Lingerie To Suit Your Skintone

This little guide comes from Marks and Spencer:

What do you think ?

Clothes, especially tops, are chosen to flatter the face and hair, but it does make sense for underwear to work with the skintone since they are seen with a big expanse of skin. I also noticed that black lingerie tends to be modeled by blondes, and pastels by brunettes.

Personally I have a mix of colours in my bra drawer: some reds, some blues and quite a lot of creams and pastels. And of course the necessary nude and black. I think that colour is not as important to me as the general aesthetics of the bra (cup type, cut, shape, pattern). And I never really thought about how the colour works with my skin or hair. Although instinctively I would never buy a bra in a colour I look terrible in (lime green, soul-sucking beige, mauve) because I have trained myself to ignore them when shopping.

Oh, and I own the red bra on the bottom row, but have never worn it. It´s a push-up, and I feel weird in it.

What do you think of the chart ? How do you choose your lingerie colours ? Do you like colours or do you stick to neutrals ?

Photo via Marks and Spencers

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domain name · 685 weeks ago

My skin is olive not golden, and I have a light/medium skintone. My hair and eyes are dark brown. Since this is a very common complexion, someone should know what kind of highlights I should choose. Also my hair is so dark I don't exactly know what the undertone is. Based on my complexion, is my hair probably warm or cool?

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fatal accident claim · 683 weeks ago

I don't like to wear much makeup because I don't really need it that much, but it would be nice if I could make my skintone a little more even. Does anyone know of any products or oils or anything that could help?

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portrait paintings · 670 weeks ago

My skin tone has a slight olive tint to it, but I've no idea what concealer will suit my skin tone best... Any ideas on how to find this out?

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Satellite dish · 668 weeks ago

hey...... its awesome its really cool and not me even my friends are also like this........thank you.....

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belly dance lessons · 665 weeks ago

If you walk into macy's they will not only tell you what your skin tone is but use the product on you. It's not only cool but you leave looking great!

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Passerby · 526 weeks ago

I prefer to wear browns/nudes when possible. Pale skin, but yellow tone, not pink tone. Like black, but often too overwhelming. The rare dark grey or heather indigo bra is a lovely treasure!

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David Cook · 521 weeks ago

Nice post. I have no idea what concealer will suit her skin tone best, but whenever I choose lingerie for my wife, she is comfortable in it and look sexy. I think she has better skin tone than other.

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