Tips For Choosing Facial Makeup According To Skin Tone According To Experts

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JAKARTA - Make-Up Artist (MUA) as well as beauty content creator on TikTok Alma Tando shares a number of tips for choosing makeup that matches skin color.

The first thing that needs to be done before choosing a cosmetic product, explained Alma, is to know and recognize a person's undertone or basic skin color. “If you already know your undertone, it will be easier for us to determine the shade of the foundation. Usually, there is also a foundation with the same number, for example 32, but in front of it there is the letter 'Y'. If 'Y' means yellow undertone, 'N' is neutral undertone, and 'C' is cool undertone," said Alma quoting an interview with ANTARA, May 26.

He said the three types of undertones, namely warm, cool, and neutral, could be identified by checking the color of the veins. If the veins are green, then it is classified as a warm undertone. Blue veins mean cool undertones, and veins between green and blue mean neutral. After knowing the type of undertone, then choose and identify the range of foundation colors on certain brands that are tailored to the basic skin color so that you don't go wrong when buying products.

"Usually people get this mistake, 'I have light skin, I've been looking for a light foundation, but why is it still ashy (grayish), yes, after using it'. So that's usually the wrong undertone check," said Alma.

Given that color levels are widely divided, he suggests frequent practice of applying makeup. That way, over time a person will learn and find other colors that are suitable for himself, especially when he wants to choose bold colors for eye and lip makeup.

"For example, the color pink, here, there's a lot of pink. There are soft pink, nude pink, shocking pink.

My advice, if you really want something neutral or safe, use a peachy color. It's safe, all undertones are definitely good," he said.

Alma personally has a light skin tone. He usually avoids colors that are too flashy so that if he fails to mix colors, then it is not too strange to the eye.

“I avoid colors that seem too dark, like purple. Purple, I use a soft color, not dark purple," he said.

Meanwhile, for an easy make-up technique, Alma suggests trying the face-lift technique by applying concealer to parts of the face such as the nose, the tip of the eye, or the chin. This technique gives the effect of skin that looks firmer.

“I think this technique can be applied to all face shapes. You can learn that because it really helps. For me, who in fact has chubby cheeks, even using this technique helped and it gave an instant lift effect," he said.