Warm, Neutral Or Cool?

Before reading any further, I would like to remind everyone that I am NOT an expert in this. I only know a thing or two (maybe three) about finding the best shade or classify yourself into which chart. The biggest question and the hardest to answer is "what is the best chart for your skin tone?".

And for this article I will share a bit of my knowledge so hopefully after reading this, you will understand that we are different but there is a thin life that will help us as sisters to decide which ones are we.

That thin line is the "TINT" or you may know it as well as "UNDERTONE".

First let us separate the chart into the easiest options:

1. LIGHT
2. MEDIUM
3. DARK

Now let us find in which sections are you. I consider myself as "pretty light", i am in the middle, i am in between. Now let's find my "tint" or "undertone", I can fairly decide that i am light-medium or neutral. Then move on to the next step, decide which  UNDERTONE will suit me best :

1. COOL
2. NEUTRAL
3. WARM

This is when you get a headache, what does cool undertone mean? What is warm undertone? or more big questions to decide in which charts are you hahaha! This takes a serious science for us girls to find the best match. hahaha!
But let me help you out with this chart that I quoted from sunglasseswarehouse./com

Undertone is the skin under your surface that will crete the tint of your tone

But honestly, I am quite confident that you can always create your own undertone as your wish by using the right tools (foundation, brush, techniques, etc) to build the solid base. I know that I am light but I LOVEEEEEE COOL shades like crazy in love. So to pull that colour, I will create the right base on my face. I know building the right base or foundation is not easy if you can't even find the RIGHT foundation to match your skin.

Variation of Foundation that I own. Mostly beige, light to medium, and fair light. But I also prepare one warm colour to mix with the lighter shade.

Or you can try this way, by using metal to identify which undertone are you. If you look better with silver, you are COOL UNDERTONE. If you look better in gold, you are WARM UNDERTONE. But if you feel like you can pull the look with both metals then you are a NEUTRAL like myself.

Also you need to know the difference between NC and NW in MAC product code. I asked the Beauty Assistant once. And she told me that NC stands for NEUTRAL COOL (Cool undertone) -that explains why in Indonesia we are mostly using the NC shade- and NW stands for NEUTRAL WARM (Warm Undertone). I'm using both code NC and NW but in different products, like my studio fix is NC20-25 and my pro longwear concealer is NW20-30.

UNDERTONES does not mean more pale or more darker, it explains more about the tint under your surface tone. I hope this article will help you ladies to decide which ones are the best for you.

If you are still having a hard time, then grab one of your best foundation shade and go to http://www.findation.com to find the right shade for you based on your previously owned-foundie.

GOOD LUCK, LADIES!