Best Makeup for Your Color Palette and Skin Tone 2026
I’m about to save you from that makeup store dread
Walking into a makeup store is intimidating as hell. SO MANY OPTIONS!
You browse the displays, try on something that catches your eye, and peek in the mirror, only to realize there is a clown staring back at you. 🤡 So you try a couple more colors, feeling less confident by the minute, until you either settle for the least-sucky option or walk right back out, avoiding eye contact.
Well, don’t leave yet; your colour analysis besties are on the way! We’re here to save you energy by narrowing your choices to the makeup that is most likely to work for your skin tone, whether you’re a Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter.
Imagine us walking with you through the store, grabbing the best options for you to try. And telling you to put down the shades that are not gonna help you shine.
Shop our recs for your season!
We’ve organized our recs by season, so you can easily sample the best makeup for your skin tone and palette.
Will there be exceptions? Sure. Might you also look great in a color from another season? Absolutely. Might some options go wonky in real life and magically turn into a different color from the tube? It’s happened to the best of us. There will always be trial-and-error involved in the pursuit of makeup you’re obsessed with. But most of our recs have been vetted by our color analysts or our community members. So they’re just that little bit more likely to become your “don’t even have to think about it” go-to.
If you try something, let us know.
We want this makeup blog to be an ever more helpful and inclusive resource. (It’s pretty ambitious giving makeup recs to EVERYONE, right?) We would love your feedback to help us get there!
If one of our recs is a big flop on your skin tone in real life, please DM us on instagram so we can keep these as relevant as possible! Also, if you fall in love with something we suggested, let us know and send a pic so we can celebrate with you!
Makeup bag? Done.
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