How To Find Your BEST Foundation Match + Undertone | Anastasia Foundation Sticks | Melissa Alatorre 

SOOOO AGREED!

Totally agree! I pick out my own shades now because the lighting makes my undertone hard to see.

I tell them this all the time. What exactly is the rational behind the lighting. You cannot see the true finish of the makeup you're testing.

Let's take this complaint to their channel...-and MAYBE...they'll get the hint???

I actually swatch makeup and then walk out of the store to check it in natural light. you could try that

Ms. Mintz true

OMG... so me.

Lol. True

so true, it always happens to me. But when I decide what color and buys it, and go home. I always see that I have picked the wrong shade. Either it is to pink or too dark. I hate shopping for foundation.

That was me today at both Ulta And Sephora! I walked out of both places freaking very confused ! I don’t know what kind of people they hire there! Let’s just say both look at veins, one said blue and the other said green and purple blah blah blah. I walked out empty handed! Even a blind person could tell whatever the color they matched me was totally off!

Truth yesssss i wanted to comment this but you alr did 😂

Omg

Rebecca Gurllllll same ! This gurl tried a foundation in my skin and convinced me it was correct, by the time I got home the foundation was 3 shades darker than my skin. I looked like a different person

Rebecca same here..shoutout to us👏

Rebecca SAME, this wmployee at sephora matched me to 1 shade said it was perfect.... when i went into day light all my friends said it was too dark and i even noticed it too. I think i might be 2 or one shade lighter

I almost had a fight with a Sephora employee (joking) but she wanted me to use a much darker foundation, like 4 instead of 2, and I know she was wrong. They also said I have yellow undertone and that's not true either.

If you take it back, they'll swap it.

Same. I have about 30 bottles of foundation, some drugstore some high-end, and maybe 2 out of the 30 I own match me. 😟 The struggle is real

I'm thinking I'll just start buying several shades and returning after wearing it for a bit. It's hard to tell in the store or from a small sample size. You might only get 1 or 2 wears out of a sample.

Sarah Ingerson in the UK all high end brands give you a good size sample.Estee Lauder give a 10day sample Clinique give a 5 day.Take a travel size little pot to the highstreet/drugstore and de pot a sample for your self.My foundation of life is est'ee Lauder double wear light 💚🙋🏻

I'm from the U.S. and I pretty much just shop at Sephora and they like to give you these tiny samples that give you like 3 days at the most and that's if they are feeling generous and if there's product left in the tester. They don't open a new one if the tester is out.

samples are for testing skin sensitivity, not "trials"of products, plus product won't last lost in those jars, so even if you got 10, it wouldn't work as well or the same. so.. that's what the return policy is there for.

Still not sure if I'm olive or yellow.. 🤔 but you're beautiful! 🙌

yyeeeesssss!

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Thank you so much. I think I finally understand my skin tone!

Now I need to rewatch all your videos so I can match myself lol

No it's not.

Subtexto O'Politan it’s a joke.

you must be fun at parties, subtexto

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Or organic chemistry... 😂😂😂

Me too. I wish she was here in Dallas, Texas, the makeup artists here don't know what they are doing.

With me it's the opposite! When I'm bare faced, I look like I don't know makeup so I get asked several times. But when I'm full glam I literally have to flag people down 😭😭 no one will even make eye contact with me!

So true! 👏🏻

I go eyes done only ..if I'm looking for foundation of course...this way , I find I get the BEST of both worlds. They see I'm trying and are MORE helpful...but your right, ZERO makeup = ZERO great service unfortunately...Hope this can help!

Lol I work for a luxury makeup brand and I sways prefer when someone who is shopping for a new makeup look comes in bare faced!! It's like the best so we can try more things instead of the worry of removing the first makeup that you already spent time and product on.

Really good tips x

Toast Lux exactly!!!

match your neck, possibly? since my face is quite red, i have to match my neck.

My chest is like 2 shades darker than my neck and my face is bright red so it's impossible for me to find a shade for each park of my body😂 I personally match the foundation to my chest because it's easier to blend the makeup on your face and down your neck, versus blending the shade all over your entire chest

My neck is like two shades more pale than my face so if I match my face to my neck I just end up using foundation that makes me look pale af there’s no win 😂

My face, neck, chest, shoulders and arms are all different colours altogether..!!! 😫 specifically my face is yellow whereas my neck is just plain dark and something else compared to my face. The chest is yellow too... I don’t think I can ever match my Foundation to my neck firstly, forget the body..!! 😕😩

Giulianamcg this was my exact problem! I have very pale skin but yellow undertones. I recently took a trip to Korea and found that the colors PERFECTLY match my skin tone, without looking too pink or orange. This is probably because a lot of the makeup here is made for women with pale skin and more yellow in their complexion. Also, the coverage of the cushion foundation I purchased is so natural and flawless looking. Needless to say, I won't be purchasing any American foundations from here on out lol. Most Korean products can be found online too :)

I'm more dark but the maybelline fit me was tok pink

Michaela Allen im pale with neutral undertones and i can't stand pale pink foundations

Michaela Allen do you find that Korean products lighten your face? I live in China and have been told not to buy Asian face products because they all use skin lighteners (since the paler you are the more beautiful you are considered here!). I have been purchasing all my makeup every time I visit back home but am wondering if you really see a difference.

Giulianamcg try mac with shade NC

Those yellow lighting is soooo annoying! It's so deceiving when you're trying to figure out your foundation shade (especially if you're just starting out).

Ruth Romero agree totally

@ruth romero Try swatching a few shades at the counter, then going outside in daylight to compare with a mirror, then go back and get the winner!

Glam by Aaron that's an excellent ideal, thank you bc sometimes I'm totally lost with this and I'm totally new to everything

Ruth Romero YASSSS, it looks perfect when I tried and bought it, but when Igot home , i fuckin mad at my self for spending a lot of money on foundation that I'll never use

i use exactly all of the same foundations you mentioned ... you should watch Karima mcKimmie 's channel i can just go and buy the foundations she uses without trying and they match me perfectly. she and Melissa are my favourite you tubers esp for in-depth information.

This comment totally made me realise im olive. Bc warm always looks orange on me and most everything else looks too pink (im of mediterranean descent too)

I'm literally a greenish orange. NOTHING WORKS FOR ME. L'Oréal was a great match for me but guess what now it's discontinued :')

I guess I'll have to try hard :')

starflash 22 I do watch Karima! That's how I found the Giorgio Armani foundation :D

kali dean Yassss

kali dean yes

kali dean No

kali dean She had green eyes and brown skin with black hair 😂

yes she does

Yeah I was lucky enough to go to Sephora when this true professional was there and she was the only one who matched me perfectly and that's how o figured out I am a ultra fair olive shade and funnily enough she was olive as well and told me she could "see the green." Btw my perfect match is 10WY in Urban Decay's newest foundation then I add some green concealer to it and boom, it's a match!

Thank you for the awesome tips! My foundation tends to look pink on my skin. I'm pale and I'm not really sure my undertone I think it's red. The beauty people at the store where I live kinda suck and I've never got matched correctly before. If my skin looks redish without makeup and I'm pale am I warm or cool? Thank you again

Hi Jessica! If your foundation tends to look too pink, you probably have more yellow or neutral undertones. I also have that same issue. I have light skin and most "light" foundations look too pink on me. I always need to make sure I find one that is light with yellow undertones, because even neutral is way too pink for me. What Melissa said about looking at the rest of your body is super important. For example, I have a lot of redness on my cheeks and around my nose, so at first thought you might think "oh, she has red/pink undertones", but that's definitely not the case. If i bring my shoulder next to my face, you can clearly see how "golden" -so, yellow - my shoulders look (specially now after the summer, with a little bit of a tan. When you're very pale it's harder to tell). Do the swatches like she did, bringing it from the center of your face down to your neck. It's best to do them a little more apart, so you can see some of your natural skin next to the color, instead of the next shade. I find that by looking at the swatches on your neck, you can usually tell your undertone (yellow or red/pink or neutral). For example, if the neutral and red/pink undertone shades look too pink on you, you probably have more yellow undertones. If the yellow and neutral shades look too yellow on you, you probably have more pink/red undertones. The shade might be too light if you base yourself on the neck, but in my experience it reflects the correct undertone. Like, you can see the first shade she swatched "beige", it looks perfect on her neck, so it is probably her correct undertone, but it's just too light for the whole face. If that's the case, choose a shade that is a bit darker but with the same undertones. And like she said, ALWAYS look in natural light, that's the only way to see it properly. Also, note that she is basing the warm and cool descriptions on the MAC system, where WARM = red and COOL = yellow. Most of the brands that I use are the other way around. They call warm the more yellow, and cool the more pink/red. For example check out this Estee Lauder foundation on the sephora website, and the Loreal True Match Foundation on the Loreal website. www.sephora.com/double-wear-nude-cushion-stick-radiant-makeup-P410666?skuId=1848704&icid2=products%20grid%3Ap410666 www.lorealparisusa.com/en/products/makeup/face/foundation-makeup/true-match-super-blendable-makeup.aspx?&shade=W2-Light-Ivory-Warm Compare for the Estee Lauder the colors 1C1 and 1W1. And for Loreal, compare W2 and C2. You can easily see how for both brands the ones with the letter C (cool) are pink, and the ones with the letter W (warm) are yellow. They also have the N shades for neutral. So calling it cool or warm depends on the brand. Just try to focus on the color itself, if you are more yellow or more pink, or somewhere in between. Wow, that was long! Hope it helps! By the way, I'm not a makeup artist or an expert on the subject, I just have tried out A LOT of foundation throughout the years :)

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+Marina de Paula I have the same problem! All the lightest shades have too much pink. What foundations and shades work for you?

pleaseeeeeee tell me your lens colour in this video... plzzzz🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

She's definitely a professional makeup artist! 😊👌🏼💗

same here too its soo frustrating honestly

Lindsey yeah I don't think it was grey at all, but I'm not an expert so I can't tell.

LOL Me too. They all look the same after she applies.

When you look at the whole body position of neck, whole jawline & shoulders, it looks too much lighter on her face than on her body ... Pale, like grayed out. So then your face doesn't go matching your body, and that's not a glowing color naturally. So it may not be the perfect shade of foundation for her. I hope this somehow helps, even though the video was very long ago lol.

It was so grey it looked green while she was swatching it at one point 😬

Yesssss I've always wondered why!!! So so informative and helpful

I don't ask for help anymore at Sephora or Ulta because it seems like they don't even know where the products are or they're just clueless. I asked the sephora lady if they have the MUFE Mattifying primer travel size in stock and she told me that they only sell in full size. I was like no??? I have purchased it many times and trying to restock then she says oh........-_- lol. At Ulta I asked if they have the PUR hydra lift in stock and I showed the lady the picture. She was really clueless and says oh we don't sell it here but I found it right after.

+Allison X I walked into sephora and asked to get a product from an employee she completely cluelessly said she didnt even think anything like that existed like i was stupid and looked at me funny and then I escorted her to its display and showed her the tester and she was totally bumed lol she disappeared into the back after. and just few days ago i walked in wanting to buy eyebrow stencils and told an enployee i didnt like the anastasia ones i wanted to try something different at first she told me hey you dont even need an eyebrow stencil and i was like no im really hereto buy them today after an hour drive do you carry any brand other then anastasia shes like no we dont like iam stupid and then because we were standing near a too faced display i said oh may be ill try the ones in the too faced eyebrow kit and she said oh it doesnt even come with stencils then i picked the tester out the display held it up high and pointed at the stencil section and she was like ohhhh.....

OMG SAME well for sephora my ulta has really nice employees but my sephora looks at me like i shouldnt be there and i asked to do the color iq one time and they literally acted like they didnt wanna do it i hate going to sephora

Roze E LOL. Love how they can stand and walk around then say oh we don't sell it here. Unless you point it out. That's funny how she thought theres no stencils in the too faced eyebrow kit 😂

Amanda Crow Sometimes its a good and bad experience >.

Also, I'm between a pale yellow and a pale olive - SO hard to match. Struggletown. 😆

when i first saw her swatch it i was like "girl you in denial because you dont like it, neutral is your colour" but then she faced the front and it did seem way too grey, the warm natural actually looked closest from the front. can see why she had so much trouble matching it lol

She would look the part!

Defne Yanar definitely. she suits the part better than the actress in the new movie

Mona Chroma def not, i think gal gadot was perfect for the role!

Yes!

You can try mixing foundation shades to find the right one for you though :)

oftroy000 Same here only I'm a bit to the more medium tones and everything is just this reddish awful tan and I am forced to mix and use concealers and stuff to make it work

i'm soooo light (nc10) and i can never find a foundation or concealer that isn't too pink after it oxidizes!

I wish i was as lucky as you

We have similar skintones! But in my case I thought I was warm neutral

Live **** I certainly don't love the struggle.

have you tried colour correcting?

+Leeyan Gh That I have... maybe I'm just not the best at it haha but it didn't help that much when I tried it.

Sivana Sisso I've never heard of that before! so what would u recommend for ppl trying to cover up age spots? I'm trying to help my mom but everything I try ends up looking grey.. 🙁

Sivana Sisso nobody wants to use two different foundations everyday having to mix them plus not everyone has the money to buy two different foundations every time they run out

yea. im just realized. so beautiful!

kinda wishin I had eyes like that too lol

Genevevo Official

She could have heterochromia

same i have to mix white foundation with everything. and a drop of a really dark olive.

Nat GL I have just found Rimmel if you don't mind drugstore. The 25 hr foundation has one in light ivory that I have been using. I have heart failure, and some days I have more colour than others, but I grabbed a sample of the cover fx drops in N20 from Sephora. It warms it up if I need it to. Usually I just use the Rimmel though.

thanks! honesty I only use drugstore, I can't afford to spend so much on just foundation to buy a high end one haha 😅 I will look into the rimmel one! I just bought the revlon colorstay in 150buff though, so I'll see if that works first (I have 110ivory but it's so pink!!)

Nat GL same here. Sephora will give you 3 samples at a time, so you could go and grab 3 of the cover fx drops and see if they can get you to the right colour.

Nat GL YOU'RE SUPER PALE???? I'm so pale that the Maybeline one looks orange on me in summer fml

*AM

Saaaaaame. So hard to match to! I've got a few rosy areas, but it's mostly more of barely green, neutral to warm light yellow tone. Such an odd mix of colours to try to match to. Usually I just deal with too pink and too pale and try to fix it with bronzer and blush.

Saaaaaame. So hard to match to! I've got a few rosy areas, but it's mostly more of barely green, neutral to warm light yellow tone. Such an odd mix of colours to try to match to. Usually I just deal with too pink and too pale and try to fix it with bronzer and blush.

Estée Lauder double wear in desert beige is perfect for me, and I have sort of pale, yellow/olive skin too. I always struggle with foundations being either too pink or too orange but this one has perfect neutral undertones without looking muddy! Idk exactly what your skin tone is but it works so well for me

iflymilly I'll check that one out. Thanks!

yes please!

I highly recommend watching Lisa Eldridge, she has made a huge series on how to find a perfect foundation

This site honestly helped me found the good shade of foundation. www.temptalia.com/foundation-matrix/ It's will helped you about your undertone skin by your blood veins are your wrist. Never try the foundation on your wrist cuz your face and the colour of your wrist are totally different colour a light bit darker than your face.

I recommend putting on Chapstick before the liquid lipstick and it works and don't worry it will still dry matte

Also exfoliate

I've already done both of those things before. Doesn't work. :(

Selene Norwood depends on the brand also

lip primer works

YES. This is really important.

If your face is more reddish than your body (I have the same problem) you can swatch either your neck or your chest (which is what I do, because I tend to tan on my neck on summer but not my chest) and avoid makeup that is cool toned because you need to balance those reds and pinks and if you apply more cool toned stuff it's just going to accentuate it, so you need to apply a warm (maybe not too much) but something with enough yellow in it

Ik this is a year late but I have the same problem. My face is not only paler than the rest of my body but also tends to be more pink. The rest of my body has a warm undertone/neutral that leans warm. I didn’t realize this for a while and bought foundations that have matched my face and couldn’t understand why it looked so damn pink. Turns out I actually had more yellow, warm skin and when I started wearing warm foundations it made my face match the rest of my body so well. I’ve found that the best place to swatch makeup is on the top of my hand or my forearm. Also, don’t have someone recommend a undertone for you if you’re in a store that’s low light and if they’re basing it off your face color cause they don’t know what they’re doing lol. I’d also recommend picking warm foundations over neutral ones because neutral foundations have tended to make my skin look dead if it’s fairer or dull if it’s tanner.

Your profile pic is AWESOME!

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If it's lighter, bronzer can help. If it's darker use your concealer to brighten the center of your face. I've seen other youtubers do it and it works

My foundation is a bit to dark, so I use some lighter concealer and put this on my chin, forehead, nosebridge an under my eyes/ on my cheekbone. It works really well to brighten the face and because it's a lighter color it also lifts those arias a bit.

Thanks everyone!

You could use a bronzer if it's too dark on areas likes under your cheek bone, around your forehead. If the foundation is dark however, mix it with a moisturizer and apply a little. You could use a lighter shade of pressed powder in your cheeks because cheeks are the main focal point.

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awwww thanks love!!!!! so much love for snap fam!

Samm Vinesett I know this comment is a year old, but wouldn't pink be a red based color since it is made by mixing red with white?

mayra Interesting point. I actually Google searched it and found mixed answers - red and yellow both being classified as warm, but yellow being classified as neutral too. Also, depending on the shade of red, it can lean warm or cool. So complicated! >_< I think MAC should've just kept things the same as most other brands since this matter of color classification is indeed so complex already.

exactly, all mac's foundations are either pink on me or make me look like I have jaundice

@@janitplanet There are cool reds and warm reds.

would you not be able to visit the counters to get samples before you order?

+Laura Holt try the tester in the counter, yes. But here in my city, there are just 1 or 2 western brands. And for example drugstore product, Maybelline (the one that I know) has different version for Asia and western cosmetics.

same goes for me, i live in Italy and i wanted to try asian products

+Yovita AW go to findatio.com (: it works

Yovita AW You could match your color at the counter and the buy it online or look for a youtuber you feel has a close match to your skin tone and see what they use

I agree. I still would have picked the natural and then brightened up the highlighted areas with a lighter shade.

Don't understand how y'all don't see how it puts a grey cast to her skin. Yoyr foundation needs to match your body and that did not match at all.

Erica Raths Definitely agree with you. Natural is soo grey on her like it has too much pink in it especially because her body is golden not grey lol

Beauty And The Vape brightening it up wouldn’t help. It’s not about being bright, it’s the wrong undertone. She’d look grey with light patches. Just because it’s the right lightness for her doesn’t mean it’s the right undertone.

Yeah I'm very lucky to be a warm olive, but slightly unlucky to be so God damn pale that I have almost no pigment to my skin at all... Maybe the blue foundation adjuster by LA Girl can help make foundations cooler toned and more olive for you, that's what I use alongside their white and yellow adjuster, hope this helps!

thank you*****

I totally agree with you. I’ve made a comment that their advice never worked for me. So after hundreds of dollars I don’t wear any foundation. I’m going to a wedding this summer so I’m trying to figure out what to do because I’m sixty one and my skin is more pigmented 😢

I can see the difference even in this video! It brightens up your skin so very much! Thanks again!

yaa agree it nice

***** my chest is too fair for my face. Isn't applying lighter shade to my face, will look ghastly?

eyein ashburn match with your neck or shoulders

i match it with my hands because i wear hijab

aznfangrl612 I think warm is peachy and/or golden undertones. Yellow undertones is just straight up yellow undertones.