We understand the difficulty of purchasing sheer tights online. With so much choice in brands, not to mention shade and colour, it can be hard to decide which one is right for you. Sheer tights can be perfect for the summer, smoothing blemishes on the legs, This guide is full of suggestions to help you pick out what you think will work best for your skin tone. This is our opinion and the products we have selected are the closest we have available to the skin tone they are referring to. However, we realise that everyone is individual - this post is not prescriptive and we stock a wide range of colourways to accommodate most skin tones. TIPS: - The more sheer the tights are, the less coverage they are providing, making the colour easier to blend with your own skin tone, therefore giving a more natural look. - Some colours are warm and some are cool. This can have an impact of whether they go well with your skin or not. Decide whether you are a warm tone or cool tone before ordering. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Light Skin - (Auburn / red or blonde hair, blue / grey / green eyes) If you are incredibly pale and do not tan, then why not try WOLFORD NAKED 8 or SHEER 15 in COSMETIC, or perhaps GIPSY BETTER THAN BARE in FAIR. Both are cool natural colours and are best suited for very pale skin. If you tend to be more of a medium pale, and catch the sun slightly, then LEVANTE CLASS in NATURAL or FALKE PURE SHINE in GOLDEN might be your colour. Both are warm tones. For those who tan well with fair skin, we have GIPSY GLOSS in NATURAL GLOW or PRETTY POLLY NATURALS in SLIGHTLY SUNKISSED. Again, both of these shades are warmer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Beige Skin - (Blonde or light brown hair, blue / grey / green eyes) For light beige skin we suggest LEVANTE CLASS in VISONE or FALKE SHELINA in POWDER. Visone is a warmer shade than Powder, with Powder being on the cusp of warm and dark. Beige skin with a slight tan may need a shade darker, for example WOLFORD NAKED 8 or SHEER 15 in GOBI, a warm tone which can suit a few different skin colours. Very tanned beige skin may be best suited to GIPSY SOFT SHINE tights in COPPER GLOW (mainly warm but could also suit cool toned skin). For a more shiny leg try FALKE SEIDENGLATT in GOLDEN NEW, a lovely summery warm shade. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tanned Skin - (Medium / dark brown hair, green / blue / brown eyes) For those on the lighter end of the tanned spectrum, FALKE SHELINA in BRAZIL or WOLFORD NAKED 8 in CARAMEL should be a great match. Caramel is a slightly warmer tone that Brazil but both can suit cool tones also. Medium tanned skin may blend well with LEVANTE CLASS in MINK or CHARNOS SIMPLY BARE in TAN. Mink is a warm colour whereas Tan is cooler with red tones. Darker skin tones might find GIPSY GLOSS in BRONZE or ARISTOC ULTRA SHINE in ILLUSION work well. Illusion tends to be on the cooler side tone wise where as Bronze is a tad warmer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dark Skin - (Dark brown or black hair, brown eyes) For more fair dark skin PENDEZA TONE 10 might be a good colour, or perhaps GIPSY SMOOTH KNIT in MINK. Both have a rich tone with red-brown notes and are often still light enough for mixed-race skin. Medium dark skin can blend well with PENDEZA TONE 20. A rich, warm, chocolate brown. Slightly darker and cooler skin types may suit GIPSY TRANSLUCENT in CHOCOLATE more, so sheer they should give minimal coverage while still concealing blemishes. PRETTY POLLY in ALMOST EBONY and PENDEZA TONE 40 or 50 are shades with might go well with very dark skin. Tone 50 is darker and warmer than Tone 40, which in itself is rather cool with more of a grey tinge. Almost Ebony has more green undertones with a hint of chocolate and is also quite cool.
Skin Tones - Our Guide to Choosing Sheers
