Add in talks of skin tones and undertones, and you may be feeling more lost than ever.

Your skin’s undertones and makeup go hand in hand.

When you use theright shade of foundationfor your skin, your makeup will look a lot more effortlessly blended.

different shades of foundation

Your skin’s tone is the tone of your skin that’s on the surface level only.

Your undertone is the shade that’s underneath the surface level of your skin.

When you have warm undertones, your skin has gold, yellow, or peachy undertones.

woman foundation shades

If your veins have a green shade to them, you most likely have warm undertones.

If your veins have a blueish color to them, then you probably have cool undertones in your skin.

If silver looks better, your skin may have cool undertones.

woman putting on makeup