Regarding hair color and cosmetics: What is the difference between cool, neutral and warm tones?

And how can I tell which one is best suited for me?Regarding hair color and cosmetics: What is the difference between cool, neutral and warm tones?
Here is a great do-it-yourself color test to find what shades will compliment your face as well as your wardrobe鈥?both work together to give you your perfect look.





Remove all make up and style your hair as you usually do. (If your hair is colored, pull it back or wrap in a white towel. This will tell you if your hair color is your best shade.) In front of a mirror large enough to see your entire face and shoulders, under bright sunlight or natural lighting, drape yellow material (any articles of clothing will do) around the front of your neck across bare shoulders and chest. Look at how that color affects your face. If you are warm, it will brighten your appearance, minimize dark shadows and draw attention to your eyes. If you鈥檙e cool the effect will be just the opposite. Your face will look sallow and blotchy with pronounced shadows around the eyes, nose and mouth. If you鈥檙e cool toned, drape blue material to see the effect you鈥檙e going for 鈥?bright skin and eyes with no pronounced shadows. Continue to color test all your favorite tops. Make two piles, one that works and one that doesn鈥檛. When you鈥檙e done, look at the pile that works. Those colors will tell you what makeup shades are best for you.








In general you will find that warm tones best wear beige-based foundations and concealers while cool tones wear ivory-based foundations and concealers.








Warm tones best wear color cosmetics in natural earth colors like mocha, bronze and browns in shades from camel to warm dark taupe. Try eye colors in bright navy, warm tawny oranges and sage, olive, moss, jade, grass, celery and apple greens. Experiment with highlighter shades in white, peach and apricot. For a night out, look for lipstick shades in brick red, dark tomato or burnt orange. Be sure your shimmer has translucent gold undertones.





Cool tones best wear rich colors. Try eye wear in vivid blue-red tones from royal to aquatic blues, sapphire to soft pastels. Look for deep emerald and icy greens, plum and rose-based pinks. Choose highlighter shades in pure or soft white. Pure black mascara enhances cool skin. Be bold in lip colors like ruby and electric pinks.





Hope this was helpful to you ~~~





http://www.carefair.com/Makeup/Are_You_W鈥?/a>Regarding hair color and cosmetics: What is the difference between cool, neutral and warm tones?
You skin already has undertones in it, and you're just picking the hair or cosmetics colors with the same undertones so it doesn't look too weird on you. For example- if you're cool-toned and pick a warm-toned foundation, it may look orange on you.





One way to tell what you are is to look at the veins in your arm- if they're green you're more warm, if they're blue you're more cool. Pink-y based skin (rosy cheeks) is cool, more yellow or olive based skin is warm. Also, in clothing- cool toned people look better in silver, blue, purple, etc, while warm toned people look better in gold, orange, red. If you can't tell for sure either way (like if your veins are blue but your skin is more yellow-based, etc), you may be neutral.





People at any cosmetics counter should be able to tell you what you are.





Also- remember that just becase you're cool or warm doesn't limit you from wearing certain colors. You just have to pick the right shade of that color to look best on you. For example- I'm cool toned and can wear blue-based red lipstick, even though red is a ';warm'; color, the undertones in the lipstick are blue rather than yellow.
it has to do with the undertones in ur skin. i'm sure everyone keeps saying that but what it means to you is this... if you have a warm undertone and u wear cool colors and foundation it will make ur skin look ashy or pale. if you have cool undertones but use warm makeup and colors it can make up look like ';fake-tan Barbie'; naturals can wear whatever.
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