How To Find Your Foundation Undertone at The Drugstore With No Testers 

Finally, a makeup artist who takes the time to demonstrate with models how to choose a good color for foundation !!!!!

PSA: I worked at Target as a beauty consultant and we can help you find the correct match for you - we’re allowed to open products and give out samples and things like that :) So if you see any employees in the cosmetics section, don’t be afraid to ask. Same for Walgreens! There aren’t beauty consultants in every single store but it’s a nice thing to know! Drugstores are stepping up their game.

The employees at our local Ulta and Sephora *need* to watch this! They can't find your correct color to save their lives!

Very informative. Best tip: when deciding between two shades, go with the lighter shade and adjust with bronzer. Dynamite! Thank you, Lisa.

Omg, kamal is gorgeous even without makeup. 😍

Lisa is an excellent instructor. I love how she uses four different skin tones in this video.

Good for you that you have such a diverse group of friends. Right on!

I just started working as a beauty advisor at Ulta and the hardest thing for me has been helping color match customers without being able to use testers and finding the undertones but this video honestly helped break it down sooo much!!

Omg!! All your friends were so sweet!!! Kelly melted my heart!! Her excitement when she saw the final look was sooo cute!! ❤️ So helpful! I always thought I had more yellow undertones, but after watching this, I was like, “girl , what world are you living in?? You’re clearly neutral!” 🤣 Someone lied to me!! 😂😂 Thanks for the help! ❤️

I've tried to understand undertones for years and defaulted to neutral to avoid the issue. It works for me and you just explained why it works. Thank you!

Lisa, I love all your videos and stories, but these type of tutorials is where you really shine! You are a natural at it. Your friend Kelly is a doll!

I also sincerely enjoyed this video hey. It’s so educational. I love the mix of theory (telling us about undertones) and the practical component where you demonstrated it on actual different undertones. This is literally the first RU-vid makeup vid that’s like this. I’m inspired and encourage you to continued making your vids this way. Thank you girl😇

I’m Italian with olive skin (tan so easily & never burn). I was always told that I have yellow undertones. However, I personally have always thought that every foundation I’ve ever used made me look yellow or orange so I eventually just gave up and quit wearing foundation. I recently decided to give it another go but have started buying neutral foundations. They seem to work for me so I guess having olive skin doesn’t necessarily mean you’re definitely a warm/yellow undertone.

Great educational video Lisa! Very useful information. I really enjoy this type of content.

I ran into this video randomly and it is simply amazing! I love the way you explained the undertones and your side to side foundation swatch demos!!

I think this is one of my favorite videos you’ve done! I learned so much and loved the interaction with your friends. You really are an artist!

This was great Lisa! I love Kelly's reaction. It's a great feeling when you actually love the way your make-up (especially foundation) looks!

Great video Lisa! I felt as though I was in a mini makeup class. Your instruction and demos on your friends were important because as a visual learner, it drove it home for me. Thank you again! Your models were wonderful!

This was one of my favorite videos, Lisa! Not only is it a topic I seriously struggle with, I loved you having your friends to match foundations on. It is very helpful to see other skin types and shades and I just really enjoyed the whole thing. I learned to match my chest rather than under my neck/jaw line and I learned neutral is probably good for me because it has both red and yellow.

Thanks for this video I will be looking forward to another like it. Love learning new things even at 78 yrs old.

This was an awesome video! It was so helpful to see the differences between your friends' skin tones and undertones and how you matched the foundation. Kelly's reaction was especially cute! Thank you for describing the color names because I've been buying beige but I think I'm neutral. This will definitely help me get a better foundation match. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

This is soooo helpful to see it on actual people. Your friends all have beautiful skin and are very pretty. Thank you Lisa. Please keep this educational series going!

I've been obsessed with this undertone thing for a while, and I always complain about people talking about different undertones but not actually showing even a picture to make it clearer. This was hands down the best video I've seen on the subject. You are great at explaining and, again, I think demonstrating on models was a stroke of brillance and very generous of you to take the time to do all that. Thank you!

LISA❤️❤️❤️❤️. What a great video!! Not only did you demonstrate on different skin tones and broke your explanation down so seamlessly, but you used one of the best drugstore foundations on the market today; making this accessible to all who are watching - BRILLIANT! I LOVE you, your videos, your eyeshadow palette, and your brushes!!! xoxox

Thank you so much for filming videos like this! They are so informative and helpful!

This was so fun and helpful! Thank you Lisa and friends for helping us all out!♡

Your one of the most sweetest youtubers. Your friends seem to be the perfect reflection of you. 😊

Another great helpful session-Thank you Lisa. LOVED Kelly’s personality x

Ok this is amazing Lisa! ❤ Your bringing something very different and so useful to the RU-vid platform! ❤ You are have a gift for teaching, please keep bringing instructional videos like that, it really sets you apart from the rest❤ Your the best Lisa, keep up the amazing work! ❤❤❤❤

This is hands down the most informative video I have ever come across. Thank you 🙏🏽

Oh my goodness Lisa, I don’t recall when but maybe about 4 or so months ago I stumbled across your RU-vid channel and THANK GOODNESS I DID!! You are so sweet, soooo helpful and informative and I absolutely love your videos bc you truly were meant to make videos helping, teaching and sharing your wisdom and knowledge of makeup artistry!! If you didn’t make videos then I would attend seminars or classes if you held them! You have a beautiful gift of patience, kindness, and explaining things thoroughly but while providing examples and visuals and always so that it actually makes complete sense!! AND your enthusiasm and love for what you do, plus your fun personality and great and always interesting content, makes it so it’s never boring! I never find myself losing interest or focus or having to rewind bc I completely zoned out, and you never talk or go through anything too fast!! I’ve learned so much from you in just the short time I’ve been watching you, actually I’ve learned more from you in that time esp on a couple of my most difficult makeup application techniques, than I’ve learned in the probably 7 or more years I’ve been watching makeup tutorials on RU-vid! LoL. True story. I’m studying to become a certified makeup artists and there are just a couple things that I have down that I can do on others, but on myself - HAHAHA!!! 🤪 However, this video was so much needed, for myself, so THANK YOU!! I keep telling everyone that I can’t go by my veins when it comes to my undertones and I know I’m a neutral, bc cool tones look waaaaay to light and turn my face pink, but warm tones also make me look yellow. I started looking for neutral tones and found that they typically matched my skin perfectly and started getting a lot of compliments on my foundation lol. But when I asked an employee at Sephora AND Ulta to help match me and find my undertone, neither one could when looking at my veins! 🤪 but this was truly helpful bc I wasn’t aware of the shades you mentioned being considered as “neutrals”. Thank you and PLEASE keep the “learning” videos like this coming!! You are so beautiful, inside and out!! Xoxoxo Lots of love!!

Very informative Lisa! One of the most helpful tips I learned was key words that mean either cool, neutral or warm in drugstore foundations. They don’t always say and it’s so hard to find matches sometimes so that was very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this video, Lisa! Yes, please do more education/technique-related ones, especially featuring people with diverse skin tones, ages, and skin types all in one video. You must really have been a very effective trainer at MAC.

Kelly has perfect skin! What freckles! I don’t see any 😁 And she has a gorgeous smile!

You are so fun to watch. Thanks for having realistic people on your channel. Love it! I'm in Austin too. Wishing you all the best and I'll keep watching!

Thank you so much for doing this! I was actually searching YT a couple of days for this info. Your video was not only helpful at the perfect time but very fun to watch. Love your channel!

Thank you. First one of these videos I've seen that addresses someone with a yellow neck but lots of pink coming through. I'm slightly paler though. It's so hard to pick a drugstore foundation.

The vein test was always confusing to me...then I found out I am color blind!

This is hands down the best video I have seen on choosing the correct foundation! You really broke things down in a way that's understandable and truly appreciate it. Looking at the tone of your chest area was something I hadn't even thought of doing. But that's a major help because I just was not sure about my face. I have some redness but at the same time I felt like I had some yellowish tones because I have a lot of freckles and some tan and just really could not tell. This will be very helpful! Thank you! ❤

Girl this is the best freakin tutorial to find your undertone that i have watched to date.... never have i found my shade and i have been at a loss. That is until i watched your videos. I am porcelain white as the snow in the winter or if i stay inside all summer and then the second i see sunlight i tan like no other. It is really bizarre for me. Thank you! What helped most from your video was the models for sure!

This was the best lesson I've ever seen on undertones! I've always found it so confusing. Thank you....I love the teaching videos!

Great video👍 It is very hard choosing the perfect foundation from a drugstore, but this video has helped tremendously❤️

Thank you! I have been trying to figure out my undertone for a long time! Love these educational videos❤️ Tracey🌸

Thank you! I was struggling to find my shade in the drugstore and this video is a life saver!! You’re awesome 🤩

Thank you for making this video, it really helped me understand more.

All of your friends have gorgeous skin! Lucky pups!! I loved this video.

Absolutely genius. Where have u been all my life. Uh completely just changed everything for me. God bless u!!!

I feel much more confident in selecting an drugstore foundation now. Thank you !!

Lovely ladies, I fall in love with Kelli, what a wonderful energy she exudes, very useful video, thanks so much.

This is so enlightening! Wish you could make this a series...Maybe go into finishes like matte, dewy, satin etc. Thank you so much. Need to share this with makeup loving friends.

Thank you so much for this! Dept store foundations can be extremely pricey so I choose to find a quality drugstore alternative. The problem-overwhelming number of shades and choosing the right one without the rep testing them on you! I have gone to the drugstore so often for a foundation and have walked out simply because I didn’t know where to begin to choose the correct shade! Thank you Lisa! ❤️

What a great and informative video Lisa. I have finally found my undertone. Love all your videos ! Thanks again!

Thank you Lisa, I’ve always considered my undertone to be more yellow but I’ll see if a more neutral to yellow may work better. This is a great teaching video and you explain everything well. Thanks so much. ❤️

So helpful! I never buy drug store foundation because I don’t know how to pick the right undertone or get confused with the names. I would always get color matched at Sephora and end up paying more than I want. Thank you!

Thanks for the video! It’s great that you demonstrated on multiple ethnicities and skin tones! Super helpful 👍

Thank you so much! I love educational videos. I also appreciate you doing this on different skin tones. I like that you swatched all 3 colors on the last person. I couldn’t tell which color was right until you did that. It helps me think about what to look for

This was so helpful! I've always chosen cooler tones when I really need to opt for something more neutral in tone.

Lisa ! I really love how you teach! I’m trying to teach myself via RU-vid on how to do make up and your videos definitely are super helpful! Thank you!

Great info, and the visual demo helped so much! Love this kind of teaching video. Matching foundation colors and choosing complimentary color cosmetics does not come naturally to most of us. Thank you!💋

Way too excited for this YAY!!! 😍also you look so fresh and GLOWING!! 😘❤❤

OMG! This is one of the BEST how-to foundation vids I’ve ever seen! Thank you for using a variety of people - shades and ages! 👏👏👏 Could you do more vids like this, pretty please? My request: A pale woman in her 50s with dry skin, some wrinkles, and green color corrector needed. (I mean, if you have someone like that. If not, I’ll volunteer. 😁)

Once again-you are the best-I sound like a broken record but you truly make videos that are not frequent on YT!!! You are almost at 100K subscribers---NO SURPRISE!!!!! xoxo

Yes please continue with videos like this. Knowing the theory behind makeup application is really helpful.

This video is so helpful!! Im planning to buy my first foundation in years today, so this is a massive help. Thank you so much!!!!

All great matches! Your friends are so sweet and Kelly's reaction was great when she saw herself after.❤

Yes, I love that you added that tip about using neutral foundations if you have both yellow and pink undertones

This is some kind of magic - wow! You’ve helped me to learn my skin tone and how to choose which of my foundations to keep, which to throw and which to blend together. Thank you so much for a very comprehensive but fun video.

Loved this but your friends were adorable - loved Kelly! ♥ Elle

You have such beautiful friends with kind hearts! Thank you for this video...so much information.

Went back to watch this older video. This was so informative! Love it

Love this video, was not sure about my undertone but I got it now! Your friends are awesome by the way, it was very nice of them to help people like me figure out what foundation looks the best. Thank you!❤️

This was so interesting. I honestly thought when you swatched, that the classic tan was too yellow for her, but it blended really well on her skin. Thanks for the tips!

Love the education videos! Kelly was a doll! You should bring her on more often as your model to demonstrate. Her enthusiasm was infectious!

You really know your stuff Lisa!! Loved it. Super insightful helpful and hands on!!

Just now watched this the end of December '21 & found it quite pertinent! I've always thought Neutral was a non-precise designation, but you've convinced me otherwise. Thank you for having models!

Swatching all the colors on your models was helpful!! Pretty models too!!

Yes, love this kind of video and I loved that you took the time to bring your 4 friends on, they’re so lovely! 💜

Lisa Id love to see you do more model demos like this!!! Super helpful and Fun!!!

Fantastic video Lisa! I always struggle with finding the perfect match with foundations. Thank you again for a very informative video.

Drugstores here in Australia have testers for all makeup including foundation

Kelly doesn’t need foundation. Her complexion is amazing.

Beautiful models!! Learned warm, cool & neutral undertones. Thank you!💟

Thank you! Very helpful. I now am confident of my skin undertone. I especially am grateful for the pointers about the names of the shades.

Thank you for these types of videos. I have learned something from each one. Also, do another video with Kelly. She is so much fun to watch!

This is so helpful. Do you have any tips for picking the best lipstick color to match and complement your face makeup?

I really like that you showed different shades on the skin next to each other and then picked the best match based on undertone. That was really helpful instead of just telling us what you chose.

Hands down the best video I have watched to explain undertones and how to find your shade and I loved seeing how L'Oréal infallible foundation worked..... Thank you soooooo much for doing this!!!!

As helpful and easy to follow as I've come to expect and enjoy. You are so kind, so calm and almost nurturing to your audience, and I really appreciate it.

please do for how to choose for correct concealer and contour shade

Lisa, THANK YOU for sharing another OUTSTANDING video/tutorial with us! This was the MOST well done video I've ever seen on this topic! I truly APPRECIATE you sharing your precious time, talent, knowledge, & skills with us all so we may learn! Hugs & Blessings 2U

Lisa!! I always learn something with your videos and this one is not the exception!! By far, this is the best video I've ever seen about foundation matching!!! Well done Lisa!!!! 👏👏👋👏👏

For anyone on their own shopping for foundation( due to COVID) a great one to try is L’Oréal True Match!! I wear it and I cannot find Any other foundation that matches my skin exactly like this one does!! They have so many shades you can’t go wrong!!❤️ L’Oréal!! I am a N3 which means I am neutral toned. They have cool and warm tones too!

Very informative. I always have trouble buying foundation so I skip it all together and get tinted moisturizer... can you please make a video of your eye makeup with Kelly?

This was great! Thank you for taking the time to do this💕

So great to see an actual demo on four different depths of skin tones.

The veins in my wrist are blue but I'm very much a warm. I've even had my colors professionally done. Like a blue red lipstick looks horrible on me but a tomato red is perfect.

Suggestion: Please teach how to camouflage deep hollow under eyes. I have a major dip under my eyes. Concealers take away the dark shadow but doesn't cure the dip. Putting powder under my eyes to hide it makes it look ashy, gray, dull and ruins the look. I have yet to find a youtube video that can show how to make them disappear

Love this video and most of all love love Kelly's personality!!

What a great video and your friends are all beautiful. Kelly is an absolute doll! I love how happy she was with her makeup, she’s gorgeous and funny.

I’m so glad you talked about Mac being opposite on how to pick undertone!! Why do they identify pinks as warm and yellow as cool? What’s the thought process on that? Great tutorial sweet Lisa!!😘😘😘