Looking for good makeup shades? Look to your wrists!

See those blue blood pumpers?!  I have cool undertones.

By Heather Hanna

When I do someone's makeup, the first thing I ask to see is their wrists. I know people think, 'Oh no, she is crazy.  What do my wrists have to do with my face?' 

Well, let me tell you. The veins in your wrists usually have some sort of color (and if they don't we've got a whole different problem on our hands).  The exact color of your wrists can help make makeup shopping so much easier.  So, flip your arm over and check out those arteries!!  (And if can't see any veins in your wrists, look on the underside of your upper arm.)

Blue veins mean you have cool undertones in your skin.  This means your skin has a bit of pink.  It also means you should choose makeup with cool undertones.  You should purchase foundations with a more pink base.  Now, I'm not talking straight up pink foundation.  I'm saying it looks a little more pink than yellow.  Blue-based pink and red lipsticks look amazing on cool undertones!  People with cool undertones also look better in silver versus gold jewelry, and bright colored clothing like teal, purple, cobalt blue, pink or a vibrant green.  Black also tends to look better on cool-toned people.  Cameron Diaz, Liv Tyler, Oprah, or Christina Hendricks have cool undertones.

Best cool colors/Best warm colors

Green veins mean you have warm undertones in your skin.  This means your skin has a yellow base, and makeup for warm undertones is more yellow based.  So in this case you will want to purchase foundations with (you guessed it) a more yellow base.  More earthy-toned colors for lips and eyes.  Lucky for you, deep, brownish-red lipsticks look stunning on warm tones and that is going to be the color to wear this fall!  Keep in mind that gold looks better on warm undertones than silver does.  Brown, orange, yellow, olive green, or barn red are colors that look great on warm undertones.  Black can tend to make you look washed out. Lindsey Lohan, Beyonce, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, or Heidi Klum have warm undertones.  

If you are looking at your wrists and still think I'm crazy because your veins look both green AND blue, well then it's your lucky day gorgeous!!!  You have neutral undertones and you look great in any color under the sun!  Okay, maybe not neon yellow or some other crazy color that no one wants to wear anyway.  

Lots of makeup, beauty and love,

Heather