Manhattan Mineral makeup
The first step to finding your perfect mineral foundation is to figure out your skin's undertone--cool, warm or neutral.
To achieve a perfect flawless finish, you must choose a mineral foundation shade that closely resembles or matches exactly your own natural colouring. Nobody's skin is identical, but we do all have one thing in common. That one thing is that we all fall into is distinct groups of colour tones.
Cool Tones - obvious red or pinkish tones dominating your features without much yellow, pale pink complexion with redness showing specially on the areas of the cheeks, deep pink or red complexion again with redness on cheeks or peach complexions that have red or pink as the dominant colour tone. Your veins could be 'bluish' coloured. Another good clue as to whether you’re warm or cool is by what type of jewellery (gold or silver) looks best on you. If silver looks best on you colour wise, then you probably have a cooler undertone.
What do Cool skin tones look like
True olive complexions, like most Asians. Some Mediterranean and African Caribbean Brown with pink undertones
Medium with no colour in the cheeks
Medium with faint pink cheeks
Medium with golden undertones
Pale with no colour in cheeks
Pale with pink undertones
Brown or bronze when tanned
Warm Tones -obvious yellow tones dominating your features without much red or pink, pale yellow based complexion with no hint of redness or pink, deep yellow complexions, again with no hint of redness or pink, peach/orange shades that have yellow or gold as the dominant colour tone and your veins could be greenish in colour. Another good clue as to whether you’re warm or cool is by what type jewellery (gold or silver) looks best on you. If gold looks best on you colour wise, then you probably have a warmer undertone.
80% of women are warm undertones:
What do Warm Skin Tones look like
Some Mediterranean and African Caribbean
Brown with golden undertones
Pale with peach or gold undertones
Golden brown when tanned
Neutral Tones - neutral colouring or certain types of 'olive toned' folks fair a lot better when they wear a neutralized coloured toned foundation. These neutralized colours can range anywhere between 'greyish' or 'olive (greenish/yellow)' in tone. Another good clue as to whether you are indeed a neutral tone is by taking a look at the jewellery you wear. Neutral tones can wear both gold and silver.
