How to Find Your Perfect Foundation Shade ?
The Ideal Shade
We often think that finding the perfect foundation is like embarking on an impossible quest. Between seasonal changes and the way different angles of your face catch the light, identifying your ideal shade can be quite a challenge.
Enhancing the natural beauty of your skin begins with choosing the perfect foundation shade—one that seamlessly blends with your complexion and brings out your radiance. Whether it’s for your daily routine with light makeup or a more bold look for a night out, a flawless base is essential. A perfect complexion is the foundation of confidence, knowing that your skin will look flawless all day or night gives you that extra bit of assurance and that “je ne sais quoi” that makes all the difference.
Fresh Touch Foundation: The Next-Generation Foundation
Reveal your natural glow Fresh Touch Foundation.This foundation, with its skincare-infused formula, instantly smooths the skin and enhances its luminosity, delivering a real skin radiant finish that lasts for 12 hours. Its lightweight and fresh texture— inspired by Rabanne fashion fabrics —blends in seamlessly for a second-skin feel and ultimate comfort with a metal mesh radiance, while hydrating your skin for up to 24 hours* thanks to its avocado oil-enriched formula, known for its nourishing properties.
Real-skin radiance, proven in tests**:
The Fresh Touch Foundation formula is vegan and contains 91% natural origin ingredients.
To find your ideal Fresh Touch Foundation shade, follow these simple steps:
1. Identify Your Skin Tone
2. Identify Your Undertone
3. Match Your Skin Tone and Undertone
Step 1: Identify Your Skin Tone
The Fresh Touch Foundation range is divided into five main skin tone categories. Each family contains six buildable shades, ranging from the lightest to the darkest. The 30 shades are designed to suit all complexions, so you’re sure to find your perfect match.
Step 2: Identify Your Undertone
Your undertone is the key to makeup that blends seamlessly with your skin and brings out its natural radiance. The undertone is the hue beneath the surface of your skin that affects your overall complexion. Knowing your undertone is essential to ensure the foundation blends harmoniously with your skin. Undertones are divided into three main categories: warm, cool, and neutral.
• A warm undertone leans towards peach, golden, or yellow hues.
• A cool undertone is associated with bluish or pinkish tones.
• Neutral undertones are a mix of both and often include olive skin, which tans easily.
To identify your undertone, ask yourself this Rabanne-inspired question: “Which jewellery colour suits me best?”
• If silver complements you more, your undertone is cool (C for cool).
• If gold flatters you, you likely have a warm undertone (W for warm).
• If both suit you equally, you have a neutral undertone (N for neutral).
If you’re still unsure about identifying your undertone, there’s a foolproof test involving the colour of your veins.
• Blue or purple veins reveal a cool undertone.
• Greenish veins indicate a warm undertone.
If you can’t decide on the colour of your veins, or if you have both colours, you belong to the neutral type.
When making your selection, remember that undertones are indicated by letters: W for Warm, C for Cool, and N for Neutral.
Step 3: Match Your Skin Tone and Undertone
Once you’ve identified your skin tone and undertone, all you need to do is combine the two to find your ideal shade. For example, if you have tanned skin with a warm undertone, go for shade 50W. If your complexion is pale, you burn easily in the sun, and both gold and silver jewellery suit you well, then it’s highly likely that shade 00N will be a perfect fit.
As you can see, finding the right foundation shade is actually quite simple. It’s all about choosing a foundation that matches your skin tone and provides just the right amount of coverage and care.
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The best way to test foundation shades is to apply small dabs directly onto your skin, ideally on the lower part of your face. But if you can’t make it to a store, Rabanne offers an online virtual try-on tool so you can easily find your perfect shade from the comfort of your sofa. We recommend using a space with plenty of natural light. Then, you have two options: either try it live and take a selfie, or if you already have a photo, simply upload it. Our tool will automatically identify the best shade for your complexion and suggest two similar shades so you can compare them live. Don’t forget to remove your glasses if you wear them. For the best results, we recommend being makeup-free when using the online test.
Discover Fresh Touch Foundation's bestie
For an even more radiant look, pair your foundation with a new must-have: Everywear Concealer. This 4-in-1 multi-use concealer Correct, unify, highlight and sculpt while delivering an instant glow to your skin. With a serum- infused formula enriched with hyaluronic acid, it hydrates for up to 24 hours and enhances your skin’s luminosity day after day.
Fresh Touch Foundation and Everywear Concealer are the perfect duo for a radiant complexion at any time, day or night. They guarantee a glowing, flawless makeup result.
Express Your Individuality with NUDES
Rabanne celebrates your uniqueness with its NUDES range and its multisensory textures that enhance the skin while providing a lightweight feel. As Diane Kendal, Rabanne Beauty’s creative director, says: "Sometimes, the boldest statement lies in revealing who you truly are." Embrace your individuality; let your glow shine and enjoy a camera-ready look! Find your perfect foundation shade and dare to be yourself. Reveal your natural radiance with Fresh Touch Foundation for a flawless complexion—even without filters.