Understanding Skin Undertones: Tips for Choosing the Right Makeup for Your Client's Skin Tone
As a makeup artist, understanding your client's skin undertones is crucial to selecting the right makeup shades and products. Skin undertones are the subtle hues that lie beneath the surface of the skin, and they are categorized as either cool, warm, or neutral. Knowing your client's undertone will help you choose the right foundation, blush, eyeshadow, and lipstick shades to enhance their natural beauty.
Here are some tips for identifying your client's undertone:
Look at the veins on their wrist: If the veins appear greenish, they likely have warm undertones. If the veins appear bluish or purplish, they likely have cool undertones. If it's difficult to distinguish between green and blue, they likely have neutral undertones.
Consider how their skin reacts to the sun: If they tend to burn easily and their skin appears pink or red, they likely have cool undertones. If they tan easily and their skin appears golden or yellow, they likely have warm undertones.
Look at the natural color of their hair and eyes: Clients with warm undertones tend to have golden, honey, or caramel-colored hair and eyes. Clients with cool undertones tend to have ash-brown or black hair and blue, gray, or green eyes.
Once you've identified your client's undertone, here are some tips for choosing the right makeup shades:
Foundation: For clients with cool undertones, look for foundation shades with pink or blue undertones. For clients with warm undertones, look for foundation shades with yellow or golden undertones. For clients with neutral undertones, look for foundation shades that are neither too pink nor too yellow.
Blush: For clients with cool undertones, choose blush shades that are pink or berry-colored. For clients with warm undertones, choose blush shades that are peach or coral-colored. For clients with neutral undertones, choose blush shades that are a mixture of pink and peach.
Eyeshadow: For clients with cool undertones, choose eyeshadow shades that are cool-toned, such as blues, greens, and purples. For clients with warm undertones, choose eyeshadow shades that are warm-toned, such as oranges, browns, and golds. For clients with neutral undertones, choose eyeshadow shades that are versatile and can work with both warm and cool tones.
Lipstick: For clients with cool undertones, choose lipstick shades that are pink or berry-colored. For clients with warm undertones, choose lipstick shades that are peach or coral-colored. For clients with neutral undertones, choose lipstick shades that are a mixture of pink and peach.
Understanding your client's skin undertones will not only help you choose the right makeup shades but will also show your professionalism and attention to detail. By providing a personalized makeup experience, you'll create loyal clients who trust you with their beauty needs.
