They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. While this is true, there are also many steps you can take to enhance your natural beauty. This is best accomplished by understanding your skin undertone and making key choices accordingly. In general, your skin undertone is either warm or cool based on the color of your veins.

Lip Color

Makeup is another aspect of beauty that you need to take your skin undertone into consideration, particularly lip color. Cooler-toned faces pair well with berry colors or corals. According to Musely, it is important to select the color that enhances the tone on your face and not overpower it. Those with warm-toned skin should select deep lip colors that are warmer. These would be colors like reds, browns, or plum. If you are unsure which color to pick, you cannot go wrong with a nude, soft pink, or sheer lip gloss. Once you find a color that suits you, you should branch out by looking for colors in the same color.

Clothing Color

According to Fashionbeans, what you wear on your body can also be enhanced by wearing complementary colors based on your skin undertone. You might have heard people break down the clothing color palette into four seasons, but it is much simpler than that. Dark colors are complementary to those with light and cool-toned skin because you are less likely to be washed out by pale colors. If your skin is warm-toned, however, you can get away with a broader array of colors. That said, lighter colors will help brighten your skin.

Hair Color

Whether or not you have realized it, your hair color is meant to match up with your skin undertone. According to Blake Charles Salon, the color your veins appear to be on the inside of your wrist is a good indicator of your skin’s undertone. Greenish veins indicate a warm undertone and blue or purplish veins indicate a cool undertone.  If you are getting your hair professionally colored, your stylist should be able to help you to select a complementary color. However, the general rule is that your hair color should be the opposite of your undertones. That means if you have warm-toned skin, your hair should be cool-toned, like a dark ashy brown. If you do this, it helps your skin to not look washed out.

Skin undertone can help you build a more planned-out beauty routine when it comes to complementary colors. By doing so, you will look more put together and feel more confident. All you have to do is look at your veins and go from there.