:) i am so happy to finally see pictures of someone like me. I have just the opposite problem. I look almost grey, sallow but with grey/ gold eyes and mid brown hair. Now, Im struggling to find makeup that suits me. I have no idea how to work with this I really struggle with foundation and concealer too, anyone here with similar colouring, have you found products and colours that work? At 40 I have a few noticeable sun spots on my hand,dcolletage, and face. Ive always wished for rosey pink checks but thats just not in the cards for me. Best for medium skin with cool undertones: Urban Decay Cosmetics Vice Lipstick in Hex. Weirdly Urban Decay 714 works on me, even though it is a warmer red. I was a R/O Prescriptives and the color was Fresh Vellum. Color theory helped me figure out that I am medium-light, medium contrast, and neutral leaning warm, so in terms of makeup I go for soft, medium depth colors that lean a little warm but for whatever reason I flush deep berry pink, so I use a neutral or cool shade blush! I am 55 and just figured out I have light olive skin tone. 5. Pale olives please try Anyways yeah, Im glad to know theres other people who experience the same issues as me, its a relief. Have you considered deep winter for your coloring? Hello! Ive been using it for years while hopelessly trying a lot of other brands and foundations. Typically the ones with a thinner formula as they seem to blend together better when I mix two shades. Im going to do a bit more research on this topic! Bt i dont have any pink in my skin. I think this closely matches the description I would give for my skin tone as well :) my dad side hails from Greece with possible German heritage as well. I am from Asia. I was light blonde as a child with dark hazel eyes. I also think it has to do with circulation and time of the month or cycle of our periods? So, if you are sure youre olive but being told you cant be because you are blonde, know that you arent alone. My skin is extremely pale but i can be quite dark if i get enough sun. And judging by the number of comments, there are a substantial number of women who are equally as lost as I am when it comes to finding flattering products! My skin is pale olive, i also tan instead of burn, however i have freckles on my face that are a copper colour and my brown eyes are really warm with lots of orange hues. I worked out years ago that western brands all have pink tones in them, so to get the yellow tone you need to follow where most of the market has the same skin tone. Also, I never seem to find a hair colour I can stick to. At first it looks like it would be too dark and a bit yellow. Gold I work in healthcare and Im actually happy that we have to wear masks. Im a soft Summer my body is pale Olive. Haha Ive found my people! I feel you and I am a cool olive or pale olive with brown eyes with specks of amber and dark brown hair. So happy to finally know! The rest is English, German, Irish and maltese. Finally other people to relate! Auburn with red highlights is for those ladies who have a spicy personality. :) Yellow is definitely not my friend, so silver is my metal of choice. Ive had such a hard time finding foundation, because cool is too pink, warm is too yellow/orange, and neutral is just a smidge too pink/gray. Tarte shape tape in light sand (full coverage) We should all write in to makeup brands and ask them to make olive ranges lol. I havent found any foundation thats light enough and has cool green undertones. With her vast knowledge of the latest trends, haircuts, and colors, she helps people look their best. My skin is definitely yellowish, but when I stand next to someone else with yellow undertones, I look slightly green. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I myself have three daughters, one having cool fair freckled skin, another one peach mid tone skin, and the third has pale olive skin like myself. I tried Jeffrees concealers in C2 and C5 because I thought **maybe** I was neutral, but after seeing how grey they look and trying C6, I believe I am actually olive undertoned! A straight-up gray doesnt look so good, but something with a taupe-y hue looks much better. Diverse maroon shades will give you a warm and inviting glow, allowing you to really enlighten your holiday party. Unfortunately it has been discontinued, and in my search for something new, I kept being matched incorrectly by Ulta and Sephora employees. The big challenge now is trying to find a complementary hair color. Eyelids look gorgeous with dusty dark rose, plum ( not purple) , dark teal, emerald green, dark jade along with burgundies. Now my hair is silver. I tan pretty well, although I always burn first. I have the Urban the Urban Decay palates listed above and noticed they look best on me in comparison to other eyeshadow palates I own. NYX matte lipstick in Siren (I was going to embrace my outer goth with this deep deep red, but to my suprice it looks super sofisticated on olive skin!) My sister has this but I do not. Why are there no foundations for us? If you use powder foundation that might be a lot easier to experiment mixing in additional pigment. I wish there were more products out there that look good on those of us with this coloring. Some people claim I have medium tines skin or always look slightly tanned. My aunt used to do the color me beautiful thing when I was a kid and I dont fit any category. Hi again :) Yaaaas! The struggle is real though! Do they exist in Europe and what brands are they? Finally, someone who has the same issue as I do! Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Also if fiji suits u then u could check stephnie marrie blog.she has a complete long list of foundation matches for that shade match , a color match for you you can find in Meow I have been struggling my entire life w/this & Im in my 50s! I would love to try an olive foundation and see what it does. I think our skin has yellow in it. You have olive skin, brown eyes, and blonde hair! my mother in particular has got a lot darker skinned as she has got older and so has my grandmother (My mother would now be classed as medium and my grandmother would now be classed as dark) I usually use a neutral with yellow undertones and sometimes mix a dab of warmer foundation for summer. Foundations that I have found work for me; Este Lauder perfectionist foundation in the shade cashew in the summer (now discontinued), Armani designer lift and luminous silk, Im I was always much whiter than my mothers side, but I never had the rose petal complexion of my fathers family. Oh, and I have green eyes and dark red hair. Lily Rose Depp is a prime example of a three-dimensional hair color. My skin definitely is a different shade than most lighter skinned people I know, but Im not sure if its more green or yellow. Im half middle eastern and also have lighter skin with olive undertones like most people here. But I do look absolutely horrible in orange, gold makeup is the worst possible thing I can do to myself and warm toned foundation often comes out clearly yellow on me. My eyes are the same as my dad. Indeed this is fact, pale Olive skin. Why cant anyone just make olive foundations?! Girl makes one. I did finally find tarte amazonian clay foundation in light beige to be the perfect shade for my . Ive thought many times that I look kind of green , but I usually just chalked it up to being tired, wearing an unflattering color, or weird lighting, etc., instead of acknowledging it as an acceptable part of my appearance. Same as wearing orange- I look sickly! I get inspired by the make-ups of Eliza Dushku, Demi Lovato in her teenage years, Lily Collins, Natalie Portman, Leighten Meester, Rose Byrne, Lorde, Kat Dennings, Charli XCX (although she might look cool-undertoned), Jenna Coleman, Kristen Ritter, Winona Ryder, Rachel Weisz, Emma Watson (sometimes), and the French actresses Louise Monot, Virginie Ledoyen. Might take some trial and error to get the right ratio, but this is the easiest way Ive found to get those green undertones. I too have had freckles ever since I was 9 or 10 :c It is so hard for me to achieve full coverage in any foundation. By Chris Drew (PhD) / February 26, 2023. Im on the fence about deeper grey I Personally believe all olive skin tones regardless if you are light/medium/dark are cool toned and its the (yellow) overtone of your skin that can make you appear to lean warmer. Some colors on the deep/dark autumn palette work well too. But somehow I still like the contrast dark brown hair does for me, it makes me look a little asian, as I have almondy eyes ah. Im about as pale as Loepsie, if not, paler. Dr. Hiba Injibar, founder of Dermasurge clinic, says, "Olive is not skin color or race. Stay away from any bright yellow/golden foundations, cool pinks, and reds. Adele's first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. I struggle so much with finding makeup. I look good in earth color and some very clear and cold colors. Oh my gosh, we may have the same coloring. Its free, give it a go! I use shade 1.0 which would probably be the one for you too. Still searching for that perfect hair colour though . NYX Lip Lingerie matte lipstick in Seduction a nice medium nude, the only one from the entire line I can pull off I think of myself as neutral-leaning-cool rather than neutral-leaning-warm, if that makes sense. If Im lucky, I canjust get away with the lightest shade. On the subject of jewellery, rose-gold (with runner up being gold gold) does me the most favours. Yes, my skin is most definitely green. But the silver or gold still continues for me. Best blush and lipsticks are berry and rose shades. Thought I figured out Im neutral but even those foundations leave a slight wash of grey. Native American, and Italian here. Just make sure they have similar textures. It just disappears into my skin! White, icy pink and icy-ish pastel green work, but imo they dont look as good as the deep colors do. Ethnic background is Chinese, Filipino, English, Dutch and German. :p. My father is of northwestern European (Welsh/British & Germanic?) Its the light crap (with a ton of freckles) that get confused for warm and lost. Warm shades dont work, but not all cool ones do either. I use 3 parts dark cool (darker than my face) and 1 part light and warm/yellow (lighter than my face), both liquid obvi. I couldnt buy it though, my skin was too dry. Nobody has ever matched my skin tone. My eyes are hazel (brown/green). The y225 everyone swore by but it was too dark/yellow for me. I am Polish and French-Canadian on one side of my family, and mixed Romanichal on the other side. The model looked really tan. It's also easy to maintain, and looks fabulous. People often match me to light/medium foundation, yet people have always said that Im quite fair. Its not perfect, however. I use the LA Girl green concealer. I too am a light olive (MAC NC20) and like most others here am a mix of Mediterranean/Northern African/Levantine (my fathers side of the family) and Polish/Czech/Lithuanian/Finnish on my moms. Yet, I also tend to have a hard time looking for the ideal shade of liquid foundation makeup without it looking too pinky, muddy, orange or yellow and masky. MAC matte lipstick in Taupe and Whirl both are brownish nudes that compliment the skin tone But on the other hand warm foundations/concealers are often too warm, even in the lightest shades: they show up on my skin as orangey-pink. Follain.com is a great clean beauty company offering many different clean brands and products! dark eyes amost like a dark honey in the sun but a deep solid brown in the shade and has, or had dark neutral brown/black hair. Its hard to find a hair color that suits me, too. The only ones who seem to have green undertones like me are eastern europeans and pale skinned chinese. I looked that shade up and it will definitely be waaaayyy too dark for me. -Dr Jart Black Label BB Cream comes out of the bottle almost grey, but is the very first foundation that ever actually matched me last month, which made me look coffin-ready! Olive undertone is sooo confusing! Its like were all family :), I know this is an old thread but if anyone is looking for a good foundation for fair skin with olive undertone (Im 100%italian) tarte just launched their Foundcealer foundation and Im obsessed with shade 24G (for olive undertones)!! No idea if it leans warm or cool. Elizabeth Olsen Ive been taking screenshots of colors and brands! My skin tone has both yellows and pinks in it. 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