The most important thing to remember when choosing your mineral cosmetics is, by their nature, they are very forgiving and versatile. For example, our Neutral Medium foundation can be used by a rather large range of complexion types quite successfully.

If you are a regular customer, you will see that we have updated and revised our foundation shades. The old shades made selection difficult for some, so we now have simply Light, Medium and Dark in Cool, Warm and Neutral tones..for a total of nine different shades, plus our three formulas for women of color.

It is now so much simpler to select a shade that's just right for you! The following information is meant to be simple GUIDELINES...not strict rules to follow. I hope you find it helpful. If you have further questions, feel free to email me!

HOW CAN I TELL IF I HAVE COOL OR WARM SKIN TONES?

Most of us already know which colors look best on us if we think about it. What outfits always draw the comments? Which colors do you look best in?

If you are unsure, the easiest way to determine skin tone is to grab an honest friend, a large mirror and head into some strong natural light (daylight is best). The drape test is as foolproof as you can get if you can find some lame' in gold and silver, you'll know almost immediately. If not, try true white vs. beige, or true pink vs. peach, or a true blue-green vs. aqua. Use a clean face...no makeup or colored contacts please.

Drape the fabrics around your neck, covering your chest area, framing your face and reflecting upwards and check your appearance. One color or the other will dramatically make you look better.

The wrong color will make you look tired, give you bags under your eyes, make any lines more noticeable, you'll look drab and colorless.

By contrast, when you are draped with the correct color for your complexion, the shadows and lines will seem to disappear, your complexion instantly looks more radiant, you look younger and less tired and it will bring out your eyes.

If the gold lame, aqua, peach or beige made you look fabulous, you have warm skin tones, If you glowed when the true white, pink, blue-green or silver was draped, then you have cool skin tones. Here are some more tips on determining skin tone:

WARM TONE: the veins in your wrist tend to look greenish, you look best in gold jewelry, redheads, strawberry blonds, people that freckle and those with green or hazel eyes will typically fall in this category. Your skin will have a golden tint to it. You look great in earth tones, peach, salmon, beige, aqua....and do NOT look good in true white, black, or jewel colors like emerald green, true red, purple. More people are warm-toned than cool-toned. Your foundation will have a distinct yellowish undertone to it.

COOL TONE: the veins in your wrist look more bluish, you look best in silver jewelry, people with blue and grey eyes, black or light blond hair often fall into this category. With brunettes, it depends on if they have reddish highlights in the hair...red makes you warm toned. Cool toned people look best in jewel tones....deep, true colors like true red, blue, emerald green, black, true white, hot pink etc. and do NOT look good in warm colors like earth tones, orange, peach, beige, salmon. Your foundation will have a slight pink undertone to it.