I laughed out loud when you said the thing about looking ill. When I was in the office and didn’t want to work I’d show up without makeup. Everyone would ask, Are you sick? You don’t look well. And I’d be like, you know, I don’t feel all that great, I think ill go home 😅 That shade is your perfect match! I stopped buying foundation bc I couldn’t find a spot on match. Neutrals are too pink or grey and warms are too yellow.
Totally! I perform art classes for children, once I appeared without any makeup and they asked me if I am sick 😄 I have pale neutral beige skin tone. Light olive in general.
@madzzz223 Wat products do you use? I’m also pale olive leaning cool. I always gravitate towards mauves and dusty roses for cheeks and lips. I’m intrigued with the browns and plums tough.
Watching Alexandra Anele’s foundation swatch video was what made me realize I had an olive undertone. Some of the foundations she pointed out as good matches are ones I had found worked the best for me (Revlon Buff and Tarte Amazonian Tinted Moisturizer in Ivory). The issue is they are too dark for me, so I can only use them lightly and blended out well. I have used the Tarte tinted moisturizer for years because I have had so many problems finding a foundation match. They are often too orange, pink, or yellow, and generally just overly saturated in color. I used to think I was cool-toned because of the redness in my face and some of the colors I tend to prefer (berries, mauves, taupes, and more green-leaning golds), but cool-toned foundations always look grey on me, so I have usually opted for yellow-leaning shades. For concealer, the Nars Soft Matte Concealer in Chantilly is a very close match, just a smidge darker, but I really only like it for spot concealing because of the consistency. Recently, I tried Natasha Denona Hy-Glam Concealer in Y1 since I had seen a few videos where Hannah Louise Poston mixed that and RN1, and Y1 is miraculously an exact match to my neck. I have since started using it by itself instead of foundation or mixed with the Tarte tinted moisturizer, and it works so well. The only issue is that I have a lot of redness in my face, which can show up a little shadowy, so I want to try a green color corrector. I have the 24 hour Prime Lab one by L’Oreal, but I find it too drying. I have always had issues with what people called “neutrals” because they often look too orange on me. Pinks also generally don’t look great. I have found that purple-toned colors tend to read more neutral on me than a lot of traditional “neutrals”. Even mauves can have a tendency to look orange, especially in lip liners or eyeshadows. My lips are actually a grey-leaning purple, and I have had a hard time finding a MLBB color. One of my favorites was Nars lipstick in Damage, but it was discontinued. I find that purple-toned lipsticks tend to be very saturated, dark, or both, which ends up being more of a statement because I’m so pale. I don’t mind that, but it can be frustrating when I just want something closer to my actual lip color. I also can’t do anything with a white base because it makes me look dead. I’ve been eyeing some Asian beauty brands for lip colors because I’ve noticed they often have those muted purple and mauve colors. I really enjoy your videos, and love the “Bye, witches~” sign off! The color season series, makeup like an old painting, and this video have been recent favorites. Thank you!
Ah sounds like you’ve struggled a lot being so fair and olive! I think Asian beauty could be a good route too because my experience with Asian beauty brands is the pigments tend to be less saturated and soft. Thanks for watching my vids! Glad you’re liking them and thank you for the support 💓
Smashbox has a VERY light olive foundation! (colour 1.05 in the Studio Skin, but I believe the new formula has the same colour numbers). Revlon Buff is a good winter match for me and Smashbox 1.05 is too light for me (I use it to mix with darker foundations).
Blue concealer. You’ll thank me later. I’m ME/African/German/Spanish. Natural dark Auburn hair, light brown eyes, and nearly porcelain skin. I’m not cool tone or warm toned. I was 16 and all these women were trying to match my skin. A Nigerian woman approached and asked me which one of my parents was African, and which one was from Spain. I was in the South, USA in the 90’s. So I was so excited that she knew my ancestry! She took 2 foundations from Origins. The lightest shade of the RB and YO undertones. The blue would cancel the orange and the blue and yellow would become Green undertones. I don’t know if Origins is around anymore. I’ve just not worn foundation in years now. I control my skin care carefully. I use liquid eye shadow, bronzer, blush, eyeliner, mascara in either auburn/aborigine or blackest of black, and a lips stain in a sheer a deep rose. And I just use a primer and a BB crème. I’m in my mid 40’s, so I use liquid for daily use to mostruruze and hydrate, while not dragging the skin. The coverage is great for my needs. But I’ve missed doing some dramatic effects, so I’m here to learn❤
i’m so happy i found this video. i too am light neutral olive and finding foundation or concealer is hell, everything is orange or straight up pink. i have never found somebody who would have same under eye bags and redness on face. i feel so validated and happy to have you as my inspiration and guidance for makeup 🫶🏻😌
Yay, glad you found me! Once I started to notice the mismatch between my complexion products and my actual skin, it really started to bother me but getting the perfect foundation match was game changer
I'm kinda a minimalist so I only have one or a few items in each category. Revlon 150 buff mixed with a drop of white pigment from LA colors Maybelline instant age rewind concealer in 160 pink Nyx sweetcheeks blush in bombshell Elf powder foundation in 205 n on a real techniques brush 202? Basically a powder skin tint Mac chili lipstick Nyx ever lipliner Elf lip oil rose envy Loreal lipliner au naturale Milani lipliner in cinnamon statement
Oh I’m so glad to hear! I’ve been on a journey discovering my fav colours since discovering my undertone so I’ll definitely post more looks down the road
I have a lot of yellow in my skin and for many years I was told I was a Winter, but I was watching like you the color theory UA-camrs and I am. not a Winter but an Autumn! Shocking but made so much more sense to me. I had a makeup artist tell me I have warm skin as I have a lot of yellow in my skin.Then I started my search on what season am I really. Loved this video!!
I stand by that you’re always going to be the best judge of yourself. So many people give their opinions off of first impressions or preconceptions so it’s great you were able to figure out what colours worked best for you!
feeling seeeen. fellow fair olive w/ super flushed cheeks & dark circles who was always perplexed by the cool vs warm vein test lol 🤎 i’ve always known i had an olive undertone bc it’s prominent in my family but nobody seemed to acknowledge the existence of fair olives so i got confused for awhile haha. i’ve seen another in depth video about this and am glad it’s becoming more well known ! 🫒🌿 just saw your forest / olive green makeup look and loooved it 💚 i def need more green shadows in my life. my fav colors are also earth toned greens, coppers, etc. my whole wardrobe is olive green and brown lmao
Since discovering the olive undertone it’s helped me so much in finding my best shades! It’s strangely so new that people are realizing that those with fair skin can have it so I hope more brands start coming out with foundations
First time I’ve seen someone olive with truly fair skin. I’m very fair too with olive tones but totally different coloring. I’ll try out your concealer and foundation shades. I use NARS Mont Blanc, and yes, there is too much pink. I mix in a green color corrector 1:1 ratio and it’s perfect.
I am late to the game because I only recently discovered your channel (love!!!) but I think I have similar undertones to you and I also find that "muddied" or muted colors work best for me! I have some painting/art background and it makes me so happy when the stuff I learned about art crosses over into makeup! So any "pure" color that is mixed with a bit of its complimentary color, aka cool mixed with warm, looks best on my fair olive skin. Whenever I see an oxymoron in a color description, like "warm berry," I usually love it. The Charlotte Tilbury lipsticks M.I. Kiss (muted mauvey berry) and Walk of No Shame (similar but slightly more burnt red) look really pretty. I'm still figuring out what colors look good on me (this video is so helpful!) but I feel like I struck gold with those two shades. I recommend!!
It’s so cool how makeup colour theory is art theory too! And that is so true about the oxymoron mixes. I never noticed that but when I hear something like “warm berry” I immediately know it will work!
I’ve had this problem for as long as I’ve been wearing makeup. I always noticed that when I brought the foundation down to my neck, it would always be way too pink or yellow, making my skin look greenish. I didn’t think too hard about it until I got so fed up with another foundation that didn’t match my skin. I finally realized that I am a fair olive and I’ve found my perfect foundation shade! Can’t even tell it apart from the color of my neck. I’m so happy, it’s been a game changer.
@ I’ve been using the the Revlon colorstay foundation in the shade Buff! It’s a pretty popular one, I don’t even have to bring it down to my neck cause it matches so well. Best foundation I’ve tried, and I’ve tried a lot of higher end makeup that has just not worked well for me as far as color and formula.
This is a great experiment! Superstition is definitely in the same color corner as KVD's Queen of Poisons (formerly Lolita), but I couldn't say that it's a match, but yoiu may want to check it out. Lately colors like that, for my cheeks, along with muted deep plums, are what I've been craving and they look good on me with any haircolor. All the brands are coming out with them now, too, which I appreciate. I'm going to look into the LE skin tint.
Aaahhh thank you for this video and welcome to the fair olive club 💚💚💚 I'm fair neutral leaning slightly cool so not that far from you. The olivemua and fairolives reddits have been pretty eye-opening and great help. From my understanding, the ratio between the blue and yellow in your particular green will skew your undertone either on the cool or warm side. If your veins tend to be more sage green= slightly cool. Olive= slightly warm. It's a brain twister but once you're on the right track, things finally click into place. As for colors, for me it's dustymauves and lavenders. Dark berries. Dark sage greens. Golden olives (old and burnished, not brass). Dark charcoals. Neutral/pale golds. That icy true winter look would be what I'd wear and my favorite on you 👍🏻. For palettes, surprisingly : Retro Glam. I hate the way the color story looks but those greenish/greyish browns are my perfect neutrals, they just melt into my skin 😳. Lisa Eldridge's Vega. Viseart Petit Four Peridot. Have fun experimenting !
Also a fair skinned red head with olive undertones. The only face/complexion product I use is Kosas Concealer in the new 2.3 shade. It's the closest in all lights for me.
I seem to have even lighter skin than you, as the 2.5 fron lisa eldridge is far too dark for me :( For even lighter olive skin I can recommend the Revolve foundation from rms in 000, ans also the concealer by rose inc in lx010!
Watching this I think I might be light olive too 😮. I'm drawn to mauve blushes and lip products. Have you tried Rituel de Fille's foundation? I'd like to try the brand but I'm unsure which shade to pick. I think 105 might be a bit too fair, 115 too golden, but then 110 could be too rosy 😆.
I haven’t tried it because there’s a nut oil in it and I’m allergic sadly. 105 looks great for the olive undertone but definitely quite fair. When in doubt, I do opt for the fairer shade because it usually works out once bronzer and blush is on. They’re pretty great with customer service there. You could potentially send them a pic and ask for a shade match!
@@evangelinemolly I agree that fairer is the better option, and if it makes me look more ghostly, well that's only a bonus haha. Thank you, I will use your code 💜
Also you could also mix the lighter one with the next darker one and hopefully your shade will be in the middle? You could adjust the portion of each until you find your perfect shade. It would suck to have to buy 2 but then you would have it for twice as long? Especially if you already bought one of them, or more, already.
@@lissacroft919 I ended up just buying samples (haven't tried them yet). It's quite expensive for me to buy from them as I'm in Europe, even with sales prices, and there are so many brands out there that I can find one that has the perfect shade without having to do any mixing. I just took advantage of the BF sale to try them out.
The timing of this video is crazy I also just recently realized I'm fair olive because of that Hannah Louise poston video you mentioned! I have always felt like I can't go in public without makeup unless I want people to think I have some contagious illness and green skin plus my dark undereyes does explain that lol. I have been on the search for a rusty lip color since then so recommendations are always appreciated! The shade power hour in the tower 28 blushes has been a great find for me, sort of a brownish mauve. Also funny that I've been dying my hair copper for years and knowing thats a color suited to me without actually knowing why.
I've never felt so seen in my complexion preferences! I will definitely be picking up some of these products, and wait listing for others. Thank you for the fair/pale olive representation!
Just found this video, and I wanted to say... you're so right. All my life, people told me I was cool toned because I'm very pale, but the colors you listed are the exact same ones that I've come to love on myself. Many colors that fit on both warm and cool sides of the divide can look good if they are tempered with their complement to make them more neutral, and they'll end up looking much prettier on than in the tube. (Finding the right nude lip, for example. It looks horribly dull in the tube but lovely on.) Maybe the upshot is that we are not restricted to either warm or cool. I, too, used to be asked if I was sick. The areas that show the most green on me are typically around my mouth and neck, and oddly, inner elbows. I love all your suggestions, and some of them are ones I've been told to avoid due to the contrast with green, but you hit the nail on he head. Coral or apricot can be great if the color is not too intense. I love a bold red, too. Thanks for affirming this stuff for those of us who are always getting bad advice and have had to make our own way in color choices.
Big fan of Rare beauty concealer in 170W light olive warm. I’ve also tried a new brand at ulta called Wyn Beauty! They have a concealer shade in light olive and it is perfect
I finally got my skin match with Lisa Eldridge 2.5 mixed 2:1 with her shade 1 this past Winter. Kind of desaturated pale olive. I might be able to go without mixing in shade 1 on the summer time. Figuring out my undertone was a long, arduous road . Have you tried her new skin tint?
Oooh sounds like you may be able to wear this shade in the summer! Haven’t tried the skin tint yet. I’m a bit skeptical since I’m more of a medium/full coverage gal. Have you tried it?
@@evangelinemolly I have. I reached out to her team on Instagram to ask for shade advise and they kindly mailed me two samples. T1 was too pink, and shade T2, to me, looks too golden...but a few friends say it looks good. The formula is great and feels comfortable on the skin, doesn't misbehave in any way. They do have an olive shade, but sadly I think it would be too dark. I'm on the fence about buying a full bottle or just trying to sheer out the foundation with something.
@@evangelinemolly coverage was surprisingly good though. Great skin like texture. Lasts a long time too ! I have combination skin, mature at 52, and it got just a little glow going at 12 hours in the T zone.
I agree with everything you're saying 100%!!! Also I'm a neutral shade in Estee Lauder too. Even though I have a lot of yellow in my skin, I can't wear their warm foundations. But I do wear warm concealers in Kosas, because those are the right shade of "golden".
It’s interesting how different brands have different versions of what warm, neutral, and cool are! I’ve been meaning to try the Kosas concealer so maybe I will opt for a warm shade!
I am watching this a little bit late but perhaps you and other pale olives could enjoy the Espoir Neutral Green concealer. It is my first time ever finding a perfect match! Not 100% sure it'd work for you though, as I find Mont Blanc and Chantilly very pink leaning on me.
Hello! I have the exact same skin tone as you, especially on the picture with no makeup it is very noticable. Can you please share if you use other foundations and their shades, especially if you have a recommendation for drugstore foundations or ones that can be found in Sephora or Douglas? I am in Bulgaria and this foundation from the video is not found here. Thank you!!!!
Hi! My best match besides the Lisa Eldridge is the Estée Lauder double wear in Ivory Nude. I have used the shade Mont Blanc in Nars foundations with the elf green colour corrector mixed in it. Hope that helps a bit! I don’t have experience with drugstore foundations
I’m olive fair with yellow undertone. I think I’m more on warm side cause cool shades don’t work on me. But best I’ve tried out of more than 100 foundation are elf - light ivory yellow undertone , with light sand concealer, and Candy moyo Bb cream shade light 1 if going for more matte look. If going for more moisturize look theirs brand About Face - F2 olive . And revlons 150 whithout the pump that gives of more pinkish under shade. Various type of 150 shade is different in a bit more lighter , darker or yellowish. Louis viton LN1 and Anastasia are great too.
I relate to this so much because I've also only recently learned that I have light olive skin and everything you said makes so much sense! It was actually my hairdresser who mentioned it, I was talking to him about the shade of blonde I wanted and he casually mentioned "yes this will go best with your olive skin" and my brain exploded. I've wasted so much money on the wrong shades of foundation (even with assistance at stores) and never feeling like it was a good match. Lisa's foundation is my closest match, but she does have new olive shades I'm excited to try for an even more perfect match! I'm watching this video and just nodding yes! to everything you say!
I feel you, I being a fair neutral olive that leans towards cool. I live by neutral foundations. Recently I went to Sephora and blended the fairest cool shade and 12O by makeup by Mario and created my perfect shade that blended beautifully.
Now that it’s summer I have to do strange mixes to get the right tone for my tan and nothing really works! It’s a tough skin tone for brands to get right!
@@evangelinemolly Ulta was carrying the lightest Olive shade made by Morphe Filter Light 4. It’s a decent foundation and matches me perfectly. Ulta does not carry it anymore last I looked but I saw it over on Morphe website. Hopefully they don’t discontinue it. I normally just use neutral as that works just about right.
This was SO helpful to me, as these are things i've always struggled with! I've always found that shades look completely different on me in practice, so I need to do some more investigating to see if I have an olive undertone. Thank you for making this video.
That picture of your neck at the the beginning of the video with the pink foundation looks exactly like mine does! I swear our neck and chest are the greenest parts 😂
You should try the Lime Crime Venus XL 2, the one with green, and mauve shades (look at the swatches instead of the packaging, their website describes them as neutral earth tones as well). I dunno if I have a fair olive undertone, lately I just go for neutral foundations because I feel like neither cool nor warm tones totally fit me, but that eyeshadow palette was super flattering on me which I did not expect. I got the palette on sale, and took a chance on it just because I thought the color story was so pretty. It's on sale right now, too, for anyone interested, it's a super underrated palette imo, I find it to be a very user friendly way to wear green eyeshadow.
Yes to everything you said in this! Things will pull pink or peach so easily on me so I try to look for neutrals that i can cut with green color corrector to match me. I’m fair but because of my undertone my skin gets about three shades deeper in the summer so I always have to mix things together to get my correct match haha. Also I’m always asked if Im sick when i don’t wear makeup 😂
I haven't tried any coverage products that are advertised as olive, but I watch a couple of creators that have the same shade match I use (NYX Light) and either describe themselves as olive or at least suspect that they could be olive. That shade in particular is less saturated than the other light shades in NYX's (or other brands') line. I can get away with something more saturated peachy/orange but the level of desaturation makes it a perfect match. That being said, lip and cheek shades translate completely differently on me compared to the creators that use the same concealer/foundation shade. I think my hair color might be the reason why, I have charcoal brown hair and eyes, while my "skin twins" have rusty red and strawberry blonde hair. I need a lot of blue in my lip & cheek shades. The only warm-toned blush I wear is a white-based coral (leaning on the pink side of coral). A lot of current lip and cheek shade ranges lean too rusty/terracotta for me. Even the berry Rituelle de Fille lipstick you demoed would probably look like a deep rust on me.
That was a beautifully put together video. I have a small channel dedicated to fair neutral olive tone skin and I really loved what you had to share in this video. I want the black honey lip now! 😂
I’m def olive warm. I look jaundice when I’m sick, I pull more yellow/brown under my eyes when I’m super tired too. My skin looks very sallow when I’m unwell. But when I’m healthy and hydrated my skin looks brighter and has a tiny bit of pink to my cheeks. It’s painfully obvious when I’m not well😂 adding warmth to my cheeks either by bronzer or blusher just really brightens up my complexion. I def look my best when I’m tan in summer! I am Mexican so I get nice and golden brown in the sun, I just wish it would last year round! ☀️ 😅
after learning I was fair olive it opened my eyes to so many things! Since it's hard to find colourmatch, I have blue pigment from LA girls cosmetics and mix it with warm foundation. Or green pigment too. Mehron has fair olive foundation but it was bit too green for me haha. I haven't tried Lisas makeup yet so I can't compare Also, I love pinks and reds. I can' t use corals for some reason but I can use cooler and warmer reds. But because I'm very fair and muted I find too saturated pinks to be overpowering on me. So dusty pink it is! Surprisingly, it's not that easy to find
Hey! I am a bit confused since I see your blushes are really cool toned aren't they? I thought Plum and marve are cool toned? And for olive leaning warm wouldnt warm tones look better? I think I am olive but I dont know if leaning warm or cool, i think warm, and I think peach and coral looks good as blush, what do you think? Also, what other shades for blush would suit rather than marve or plum? I personally find these shades very sophisticated and I would prefer something more youthful:) e.g. Milani Luminouso is very peachy and it looks great on me and I cannot imagine myself in Plum since it is so cool and olive is not cool, so am I not olive? so confused:))
Hi! I love this question! First off, I want to start by saying take my reply with a grain of salt, as with most stuff on the internet. There's so much info out there, so many contradicting rules, and it can be overwhelming! I'm going to speak from my experience, and things I've learned that helped me :) First off, like any colour, plums and mauves can be warm, cool, or neutral! The ones I used and mentioned in this video are kinda all over the map with being warm to cool. From what I've learned, these shades are just generally complimentary to olive because they are bit more muted and earthy, which works nicely with olive undertones. In my experience, I find I can play with both warm and cool depending on what effect I want to create. For example, if I want a plum blush to really pop, I'll opt for a cooler tone. If I want it to be more "harmonious" and subtle, I'll opt for a warm/neutral. But no matter how cool or warm, there still is this complimentary tone from the more muted plum/mauve shades. One blush I find looks awful on me though is like a baby pink cool blush... somehow that just looks so odd and I think because it's a bit less of an "earthy" tone. And you're so right, these are more sophisticated tones. I also LOVE peachy pinks when I want to look very flushed, healthy, youthful. Then I'll opt for something like Rose Inc Foxglove which I mentioned. You can see it in action in my Penelope Featherington makeup look, if you're interested! All these different tones are really all about leaning into different effects, but if you're being mindful of the olive undertone, it's often about opting for the more muted versions of shades (e.g. a terracotta peachy shade rather than a bright orange, a rusty red rather than a bright red). And then, there's also the fun in really work against one's undertones. I think it can be so beautiful and striking to play against one's complexion for more bold and eye-catching looks. Of course, not everyone wants to do that but it really can be a fun way to experiment and really understand how colour works for you and your personality and style. I hope this was helpful or at least interesting. Style Me Jenn talks about olive undertones in depth and the Pale Olive reddit thread can be fun to deep dive into. And don't forget to just have fun with makeup :)
I have pale olive toned skin. I’m leaning more neutral. I look so sickly all the time and I hate it. I can actually wear all blush colors besides ones that are too peachy/orange or red. Cold colors look strangely very bad on my skin. It makes me look sad.
I wonder if I'm fair olive 🤔 I have the same issues as you. My mom is fair cool but my dad is med olive. My sister is med olive too. A lot of colors recommended to me often don't look good, which is frustrating enough being a redhead.
I loved this video! You know how easily I get lost in the idea of undertones etc, and I’m a big fan of Hannah Louise Poston too. That Lisa Eldridge foundation is undeniably perfect for you! Love love love.
I laughed out loud when you said the thing about looking ill. When I was in the office and didn’t want to work I’d show up without makeup. Everyone would ask, Are you sick? You don’t look well. And I’d be like, you know, I don’t feel all that great, I think ill go home 😅
That shade is your perfect match! I stopped buying foundation bc I couldn’t find a spot on match. Neutrals are too pink or grey and warms are too yellow.
Omg that is too funny! I gotta use that one sometimes 😂
Oh same for me with the foundation.
Totally! I perform art classes for children, once I appeared without any makeup and they asked me if I am sick 😄 I have pale neutral beige skin tone. Light olive in general.
I love the vibe you give off
Thank you❤️❤️
fair/light olives unite!
Finally someone talking about olive skin! Love that you are not just talking about foundation color but an overall makeup look as well!
Glad you liked this video! I may expand on it down the road ❤️
All the olive love💚 you look stunning
Thank you! 😊 🫒❤️
Also Your Color Style video Pale Olive Skin Tone. - neutral , warm or cool is pretty good. Jen stepped up her olive game.
29:10 yes! i'm a pale cool-leaning olive and i love a vibrant plum cheek with a browny plum lip.
It’s such a nice combo! I can see it look extra good on a cool tone olive 💓
@madzzz223 Wat products do you use? I’m also pale olive leaning cool. I always gravitate towards mauves and dusty roses for cheeks and lips. I’m intrigued with the browns and plums tough.
Watching Alexandra Anele’s foundation swatch video was what made me realize I had an olive undertone. Some of the foundations she pointed out as good matches are ones I had found worked the best for me (Revlon Buff and Tarte Amazonian Tinted Moisturizer in Ivory). The issue is they are too dark for me, so I can only use them lightly and blended out well. I have used the Tarte tinted moisturizer for years because I have had so many problems finding a foundation match. They are often too orange, pink, or yellow, and generally just overly saturated in color. I used to think I was cool-toned because of the redness in my face and some of the colors I tend to prefer (berries, mauves, taupes, and more green-leaning golds), but cool-toned foundations always look grey on me, so I have usually opted for yellow-leaning shades.
For concealer, the Nars Soft Matte Concealer in Chantilly is a very close match, just a smidge darker, but I really only like it for spot concealing because of the consistency. Recently, I tried Natasha Denona Hy-Glam Concealer in Y1 since I had seen a few videos where Hannah Louise Poston mixed that and RN1, and Y1 is miraculously an exact match to my neck. I have since started using it by itself instead of foundation or mixed with the Tarte tinted moisturizer, and it works so well. The only issue is that I have a lot of redness in my face, which can show up a little shadowy, so I want to try a green color corrector. I have the 24 hour Prime Lab one by L’Oreal, but I find it too drying.
I have always had issues with what people called “neutrals” because they often look too orange on me. Pinks also generally don’t look great. I have found that purple-toned colors tend to read more neutral on me than a lot of traditional “neutrals”. Even mauves can have a tendency to look orange, especially in lip liners or eyeshadows. My lips are actually a grey-leaning purple, and I have had a hard time finding a MLBB color. One of my favorites was Nars lipstick in Damage, but it was discontinued. I find that purple-toned lipsticks tend to be very saturated, dark, or both, which ends up being more of a statement because I’m so pale. I don’t mind that, but it can be frustrating when I just want something closer to my actual lip color. I also can’t do anything with a white base because it makes me look dead. I’ve been eyeing some Asian beauty brands for lip colors because I’ve noticed they often have those muted purple and mauve colors.
I really enjoy your videos, and love the “Bye, witches~” sign off! The color season series, makeup like an old painting, and this video have been recent favorites. Thank you!
Ah sounds like you’ve struggled a lot being so fair and olive! I think Asian beauty could be a good route too because my experience with Asian beauty brands is the pigments tend to be less saturated and soft. Thanks for watching my vids! Glad you’re liking them and thank you for the support 💓
Smashbox has a VERY light olive foundation! (colour 1.05 in the Studio Skin, but I believe the new formula has the same colour numbers). Revlon Buff is a good winter match for me and Smashbox 1.05 is too light for me (I use it to mix with darker foundations).
Blue concealer. You’ll thank me later. I’m ME/African/German/Spanish. Natural dark Auburn hair, light brown eyes, and nearly porcelain skin. I’m not cool tone or warm toned. I was 16 and all these women were trying to match my skin. A Nigerian woman approached and asked me which one of my parents was African, and which one was from Spain. I was in the South, USA in the 90’s. So I was so excited that she knew my ancestry! She took 2 foundations from Origins. The lightest shade of the RB and YO undertones. The blue would cancel the orange and the blue and yellow would become Green undertones. I don’t know if Origins is around anymore. I’ve just not worn foundation in years now. I control my skin care carefully. I use liquid eye shadow, bronzer, blush, eyeliner, mascara in either auburn/aborigine or blackest of black, and a lips stain in a sheer a deep rose. And I just use a primer and a BB crème.
I’m in my mid 40’s, so I use liquid for daily use to mostruruze and hydrate, while not dragging the skin. The coverage is great for my needs. But I’ve missed doing some dramatic effects, so I’m here to learn❤
Medium olive here. I use E.L.F. make up shade vanilla its a perfect match.for me! I love berry color for my lips!
i’m so happy i found this video. i too am light neutral olive and finding foundation or concealer is hell, everything is orange or straight up pink. i have never found somebody who would have same under eye bags and redness on face. i feel so validated and happy to have you as my inspiration and guidance for makeup 🫶🏻😌
Yay, glad you found me! Once I started to notice the mismatch between my complexion products and my actual skin, it really started to bother me but getting the perfect foundation match was game changer
I'm a fair neutral olive 🫒 🧜🏼♀️🫒
What are your favourite tones to wear?!
I'm kinda a minimalist so I only have one or a few items in each category.
Revlon 150 buff mixed with a drop of white pigment from LA colors
Maybelline instant age rewind concealer in 160 pink
Nyx sweetcheeks blush in bombshell
Elf powder foundation in 205 n on a real techniques brush 202? Basically a powder skin tint
Mac chili lipstick
Nyx ever lipliner
Elf lip oil rose envy
Loreal lipliner au naturale
Milani lipliner in cinnamon statement
Ooh those all sound great! I have NYX ever as well and it’s my most used liner 😂
This is the first video of yours that I watched, just yesterday and I’m already subscribed. I love your vibe and content fellow fair olive witch ❤
I love that rare beauty bronzer shade too! Such a great olive buy😍
It’s such a great shade!
Rose Inc concealer in 010 and Soft light foundation in 2N. They actually match my neck, which was a first. I’m terrified they might stop making it.
Okay I’m going to look into this because the Lisa Eldridge olive shade hasn’t restocked in months!
This is the best look I've seen anyone do for redheads with fair olive skin. Thank you!
Oh I’m so glad to hear! I’ve been on a journey discovering my fav colours since discovering my undertone so I’ll definitely post more looks down the road
I have a lot of yellow in my skin and for many years I was told I was a Winter, but I was watching like you the color theory UA-camrs and I am. not a Winter but an Autumn! Shocking but made so much more sense to me. I had a makeup artist tell me I have warm skin as I have a lot of yellow in my skin.Then I started my search on what season am I really. Loved this video!!
I stand by that you’re always going to be the best judge of yourself. So many people give their opinions off of first impressions or preconceptions so it’s great you were able to figure out what colours worked best for you!
feeling seeeen. fellow fair olive w/ super flushed cheeks & dark circles who was always perplexed by the cool vs warm vein test lol 🤎
i’ve always known i had an olive undertone bc it’s prominent in my family but nobody seemed to acknowledge the existence of fair olives so i got confused for awhile haha. i’ve seen another in depth video about this and am glad it’s becoming more well known ! 🫒🌿
just saw your forest / olive green makeup look and loooved it 💚 i def need more green shadows in my life. my fav colors are also earth toned greens, coppers, etc. my whole wardrobe is olive green and brown lmao
Since discovering the olive undertone it’s helped me so much in finding my best shades! It’s strangely so new that people are realizing that those with fair skin can have it so I hope more brands start coming out with foundations
First time I’ve seen someone olive with truly fair skin. I’m very fair too with olive tones but totally different coloring. I’ll try out your concealer and foundation shades. I use NARS Mont Blanc, and yes, there is too much pink. I mix in a green color corrector 1:1 ratio and it’s perfect.
I’ve been putting color corrector in Mont Blanc as well! It helps so much
You are striking in these shades! Truly complimentary!
I am late to the game because I only recently discovered your channel (love!!!) but I think I have similar undertones to you and I also find that "muddied" or muted colors work best for me! I have some painting/art background and it makes me so happy when the stuff I learned about art crosses over into makeup! So any "pure" color that is mixed with a bit of its complimentary color, aka cool mixed with warm, looks best on my fair olive skin. Whenever I see an oxymoron in a color description, like "warm berry," I usually love it. The Charlotte Tilbury lipsticks M.I. Kiss (muted mauvey berry) and Walk of No Shame (similar but slightly more burnt red) look really pretty. I'm still figuring out what colors look good on me (this video is so helpful!) but I feel like I struck gold with those two shades. I recommend!!
It’s so cool how makeup colour theory is art theory too! And that is so true about the oxymoron mixes. I never noticed that but when I hear something like “warm berry” I immediately know it will work!
I’ve had this problem for as long as I’ve been wearing makeup. I always noticed that when I brought the foundation down to my neck, it would always be way too pink or yellow, making my skin look greenish. I didn’t think too hard about it until I got so fed up with another foundation that didn’t match my skin. I finally realized that I am a fair olive and I’ve found my perfect foundation shade! Can’t even tell it apart from the color of my neck. I’m so happy, it’s been a game changer.
What foundation shade did you get?! The Lisa Eldridge that I love has been sold out for a while and I’m almost out!
@ I’ve been using the the Revlon colorstay foundation in the shade Buff! It’s a pretty popular one, I don’t even have to bring it down to my neck cause it matches so well. Best foundation I’ve tried, and I’ve tried a lot of higher end makeup that has just not worked well for me as far as color and formula.
I’m definitely going to check that shade out! Thank you!
This is a great experiment! Superstition is definitely in the same color corner as KVD's Queen of Poisons (formerly Lolita), but I couldn't say that it's a match, but yoiu may want to check it out. Lately colors like that, for my cheeks, along with muted deep plums, are what I've been craving and they look good on me with any haircolor. All the brands are coming out with them now, too, which I appreciate. I'm going to look into the LE skin tint.
Just looked it up and it’s definitely a very similar colour! So here for all the plummy shades!
Aaahhh thank you for this video and welcome to the fair olive club 💚💚💚
I'm fair neutral leaning slightly cool so not that far from you. The olivemua and fairolives reddits have been pretty eye-opening and great help. From my understanding, the
ratio between the blue and yellow in your particular green will skew your undertone either on the cool or warm side. If your veins tend to be more sage green= slightly cool. Olive= slightly warm. It's a brain twister but once you're on the right track, things finally click into place. As for colors, for me it's dustymauves and lavenders. Dark berries. Dark sage greens. Golden olives (old and burnished, not brass). Dark charcoals. Neutral/pale golds. That icy true winter look would be what I'd wear and my favorite on you 👍🏻. For palettes, surprisingly : Retro Glam. I hate the way the color story looks but those greenish/greyish browns are my perfect neutrals, they just melt into my skin 😳. Lisa Eldridge's Vega. Viseart Petit Four Peridot.
Have fun experimenting !
Oooh love all those colours! I’m going to try that vein test today. I have Retro glam but barely use it. I’m definitely going to delve into again soon
I just figured this out too!
It’s a game changer when you do!
You’re describing my exact journey, literally trying my Lisa Eldridge sample today!
Oooh I hope it’s the right match for you!
Also a fair skinned red head with olive undertones. The only face/complexion product I use is Kosas Concealer in the new 2.3 shade. It's the closest in all lights for me.
I love that brands are starting to put out more fair olive shades!!
Even when you were holding up the olive bottle against your chest, I was like yes!! That one!
It’s a game changer finding a neck match!!
Omg just got to that part where people ask if you’re sick or okay. That explains a lot. I’ve gotten that my whole life.
Haha yep. And I see how I do look sick 😂
I can wholeheartedly recommend the Maryjane Palette from melt. The mattes and their undertones are just fantastic for olive skins!!
Omg I loveeee that one! There was something about the tones. I’ve borrowed it from my mom but been on the fence about buying it myself for awhile
I love your content! ❤
I seem to have even lighter skin than you, as the 2.5 fron lisa eldridge is far too dark for me :(
For even lighter olive skin I can recommend the Revolve foundation from rms in 000, ans also the concealer by rose inc in lx010!
Wow, must be tough for you to find shades!
Look up Jenn - Style Refinement (Style by Jenn before). She’s explained olive skin the best I have found so far.
Loved it! Totally hooked!
Definitely a warm olive 🫒
You are stunning! I can’t stop staring at your beautiful hair and complexion. 🌺
Awww thank you!!! 🥹💕
Watching this I think I might be light olive too 😮. I'm drawn to mauve blushes and lip products. Have you tried Rituel de Fille's foundation? I'd like to try the brand but I'm unsure which shade to pick. I think 105 might be a bit too fair, 115 too golden, but then 110 could be too rosy 😆.
I haven’t tried it because there’s a nut oil in it and I’m allergic sadly. 105 looks great for the olive undertone but definitely quite fair. When in doubt, I do opt for the fairer shade because it usually works out once bronzer and blush is on. They’re pretty great with customer service there. You could potentially send them a pic and ask for a shade match!
@@evangelinemolly I agree that fairer is the better option, and if it makes me look more ghostly, well that's only a bonus haha. Thank you, I will use your code 💜
What code are you referring to?
Also you could also mix the lighter one with the next darker one and hopefully your shade will be in the middle? You could adjust the portion of each until you find your perfect shade. It would suck to have to buy 2 but then you would have it for twice as long? Especially if you already bought one of them, or more, already.
@@lissacroft919 I ended up just buying samples (haven't tried them yet). It's quite expensive for me to buy from them as I'm in Europe, even with sales prices, and there are so many brands out there that I can find one that has the perfect shade without having to do any mixing. I just took advantage of the BF sale to try them out.
The timing of this video is crazy I also just recently realized I'm fair olive because of that Hannah Louise poston video you mentioned! I have always felt like I can't go in public without makeup unless I want people to think I have some contagious illness and green skin plus my dark undereyes does explain that lol. I have been on the search for a rusty lip color since then so recommendations are always appreciated! The shade power hour in the tower 28 blushes has been a great find for me, sort of a brownish mauve. Also funny that I've been dying my hair copper for years and knowing thats a color suited to me without actually knowing why.
Omg power hour looks so pretty! Glad you’ve made it to a similar point in your undertone journey. It feels good to finally figure it out 🫒
I've never felt so seen in my complexion preferences! I will definitely be picking up some of these products, and wait listing for others. Thank you for the fair/pale olive representation!
Glad this video was helpful!! 💕💕
Just found this video, and I wanted to say... you're so right. All my life, people told me I was cool toned because I'm very pale, but the colors you listed are the exact same ones that I've come to love on myself. Many colors that fit on both warm and cool sides of the divide can look good if they are tempered with their complement to make them more neutral, and they'll end up looking much prettier on than in the tube. (Finding the right nude lip, for example. It looks horribly dull in the tube but lovely on.) Maybe the upshot is that we are not restricted to either warm or cool. I, too, used to be asked if I was sick. The areas that show the most green on me are typically around my mouth and neck, and oddly, inner elbows. I love all your suggestions, and some of them are ones I've been told to avoid due to the contrast with green, but you hit the nail on he head. Coral or apricot can be great if the color is not too intense. I love a bold red, too. Thanks for affirming this stuff for those of us who are always getting bad advice and have had to make our own way in color choices.
It’s like everything clicks once you figure it out, eh?! Sounds like we’ve had very similar experiences with colour!
Big fan of Rare beauty concealer in 170W light olive warm. I’ve also tried a new brand at ulta called Wyn Beauty! They have a concealer shade in light olive and it is perfect
Oooh I’ll have to check out that shade!
What is the brand/number of the concealer brush? The shape is perfect to really get in there & correct things! 👌🏼
It’s the rare beauty concealer brush! I use it religiously!
I finally got my skin match with Lisa Eldridge 2.5 mixed 2:1 with her shade 1 this past Winter. Kind of desaturated pale olive. I might be able to go without mixing in shade 1 on the summer time. Figuring out my undertone was a long, arduous road . Have you tried her new skin tint?
Oooh sounds like you may be able to wear this shade in the summer! Haven’t tried the skin tint yet. I’m a bit skeptical since I’m more of a medium/full coverage gal. Have you tried it?
@@evangelinemolly I have. I reached out to her team on Instagram to ask for shade advise and they kindly mailed me two samples. T1 was too pink, and shade T2, to me, looks too golden...but a few friends say it looks good. The formula is great and feels comfortable on the skin, doesn't misbehave in any way. They do have an olive shade, but sadly I think it would be too dark. I'm on the fence about buying a full bottle or just trying to sheer out the foundation with something.
@@evangelinemolly coverage was surprisingly good though. Great skin like texture. Lasts a long time too ! I have combination skin, mature at 52, and it got just a little glow going at 12 hours in the T zone.
I agree with everything you're saying 100%!!! Also I'm a neutral shade in Estee Lauder too. Even though I have a lot of yellow in my skin, I can't wear their warm foundations. But I do wear warm concealers in Kosas, because those are the right shade of "golden".
It’s interesting how different brands have different versions of what warm, neutral, and cool are! I’ve been meaning to try the Kosas concealer so maybe I will opt for a warm shade!
You need to try the clinique blush in "pansy pop" its the barbie pink for us olives 😊
Wow that looks gorgeous! Love the purple in it!
I am watching this a little bit late but perhaps you and other pale olives could enjoy the Espoir Neutral Green concealer. It is my first time ever finding a perfect match! Not 100% sure it'd work for you though, as I find Mont Blanc and Chantilly very pink leaning on me.
Wow that concealer looks so intriguing!!
Hello! I have the exact same skin tone as you, especially on the picture with no makeup it is very noticable. Can you please share if you use other foundations and their shades, especially if you have a recommendation for drugstore foundations or ones that can be found in Sephora or Douglas? I am in Bulgaria and this foundation from the video is not found here. Thank you!!!!
Hi! My best match besides the Lisa Eldridge is the Estée Lauder double wear in Ivory Nude. I have used the shade Mont Blanc in Nars foundations with the elf green colour corrector mixed in it. Hope that helps a bit! I don’t have experience with drugstore foundations
@@evangelinemolly Thank you! :)
I’m olive fair with yellow undertone. I think I’m more on warm side cause cool shades don’t work on me. But best I’ve tried out of more than 100 foundation are elf - light ivory yellow undertone , with light sand concealer, and Candy moyo Bb cream shade light 1 if going for more matte look. If going for more moisturize look theirs brand About Face - F2 olive . And revlons 150 whithout the pump that gives of more pinkish under shade. Various type of 150 shade is different in a bit more lighter , darker or yellowish. Louis viton LN1 and Anastasia are great too.
I’ll have to check those shades out!!
A Korean brand called the saem has a green beige concealer. You can mix with foundation or concealer if it’s too dark for you.
Great to know!!
I relate to this so much because I've also only recently learned that I have light olive skin and everything you said makes so much sense! It was actually my hairdresser who mentioned it, I was talking to him about the shade of blonde I wanted and he casually mentioned "yes this will go best with your olive skin" and my brain exploded. I've wasted so much money on the wrong shades of foundation (even with assistance at stores) and never feeling like it was a good match. Lisa's foundation is my closest match, but she does have new olive shades I'm excited to try for an even more perfect match! I'm watching this video and just nodding yes! to everything you say!
It’s a game changer isn’t it?! I only recently learned about being fair olive myself. Also didn’t know about the new Lisa shades 👀
What nailpolish are you wearing here?
Pretty sure this was Whats Up Nails Rhodonite with a glossy top coat
Does the Lisa Eldridge foundation have fragrance in it?
Thankfully no fragrance!
@@evangelinemolly Then I may buy some. It looked beautiful on your skin.
I feel you, I being a fair neutral olive that leans towards cool. I live by neutral foundations. Recently I went to Sephora and blended the fairest cool shade and 12O by makeup by Mario and created my perfect shade that blended beautifully.
Now that it’s summer I have to do strange mixes to get the right tone for my tan and nothing really works! It’s a tough skin tone for brands to get right!
@@evangelinemolly Ulta was carrying the lightest Olive shade made by Morphe Filter Light 4. It’s a decent foundation and matches me perfectly. Ulta does not carry it anymore last I looked but I saw it over on Morphe website. Hopefully they don’t discontinue it. I normally just use neutral as that works just about right.
tower 28 has a fair olive and its an amazing formula
Omg didn’t realize! I love Tower28
This was SO helpful to me, as these are things i've always struggled with! I've always found that shades look completely different on me in practice, so I need to do some more investigating to see if I have an olive undertone. Thank you for making this video.
Olive undertones are elusive!
Estée Lauder 1w2 Sand has a really nice light olive undertone. What I use in the winter time when I’m ghostly.😂
Oooh good to know!
For olive undertones, the "season" categories don't really work for us.
I totally feel that!!
That picture of your neck at the the beginning of the video with the pink foundation looks exactly like mine does! I swear our neck and chest are the greenest parts 😂
Omg right. Also my armpits 😂
What nail polish are you wearing? 😍
Pretty sure this was Whats Up Nails Rhodonite with a glossy top coat
You should try the Lime Crime Venus XL 2, the one with green, and mauve shades (look at the swatches instead of the packaging, their website describes them as neutral earth tones as well). I dunno if I have a fair olive undertone, lately I just go for neutral foundations because I feel like neither cool nor warm tones totally fit me, but that eyeshadow palette was super flattering on me which I did not expect. I got the palette on sale, and took a chance on it just because I thought the color story was so pretty. It's on sale right now, too, for anyone interested, it's a super underrated palette imo, I find it to be a very user friendly way to wear green eyeshadow.
I just looked it up and it honestly looks perfect! I have some kind of Lime Crime Venus mini with just pinks and always liked that too
Yes to everything you said in this! Things will pull pink or peach so easily on me so I try to look for neutrals that i can cut with green color corrector to match me. I’m fair but because of my undertone my skin gets about three shades deeper in the summer so I always have to mix things together to get my correct match haha. Also I’m always asked if Im sick when i don’t wear makeup 😂
Glad this video was helpful! It’s so weird how things pull more pink and peach but I’ve always noticed that
I haven't tried any coverage products that are advertised as olive, but I watch a couple of creators that have the same shade match I use (NYX Light) and either describe themselves as olive or at least suspect that they could be olive. That shade in particular is less saturated than the other light shades in NYX's (or other brands') line. I can get away with something more saturated peachy/orange but the level of desaturation makes it a perfect match.
That being said, lip and cheek shades translate completely differently on me compared to the creators that use the same concealer/foundation shade. I think my hair color might be the reason why, I have charcoal brown hair and eyes, while my "skin twins" have rusty red and strawberry blonde hair. I need a lot of blue in my lip & cheek shades. The only warm-toned blush I wear is a white-based coral (leaning on the pink side of coral). A lot of current lip and cheek shade ranges lean too rusty/terracotta for me. Even the berry Rituelle de Fille lipstick you demoed would probably look like a deep rust on me.
Isn’t it so strange how colours can do that?!
That was a beautifully put together video. I have a small channel dedicated to fair neutral olive tone skin and I really loved what you had to share in this video. I want the black honey lip now! 😂
Thank you! I definitely will check out your channel!
Nars Gobi is the only foundation shade match for me. It's so hard to find anything with this moon green glow to it.
Yes that’s a great one for fair olives!
I’m def olive warm. I look jaundice when I’m sick, I pull more yellow/brown under my eyes when I’m super tired too. My skin looks very sallow when I’m unwell. But when I’m healthy and hydrated my skin looks brighter and has a tiny bit of pink to my cheeks. It’s painfully obvious when I’m not well😂 adding warmth to my cheeks either by bronzer or blusher just really brightens up my complexion. I def look my best when I’m tan in summer! I am Mexican so I get nice and golden brown in the sun, I just wish it would last year round! ☀️ 😅
Sounds like text book olive! Isn’t it wild how much brush and bronzer lifts our complexions so much?! I can’t go a day without blush!
after learning I was fair olive it opened my eyes to so many things! Since it's hard to find colourmatch, I have blue pigment from LA girls cosmetics and mix it with warm foundation. Or green pigment too. Mehron has fair olive foundation but it was bit too green for me haha. I haven't tried Lisas makeup yet so I can't compare
Also, I love pinks and reds. I can' t use corals for some reason but I can use cooler and warmer reds. But because I'm very fair and muted I find too saturated pinks to be overpowering on me. So dusty pink it is! Surprisingly, it's not that easy to find
I need to get some mixing pigments! It’s so interesting how nuanced colour can be
I’m not even remotely olive but I still found this video extremely interesting color-theory-wise! ❤
It is so interesting, isn’t it?! I love nerding out about stuff like this!
What hair color brand and shade do u use?
I use Jamila henna! I’ve posted a tutorial on it if you’re interested!
Hey! I am a bit confused since I see your blushes are really cool toned aren't they? I thought Plum and marve are cool toned? And for olive leaning warm wouldnt warm tones look better? I think I am olive but I dont know if leaning warm or cool, i think warm, and I think peach and coral looks good as blush, what do you think? Also, what other shades for blush would suit rather than marve or plum? I personally find these shades very sophisticated and I would prefer something more youthful:) e.g. Milani Luminouso is very peachy and it looks great on me and I cannot imagine myself in Plum since it is so cool and olive is not cool, so am I not olive? so confused:))
Hi! I love this question! First off, I want to start by saying take my reply with a grain of salt, as with most stuff on the internet. There's so much info out there, so many contradicting rules, and it can be overwhelming! I'm going to speak from my experience, and things I've learned that helped me :) First off, like any colour, plums and mauves can be warm, cool, or neutral! The ones I used and mentioned in this video are kinda all over the map with being warm to cool. From what I've learned, these shades are just generally complimentary to olive because they are bit more muted and earthy, which works nicely with olive undertones. In my experience, I find I can play with both warm and cool depending on what effect I want to create. For example, if I want a plum blush to really pop, I'll opt for a cooler tone. If I want it to be more "harmonious" and subtle, I'll opt for a warm/neutral. But no matter how cool or warm, there still is this complimentary tone from the more muted plum/mauve shades. One blush I find looks awful on me though is like a baby pink cool blush... somehow that just looks so odd and I think because it's a bit less of an "earthy" tone. And you're so right, these are more sophisticated tones. I also LOVE peachy pinks when I want to look very flushed, healthy, youthful. Then I'll opt for something like Rose Inc Foxglove which I mentioned. You can see it in action in my Penelope Featherington makeup look, if you're interested! All these different tones are really all about leaning into different effects, but if you're being mindful of the olive undertone, it's often about opting for the more muted versions of shades (e.g. a terracotta peachy shade rather than a bright orange, a rusty red rather than a bright red). And then, there's also the fun in really work against one's undertones. I think it can be so beautiful and striking to play against one's complexion for more bold and eye-catching looks. Of course, not everyone wants to do that but it really can be a fun way to experiment and really understand how colour works for you and your personality and style. I hope this was helpful or at least interesting. Style Me Jenn talks about olive undertones in depth and the Pale Olive reddit thread can be fun to deep dive into. And don't forget to just have fun with makeup :)
I have pale olive toned skin. I’m leaning more neutral. I look so sickly all the time and I hate it. I can actually wear all blush colors besides ones that are too peachy/orange or red. Cold colors look strangely very bad on my skin. It makes me look sad.
Olive undertones are so tricky and complex sometimes! I’m looking so much more lively now that I have a tan which is nice
I wonder if I'm fair olive 🤔 I have the same issues as you. My mom is fair cool but my dad is med olive. My sister is med olive too. A lot of colors recommended to me often don't look good, which is frustrating enough being a redhead.
It sounds like you may be! Especially with your background!
I think Dana Scully wore Marrakesh on x files.
MAC shades were so prevalent back then so that makes total sense!
I LOOOOOVE Mac Marrakesh, but they changed the colour with the new formulation. Breaks my 💔💔💔
Ughh why do they do this!! 😢
Jeffrey Star has olive concealers☘☘🫒💚
Ooh good to know!
As a fair, warm-leaning olive, my biggest challenge is finding lipstick that doesn't make me look like a clown 🤡
Ooh, I’m surprised! Have you tried any muted, rusty reds?
@@evangelinemolly I have! But I don't know, they still don't look right to me.Tbh, I think I'll have to just go straight up brown with my lipstick 😂
I loved this video! You know how easily I get lost in the idea of undertones etc, and I’m a big fan of Hannah Louise Poston too. That Lisa Eldridge foundation is undeniably perfect for you! Love love love.
Undertones are such a can of worms when you start deep diving on Reddit threads 😂