What's my skin tone? Cool or warm?

Question

My skin is fair, I have light freckles, and if I wear a foundation I use the color ivory, not too yellow or pink - I have to choose a neutral color because too much pink and I look washed out and too much yellow I'll look sallow. My face is ruddy but my body isn't and my face flushes easily. When I'm in bright sunlight I look kinda pink. My eye color is hazel, green with the middles golden brown. My natural hair color is medium to light brown with a red color to it but it isn't obvious unless under good lighting (I was born a strawberry blonde, had beige blonde hair as a kid, hair went from light auburn to dark auburn as a teen and now it's more brown..if that helps at all.) I recenlty dyed my hair bright auburn blonde and it looks like crap on me, makes my skin look even pinker. I would have thought I was warm but I have blue tinted veins, so I don't know.

If you have any good links with pics of skin tones I'd appreciate it...

ps. The bright auburn blonde had a lot of pink in it at first, looked bad...and now it's this deep orange color (not at all like strawberry blonde btw) and it still looks pretty bad.

Answer 1

If your hair naturally has red highlights, you very likely have a warm skin tone. Also, "ivory" coloured foundation generally has a yellow undertone, not a neutral one, so if it works for you you probably have a warm undertone.

Keep in mind that not all warm colours will look good on you; there are two warm colour seasons: Spring and Autumn. If you look good in muted colours (like olive green or mustard yellow) you're an Autumn. If you look good in clear colours (like coral pink or a clear turquoise) you're a Spring.

Autumns generally don't look good in any kind of pink, whereas Springs do look good in some pinks. If your face flushes easily, that usually is a sign of a Spring; as is having blonde hair that darkened as you got older.

Answer 2

oh my goodness. obviously no one here actually knows what they are talking about. you have a warm skin tone. It's not as simply as 'if you're fair you're cool or if its dark it's warm' It has a lot more to do with the coloured undertone your skin has. You have a lot of redness around your nose and cheek area so you have a warm skin tone. Most people with a more yellowy or olive undertone will have a cooler skin tone. For best results elliminating the redness, try using a liquid green consealer on the areas that are red and then your normal foundation over the top. Now i know that might sound a bit funny but the green colour of the consealer neutralises the red giving it an even base to apply foundation.

Answer 3

I was told in order to find your skin tone, tie a pink scarf (material scrap, whatever you have) around your head, like a headband, covering your hair. Then, do the same with a peach colored scarf. Which one do you think looks best on you? Pink=cool. Peach=warm. If both look equally good on you the you are neutral and can wear it all. From what you have said about your coloring, I would think that greens and chocolates, lavender would look nice on you.

Answer 4

If you go to the mall to Dillard's or Macy's and visit the prescriptives counter they will do a free color analysis on you and tell you. There are four different skin tone colors. (yellow- orange, red, blue red, red-orange)and I have to get my foundation custom made because my skin tone is hard to match. That costs like $50.00 but they will adjust the color for free, (darker in summer, lighter in winter) and it lasts a year.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/C/2381089/0~2377897~2377898~2381040~2381089

Answer 5

Warm

Answer 6

cool and blue and dry and gray and dull