The Best Foundations for Complexions With Yellow and Golden Undertones
Foundation shade ranges may be (thankfully, finally) becoming far more wider, but the variety of undertones aren't always taken into account — especially for those with golden undertones. For Arshia Moorjani, an Indian-American beauty expert, it's still a struggle to find a foundation hue that matches her skin tone, which she considers to be towards the medium-dark end of the spectrum. "Most foundations on the market are too pink," Moorjani tells Allure, "so when I apply them, they make me look very gray." Others often overcorrect the problem by adding too much yellow pigment for the shades offered to medium skin tones. "They're too yellow to the point where you almost start to look green and a little sick," Moorjani adds. Taking this into account, whenever she finds a foundation that looks natural and matches her skin tone, she thinks of it as a win. We asked her to share what exactly those foundation wins are, and she delivered recommendations for seven foundations that she finds are best for medium skin tones. She adds, "I find these brands to be, overall, super-inclusive — not just for my skin tone, but also for people who are darker than I am and way lighter than me as well."
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