Are You Cool or Warm?

According to makeup artist Robert Jones, the unwritten rule fifty years ago was that women had to choose the opposite foundation color of their natural skin tone.  So if you had warm olive undertones, you had to use a pink-based foundation.  By the 80's, women were informed to match their exact undertone.  Which means that if you had yellow undertones, you had to wear a yellow-based foundation.  Now, we have finally discovered that yellow undertones make the skin look the most youthful and natural.  Yellow also brings out the flattering warm tones to make your face look healthier.

Jones says that yellow is one color that everyone has in their skin, it's just that some people have other colors in their skin as well.  Nine out of ten times, everyone looks better with some yellow in their foundation.  It will counteract unwanted tones (like redness) but enhance the tones that you do want to see.

  

(Nicole Kidman: cool,

Natalie Portman: warm)

To find out what undertones you have on your face, try this trick.  In a well-lit area, wear a white shirt and stand against a white wall.  Stare at your face in the mirror for about a minute.  You should start to see colors:  pinks, yellows, blues, oranges, etc.  You may see different tones in different areas, such as pinks on the cheeks, blues under the eyes, yellows around the nose.  If blues, purples, pinks and reds are what you see, then you have a cool-toned face.  If yellows, oranges, and ochres are seen, then you have a warm-toned face.

Another way to determine whether you are warm or cool is the way you tan.  If you tan easily, then you are warm.  If you burn easily, then you are cool.

 Happy findings.