All jewellery tones generally suit me. I thought that was something exotic women had. Women with this color combination need a makeup routine specifically designed for their look. In the summer I tan to my human self, but never burn. skin tone. I know they also make buff in a mousse formula, it might last longer? The y225 everyone swore by but it was too dark/yellow for me. Urban decay and Fenty make great matches and Sephora will let you try samples. Fair is too white, but a beige is too Orange-y. I have looked back as far as 4 generations, and have ancestry including Maltese, Lebanese and Syrian. My skin is extremely pale but i can be quite dark if i get enough sun. I am really wanting to go lighter blonde, but for the life of me, I cannot decide what color will look good on me. my ash brown hair looks good with red henna (while golden blonde screams FAKE), but then again I heard others say olive can only be cool in doubt, I will keep on wearing whatever I like, but it would be nice to know more :) I hate it when make-up or clothes make me look greyish :(. I am trying another LM or NARS next. I have your exact same problem! If its too light or dark, it wont look good. Or maybe my preference in colors has something to do with it as well, haha. Shiseido make the best colour match for my skin. It generally refers to light or moderate tan skin, and it is often described as having yellow, green, or golden undertones.. People with olive skin can sometimes become paler if their sun exposure is limited. I love my skin tone, but such a pain to deal with! I hope this helps someone! Maybe now Ill find which colors are best this article, Lucy, really has helped! I have French Irish roots. I mix in my Este Lauder Youth infusing perfectionist foundation in the shade cashew (discontinued). I dont know if Im really pale pale or just paler then my fine compatriots, so take it with a gram of salt. Embrace who God made you to be- dont compare! While Smashbox Studio Skin 1.05 was a gorgeous shade on me, the foundation itself was to heavy for my sensitive skin. Their other color, creme, does well when Im a bit sun kissed in the summer. Liquid wise, I actually find bareMinerals barepro liquid in 07 Warm Light is a pretty good match, if I use it sparingly it still lets the olive undertone show through. What foundations have you found to wear? The best hair colors ideas for olive skin and brown eyes are: 1. Ive always associated olive skin with the rich colours of Latin, Arabic or Indian skin tones. Then my hair turned blonde, and finally brown. Myself, my father and mother were all born in London. But like you said, makeup always looks either way too yellow, too pink, or too grayish! French, Irish, Welsh and English roots. By Though these may not work for everyone, I think we struggle with many of the same color issues and hopefully this will help you same some money. I always knew I had olive skinbecause my mother pointed it out since I was young and I tanned easily but I only recently realized I look best untanned with this bizarreand LIGHT (talk about denial!) However, if I pick up cool foundation, my face instantly turns a very distinct pink that stands out from the rest of my skin. These might not work for you, but its worth a try! Brownish red, (not brick), or sometimes wine or a berry color can look better. Isadore quatro eyeshaddow in Cappuchino love. Tarte shape tape in light sand (full coverage) Medium or dark neutral? Deep Mocha. The struggle is real! 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. Ive always been green and its so nice to see it recognized! Didnt work! through my skin with ease. Im a make-up lover, and have tried a LOT of lipsticks in my life. i think we have the same hair-, eye- and skincolour! We didnt find a perfect blush or bronzer. I *might* be light olive. It seems too work but I think I need a brightening peachy pink powder to make my face more alive because I also have some pink undertones on certain areas of my face. As for metals, I also wear them all well, albeit silver is probably the least flattering. It costs almost $40 and its full coverage. just a though, as they tend to have the olive-ish undertones and less pink tones. But not sure if its going to help me find the perfect foundation shade as the majority of products is just nit made for us ? 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. Hey there. Ive always known I have olive skin but i dont bother with foundation, Im lucky in that I dont need it. Depending on stores, some thought I was cool toned because of some redness in my face and on my hands, others very determined I was on the warm side because of the obvious yellowish (actually more green-ish in daylight) tone on my skin. I use Nars pure radiance tinted moisturisers: Alaska (light 2) when paler and St Moritz (medium 1) when tanned. My ancestry is Irish/UK/Germany. In the end, the struggle would probably be worth it. Keep an open mind about the look youre going for, and perhaps embrace a somewhat exotic result that may have a striking effect. Jeffree star concealer in C6 And, thank you to all who posted with specific brands and shadeswill definitely help in finding my perfect shade. (Others I tried, just made me look horrifically orange). Anyway, here are my personal makeup favorites: Fenty 145 (specifically labeled olive!) I now use shade 130 (fair skin with olive undertones) in winter and 145 in summer and couldnt be happier. Where the skin is thicker, they look a bit more blue-green because of the yellower overtones. So maybe try that out. The problem is a lot of olive foundations are golden orangey. I tried the other NARS foundation version in Ceylan (one of the few which were left), but the colour was just not the same. Perscriptives are good., they matched velum foundation for me. It often leaves an almost grey cast. Im currently in the process of finding one, but I also have very dry skin so I have another layer of difficulty. Ive been trying to figure out my skin tone for the longest time! Bright colors are the worst. I too have a mix of anglo-celtic and a dash of swarthy italian (grandfather). Maddening. Foundation: Armani designer lift, shade 5 (base foundation), Foundation: Este Lauder youth infusing perfectionist, shade cashew, now discontinued (mix in colour), Concealer: Tarte maracuja, shade light medium sand (under eye when darker), Concealer: Nars radiant creamy concealer in the shade custard (under eye when lighter), Concealer: Nars radiant creamy concealer in the shade ginger (all over concealer when darker). Im not cool, warm or neutral. and for twenty sad years Ive applied foundation from every major brand to look like an Oompa Loompa. Will be reading the comments for sure. Im not the palest. Omg yes! Even the makeup artist at Sephora couldnt tell me if I am warm or cool. I look well, healthy, glowing and happy (people tell me, with astonished expressions) well, thats after 57 years (Im 58) of people telling my dear mother (yep she even got challenged about her green baby when I was in my pram!) Which green concealer do you use?? This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Like a shimmering but not glittery. if youre looking to get into it, the asian beauty subreddit is thriving and the tried and true marketplace for asian beauty is yesstyle! 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. And often mix it down with a slightly neutral cc cream that it slightly pearlescent. Im going to go see what your info gets me! I compared it to your picture above and I was a little surprised when the two photos almost exactly match. I have ashy brown hair and green-grey eyes with specs of yellow in them as well. Berries and coolish, dusty roses look the best and really brighten my skin. Neither really looks good on me, to be honest. I set it lightly with Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Power in 1. Green corrector added to a neutral base is the best match for me. I think I have a pale olive skin tone. I am Filipina (which means a mix of Chinese, Spanish and Malay). my perfect bbcream match is innisfrees eco natural green tea bb cream and even though it swatches a little warm, on my face its an absolute dream!!! The wet and wild powder contour pallette has a perfect contour color. Anyway youre not alone :). Little by little Im working on a palette. Ive found the colours with the most guaranteed success for me are dusty rose shades, black, cooler creams, and darker, slightly muted jewel tones. Thank you for posting !! Its not perfect, however. It took me 15 years to decide to try an ash blond and my world changed. E.g. 4. I use it to contour (and fill in my eyebrows) I have European blood. My hair is a medium ashy brown but somehow with red and gold tones in the sunlight. Neutral shades are too pink, and yellow colors just dont look right. I know hazel is more of a uniform mixture of green and brown. Try MAC Vanilla to apply to eyelids and MAC sketch (berry) to the crease and blend. Theyre all fair, burn easily, only tan with trouble but typically have olive or golden undertones. Much of it is tinted pink because whitening the skin is the fashion, so the bb cushions and fluid foundations are tinted with pink to neutralize any yellow. Never have been happy with foundations and always struggling with make up. Alima Pure has a complete olive undertone line, from pale to dark! My undertone shows up most clearly when I compare my skin colour to that of my equally pale, but distinctly different-looking Dutch friends. Im not alone! I stopped a girl about a year ago as she had my skin tone and had makeup on (eyes,lipstick) and I said what foundation are you wearing? Maybe I can find something that will work and if so a big thanks to the person who recommended it! Im trying to find my and i think we are probably the same. * Though theyre not as noticeably different on my skin as the cool and warm tones, they still come out a bit too pink for me. Black (Cool) I dust my entire face including eye area with Jane Iredale translucent powder (only available in one color). I have Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, German, French, and Belgium backgrounds. Bronze eyebrow pencil by Wet and Wild (I use it for eyeliner) I have green eyes. I have quite cool brown hair, with golden highlight when Im in the sun.. Never looked good in yellow, pink or neutral foundations. Ive bounced between fair and light tarte shades but they never felt *quite* right. I am so happy I found you all!! I have the same problem. Ive tried many colors and the only ones that seem to look good on me are: On the website it looks like it will be tan but on its rather fair. I havent commented since the end of October so I thought I would update you with some new finds and some advice I was recently given by a stylist I was working on a project with. Now, what better place to turn to to illustrate anything looks-related than Hollywood? The same situation here! I have been wearing Armani designer lift foundation (I have dry skin, oily nose and chin) in shade 5 (its a tad light for me) especially in the summer, but Ive been mixing with Este Lauder perfectionist in cashew to warm it up slightly and it seems to be perfect, I am going to try the shade up in designer lift but I dont think the undertone looks as close of match. You literally have the potential to become brown with enough sun exposure but you are also prone to hyperpigmentation. Hows that for a bag of Skittles?! I find that pure colors often work royal blue, kelly green, never ever yellow, tan, or olive. Im ultra ultra ULTRA pale, not to say pasty, BUT my skin is definitely not rosy/red leaning but very clearly yellow to green. Im a mix of Italian, Albanian (Eastern European) and Irish. And ashy? Medium brown eyes And highlighted brown hair. Makeup artists often put me in a shade too dark because I look like a I have a lot of color, but Im quite fair. So every single one I have owned so far has been more or less wrong and turtleneck sweaters have been my best friends :D Wow everything makes sense now! But I have found, I can do darker, almost brownish reds. I look like an 80s plastic doll version of an old lady in any blue/green/purple shading. My veins at the thinnest skin are purple-blue too. Im an ethnic blend of Sicilian and Western European, which worked out in the genetic wash for me, as super pale with distinct olive undertones. Oddly Im the only one in my family with olive skin. I love navy, turquoise, moss green. My dad is of Irish decent. Im getting ready to pack most up for return and stick to my charcoal grey or dark tealbut I SO want to look jolly and energisedany ideas please xxx. The difference is that hazel eyes have brown and green in them, while amber eyes are a solid, uniform dark orangey color. 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 also really like Burts Bees tinted balm in Rose and Red Dahlia. I am eastern euro and Spanish background. Thats me! But strangers think Im peachy or golden when Im pale. So definitely a lot of European going on inside me! Dear Camila x Thank you SO much x Im going to try some of your colours and in fact I just have, with success! Please, please share some of your tips for the right foundations (brand and shade) but bear in mind I am from Croatia and probably cant find anything else than only the big, well-known brands in here. Its the light crap (with a ton of freckles) that get confused for warm and lost. was a major flop. source. My skin tone has both yellows and pinks in it. But anyway, is it normal for people like us to look different Colors in different lighting? I struggle with this too! Ive been using it for years while hopelessly trying a lot of other brands and foundations. Its wintertime so Im struggling with founding a matching foundation to my pale olive skin. I dont use bronzer very often, so I dont have much experience with it. I havent searched around, but its an idea :D. I spent a month in Korea and shopped for makeup while I was there. Cool tone foundation makes me look like night of the living dead ; and warm makeup sits on top of my skin and looks yellow. Theres an Australian make up brand- I forget the name- Make up Store ? Its too dark for me, but it has that slightly green, olive undertone that I need. The hard part is Im blonde with blue-gray eyes. Both gold and silver jewelry are fine, though generally silver is a bit better. well, greenish-golden-medium! This winter Ive been mixing together Bobbi Brown serum foundation in Warm Ivory with Tarte Maracuja moisturizer in Light Sand (mostly as light coverage spot and under-eye concealer). Its very sheer but there is quite the same shade in the full coverage version I think is the 1.5, wich should be Fair the price range is quite fairt to, if you feel like experimenting. They have, generally, pretty natural ingredients and offer a wide range of pale skin colors. As for me, I`ve noticed long ago, that the neutral dark saturated colors cleared my skin and made me look less dusty grey-ish brown green. I have confusing mixed colouring. YES! My fathers side of my family are italian and my mothers side Spanish, Latin American, Eastern European and if you go back far enough black. I never considered that I am actually cool toned. People with an olive skin tone should avoid pastels like the plague, and instead opt for rich jewel tones such as ruby, sapphire and emerald. However, I picked up a sample of the same foundation in 1W2 Sand and it is perfect. I have visibly green veins but all the warm undertone suggestions never work for me. I use 3 parts dark cool (darker than my face) and 1 part light and warm/yellow (lighter than my face), both liquid obvi. 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! There is no difference between neck and face any more! Im older than the rest of you, and have never worn makeup, precisely because of problems matching my skin tones. My body got tanned easily, but my face burned first, my face also looks more reddish than the rest of my body. Hi! Chanel Maggy and Mademoiselle a beautiful but I hate the rose fragrance/flavor. 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