Do you know your undertones?

[persa]

And if so, how did you figure it out and has it changed what makeup you choose to wear?

Curious because on reddit r/MakeupAddiction they talk about undertones all the time.

[wawa]

I have no idea whatsoever. also there was a HUUUUUGE discussion of this back in the dawn of the Makeup Board/Thread, but I dont nkow if it was on the OG thread that got deleted or is on this board somewhere.

[ElizabethBennet]

I think I do. I used to think I had pink tones but I realized it's just because my skin has a lot of redness in it. If I wear very pink toned foundations I look ridiculous. I think I'm more neutral than anything else and look better with neutral, to slightly yellow undertones in foundation. However, if I wear super warm eyeshadows, especially yellow golds, I can look sick pretty quick.

[tacokick]

I do. I have very yellow/gold undertones almost black hair but blue eyes. I stick to "winter" colors a la Color Me Beautiful.

[Pippin]

I do. I'm very cool/pink undertones. Like pink correctors disappear on me. Drugstore foundations are the worst for me because even the cool toned ones look yellow on me.

[calico]

I *think* I know my undertone. I'm pretty sure I'm a neutral, but the redness in my face often gets me mis-typed with foundation matching.

I read something about being able to tell which you were by the color that veins show up. If they are green, you are warm. If they are blue/purple, you are cool. I have both, so....

[pooh8402]

not really, but I look best wearing neutral foundation. I can wear gold/brown/peach shadows, or pink/purple/silver/gray shadows. I have warm medium brown hair and blue/gray eyes. I wear "summer" colors best.

[persa]

Jul 21, 2017 14:26:17 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I do. I have very yellow/gold undertones almost black hair but blue eyes. I stick to "winter" colors a la Color Me Beautiful.

Interesting. I would have thought that would have been more warm colors, isn't winter cool colors? Maybe I have that wrong.

[sju]

I still don't know. I thought I was neutral and bought a neutral foundation. The color matched perfectly except that after a while, I kept noticing that my skin looked dull, like "grey".  I saw a recent video from vlogger, Me.lissa Ala.torre and realized I am not so crazy. 

[secretlyevil]

SallyJ...want to discuss seasons again? 😂

[secretlyevil]

Truthfully, I am fortunate to have pretty nuetral undertones and can wear either cool or warm makeup, mostly.

[SallyJ]

Jul 21, 2017 19:58:47 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

SallyJ...want to discuss seasons again? 😂

No. We should move on. Lol. Wear things that you like and look good on you.

[peachykate]

I read color me beautiful as well, I'm light spring. I have a pretty neutral undertone that can lean slightly either way depending on my hair color. I can't pull off warmer eye shadows very well, I end up looking sick with the warm pinks, reds, oranges.

[mortomo]

I believe I'm considered neutral toned. I figured this out by trial and error. I always thought I was pink toned when I was younger, but then pink toned foundation started looking too pink on me. Yellow toned foundation looks terrible on me. When I mixed the 2 it was much better. IT light CC cream is yellow toned and the fair is more pink/neutral toned. I mix those 2 colors and get the perfect shade. Alone, each of those colors look terrible on my skin (and not just because they are too dark/light).

As far as other make-up goes, I lean toward cool tones. Warm tones don't look great on me.

[tiramisu]

Yes I do. I'm neutral to warm, but I just say warm most of the time because it can confuse people. The vast majority of veins that show on me, even in areas where I'm really pale, are green. I have people in a couple areas but it's really just the insides of my wrists and one elbow.

I disregard seasons. For clothing, I can wear lots of colors, but for makeup if I wear too many cool colors, especially eyeshadow, I can end up looking dead. I look best with a bit of a golden glow. I do have to be careful because don't colors will turn weird on me, like the rose lipstick that looked like brown, or peachy shadows that turn orange.

[bowies]

I think so? My veins are very blue. I'm neutral with a tilt towards cool. I avoid anything with a yellow undertone. True yellow golds and oranges look ridiculous on me, but I can do champagnes. I am so ready for that damn Modern Renaissance palette (and all the knock-offs) to finally bite the dust.

[persa]

So I think I'm warm but maybe a bit olive? I'm trying to sort out how this factors into my makeup so I can destash things that just don't work for me.

[nsl]

I have no idea, but whatever mine are I suspect that they're the reason why blue-red lipsticks always look fuchsia on me.

[veruca5839]

I never feel very sure. Through a lot of trial and error I've settled on neutral that leans warm. Anything too yellow makes me look sick. Anything pink makes me look terrible.

[redheadk]

I have blue-red undertone, which seems to be odd for a red head. Warm makeup looks absolutely terrible on me.

[melew]

I am in between cool and neutral. Cool and pink foundations tend to look too pink, so I try to find a more neutral option if I can.