The Ultimate Guide on How to Find Your Undertone

Welcome to the first video in my Beauty Basics series!
Today I’m sharing 10 tests you can use to figure out your undertone. I hope this is helpful!
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[@santorinidelight]

As a non-native English speaker, I totally understand every words because you pronounced them very clearly! Thank you so much ❤

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so very happy to hear that. Thank you for your kind words, and for watching! ❤

[@debn100]

My undertone is oliveish/yellowish and you are spot on about the colors in my wardrobe. I never wear bright white unless I have a tan.

[@Rhauxshna82]

I have the same. I have a pale Cool Olive undertone but a yellow skintone. I can look very pale, almost white but can turn rose-gold/golden in sunshine. My liquid foundation looks banana/lemon yellow! Lol

[@turnipgirl11]

Every single test says I'm neutral undertoned. My entire life I've been applying makeup for cool undertones purely because I have very light skin; no wonder I looked so washed out! Thank you for such a clear, concise video!

[@chelseabunker2391]

I have been frustrated for several years now with warm vs cold being the only options I was seeing for undertone. Even once I found the idea of neutral, it just didn’t seem right since I actually cannot pull off any color. Cream, khaki or yellow tones make me look sick. But something about various shades of blue don’t look right either, it gives me a less sick, but strange washed out look. I think I must be olive? I love the way turquoise and deep hunter greens or burgundy and dark plum purples look on me. I’ll have to do all these tests to know for sure, but it makes so much sense as to why I’ve been so stumped.

[@computersandcoffee]

You are the first person who has ever been able to really help me with this. Thank you! I always thought I had olive undertones, but when I would talk to people about it they would disagree, and this is probably from the redness on my face too! However, my skin responds very similar to you in many of the situations that you described.

[@HeatherBDentureDiVa]

Listen I went all over the internet to make sure I was correct with my undertone. I'm Italian and Brazilian and I want to make sure mine is correct. You were the only one that gives actual information and explain. Amen to that!

[@azaats310]

This was really comprehensive and educational! Thank you ❤

[@azraprinceza]

BEST VIDEO EVER! Thank you ❤

[@caravanrose]

As a more cool toned light olive, it took me years to figure this out, too! Glad this info is finally getting out. Well done. Most color analysis completely ignores olives, esp. paler olives.

[@pinktastic6159]

I am a super fair cool olive. Most of my family are medium or light-med olives. Awesome! Foundation for me is never quiiiiiite right.

[@caravanrose]

@@pinktastic6159 yes, I know what you mean. Its really difficult to find light olive foundation. I don't wear foundation too often anymore but a few years ago I bought the blue and the white LA Girl mixing pigment and it helped with that issue a lot, so you can tweak your color. I think they still make it. It wasn't expensive and worked great. If you haven't tried it, you might give it a shot!

[@beccaperkins]

@@caravanrose @Pinktastic615 i think I’m neutral olive. Color analysis leans cool and i like silver jewelry better but other markers lean warm. I have a yellow/green skin. No pink at all. Veins all 3 colors. Foundation had been a huge issue because nothing ever really matched. I didn’t wear it for years. I finally found Root Pretty makeup and they have a Cool, Warm, Neutral, and Golden line. The Golden is perfect! I’d highly recommend trying a Golden foundation for Olive skin tones!

[@creselasaurfang9850]

Thank you so much for this video!! I had no idea that olive undertones existed until now.

[@juditwagner2891]

The best video ever I have seen, and the only one that is really helpful 💎 thank you for your expertise, for being detailed, complete and easy to follow

[@LifeasAryes]

This was very helpful! I was struggling for years, and this video helped me so much! Thank you

[@LB-ku6ry]

The most thorough video on undertones!

[@ritabar3103]

Thank you for explaining so great!!! you are amazing! ❤💚💙👍👍

[@slalrempuii5898]

This is actually so helpful and theres no unnessecary talk thank you soo much im so glad i found you❤

[@stephanieholiday]

Super excited for this beauty basics series!! ❤️

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad! Thank you!!! 💖

[@juliesmith8667]

Thank you friend r such a well thought out and educational video!

[@silviapineiro-garbin6613]

The best explanation I have seen by a mile, thank you! this should be the mostly highly viewed explanation on the this topic. Hope the algorithm recognizes its value

[@evakalan4504]

Thank you for the video. I think I have the same skin tone as you. So this was really helpful.

[@akptarmigan]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@user-qv4ni9hd8m]

Thank you for this informative video! 🙏 💜 Kim

[@user-pr9mw8gn4p]

I just love your face shape girllll❤️❤️❤️

[@RosieWilliamOlivia]

This was extremely helpful and informative!! Thank you!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! You're welcome! ❤

[@moonchild650]

I am pale olive with cool undertone, but I enjoy wearing bright tomato red (it makes me happy and vibrant wearing this color, but I do look a bit yellowish...) and camel (I solve the problem of the color being unflattering on me by wearing a blue/ green/ purple/ cherry red silk scarf close to my face).

[@Jeremiah13tears]

What’s happening that you do not make more videos? You really have amazing potential to carve yourself a phenomenal following and path. This video was super informative off the bat.

[@hibiscus752]

This was so helpful! Thanks ❤

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@melissaevans6090]

I truly enjoyed this video. Very informative and I love the way you speak! Thank you for taking the time to do this!

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching! ❤❤

[@odesseoudkerk187]

Thank you so much, I’m olive undertone l, which makes so much sense, cause it’s not much olive undertones out there and also for darker skin tone!

[@KatrinaNorth]

Love this video I really had no idea at all about undertones until watching this 🥰

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching! 💖

[@Toni-zo8xz]

Thank you so much for this! It was so helpful. Wow!

[@michellelondyn]

You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! ❤

[@cvrative]

This is an amazing video. Amazing. Thank you!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful. You're welcome! ❤

[@pamelaoboli6076]

Thank you for this video, love it❤️

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@sammiekay08]

Absolutely fantastic video and SO helpful. Finally feel like I have some real clarity on this topic. Thank you so much!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! You are very welcome! ❤

[@RachelKP503]

Very helpful video and SO much rings true! Thank you!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@trishbresolin8212]

Thank you so much! It's been hard for me to figure this out!

[@michellelondyn]

You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! ❤

[@jspohl]

Thank you! Very helpful and thorough - although browns and every colour can come in warm and cool tones too so it may be better to go by the tone than colour. If we have gold or warm highlights or a tan cool tones can make gold and cool toned warm colours work. I was lucky when I was a teen and a group of ladies plonked me down in a chair at their colour party I was passing by and used me as their first test model holding up swatches to my face and informed me I was a winter which is why black and winter white work for me but I still could get away with cool shades of brown and pale lemon yellows which are warm but cool enough to get away with when I have a bit of a tan. A tan made me verge on olive a bit more especially as I have hazel eyes. It helps to judge in window light too which is what artists sometimes do to see pure colour or bluer veins might appear green in warm indoor lighting or even change slightly with a tan or over time. 🌈

[@emilyrose9518]

This was supremely helpful!!!! :D Thank you for this. Also. I love the no-makeup look on you! You have a great complexion.

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! You're welcome. :) And thank you for your kind words! ❤

[@angiect3791]

This was the most helpful explanation I have seen. I would love to see more along this topic

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching. I'm working on a foundation guide right now. It should be out in the next couple weeks. 😊❤

[@Narimaamsterdam]

Oh thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏 . This is such useful content. Helpful. I think you deserve an award⭐️✨️

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm so glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching ❤❤

[@lunar6162]

Fantasic. Best description I've heard. Thank you. Love your content beauty and humbleness ❤

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your incredibly kind words. I'm so glad the video was helpful! Thanks for being here. ❤

[@tiffanynicole5920]

This is by far the best video I’ve seen on under tones. It’s just a plus that you have very calm soothing voice lol TY

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so glad it was helpful!! Thank you for watching. ❤❤

[@diamondlight8862]

Beautiful and informative tutorial video, thanks!❤

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your kind words, and for watching! ❤❤

[@TracyAmor]

Wow, finally a wide range of tests! Thank you! Subbed!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thanks for being here! ❤

[@claudiagellilarsson5851]

Your explanations are so on point! thank you.. too many makeup analysts have told me i'm warm undertone buy may not be olive - my mum who was a super cool fashionista always said that i'm olive - of course she was right... and then you pulled out the Hawai'i T shirt.. I knew i had to subscribe. 😀

[@MelodyInTheChaos]

I've taken sooooooo many tests and still had no clue until this video. Thank you so much. This has been the most helpful in helping me understand my undertones.

[@michellelondyn]

This made my day to read. I'm so glad it is helpful!! Thank you for watching. ❤

[@michellek6147]

Thank you for that video. Your explanation and examples of the different tones are so easy to understand. The tests are actually fun to do. Also your voice is so soothing to listen to. I will be watching more of your videos and telling friends.

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your incredibly kind words. I'm so very glad the video was helpful. Thank you for being here! ❤

[@aniap8157]

Wow, this was super helpful! I’ve had a lot of trouble figuring out my undertones, and this is the only video that actually helped me with this. THANK YOU!!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching, and for your kind words! ❤

[@Manishnishad007]

You look so much beautiful with no makeup , it adds texture to your face

[@annamariakiss865]

This was very useful. I never got this part until now. Thank you! 🥰

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching. ❤

[@leahagnew7891]

Thank you! I am now confident I am neutral even though I’ve been told I’m cool (mostly), warm, and sometimes I even get an olive. 😅

[@eleanorkamataris2931]

You enunciate and speak so well, it is a pleasure to listen to your excellent work!

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your very kind words, and for watching! ❤

[@olgashcherbinin2073]

I think I finally got it! Thank you so much!!!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful. You are welcome! ❤

[@marciaadamson7032]

Excellent job at helping me figure out what tone I am!!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@flwrchbuki]

oh so im also warm olive! this helped alot thank you!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@olaz.5796]

Thank you, i struggled so much to understand olive undertones, and watched a few films already, finally i think i got it, thanks :)

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! Olive undertones are super tricky to identify. I'm glad this was helpful! ❤

[@Figgatella]

This really helpful! Thank you! I am a light warm olive.❤

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! And so nice to meet another light warm olive! 😊❤

[@pennypie923]

Thank you! This makes total sense as to why I typically match well to neutral undertones. Whenever I visit a makeup counter or places like Sephora, the sales person will always match me to warm undertones. It’s either too peach or too yellow. I have blue green veins, hazel eyes, dark ashy brown hair, and I get burnt before I tan. So many boxes checked. Having said that neutrals are so varied. It’s a challenge to find the right neutral.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

This video is great and I wish I had found you sooner!!! Thank you!

[@michellelondyn]

You're welcome! I'm so glad it is helpful! ❤️

[@dorisjimison7590]

This is the BEST that I have ever run across. No one has covered this subjet with as much know-how as you. There is info here that is not discussed anywhere else. You have beat my model training and my esthetician schooling. You are the bomb!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for your kind words! ❤

[@phoenixrising5088]

Thank you for that very detailed and concise video. The best I've come across. You have a lovely voice. You speak slowly and clearly and most of all, Calmly. I am British 😄 we don't much like the loud excited voices of some American Voices. You are also stunning. With or without make-up. Thank you. 😘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@onenonlysarahd5158]

Until today, I've had issues figuring out what colors were best for me. Thank you so much sweetheart!!! I'll be checking out more videos from you, girl! 💞

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful!! You are welcome! ❤❤

[@robindusch6033]

This was very helpful and thorough! I guess I’m a neutral! 🤗

[@denisadellinger4543]

Thank you. This was very helpful. It is a more comprehensive test than just the veins and draping. I had my season and colors done at one time when that was popular. I am drawn and have always worn the bold colors of winter, the girl told me I was a spring. These are almost polar opposites. I stayed in the cool palette and I am happy. I do have blue veins. I think you just have to hold things up as you did here. I do that whenever I make decisions about clothing. To find the right shade of foundation is I think more intricate. I'll have to watch this video over again.

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Yes, I think all the tests together give the clearest picture. I agree about holding colors up. I do that with clothing, too! And I'm working on a video for foundation right now, so that may help with finding the right foundation shade. ❤

[@CastlesandHurricanes]

This video included so much useful information! I really did not know much about undertones at all prior to watching, so I'll definitely give some of these tests a try. Thanks for sharing!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you so much for watching! 💖

[@courtneygauthier2044]

excellent video, thank you !

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! Thank you for watching, and I'm so glad it was helpful! ❤

[@mattier.9095]

Thank you for the video. Reinforced that I’m a cool to neutral.😊

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching! ❤

[@UmiDaaa]

Hi Michelle, very informative video and gorgeous make up.

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching, and for your kind words! ❤

[@afnanfahad9828]

Thank you my dear you saved so many life’s finally I understand

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it is helpful! Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@josie715]

Thanks so much for all of the tips! You went above and beyond! I’ve been on the fence for a while deciding between neutral and warm so tomorrow when there is natural light I plan to try some of the tests that I haven’t heard of prior to this video. Thank you! 🙂

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful, and I hope the tests helped you narrow down which undertone you have! 😊

[@CA-lf7jt]

Now I know my undertone finally!!

[@ceciliaeastwood8947]

You look great with your make up on, as most of us do if it is applied tastefully, as yours is. You also look great without make up, but how many of us would go completely natural these days without trying to improve something! Really good video, best I have seen on undertones.

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching, and for your kind words. ❤

[@komaldawani6060]

Thankew for this informative vedio!! It really helped mee alot...❤

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@rise4593]

Thank you dear very helpful

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful. You're welcome! ❤

[@ginaqueirolo1380]

Wonderful video im following you now ❤

[@liannebesseling93]

Oh my god! This was so helpful! I finally realized I’m warm undertone. I thought I was cool an just didn’t get why some of my foundations didn’t work. Tanks for the great and detailed video🙌

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for your kind words and for watching! ❤

[@ruthacuna4385]

Thank you ao much, I'm warm/olive. I recently got a compliment when I was wearing an off white outfit.

[@michellelondyn]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@annamariekahil882]

Big help and you're gorgeous!

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! And thank you so much for your kind words! ❤

[@leonieharry2941]

great summary and explaation!! thanks!! Nice regards from Vienna/Austria

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! ☺❤

[@ritusachdev4334]

Best knowledge on so far on youtube

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so glad it was helpful! ❤️

[@adriennebrown3778]

Love how you showed up without make up. Powerful

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for the kind words! ❤ I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@michellelondyn]

@@livingiseasywitheyesclosed Reading this just made my day. Thank you for your kind words! ❤

[@michellelondyn]

@@livingiseasywitheyesclosed Yay! Welcome! So glad you're here! 😊

[@christinehart8018]

Excellent! Thank you! You are beautiful. Thank you!

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm so glad the video was helpful! Thanks for watching. ❤

[@Ramicee]

This is a great video! After all these years I was wrong about my undertone !I always thought I had a warm undertone, but it turns out I have a cool under which explains why I ALWAYS get compliments when I wear jewel tones 😮

[@Ramicee]

*undertone

[@dianneunderwood8456]

It was easy for me to determine my undertones -- with coppery orange hair, fair skin(with freckles), green veins & dark turquoise eyes, I literally scream WARM! However your tests will be very helpful to those who find their undertones are not so easy to analyze. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time.

[@Nina_balance]

Thank you, i Gonna play the video again and again until i find my undertone;)

[@Josh-pe5pl]

Excellent. Thanks,

[@michellelondyn]

Glad it was helpful! You are welcome! 😊

[@fish8cat]

You're great! I've been color typed as an warm. I flush easily. I burn first. I'm green and in some cases, I'm gray. Those expensive color analysts give me colors that are so boring. You know, it's not easy being green!

[@brightphoebus]

Wow, you look so much younger without makeup! I have a neutral undertone ! Hooray! I look fine with red hair or ash brown hair, and I've dyed it both, I have all the vein colours in my wrist, and I can wear both gold or silver. My hair is cinnamon and sugar colour, it used to be golden blonde when I was young, and I looked best by far then with gold jewelry. But time changes things. My eyes are a dark grey-blue. I had to buy a lot of foundations to figure this out! : )

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you for sharing all of this! So glad you figured out your undertone. :) It took buying a lot of foundations for me to figure out mine, too. 😊❤Thank you for watching!

[@solacesarfowaa1104]

I now know I have warm undertone Thanks

[@deborahpetipas9365]

I tend to be a more cool tone, but eyes are hazel. I wear fair makeup because light make me look stark white. ALSO as a senior my complexion has changed. Could you make a video on aging skin? Moisturizer isn't the only thing we need😅

[@ashakuldip1657]

Thanks very much!

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! ❤

[@brizaksmommy]

Best video ever!!! I, also, am a warm olive. It's hard to tell because of a medical condition I have that leaves my cheeks red most of the time. When the redness is gone, the warm tone shows. Many years ago when there were only the four season palettes, my mom thought I was a spring or autumn. A professional analyst said I was a summer. That was post partem and I think the hormones were still messing with my skin surface tone. What I wear depends on how tan I am. I have always had a mix of warm and cool hair. I'm a blonde with all colors mingled in including black. I have both ash tones and red tones. Mostly yellow with hints of red in the sun and the front being a very dark ash blonde. So odd. My eyes change. Mostly grey blue but change to green depending on what I wear. I have a yellow gold center in one eye and a golden yellow brown center in the other eye. Everyone just assumes I have dark blue eyes. My veins are blue and green. I prefer copper over gold and silver is not good at all. What I wear depends on my mood mostly.

[@michellelondyn]

Thank you so much for sharing! I loved reading it! I also can get away with different colors depending on how tan I am. It's so neat to read what colors work for others, so I appreciate all the detail you shared. 😊 And thanks so much for watching. ❤❤

[@fashionspy96]

I thought you had a pink undertone! Never olive nor warm, wow! Your hair is exactly like mine, super helpful 😂

[@michellelondyn]

My face has a ton of surface redness, which skewed my results for years. 😂 I'm so glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching. ❤

[@MCSkyscraper-MCExoticEurasian]

Cool yellows are real too

[@robinkent7378]

I get compliments from fuschia, peacock green or blue, and orchid colors.

[@rachelalberg9547]

Thank you, this is very helpful. Most of the videos on finding your season don't take into account neutral tones, which I suspect I have (although I skew more towards cool). I tend towards the Winter jewel tones and black although I can also pull off some muted Autumn colors (like brick red and mustard), and can wear both gold and silver jewelry depending on the outfit. Thanks for making me feel less like a freak of nature! 😀

[@michellelondyn]

You are welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! 😊And thank you for sharing all of this. It certainly sounds like you could be neutral, leaning cool! Thanks so much for watching! ❤

[@gabriellewilson3986]

Great informative video although I still don't know what I am. I very new to this. I did all the tests and came up with different results. I came up with warm, neutral and cool. I have hazel eyes, tan easily that lasts all year. Gold jewellery looks better. Brown hair when natural. I am always darker skin in photos I think. Can you give me some idea without a photo please. I will be definitely following you.

[@ami7mina]

Being an olive skin tone, I was having a hard time finding what skintone I am and then you described the clothe colors that I think I look good at and that what I am wearing. Even with the jewelry been trying gold and silver and none of them are too complimentary with my skin they are too bright and need to be muted. Thanks

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@ladym994]

Very helpful

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it is helpful! ❤

[@MonaLucy15257]

By golly, after all these years I have discovered that 🤔 I have neutral undertones. Thank you. Your video was very helpful.

[@michellelondyn]

I'm so glad it was helpful!! Thank you for watching! ❤

[@Maja161]

Thank you so much! ❤ This was the best video on undertones I've ever come across. I thought I was neutral undertone but now you got me thinking that I can be olive maybe..but it's tricky to say cause my skins is very light. It's said neutrals can fit in wide spectrum of colours but not my case(warm look too warm and cool can end up too cold). As far as lipsticks only red, bordeaux shades work for me. No silver nor gold look good on me. :-( Black is ok but I look better in charcoal. You also mentioned dark purple, maroons,navy blue for olive..and that looks great on me. Also pink that has bit of coral. I've been told i look the best in red and dark green.

[@michellelondyn]

You are so welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful! ❤ Thanks for sharing all of this, too. It certainly sounds like you might have some olive in your undertone. 😊 Thanks again for watching!

[@hallievanoutryve3109]

It also has to do with whether you are soft or clear in coloration! If you are a soft (neutral, muted metals, and muted and dusty colors work best. Aly Art has lots of videos, pretty sure i got above info from her videos!

[@michellelondyn]

@@hallievanoutryve3109 That is so true! Thank you for sharing! ❤

[@BbGun-lw5vi]

You sound like a Dark Winter. Possibly Dark Autumn. Both Dark seasons can be neutral or olive. I’m a DW and look great with all the shades you mentioned. I’m a pale olive.