When talking about makeup and fashion, our skin tone and undertones cannot be avoided. Everyone needs to know about their skin tone and undertone if they want to make a perfect makeup look.
You may have failed many times when you select the right foundation color for your skin. But by learning to identify your skin tone and undertone, you can select the exact right foundation color for you.
In this post, I will discuss skin tone and undertone and how to identify them.
Why It Is Important To Know About Skin Tone And Undertone?
Learning about your skin tone and undertone is very important for many reasons. Here are some of the reasons you should consider.
1. To pick the right clothes
You may be experienced that there are some colors that match your skin. When you wear clothes that with those colors, it gives you extra beauty. Your friends and others may be told you “Hey girl, you look gorgeous with this dress”. Wearing clothes that are matching with your skin color can add a glow to your body.
If you know about your skin tone and undertone, you can identify the colors that match you. Sometimes you may feel like you are beautiful when you wear a dress in dark colors. Sometimes it may be light colors and sometimes it may be nude colors.
2. To select makeup items
If you know your skin tone and undertone you can select the exact foundation color, compact powder, and lipstick shade for you.
I personally don’t like to put on my makeup from salons due to a worse experience that I had. Only, Pros of the field that have to experience can pick the right foundation color for the client.
However, if you know about your skin tone and undertone you can select the right foundation color and you may not face the awkward experience that I had due to applying the wrong foundation color.
3. To select your hair color
If you want to apply hair color to your hair, you need to understand your skin tone and undertone.
I saw many people that applied hair colors and their faces look like muddy or something ill. If you select the right hair color that matches your skin tone, your hair can give your face a glow.
4. To select jewelry
We all can wear jewelry but you may feel gold jewelry is matching with your colors. And sometimes you may feel beautiful when you wear silver jewelry.
Identifying your skin tone and undertone can help you to select the jewelry that makes you beautiful.
What Is Skin Tone
In simple terms, skin tone is the surface color of your skin. Your skin color may change for many reasons like sun exposure or applying chemical products.
There are 3 different categories of skin tone.
- Light – those who have light skin tone are very sensitive to the sun and burn easily. Also, they do not have much melanin production as other skin types.
- Medium – You will tan easily if you have medium skin color
- Dark – This is the deepest skin tone.
What Is Under Tone
Unlike skin tone, the undertone does not change. Undertone is the natural color underneath the surface of the skin.
There are three types of undertones. They are,
- Warm
- Cool
- Neutral
How Can I Tell My Undertone
This is the only answer to the problems that you faced when you find a foundation color. There are some easy tests that you can follow to identify your undertone.
1. Vein Test
This is very simple and all you need to do is to check your veins.
If you have greenish or Olive veins, then you have a warm undertone.
You have a cool undertone if you have blue or purple veins.
If you are not sure whether you have green, blue, or purple color veins, then you have a neutral undertone.
2. Jewelry Test
You can test your undertone by using the jewelry that you have.
If you feel you are beautiful with gold jewelry or you can feel gold jewelry matching you then you have a warm undertone.
You have a cool undertone if you can feel silver jewelry matching your skin.
If you feel both gold and silver color jewelry are matching with your skin then you have a neutral undertone.
3. Sun Test
You can identify your undertone when you expose to the sun. Here is how.
If your skin burns easily with exposure to the sun, then you have a cool undertone.
You have a warm undertone if your skin is tanned easily.
If your skin is tanned and burns easily, then you have a neutral undertone.
4. White T-Shirt Test
This is also a very simple test that you can do to find your undertone. Wear a plain white t-shirt.
If you feel your skin is rosy or pinkish when you wear a white t-shirt, then you have a cool undertone.
You have a warm undertone if you feel your skin is yellow or feel better with an off-white or creamy color.
If you cannot see any visible or noticeable change, then you have a neutral undertone.
Questions About Skintone and Undertone
Do skin tone and Undertone change?
Skin tone can change for many reasons such as sun exposure, using chemical products, and due to age. But your undertone does not change and remains the same.
Does the Region I live in affect my skin tone?
The answer is yes. The people who are living with snow and low exposure to the sun have light skin tone. Also, people who are living in the middle east, India, and Africa have dark skin tones which are more exposed to the sun. the skin tone always depends on the melanin production of your skin.
