We’ve all been there, swabbing and swatching away in the makeup aisle only to somehow leave with the wrong bottle. But one thing can make it much, much easier: Determining your skin’s undertones.

or neutral undertones. A simple way to check is by looking at the veins on your wrist: Blue or purple veins indicate a cool undertone. Greenish veins suggest a warm undertone. A mix of both means ...

Neutral colors sometimes get a bad rap ... Cool Undertone Skin: you have cool skin undertones if the veins on the inside of ...

If your veins appear more green or olive, then you probably have a warm undertone. If you have a mixture of them all, you likely have a neutral undertone,” explains Aimee Connolly, a make-up ...