It is important to select the proper cosmetic colors to help inhance your natural beauty. To do this, one must determine their natural skin tone and use color accordingly. Be sure to examine your skin in natural light to achieve an accurate assessment. Below, is a list of skin tones, their basic qualities, along with suggestions for makeup to inhance them.

White complexion has very little color and may appear almost transluscent, similar to porcelain. Those with light colored hair often are associated with white complexions. Since more color is needed, those with white complexions should use a foundation makeup that is a slightly darker tone than their natural skin. Powder should have a pink hue and be a shade lighter than the foundation. Blush should be pink or coral, instead of true red. Eyebrow pencil should be slightly darker than the hair, perhaps a light brown. Eye shadow should be pastel and compliment the clothing. Eyeliner is best reserved for evening, and black is not advised. Mascara may be dark brown. Lipstick should be of a similar hue to the blush, but a shade darker.

Cream complexion is a very desirable skin tone. It has an equal combination of yellow and red, with a touch of brown. The cream complexion needs little help in the way of foundation makeup. Choose a base that is colorless or matches your own skin tone, and a powder a shade lighter than than the foundation. Blush should match the natural color of the cheeks and may be in the range of coral, pink, or red. If the eyebrows are too pale, use an eyebrow pencil slightly darker than the hair. Try choosing an eye shadow that matches your eyes, and otherwise keep the shades light. As to eye liner, match the eye shadow in a darker value, or for evening could be dark brown or black like the mascara.

Pink complexion is more red than yellow and is often found with red hair. It is a florid complexion and may look flushed if it is too pink. It needs it's intensity minimized by a foundation that is less pink than the skin, but not so much as to look unnatural. Oftentimes this skin type has freckles, and one might try finding a foundation that would blend with them. When using a powder, choose a beige tone, but not of a darker value than the foundation. Using blush and lipsticks with orange hues will do wonders to counteract the pinkness of the skin. Auburn is a good color for the eyebrows if one has red hair. Otherwise match the eyebrows to the hair color as closely as possible. A subdued,

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