#Yellow and pink tones on face skin#
If your skin is olive and deeper in tone, then you should keep the same tone in foundation to have a perfect, blended, match – go a yellow foundation. Other makeup products can brighten, lighten add colour, but skin should look like real skin and the same base, just more even, when using foundation. If your skin is showing pink, avoid a pink base foundation to show less pink, you would be best using a Neutral (if fair) or a Yellow (if dark) base foundation to take away and correct the pink. This becomes a Neutral base foundation. Now, seeing a dull looking foundation, concealer or even bronzer in their packaging may not always look or even sound appealing, but you must think of the skin it is being applied on: Lastly a mix of Black and White pigments will create a flat and dull looking foundation. As the pigment is deep in colour, anything light in colour like a pink base foundation/concealer will only make the area look grey and dull, even with freckles.
#Yellow and pink tones on face pro#
MB PRO TIP: Always test a foundation on the actual place where it is going to be applied. Best is the side of the cheek and down to the jawline, to make sure it is not too dark for your neck area.Ī yellow base foundation is also fantastic for anyone suffering with pigmentation.
So many European cosmetic brands are known for having very yellow looking foundation shades, this is because most are made in Europe and tested on European skins, which in my experience in the retail world have put off some consumers, but in most cases, the right intensity (light or dark) of yellow base foundation will actually suit most skin tones more than a pink base foundation once applied and blended on the skin. More y ellow in the mix means the result of the very common, yellow base foundation. Like with every base, the intensity will change as we are all different shades of colour, but our base will remain the same. Because skin today contains more pink tones, visible on the surface as mentioned above, as well as the fact that European skin and deeper tone Asian skin needs a yellow base foundation, this undertone is the most sold and used in Australia. MB PRO TIP: The only skins that really should be using a pink base skin is an extremely fair tone skin or a skin that suffers from extreme sallowness/grey tone and some of the elderly with lack of colour. A dull skin with a yellow undertone that cannot wear a pink base foundation, due to lack of bendability, should try a lilac, pink or even pearl base primer/corrector under foundation to achieve brighter looking skin. Seeing as most Asian skin is yellow to a deep yellow tone, a pink base should not be used for a natural blend at all, only if the tone is of an extreme pale tone for brightness. More red in the mix means it will have a pink base in foundation – normally brighter looking and gives colour to very dull skin, or usually ivory looking for an extremely fair skin tone. This base is the least used/popular out of all the bases mainly because a lot of skins today contain pink traces through it, mainly from sensitivity, climate or age.Īdding a pink base foundation already on a skin showing redness can cause more unwanted pink tones, but in saying that, adding a pink base foundation on a yellow base skin, can obviously show that the two bases do not match and cause greyness on the skin, resulting in a very obvious ‘I’m wearing foundation look’ and not in a good way as it will not ‘blend’ seamlessly into the skin. MB PRO TIP: All foundations have 4 main pigments: Red, Yellow, Black and White. The concentration of each pigment determines the base of the foundation – Pink, Yellow or Neutral.
Like any skin, a foundation match is vital for success with natural beauty, but understanding the bases of foundation can assist on this success. So how do we know what foundation base is correct? The Asian skin tone comes in many shades, but the base is all the same, yellow or some have even called it a sallow looking skin.īecause of this, there are definitely shades of foundation/concealer to avoid, but it can be confusing, as some Asian skin tones are very fair, even with pink showing through and then we have the tan end of the scale, most with the common concern of pigmentation.