Ive always associated olive skin with the rich colours of Latin, Arabic or Indian skin tones. 1. And everyone gets so defensive that being more fair skinned cant be anything but a cool undertone. Im off to read all the comments and work out the colours which work for us. I also look good in emerald greens and this maroon thats been trendy lately. Neutral beiges are almost impossible to find and almost no foundation is as pale as I am. Celebrities such as Rihanna, Jessica Alba and Beyonce all have warm skin tones and therefore look good with colors that are warm and rich. A group of us had our colors done, and I was the ONLY one out of the group that the analyst was confused about. The combo of sketch (berry) and the Dandelion pink warms my skin the way Deborah Lippmann Venus in Furs and Miss Independent warm my skin on my hands and feet. Maybe if you are NC20-25 in MAC and warm, it would be ok for you, but if you are more like NC18 and cool yellow/green this will be too dark. I wear a cooler foundation. Looks like my choice is to be either orange or dead :) (thank goodness I got only samples, Im Polish and we cannot return used products in Poland which I know is possible e.g. Berry lip color always. I love grey, purple, black , pink (bright or soft), white, olive green and warm neutral colours like camel. I am wondering if you could comment as to which foundations you use in the winter and the summer.. my struggle has been lifelong with trying to find good matches and Ive never met someone who has this same background. Same experience, same results at prescriptives. Deep berry, fuchsia, soft wine and indeed, the muted versions (nothing crisp or extremely blue) of purple DO actually stall the incredible green/grey tone of my skin. I note that a lot of the comments indicate we all have similar coloring. I am Armenian/European heritage so pale olive skin is inevitable here. My Dad is half Lebanese and French and Italian and my Mom is English and Irish. Having a typically Polish/Slavic version of skin tone, it is moderately light, very light golden with a slightly green undertone which may sometimes be considered cool or warm toned, but generally cool. So if youre nervous about completely changing your entire hair color, start with highlights for a small but noticeable change. If you have dry skin, the yellow-green tint that olive complexions have can make you look ashy or grey, particularly in the dead of winter! See more ideas about hair, hair styles, long hair styles. And to make it more confusing, you dont necessarily have to be strictly one or another, you can be somewhere in between. Wow! My DERMATOLOGIST is who helped me figure this out- its called the FITZPATRICK SCALE (Google it) I am a Type III(3). I never knew why I had such a hard time until someone pointed it out when we were standing in a group at work. Happy with the Osmosis product, not only the color match, but it is also a great quality foundation powder. I have paler skin than you; if I remember correctly, you use the second to lightest shade from the Bourjois Healthy Mix foundation and i use the lightest, Vanille Clair, which has warm undertones. MUFE Y225 is not for fair/ pale cool olive skin! The big challenge now is trying to find a complementary hair color. So I am relieved it is not just me! I look great in jewel tones and orange too. Nobody has ever matched my skin tone. For me, copper looks good, so I try to aim for copper lipstick. I always associated the term olive with a mediterranean sun-kissed look, so it took me a loooong while to understand that while my skin is the palest Ive ever seen and doesnt tan at all, it doesnt necessarily mean its all blue and pink undertones. Yaaaassss!!!! MAC matte lipstick in Chili the ONLY red Ive ever managed to get to work for me without being too orange or too pinkish Its too dark for me, but it has that slightly green, olive undertone that I need. Maybe a rich royal with a touch of black added? =( I need to find the right foundation Suggestions would be appreciated. They also often have a straight nose but a hump at the nose's bridge. A light purple is feminine, work-appropriate, and great for olive tones. However, I can pull off both because I believe Im neutral but I dont like too much of either. . Hi Jeni, just my two cents: reds that are cool (ish) but do not turn pink on me ever are viva glam i and russian red from mac, and velvet jazz from Lisa Eldridge. I have been struggling with this exact problem since I first started playing with make up! Loepsie thanks for this great article and Im so happy to meet all my fellow fair-olives! It just depends:). Just gold is gold. I find Sulwhasoos perfecting cushion intense in shade 17 Light Beige to be a decent match for my skin. Which green concealer do you use?? And finallyget facials if you can. Never have been happy with foundations and always struggling with make up. I have found many green correctors lean turquoise, and I suggest to go for a more chrome oxide green one if you can find it. Yes, yes, yes!!! Find so so many points of matching with me, so I would recommend Merriam Style channel on youtube and her videos about warm olive or cold olive. Black makes me look tan for some reason? I will have to try the face makeup, and I will read through everyones comments. And I LOVE Dr Hart Cicapair drops and the one on the tub also. Oh my gosh, we may have the same coloring. I have very pale skin with green undertones, and dark gold hair and pale grey-blue eyes. Its driving me nuts not to understand the colorscience behind it (and im a photographer, so i know a thing or two about colors). Now I just need to find my Summer shade! But:) oh my gosh, I just may be onto a winner with the dark bitter chocolate (Hickory Brown) cardiganAND the very dark red (with blue undertones) cardigan! You just described me to a T! I am a pale olive and these three foundations are perfect. These cookies do not store any personal information. I find the combination/oily formula to be more full coverage than the combination/dry. Another thing that I struggle with, is the change of colors once applied. I was totally confused until I started finding info online about olive undertones, and then all of my fashion/makeup/hair color preferences made so much sense. I stick to coral and pink blush and if I dip into red it has to be a raspberry. Was it discontinued? I guess I will stick to Urban Decay, as said it is only a teeny-tiny bit too dark. Ive used the MUFE mixer for years and it makes virtually every yellow-toned foundation wearable. My mom has green eyes), chestnut brown hair with some red and blonde mixed in there. Physicians formula butter bronzer in bronzer -Colorescience Sunforgettable Balm in Blush the first peachy blush that actually looks good on me. I have light blue eyes so its extremely hard to find colours that match eyes and skin. and apply with a mineral powder brush. This help explain why many people of Eastern European descent have an olive skin tone. My skin is likewise pale olive, with green-ish veins. Woah that is such a cool (but I imagine not super common) combination. I also have fair olive skin, and it took me until I was almost 40 to figure this out. Any foundation looks either pink or orange on me, or darker, or chalky Given the fact that, despite my (reasonably medium) skin imperfections, I am more comfortable without makeup on than with it on, I just don`t put enough energy and resources to look for a good match foundation. I look great in black, white, navy, charcoal, true red (bluer undertone red, no orange or bright undertone). Yeah, no. Urban decay and Fenty make great matches and Sephora will let you try samples. I have dark hair and eyes. I have similar coloring to you. Still searching for that perfect hair colour though . There is a yellow undertone with definite pinks coming through. Colored make-up is a struggle too since colors often look harsh or muddy against my skin tone. OMG, I think youre the first person who Ive ever met that has the same skin tone situation. It makes us unique but that uniqueness comes with a price of a lifelong search for colors that would suit us the best. Your smile is very bright as well! I didnt really understand how I could be a cool season with a light olive skin until I read the explanation of overtones and undertones on https://www.simplifiedwardrobe.com/blog/how-to-do-a-color-self-analysis. Have you had your eyes peeled for a hair color that will look not just great but fabulous with your olive skin tone and brown eyes? I am 50 and just found out I am a Light Olive. I hesitate to offer a suggestion without seeing you, but it sounds like deep winter colors if dark teal and charcoal grey are your go-to colors. I use Nars radiant longwear in Fiji. Ultimately, its a little my eyes are a muted warm-tone while my lips are a muted cool-tone (and both require strong vs light shading). :) I believe that would fit law. Thank you for sharing ! Their other color, creme, does well when Im a bit sun kissed in the summer. Bad: As you said, orange and earth tones are our worst colors. Most people associate olive skin with tanned, medium complexions. Deep teal looks good too. Ive always wished for rosey pink checks but thats just not in the cards for me. But this makes total sense My grandad, dad and sister are all much more traditionally olive-skinned, almost Mediterranean looking, but Im so pale I thought that that couldnt possibly be me! But I get so much inspiration from celebrities with darker olive undertones like Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, and Thandie Newton. ), but I definitely have the same undertones I am a pale olive. Ive been wearing too orange/pink foundation for years just because there wasnt anything available back then. Amazing! I look like an 80s plastic doll version of an old lady in any blue/green/purple shading. Its been a struggle, especially because I have genetic dark circles so covering them is a nightmare. This dark forest green will off set your brown eyes beautifully and the color is adorable on short natural black curls! Recently, Ive been struggling to find a contour shade that really is perfect. And never wear olive green or youll look like a walking olive. I couldnt Understand why, Now I think It must be the skin undertone . As a 50yo, starting from scratch isnt easy since certain formulations just dont work on my skin anymore. 8) salmon pink. However I feel I wear most colors well. Check out 100% Pure. Either she's olive or just very very muted. Ive tried to use blue mixer to tone-correct yellow/orange foundations too, but its just too much work most days to get it right. Heres some products that I finally found: Ps whats your season pallet? I guess I am blessed because I do not wear foundation at all, nor eyeshadow (most of the time.) Ill always end up looking grayish in most shades too. It really was a peach/yellow. 4. Ive had the most success with very dark cool-brown hair color. Im a make-up lover, and have tried a LOT of lipsticks in my life. I tried wearing lime green and looked jaundiced, which is odd because I can basically wear any shade of yellow, but a yellowish green? Choose a eyebrow pencil that matches your roots. Ive been using it for years while hopelessly trying a lot of other brands and foundations. I get my foundation at sweetminerals.com/kingofqueensmua I wear a 2O so Im more medium olive, but the 1O should be light enough for you. My body got tanned easily, but my face burned first, my face also looks more reddish than the rest of my body. Lol! Yet, today I am looking for an equivalent and I have been recommended the following via Mecca Chat app online: Fenty Beauty Pro Filtr 140 or 145, Huda Faux Filter Creme Brulee, Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation 2W . Ive always thought my cool-ish pale olive skin (with very dark hair) comes from my Welsh ancestry. This is all so fascinating? I too look terrible in gold so I have identified myself as a cool winter for clothing colors but I still struggle with hair and makeup. Im going to do a bit more research on this topic! silver or gold non of it looks really good on me, unless it is dirty ;) so i go for vintage and then i can wear both. I am also Croatian & have had issues finding flattering makeup for my light, cool olive skin. It wasnt until last year after working with a Stitch Fix stylist that I found out that Im light oliveand that its possible to be that! I have to use a beige tan like concealer for acne and green based naked foundation long wear! everything comes out too pink and gray on me so far). Glad to know Im not the only one lol. I used to LOVE being tan and would tan pretty easily and I always felt better with the color, but I have been natural and pale as ever for the past couple of years. I have tried SO many foundations, its unvelieable. Blondes can really look good on you and still allow your eyes to pop. I thought that was something exotic women had. I just tried it on and it doesnt turn orange. Im a pale olive (austrian, german, spanish, british, native american roots). Resubmitting it here ), Hi Loepsie But I think only in Sheer Glow. I have dark brown hair (but dye it soft black) and dark brown eyes, and Im a bit darker than you though still pale olive and I mix 1.0 and 2.0 or just wear 2.0! DIOR FOREVER SKIN GLOW 2WO (warm olive). I get it. But for so long I felt like Im just weird cause my type just didnt exist in any makeup advice. If the color is very cool, like purple or blue, I need it to be deeper and more muted. I also have a difficult time finding complementary colors for my skin tone, however I have discovered that Maybellines #20 Classic Ivory is a fair match to my tone and blends easily to my skin color! Thank you so much xxx. Bright colors and pastels would be a horror show and make me look grayish. Still, I didnt figure out until a few years ago (my 40s) that I had pale olive skin. The older I get the more Golden Ive become. I am of French, English (as in British), German (Bavarian, to be exact) Romanian, Scottish, Irish and equally 1% Norwegian & 1% Native American or Indigenous (not sure which is used now dont want to offend) The best match Ive found for my skin has been in Este Lauder foundations. I resolved to using face tan when Im tanned (my tanned colour is usually my boyfriends pale, untouched-by- the-sun-for-months colour lol). No idea what shade of blush suits me I always think pinks seem to clash with my skintone somehow but peachy blush makes me look washed out, so I tend to stick to a cool toned bronzer. I have noticed that peach blush makes me look healthy and I get heaps of compliments when I wear it. When Im not wearing makeup, people constantly ask me if I feel ill including my bf lol. It is more of a yellow based formula and I find it blends well on most skin tones. Now I can use almost any foundation I want and I dont have to desperately look for fair olive foundations anymore (theyre practically nonexistent anyway). I have freckles and thin skin and it often has a red flush over the green tint, so makeup artists always try to match to the redness and I end up looking orange/pink. Now I have spent many thousands of dollars on tattoos so avoid the sun like the plague and have struggled to find foundation that doesnt clash with my light olive skin. 5)yellow, makes my skin look more peachy rather than green; winter white/ivory looks great Champagne and bronze as well as neutralish browns are usually good for lips and around my eyes. Also by Nars is Orgasm color it is a perfect blend of peach and pink & works on me if I dont put on too much. I remember, in the 70s, before tanning in my teens, plastering my face with neat lemon juice in an attempt to go English Rose and delicate rather than swarthy in the summer and vampire in the winter! Oh, and really thick course hair, for extra fun. Hmmm, what Foundations does Mila Kunis use? Pale olive and gentle on sensitive skin. Ive heard fenty beauty does a huge range of shades for different skin types so i will try them also. To help bring out my eyes and balance the tone. 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