionLight shade with a soft yellow undertone
DepthLight medium
UndertoneWarm · yellow
Compared with 005 Pure BeigeLighter, warmer and less pink
Price$29