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Foundation Colour Matching

Choose the perfect colour for your skin…

We want to help you choose the perfect Smitten Cosmetics colour for your unique skin.

The Fitzpatrick scale is a numerical classification system for human skin colour. It was developed in 1975 by Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, a Harvard dermatologist, as a way to estimate how skin responds to the sun.

Smitten Cosmetics offers colours from I – IV on the Fitzpatrick scale.

Not sure what colour your skin is? Click below to take a quiz that may help you to find your skin type on the Fitzpatrick Scale.
If you have any questions please click here to contact us so we can help!

Fitzpatrick skin type 1

Smitten Foundation Match:

Complexion Perfection Full Coverage: Porcelain (1)
Whipped Mousse: Cream
(1)
Mineral Powder: Cream
(1)

  • skin colour (before sun exposure): ivory
  • eye color: light blue, light gray, or light green
  • natural hair color: red or light blonde
  • sun reaction: skin always freckles, always burns and peels, and never tans

Fitzpatrick skin type 2

Smitten Foundation Match:

Complexion Perfection Full Coverage: Light  (2)
Whipped Mousse: Honey 
 (2)
Mineral Powder: Honey
(2)

  • skin color (before sun exposure): fair or pale
  • eye color: blue, gray, or green
  • natural hair color: blonde
  • sun reaction: skin usually freckles, burns and peels often, and rarely tans

Fitzpatrick skin type 3

Smitten Foundation Match:

Complexion Perfection Full Coverage: Medium Cool (3) or Medium Warm  (3)
Whipped Mousse: Cappuccino  (3)
Mineral Powder: Cappuccino  (3)

  • skin colour (before sun exposure): fair to beige, with golden undertones  Warm and cool tones
  • eye color: hazel or light brown, blue and green
  • natural hair color: dark blonde or light brown
  • sun reaction: skin might freckle, burns on occasion, and sometimes tans

Fitzpatrick skin type 4

Smitten Foundation Match:

Complexion Perfection Full Coverage: Golden  (4) 
Whipped Mousse: Latte  (4)
Mineral Powder: Latte  (4)

  • skin color (before sun exposure): olive or light brown
  • eye color: dark brown
  • natural hair color: dark brown
  • sun reaction: doesn’t really freckle, burns rarely, and tans often

Fitzpatrick skin type 5

Smitten Foundation Match:

Complexion Perfection Full Coverage: Tan (5) or Deep  (6)
Whipped Mousse: Mocha  (5)
Mineral Powder: Coffee  (5)

  • skin color (before sun exposure): dark brown
  • eye color: dark brown to black
  • natural hair color: dark brown to black
  • sun reaction: rarely freckles, almost never burns, and always tans

Fitzpatrick skin type 6

Smitten Foundation Match:

Complexion Perfection Full Coverage: Mocha  (7)
Mineral Powder: Tan

  • skin color (before sun exposure): deeply pigmented dark brown to darkest brown
  • eye color: brownish black
  • natural hair color: black
  • sun reaction: never freckles, never burns, and always tans darkly
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