What is Copper Skin Tone?
What is Copper Skin Tone?
When it comes to taking care of our skin, there are a few important things we’ll need to know. Our skin type is one of them, and refers to if our skin is naturally oily, dry, or a combination of the different types. Another important factor in creating and utilizing a skincare routine is our skin tone and our skin undertones.
Knowing what our skin tone and skin undertones are can help us to get the best products for our health and wellness needs, and find the makeup, clothing, and accessories that best flatter our look.
What is Copper Skin Tone?
Copper skin tone is a medium brown skin tone with a very, very slight hint of a reddish caramel, and is commonly found among those with Middle Eastern and South Asian heritage.
Our skin tone is determined by the amount of pigmentation—or melanin —that our skin produces. While genetics play the most important role in determining the tone of our skin, exposure to sun can have an influence, as well.
Not only can exposure increase the production of melanin in our skin, producing freckles or tans, but the way our skin reacts to sun exposure can be a useful indicator as to what our skin tone is and what products are best for caring for it.
How To Determine Your Skin Tone
While it’s certainly important to understand your skin tone when purchasing both skincare and makeup products, there are many different skin tones, and it can be challenging to pinpoint your tone.
Here are a few simple steps that make it easier to determine your skin tone.
Always Look in Natural Light
Artificial light can change the appearance of our skin tone and make it difficult to get an actual reading on the true tone of our skin. When you want to determine what your skin tone is and which products are best for your routine, look at your skin in natural light.
Make Sure Your Face is Clean
You don’t want to make a judgement about the tone of your skin while you’re wearing a lot of makeup. Always wash off the makeup and any dirt or sweat that might have accumulated throughout the day before you try to match tones. It’s a good idea to wait a few minutes after washing so any signs of redness caused by the hot water or a little extra scrubbing power can fade.
Pay Attention to Sun Reactions
The way your skin reacts to the sun can provide more information on what your tone is.
For instance, light skin tones tend to burn and turn red when exposed to too much sun. Dark skin tones don’t appear affected or are only slightly affected by direct sun exposure. Tones that fall somewhere in-between, like copper, can both burn and tan, or they may burn first which then leads to a tan.
It’s important to note that even if you have a dark skin tone or are not prone to burning, sunscreen is a very important addition to your skincare routine. Sunscreen isn’t just designed to protect against burns. It’s also helpful for reducing or preventing signs of aging, dark spots, and wrinkles. Most importantly, sunscreen helps to keep you from developing skin cancer.
(All the more reason that all PROVEN moisturizers are built with SPF 30 to protect you during your day to day!)
What Role Do Undertones Play?
Another thing you’ll want to keep in mind when picking out the perfect products for your skin tone is undertone. As the name would indicate, your undertone is the tone of your skin below the more shallow skin on top.
There are three main undertones: warm, cool, and neutral. When you combine your undertone with your skin tone, you’ll be able to find the best products for your needs with ease.
Here are a few things you’ll want to consider about determining your undertones.
Look at Your Veins: A surefire way to determine if you have a cool undertone or a warm one is to look at the veins on the inside of your wrist. If you notice that your veins are blue, that indicates a cool undertone. Green veins are a warm undertone. A mix of green and blue veins indicates a neutral undertone.
Trust Your Closet: Your current jewelry and fashion can provide helpful insight into your skin tone and product use. Look at what colors are most flattering on you. With jewelry, silver is best on cool tones and gold on warm. With clothing, straight black and white colors are considered more flattering for cool tones and off-color neutral fabrics and brown clothing are more flattering on warm tones.
Your Skin Tone Doesn’t Indicate Undertone: A common misconception is that certain skin tones will always be accompanied by certain undertones, but that isn’t actually the case. Your skin tone and undertones are two separate things, so you’ll always want to find makeup and products that best represent their different needs.
Conclusion
Conclusion
A copper skin tone falls between a dark skin tone and light skin tone and you have many options for finding the best skin care and makeup products for your copper skin tone. You can determine what your skin tone and undertones are by checking your skin in natural light after your makeup has been cleaned off or by analyzing your skin’s response to sun exposure. You can also determine your skin’s undertone by looking at flattering colors of clothing and jewelry or checking out the color of your veins.
Once you know your skin tone, PROVEN Skincare can help you find the best products and practices to keep your skin healthy for years to come. Explore our growing collection of skincare guides and begin your skin-happy journey by taking our Skin Genome Quiz today!