Every shade, and what goes with it

How to read a Lanternlight shade

Two shades with the same number are equally deep. Two shades with the same letter lean the same way. So if 230N is the right depth but looks a little pink on you, the next thing to try is 230W or 230O, not 250N.

The four undertones

These are signs, not rules. Jewelry is a hint. The test that settles it is wearing two undertones at the same depth for a day each, which is what the Shade Match Duo is for.

The six depth groups

To make forty-eight shades easier to move through, the shade selector groups the twelve depths in pairs: Fair, Light, Medium, Tan, Deep and Rich. The tables below follow the same groups. Every shade in them opens its product in that shade, and for the foundation, the concealer and the skin tint that page shows the shade under three lights.

Fair: Lanternlight 100 and 110

Light: Lanternlight 130 and 150

Medium: Lanternlight 210 and 230

Tan: Lanternlight 250 and 310

Deep: Lanternlight 330 and 350

Rich: Lanternlight 410 and 430

How the concealer maps

The Halo Blur Concealer has thirty-six shades, numbered from 1.1, the lightest, to 9.4, the deepest. The first number is the depth family and the decimal is the step inside it. Odd decimals lean neutral-cool and even decimals lean neutral-warm. Every foundation shade has an exact-match concealer, for covering spots, and a brightening concealer one step lighter, for under the eye. Cool and neutral foundations at the same depth share a concealer, as do warm and olive ones.

How the tint, the powder and the bronzer map

• Dewlight Skin Tint: six depths, one for each depth group, in Cool, Neutral and Warm. Olive foundations take the Neutral tint.
• Soft Focus Setting Powder: five translucent tints. Fair for 100 and 110, Light-Medium for 130 to 230, Tan for 250 and 310, Deep for 330 and 350, Rich for 410 and 430.
• Sunlit Bronzer: four depths. Light Sun for 100 to 150, Medium Sun for 210 and 230, Tan Sun for 250 and 310, Deep Sun for 330 to 430.

Between two shades?

That is normal, and it is not a failure of the system. Skin is rarely exactly one depth, and it changes with the seasons. The Shade Match Duo holds two 5 ml minis in the shades you choose, and its $14 comes back as a one-time code toward the full size.

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