topic Re: Undertones in Beauty

Undertones

Katcat1 — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:36:04 GMT

Years ago at the Prescriptives counter I was told I was a warm undertone. Oh, they were so wrong. I wonder if those girls were ever trained. I found out if you burn in the sun, have blue veins (look at your wrist) you are COOL. If you tan in the sun, have green veins, you are WARM and if you can't tell the color of your veins you are NEUTRAL. I always burned in the sun even with suntan lotion. I cannot wear warm foundation but I can wear certain warm shades of lipsticks and also peach/coral blush. Look better in pink blushes and pink & rose shades of lipstick. Do you know your undertone? Do certain color lipsticks and blush look better on you?

Re: Undertones

Texasmouse — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:49:33 GMT

I have both green and blue veins so supposedly, I'd be considered a "neutral" but every time I try a foundation in the neutral range, it looks gray on me. I had my colors done years ago and was told I was a "summer" and pink blush definitely looks better on me than peach blush, although I can wear a coral lipstick.

Re: Undertones

on the bay — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:59:31 GMT

I'm a definite cool winter.

And it is so hard to find anything besides a yellow based foundation so I just don't wear it anymore.

I don't really like the feel of it or how it looks anymore anyway.

I usually always wear a pink gloss.

I've tried darker and a red and I look like a clown or like a little girl playing dress up! 😆

Re: Undertones

Gerdane — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:28:44 GMT

Re: Undertones

Texasmouse — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:16:38 GMT

@Gerdane

I must admit, I've never heard of a "warm summer" although it makes sense as there must be people who "pull" one way or another and don't fit neatly into totally warm or cool categories. Whenever I wear a cool pink lipstick, it looks very blue on me. Warmer pinks (corals) look like a flattering shade of pink on me. So, maybe I am a "warm summer"!

Re: Undertones

september — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:39:15 GMT

I'm really aware of this, since for a while, I had a stylist/colorist who said I needed warm tones in my hair. I thought I always looked too "golden"and this looked unnatural on me.

I went to a new salon and was told what I already knew....That I looked best in cool shades. Don't know why the other person didn't see this!?

Re: Undertones

Gerdane — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:26:05 GMT

Re: Undertones

suzyQ3 — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:43:14 GMT

I just wear clothing or apply makeup that I think looks nice on me.

Re: Undertones

Texasmouse — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:01:56 GMT

My mother used to wear a lot of beige thinking it was a cassic color and that it made her look elegant. I never had the heart to tell her she looked dreadfully all one color (her hair, skin and clothes) and that the color beige did not suit her. She never had her colors done but I suspect she was a summer like me. I can't wear beige either.

Re: Undertones

on the bay — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:18:46 GMT

@Gerdane-

Thank you so much! I had no idea they have a website that sells makeup!

Very fun!

I got the book when it first came out so you know how old that is!

My sister discovered it first and insisted I try it. At first I thought, this is dumb, I

just wear what I like but I started noticing how much better she looked in her clothes and she said thats because she was wearing her colors.

It does make a big difference.

I think some people are pretty intuitive about what looks good on them but her season of colors really does bring out the best in everyone.

Thanks again. I'll have fun looking!

Re: Undertones

Gerdane — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:13:25 GMT

Re: Undertones

millieshops — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:37:58 GMT

@Katcat1All the make-up artists in the department stores are trained -trained to sell!. I'm not as sure about color training.

I am very orange so I do need a warm foundation, but choosing which warm still takes a good color eye. Not all warm foundations work for me and when Prescriptives was in the stores not all of the reps had the same eye. However, they did all manage to get close, something no Lancome rep I tried ever did. Too bad for me Prescriptives disappeared and Lancome is still there - although Lancome does sell some skincare I like.

Re: Undertones

Leu — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:08:21 GMT

Extremely fair, freckled, redhead with neutral tones. I look like a cooked lobster after thinking of the sun. I cannot do warm or cool foundations ever. I try to tell makeup artists I need neutral but they insist on trying cool or warm first. Every. Single. Time.

Re: Undertones

Desertdi — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:58:28 GMT

@Gerdane wrote:
Texasmouse, How nice of you not to say anything to your Mom! I wouldn't have either if she went that long feeling confident in her colors! I have learned so much about this that I love sharing what I know with others. Heck, I even got my husband interested in knowing his colors. We can be out shopping and he now knows what colors look best on him. If he isn't quite sure if something is his color he will show it to me and ask if it's his color! My Mom and I would talk about color seasons and I always thought she was an autumn. I couldn't figure out how she was an autumn and all of her children are all summers like my Dad was. I saw something online one day that sealed it for me as a true way of knowing your season without looking at veins. It is as easy as looking at your iris! Here is how it goes: You are an autumn if the pattern in your iris resembles the Aztec sun. You are a spring if the pattern looks like sun rays. Summers have a pattern that resembles cracked glass, as if someone through a ball through a window and it has that shattered look (mine resemble cracked glass) and winters have a pattern that looks like spokes, like on a bicycle. It was such a neat way to discover seasons and I have yet to find anyone who it doesn't work with! Try it!!

@Gerdane Mine look like mushroom gills.......what category would that be............? I can't decide.

Re: Undertones

Katcat1 — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:40:56 GMT

@millieshops, Did you know Prescriptives is available online?

Re: Undertones

SilleeMee — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:51:58 GMT

Why is it that you can take your old can of paint to a paint store, get it electronically scanned and get it perfectly matched to a new one yet the cosmetic industry has not developed a method of doing this for foundation??

Re: Undertones

millieshops — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:05:15 GMT

@Katcat1Thanks for the reminder!. I did know and forgot. Just yesterday as I was sorting and tossing, I found an almost empty tube of their lipstick from some years ago. I'm going to look to see if it might still exist.

Finding color for my face that isn't pink, isn't muddy, but also doesn't turn too orange is a challenge. Prescriptives used to meet that challenge fairly often.

Re: Undertones

Harpa — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:43:43 GMT

Don't forget that those peaches, pinks, corals & reds in color cosmetics have undertone, too. Sometimes sitting there looking pretty in the tube or the case can be deceiving.

I've trained my eye to look for the color tones that best compliment my neutral-cool skin color.