Best Foundation Choices for South Asian Skin Tones

Looking for the best foundation for medium yellow tones?

Finding the perfect foundation for any event can be a difficult task. Some foundation brands can feel cakey, not have enough shade range options, or can even lead to breakouts for those with acne-prone skin. However, finding the best foundation for South Asian skin tones can present an even bigger challenge due to the unique mix of yellow, peach, and red colors that are typically present. For a foundation to be the perfect match, it would have to be able to help with those colors that lie in the skin. Without further ado, here are the top 10 foundation brands for South Asian skin types.

Make UP For Ever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation

A little goes a long way with this medium coverage and long lasting foundation. If you’re looking for a new foundation staple then this foundation is for you. This will blur your imperfections but will also give you that flawless matte look that won’t make you look dull.

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Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 Foundation

With an award winning clean skin tint it doesn't get any better than this. Although this foundation is light coverage, this will leave your makeup with a dewy finish that will improve your skin overtime. It is clinically proven to improve the look of dryness, blemishes, redness, wrinkles, and uneven skin tone. Sounds pretty perfect to me.

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Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint

Struggling to find a foundation with a variety of skin colors? Fenty Beauty is known to have a wide variety of skin tone colors that will suit any person’s skin tone. This foundation is able to blur the skin with a few drops and as you apply with a beauty blender along the skin, this will create the perfect makeup look for a no makeup look kind of day.

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Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Serum Foundation

Remember those peach and red tones I had mentioned earlier? Yep, this will be the go to in order to knock those colors right out. A lightweight and hybrid formula that has key ingredients such as hyaluronic acid that makes the liquid skin serum leave a radiant finish on the skin.

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Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Foundation

Maybelline has been around since 1915. And it’s amazing to see how far they have come considering the fact that this company is known for their drugstore products. Drugstore isn’t necessarily a bad thing because lot’s of drugstore brands leave incredible finishes on the skin. From normal to oily skin, this may be your best bet if you need a foundation that gives a matte look but also blurs pores. After all, it is a poreless liquid product. According to Makeup Artist, David Maderich; “I’m so impressed by Maybelline’s formula and shade offerings.”

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Huda Beauty Luminous Matte Foundation

Have you ever placed a beauty filter on yourself to take a picture or a video? It made you look flawless and blurred out all your imperfections. This foundation will do just that for you once applied on the skin with a dense brush or a beauty blender. With 1-2 pumps of this liquid foundation, this true filter effect gives full coverage and blurs the skin to leave it with radiant skin. The formula is so true that it’s sweat/waterproof, fade proof, humidity proof and super long wear (24 hr). According to Huda Beauty, this foundation will NEVER let you down.


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Kulfi Main Match Hydrating Concealer

Not that type of person who likes to wear foundation? A person who would prefer a concealer than something heavier? You can definitely go with a concealer rather than a heavy foundation to still meet the needs your skin asks for to leave you that glow. This has a medium coverage that builds up and is able to cover up the redness and the darkness underneath the eyes. Better yet, don't crease or cake up! And with 21 featured colors, a little goes a long way to give you that perfect finish. Sounds pretty good for just a concealer!

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L’Oreal Infallible Fresh Wear 24HR Foundation

Another drugstore product for the books! L’Oreal comes in 40 shades offering its best to make sure your skin will have the best match. This will not clog your pores and will last on your skin all day, literally! It wouldn't say 24hr if it didn’t mean it! With medium coverage and spf, this gives you a perfect finish to your no makeup look by making your skin look healthy and fresh.

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Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation

If you’re looking for something more high end, then dior is the way to go. Not only is this a face foundation, but it could be used for a body foundation to help with anything you need to cover. With this medium coverage foundation, it leaves a flawless finish because it looks natural on the skin. With this high end foundation, this will have your face as well as your body look fresh and give a glow than any other. After all, if you adore her then you should DIOR her.

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Il Makiage Woke Up Like This Flawless Base Foundation

Do you think there's one color that will perfectly match your skin? You may think there isn’t an exact color out there for your skin. Well you're in luck, Il Makiage has a power match tool to help set the standard to find you the perfect color to match your skin. Sounds good right? It also leaves you with a streak free, flawless and natural matte finish! With over 50 shades, this may be the best foundation to have a correct color match for you!

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You see, it isn’t impossible to find your color after all!

Whether the foundations are high end or drugstore, these brands offer over a selection of shades to choose from! And on top of that, they each have specialized ingredients that will have your skin looking fresh and feeling amazing!

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