Starting my clay cake toppers

I'm starting my clay cake toppers (a little late - I only have 2 weeks left!). I'm trying to get my skin color right, but it's proving to be really difficult. Here's a picture of the color I made (I spent 30 min on this!) and it's just not right. It looks okay in the picture but in real life it looks ashen and a bit purple. I'll go to the store and buy "tan" color and mix it with some "flesh" color. They need "Filipino" color! I'll post the progress on these clayguys. I've made 2 attempts at making my face, but they look horribly unlike me. I'm trying to make one that looks horribly like me.