This is the twentieth letter. And it is the most important one.
The full Indian skin depth scale
8 depths
Very Light
Light
Light Medium
Medium
Medium Tan
Tan
Deep
Very Deep
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possible combinations, every one deserves to be served
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
Every combination deserves a foundation that fits, a concealer that blends, a corrector that works, a lipstick that flatters, a blush that shows, a bronzer that glows.
Eight depths. Four undertones. Warm, cool, neutral, olive. Thirty-two possible combinations and every single one of them deserves to be served.
What you were told, and what was actually true
You were told you were medium.
You were one of eight. Medium is the word a system used when it ran out of precision for your skin.
You were told your undertone was warm or cool.
It may have been olive all along. Most global tools do not have an olive category. They placed you in the nearest box.
You were told the shade finder was accurate.
It was never trained on your skin. It gave you the best answer it could from data that was not about you.
You were told the nude would work.
It was never made for you. It was made for the primary market. You were not the primary market.
None of that was the truth about your skin. It was the truth about a system that was not built for you.
Twenty things nobody told you, until now
01
You are one of eight depths, not medium
02
Your undertone was never properly named for you
03
Your skin changes seasonally. Your undertone does not
04
Four tests actually work for Indian skin tones
05
It was never the wrong brand. It was wrong information
06
Coverage means how much skin shows through
07
Finish and skin type interact in Indian weather
08
The letter in your shade name matters more than the number
09
Most shade tools were never built for Indian skin
10
Your wrist is the wrong place to swatch
11
You probably do not need a colour corrector
12
Peach or orange depends on your depth, not a tutorial
13
Concealer has two jobs. They need two different shades
14
Your blush is not disappearing. It is the wrong shade
15
Bronzer must be warm for Indian skin to glow
16
Five foundation mistakes and how to unmake them
17
Lipstick looks different on you than on the model
18
Universal nude was never made for you
19
This is exactly how HerShade reads your skin
20
Every shade on this spectrum deserves a name
This series is twenty things nobody told you. There are twenty more where those came from. We are just getting started.
HerShade was built for you. Not adapted. Not retrofitted. Built, from the depth scale to the undertone system to the product catalogue, specifically for the full range of Indian skin.
Episode 20 of 20 · Dear Brown Girl · Complete
Your shade has always existed. It just needed someone to call it by its real name.