What is Even Skin Tone?
What is Even Skin Tone?
If you’re struggling to find the best products for your skin, whether for makeup or skincare, it may be because your skin is uneven in tone. There are many potential reasons behind why unevenness develops, and you have options for evening out your skin tone with great products and routines.
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That’s why we have a unique Skin Genome Quiz for determining exactly what your skin needs are, and why we offer personalized, comprehensive product kits to meet your individual skincare needs — evening out complexion included.
Here’s what you’ll want to know about achieving a smooth and healthy skin tone.
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What is an Even Skin Tone?
An even skin tone is simply when your skin remains one consistent color across your face or other parts of your body. When you have an even skin tone, it is easier to match the right makeup products and you’ll get to enjoy that feeling of smooth, soft skin.
Why is My Skin Uneven?
There are many potential reasons why you may have an uneven skin tone and getting to the root cause makes it easier to address and manage the effects. Here are some of the most common reasons why our skin tone can appear uneven:
Sun Exposure: It’s essential to wear sunscreen and protect our skin. Not only will strong sun protection keep us safe from more serious conditions, like skin cancer, but it also prevents the overproduction of melanin that can lead to sunspots and hyperpigmentation.
Damage: While it can be tempting to pick at black heads or acne, it’s important to keep your hands off. When we pick at damaged skin, we can cause scarring or marks, and even contribute to the growth of bacteria below the skin that leads to irritation and breakouts.
Dryness: When our skin is dry, it often leads to scratching and irritation, which can cause scarring and blemishes over time. There are many reasons it’s important to keep your skin moisturized, but preventing unevenness is certainly one.
Hormonal Changes & Medications: If you notice that your skin appears uneven after taking medication or going through a period of hormone changes, you’re not alone. Hormone changes can contribute to unevenness, so speak with your doctor about managing your hormones and any medications you might be taking.
How to Get an Even Skin Tone
The good news is that there are many great ways you can address and prevent skin unevenness at home. Here are just a few:
Exfoliate: Exfoliating your skin can help to remove the buildup of dead skins on the surface and encourage new skin cell growth, which is helpful for reducing the appearance of blemishes and scars.
Moisturize and Stay Hydrated: The happier and healthier your skin is, the easier it will be to achieve an even tone. Find a great moisturizer for your skincare needs and make sure you stay well-hydrated. This will help to prevent the irritation and scarring that often comes along with dry skin.
Protect Your Skin From the Sun: There are many reasons it’s important to wear sunscreen regularly and protect your skin from the sun, and keeping your skin even is one of them. When you add a powerful sunscreen to your skincare routine, you can help to prevent sunspots and hyperpigmentation that leads to unevenness.
Evenness and Undertones
When it’s time to pick out the next great makeup or skincare products, it’s important to know both your skin tone and your undertone, because they combine to create the tone that we see. When our skin is even, it can be easier to determine our undertone and find flattering colors of makeup and clothing that fit our style.
There are three main undertones, warm, cool, and neutral. If you’re looking to determine your undertone at home, you can do so in a few key ways. Start by looking at the veins on your wrist. If your veins are blue, you have a cool undertone. If they are green, you have a warm undertone. If they appear green and blue together, you likely have a neutral undertone, where the undertone is the same color as your skin.
You can also determine your undertone by looking at jewelry and clothing. Cool undertones will pair well with silver jewelry and true black and white shades, whereas warm undertones match gold jewelry and browns and off-whites. You also want to look at how your skin responds to the sun. If you burn easily and don’t tan, you probably have a cool undertone, and if you tan easily and rarely burn, your undertone is probably warm.
Conclusion
Conclusion
There are many reasons we may be experiencing unevenness in our skin tone, and it can cause frustration or difficulty matching our styles and colors. An uneven skin tone can result from too much sun exposure, skin damage from acne or other skin conditions, skin dryness, or even hormone changes. The good news is that there are many ways to prevent and address that unevenness at home, through the use of moisturizers, exfoliators, and sunscreens.
Protecting your skin from damage and evening out your skin tone can make it easier to determine your undertone, from cool, warm, or neutral, which will help you to find great outfits and accessories that always flatter.
From determining your skin’s undertones to nourishing and revitalizing your skin, PROVEN Skincare has the tools and resources that can help you get the skin you’ve been searching for product after product.