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Step 1
Determine your skin tone by checking a spot where you'll see your natural skin color, such as the inside of your wrist. If you see yellow undertones (like olive or golden brown), you have a "warm" skin tone. If you notice pinker shades (like a rosy pink or slightly blue cast), you have a "cool" tone. If you spot beige tones, you have a balanced or "neutral" tone.
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Step 2
Select a concealer and foundation that work with your undertones and combat discoloration. Both should disappear when blended into your skin. Set the look with a loose, translucent powder applied with a brush.
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Step 3
Coordinate with your skin color when choosing blush. Pinks and beiges work with fair skin, plumbs and bronzes flatter darker tones and coppers and browns look nice with olive tones.
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Step 4
Uncover a lipstick's base color before buying by swiping it over a white tissue. Try browns or reds if you have a yellow cast, roses or purples for darker hues or pinks or oranges for fair skin.
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Step 5
Pick eye colors like browns, pinks or greens to set off warm skin tones and blues, dark greens or grays for cool. Experiment with eye shadows and liners, however, to find natural looks for day and dramatic effects for night.
