Skin
tones can also be classified as cool or warm (with a neutral in between both), depending
upon whether they tend to be more rosier in a reddish cast undertone (cool) or golden in a
yellowish cast undertone (warm) in hue. To determine your undertone, look at the skin on
your buttocks or over your pelvis. This is the most virginal of skin that almost never
sees the sun, so the true hue in your undertone is most visible. Eye color can also play
into the cool/warm spectrum when determining your color palette. Blue, blue-grey, green,
and hazel fall into the cool category, while browns and deep browns fall into the warm.
Hazel and brown eyes border on the neutral category, between cool and warm.
If you are in need of establishing a good skin care and protection
regimen, start now! It is never too late to stem the tide of damage and smooth out some
mistakes of the past. The goal for any bride on her wedding day is for her makeup to look
polished and finished for a smooth and flawless looking complexion. Now that you have a
bit more understanding of the physiology of undertones and color, these basics will help
you pull it all together and establish a makeup schematic that is best suited to your
individuality and enhancement.
Questions about makeup and skin care? Visit with Suzanne on
www.creativeartistryfx.com, or email her at CreativeArtistry@aol.com
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