What is Neutral Skin Tone?
What is Neutral Skin Tone?
There are many reasons it’s important to understand our skin tone and our skin type before we begin or expand our skincare routine. Knowing the specifics makes it easier to find the right products to fit our needs, which can reduce the likelihood of acne breakouts and skin condition flare ups. It’s also important to understand our skin tone in order to find the right makeup products to match our skin tone and highlight our natural beauty.
No matter what your skin tone, skin type, or skin care needs might be, PROVEN Skincare is here to help. Every person has unique skin care needs. That’s why we’re dedicated to working with you to develop the personalized skincare routine that supports healthy, happy skin for years to come.
What is a Neutral Skin Tone?
As the name would indicate, a neutral skin tone is a blend of warm and cool tones for a middle-range tone that is often the same color as your undertone. There are different balances of warm and cool tones, which means it can be difficult to find the best products for your neutral skin tone. There are a few simple steps you can take to determine what your skin tone is and what the best products are for your tone and type.
What Kind of Skin Tone Do I Have?
Because there are so many benefits to knowing what your skin tone is, it’s important to determine if you have a neutral, cool, or warm skin tone. Here are some steps you can take to determine what your skin tone is.
Wash Your Face Clean
In order to determine what your exact tone is, you want to make sure that you don’t have any extra makeup on your face. Wash away sweat and debris from the day and allow your face to rest for a few minutes before looking at this skin tone. This will help to give you a more complete picture of your skin tone without interference.
Go Outside
There’s no better way to determine our natural skin tone than to head out in the sunshine. Artificial light can impact the tone of our skin and shift our perceptions about what that tone might be. Natural light is the best option for determining our true skin tone.
Follow Your Reaction to the Sun
Different skin tones have different reactions to sun exposure. If you find that you routinely burn or turn red when exposed to the sun, that may mean you have a cool skin tone. When you have a lessened reaction, if there is one at all, you have a warm skin tone. This can give you a sense of where on the line your neutral tone falls. Regardless, it is essential to wear sunscreen and protect your skin from burns and future skin issues.
Neutral Tones and Undertones
When determining what your skin tone is, nothing is more important than the undertone. The undertone of your skin is actually the tone below the surface, which combines with the tone of your skin on the surface to create the color that you see at first glance.
There are three main undertones, warm, cool, and neutral. Warm tones are peach, light yellow, or an orange tone. Cool tones are blue or pink. When you have a neutral undertone, that means that the tone on the surface of your skin is similar to your undertone, as well. Here are a few ways to determine what your skin’s undertone is.
Look at Your Veins
One of the best ways to determine what your skin undertone might be is to look at your veins. The color of your veins can provide valuable information about your skin tone and type. Green veins indicate a warm undertone. Blue veins appear in people who have cool skin tones. If you have evidence of both green and blue skin tones, that is a good indication that you have a neutral skin tone.
Check Your Jewelry Box
In addition to looking at your veins, you can determine if your skin is neutral, warm, or cool by looking at the jewelry that is most flattering on your skin. People who have a cool skin tone will gravitate toward silver jewelry, whereas individuals who have warm skin tone will lean toward gold. If you find that they both look equally as flattering, that means you have a neutral tone.
Raid Your Wardrobe
Clothing can be helpful for finding your skin tone and undertone, as well. When you pick out bright colors, like bright whites and blacks, you usually have a cool undertone. Off-white and off-black, as well as brown colors, are more flattering on individuals with a cool undertone. As with jewelry, if you see no difference in how the clothing looks on your skin, you likely have a neutral undertone.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Knowing what your skin tone and skin types are can help us to create the perfect skin care routine.
Trust PROVEN Skincare to help every step of the way. Whether you’re managing oily skin, dry skin, or anything in between, we have the tools and resources you deserve to keep your skin healthy and glowing. And it all starts with our Skin Genome Quiz, right here on our website.