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Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone

  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    By Zoe SchaefferLayering on your favorite shade of makeup with reckless abandon is what most of us do, well, most of the time. But choosing the right shades for your skin tone can be the difference between looking good and looking flawless. We asked two celebrity makeup artists for their expert advice to help us make the proper picks.
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    “A true pink lip looks best on fair skin that doesn’t have pink undertones,” says Byron Williams, celebrity makeup artist and owner of Byron and Tracey Salon in Beverly Hills. “When my clients with this skin tone want a natural look, this is the shade I choose.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Celebrity makeup artist Kimara Ahnert likes metallic shades on all skin tones but says they look best on smoother, younger skin. “They can make wrinkles and dry skin look even worse than they are.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Byron agrees that metallics work well on all skin tones but says they really make olive skin pop — especially with nighttime looks. “I use this shade sparingly to highlight certain areas of the eye. The look is fun!”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Byron says that fair skin can really benefit from the right shade of blush. “Pale pinks and peaches will add some life without imparting too much color.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Both Byron and Kimara agree that everyone looks great in a smoky eye. The idea is to blend it well and apply subtlety when applying on small eyes.
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Byron says it’s easiest to play with cheek color on someone who has a medium skin tone. “Warm shades like light plums and pinks look spot-on.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    “Dark skin needs a saturated color to pop against skin tone or it can look grayish,” says Kimara. “Rich berries and garnets are ideal blush choices.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    “Girls with fair skin look great in taupe and mushroom shadows because they’re shades that still look soft and classic.” says Byron. We think this bronze shade should be Katy’s go-to.
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    “I like to use warm golden blush and bronzers for girls with olive skin,” says Byron. “The trick is to use just enough color to warm up the face and make her look as if she’d been in the sun.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Kimara says that red lips look best on fair skin that is flawless. “This sharp shade makes an impact and is best worn against a porcelain complexion.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Kimara says that fair skin usually has a combination of pink and yellow undertones but leans more toward the pink spectrum. “It’s wise to stick with a foundation shade with similar undertones because anything too yellow will look too dark and sallow.”
    http://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/24982_Original.jpg
  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Byron says that warm plum shadows are stellar on dark skin. “You can even add a touch of metallics for some glow.”
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    Shades in the orange family need to be worn wisely, otherwise they can look clownish. “Coral shades look great on skin with yellow undertones,” says Kimara. And we agree that Whitney Port wears it well.
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  • Ultimate Makeup Shades for Your Skin Tone
    “Earthy shades look amazing on medium skin,” says Byron. “Coppers and taupes are great shadow choices, and I love to accent them with a navy liner.”
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  • Color Coded

    1 of 15

    By Zoe Schaeffer

    Layering on your favorite shade of makeup with reckless abandon is what most of us do, well, most of the time. But choosing the right shades for your skin tone can be the difference between looking good and looking flawless. We asked two celebrity makeup artists for their expert advice to help us make the proper picks.

  • Pink Lady

    2 of 15

    “A true pink lip looks best on fair skin that doesn’t have pink undertones,” says Byron Williams, celebrity makeup artist and owner of Byron and Tracey Salon in Beverly Hills. “When my clients with this skin tone want a natural look, this is the shade I choose.”

  • Metal Head

    3 of 15

    Celebrity makeup artist Kimara Ahnert likes metallic shades on all skin tones but says they look best on smoother, younger skin. “They can make wrinkles and dry skin look even worse than they are.”

  • Bright Eyes

    4 of 15

    Byron agrees that metallics work well on all skin tones but says they really make olive skin pop — especially with nighttime looks. “I use this shade sparingly to highlight certain areas of the eye. The look is fun!”

  • Peachy Keen

    5 of 15

    Byron says that fair skin can really benefit from the right shade of blush. “Pale pinks and peaches will add some life without imparting too much color.”

  • Smoke Out

    6 of 15

    Both Byron and Kimara agree that everyone looks great in a smoky eye. The idea is to blend it well and apply subtlety when applying on small eyes.

  • So Cheeky

    7 of 15

    Byron says it’s easiest to play with cheek color on someone who has a medium skin tone. “Warm shades like light plums and pinks look spot-on.”

  • Berry Fine

    8 of 15

    “Dark skin needs a saturated color to pop against skin tone or it can look grayish,” says Kimara. “Rich berries and garnets are ideal blush choices.”

  • Bronze Metal

    9 of 15

    “Girls with fair skin look great in taupe and mushroom shadows because they’re shades that still look soft and classic.” says Byron. We think this bronze shade should be Katy’s go-to.

  • Sunny Disposition

    10 of 15

    “I like to use warm golden blush and bronzers for girls with olive skin,” says Byron. “The trick is to use just enough color to warm up the face and make her look as if she’d been in the sun.”

  • Fire & Ice

    11 of 15

    Kimara says that red lips look best on fair skin that is flawless. “This sharp shade makes an impact and is best worn against a porcelain complexion.”

  • Strong Foundation

    12 of 15

    Kimara says that fair skin usually has a combination of pink and yellow undertones but leans more toward the pink spectrum. “It’s wise to stick with a foundation shade with similar undertones because anything too yellow will look too dark and sallow.”

  • Plum Role

    13 of 15

    Byron says that warm plum shadows are stellar on dark skin. “You can even add a touch of metallics for some glow.”

  • Coral Correlation

    14 of 15

    Shades in the orange family need to be worn wisely, otherwise they can look clownish. “Coral shades look great on skin with yellow undertones,” says Kimara. And we agree that Whitney Port wears it well.

  • Earth Mama

    15 of 15

    “Earthy shades look amazing on medium skin,” says Byron. “Coppers and taupes are great shadow choices, and I love to accent them with a navy liner.”

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