If your skin tone is pink or olive based:
- Use an amber-yellow-based concealer and vanilla highlighter.
- Start with a creamy luminescent shadow in mauve, bronze-gold or beige-white.
- Experiment to find the color that flatters your skin and eye color. Choose shades that are "dense" in color, meaning they contain lots of pigment. This way a tiny bit of shadow covers easily.
If your skin tone is deeper, medium to dark brown:
- Use a concealer in red-gold-based shade and a highlighter in a warm neutral tone, including warm yellow or amber. (Stay away from blue-based or silvery products.)
- Dark skin tones may need two foundation shades: a deeper shade that matches the tone in the frame of the face and a lighter tone that matches the inner part of the face.
- Use cheek and eye colors in gold, bronze, berry and burgundy.
If your skin tone is yellow based: