How to Select Face Makeup That Complements Asian Coloring

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Kelli. I'm an aesthetician and makeup artist, at Ulta Salon & Cosmetics, and I'm going to give you some tips on how you can select face makeup for Asian coloring. When you're matching any makeup, no matter what the skin tone , you want to match it to the undertones of the skin, so I am going to demonstrate on her, how you would want to match a foundation, so basically, what you're going to do, is you're going to take your foundation, and you're going to stripe it from cheek to jaw. What you want, is you want it to completely cover any surface tones, which are typically going to be shown more on the cheek area, but you also want it to blend in over the jaw. You don't want it to leave any line of demarcation, which this one doesn't, so the same would be true, if you were trying to match an Asian, somebody with Asian coloring, as well. Typically, they have more golden undertones to their skin, so you would need to pick a foundation that has more golden undertones, but just by actually taking the foundation, and striping it like that, you can match the foundation to the skin. Another really great place, if I could just see the inside of your wrist. Another great place to match foundation, is on the inside of the wrist. That's going to be the closest color to your actual face, so just by putting your foundation there, if it blends in, that's a really good place to try to match your foundation, as well, so those are some tips on how you can match foundation, to any sort of coloring."