Adriana Lima's blue eyes pop against her olive skin. Anyway, Im their harsh bright lighting I feel it makes me look more pink or something but as soon as I am back in normal lighting I look green again. Tried the backstage olive undertones? My veins at the thinnest skin are purple-blue too. (Im older now and my eyes are still black, but have faded just enough that I can see that that they are like a deep grey black, not much brown, naturally blonde hair that was really light and a little golden when I was young and is now somewhat ashy. I literally have a little clear pot and I put three pumps of Este Lauder perfectionist in cashew and two pumps of YSL youth infusing serum foundation in BD50 and Its a perfect match for me in the summer. I have also started fake tanning my face with St tropez bronzing spray, which has made a huge difference to how my make up looks in comparison to my skin. I dont know why it was discontinued. But not exactly neutral. I get it. orange (WORST) I am really wanting to go lighter blonde, but for the life of me, I cannot decide what color will look good on me. This is as a result of this marvellous website :). What is working fairly well is Revlon Photoready Candid in 120 Buff, although it is a teeny bit dark when it dries down, or a 60/40 mix of Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick in Cool Ivory (prefect when I have a slight tan) and the same stick formula in Neutral Porcelain. 2) I think we can wear both, just nothing too bright and it seems black and white are not really my friends. Is light to medium, buildable coverage. Its wintertime so Im struggling with founding a matching foundation to my pale olive skin. Maddening. Pale/light olive here. My eyes are the same as my dad. I find gray is an easy color to wear. 11. Still, I didnt figure out until a few years ago (my 40s) that I had pale olive skin. https://www.ulta.com/p/pro-matte-mixing-pigment-pimprod2003317?sku=2540122&cmpid=PS_Non!google!Product_Listing_Ads&cagpspn=pla&CATCI=pla-294680686006&CAAGID=28397269470&CAWELAID=330000200001687033&CATARGETID=330000200001394369&CADevice=m&gbraid=0AAAAAD9rLH6JoP4pvxBSRpZi0RdbqlSiD&gclid=CjwKCAiAprGRBhBgEiwANJEY7OF-Thw-bvJgjpGtxaEHScyY-FH3RBtxBffW_ae-XLjpOioA8mw06hoC2pIQAvD_BwE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbwgkaa3SFY, https://shop.shoppersdrugmart.ca/Luxury/Quo-Beauty/Categories/Beauty/Makeup/Face/Powder/Colour-Correcting-Loose-Powder/p/Q910?utm_campaign=P1_01222021_2021-P1-BB-ACQ-Shopping-Smart~Shopping-Mass-EN-NA-Acquisition-PLA-na&utm_medium=LD_sc&utm_source=google&utm_term=na&utm_content=na_na_na_na_na&gclid=CjwKCAiAg8OBBhA8EiwAlKw3khzjakxlOMzexJOOMrYqLKGWOPIa0t6ZRZ6WFheMJVP6lealR-u6ehoCeHAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds, https://www.simplifiedwardrobe.com/blog/how-to-do-a-color-self-analysis, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.allure.com/story/tina-fey-people-interview/amp, http://www.beekeyper.com/2017/11/the-best-foundations-for-light-olive.html. But for so long I felt like Im just weird cause my type just didnt exist in any makeup advice. Ipkn bb cream in light/medium (light/medium coverage, I loveee this product) Thank you this was super helpful! Amber Eyes This beautiful, golden eye color is often confused with hazel. I recently tried 1W1 Bone in Este Lauder Double Wear, which is a pale yellow tone, and was just going to settle with it being slightly off. I too have a mix of anglo-celtic and a dash of swarthy italian (grandfather). Im flattered, but dont personally see it. I am pale olive! Need a hair color you can wear professionally to work but still want something eye-catching? Ive just been doing my eyes & nothing else. Those season color theories never worked for me either. I think we are really going to be included in his shade range, I believe it launches soon, and I will be purchasing so I will update the comments! Now that its warmer and my tan is back and darker than previous years, Im at a frustrating trial and error phase of finding the right routine for my specific needs without getting sticker shock from seeing my credit card bill. Ive found the colours with the most guaranteed success for me are dusty rose shades, black, cooler creams, and darker, slightly muted jewel tones. It had never happened to me before, ever. I first thought I was a winter but that didnt feel quite right, the colors were too intense. Your story sounds like mine, I never dreamed I had olive skin. I have the same problem. I feel like I always try to find similar toned celebrities for hair color inspiration but I feel like they always tan their skin to not look so pale so its hard. : Im so happy to have found all you ladies with the same tone as me! Oh darling welcome to the club Im a very fair olive-skinned girl who, just like you, has hazel eyes and very dark blond + COPPER HIGHLIGHTS (natural ) hair. Others claim that I am extremely fair. Hair Colors To Consider. Maybelline Superstay lip Crayon in Lead the Way (warmer) and Stay Exceptional (cooler, a little dark) are pretty good, not too drying, and dont transfer to a mask, but its fragrance is too strong. My hair is a cool/neutral light brown and my eyes are grey-blue but my skin tends to be on the warmer side of olive, and so its difficult for me to find foundations/concealers. Thanks to ADNA for this idea! SAME! It works well for me in winter, but tends to be a little light for me in summer time so I hit it with a little more bronzer to get that nice summer glow. I am Croatian & Slovenian decent, Im am very pale Olive nc15-20 and tan easily. Even red sometimes works. Bright colors are the worst. I tan very well in summer with a very golden glow, but I also get pale very quickly in winter (where I live has very few winter days with sunshine and it is often below 35 F November-April.). Just make sure they have similar textures. I can wear any shade of green and jewel tones. Gold and silver actually look ok on me. The only ones who seem to have green undertones like me are eastern europeans and pale skinned chinese. But my hair is very dark brown and my eyes are grey-blue. Winter? and then the struggle of returning mounds of clothes and makeup over the years as on the website similar colour model, in natural daylight, make me look liverish and illand then of course, the happy family and occasion photoswhich just make me sad as I look grim! Very dark neutral purple-brown shade with bronze shimmer is a nice match too. My dad on the other hand, is very tan, med. They change colors depending on the type of lighting and they turn vibrant green when my eyes are irritated from either allergies or when I'm crying (any time my eyes get watery). I see the Milani concealer / foundation has already been suggested as it is in your recommended the only foundation Ive found so far that doesnt turn me pink or yellow! Im going to do a bit more research on this topic! And often mix it down with a slightly neutral cc cream that it slightly pearlescent. That is the extent of good colours for me. Getty Images. Have always worn silver as I like how it looks on my skin but would never wear a silver top & I think gold is ok on me, just sometimes looks a bit like a yellow. In other words, I am still a bit confused about what colours look best on me. Bare Minerals BarePro is No. I look good dressed in bright red and a number of other bright colors, whether warm or cool, but creams and more neutral tones wash me out. i think we have the same hair-, eye- and skincolour! Professional Hair Color Brands I have both green and dark blue veins, and I never wear orange because I feel it makes me look yellow, or something. but eeeverything is somehow still too yellow compared to my grayish greenish neck. All my life people have told me I look tired and/or asked if was coming down with something. Im struggling big time with selecting colours that complement my skin and eyes (skin extremely pale but with yellow and green undertones and my eyes are honey brown). Im from Estonia, where the most popular hair colour is called a potato peel blonde, meaning a dusty greenish yellowish brownish mix. :). Not at all warm! 3. Your colors are deep, warm and a little bit vivid that results a rich . I stick to coral and pink blush and if I dip into red it has to be a raspberry. Cool seasons will have a cool or bluish undertone to their hair, skin, and eyes. I finally got around this issue by taking a foundation thats neutral undertones but a bit too dark, and added some green concealer. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988) is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar. It perfectly matched my skin tone like a dream and evenly disappeared into my skin, while giving me a flattering and harmonising appearance which seemed easy on MY eyes. I use fenty beauty in shade 120 and suits me very well but its still not a perfect match. When I look at my skin in daylight, I see a yellow tone, but in I have green, blue & purple veins in my inner wrists, so was always confused as well. ABH Norvina pallette the original light purple one with neutral shades and rose gold which looks bomb on our eyes I also feel like I can wear silver or gold, but I have trouble with makeup. Hi, I found these work for cheekbone contour on cool olive skin: Yesterday, back at another MAC, I was quite surprised when the MUA looked at me and said light olive. She matched me with their mineralized foundation at NC20 or face and body at N2. Cat again :) I dont know whats going on, but today my UD cg30 looks way too dark and clashes with my super green neck (yesterday my neck looked more yellow, jeeez, how can an undertone look different from day to day?!). Gold makes me look so strange. Also like Burts bees, Sedona Sands, lip crayon for a natural look (kind of waxy though). I am eastern euro and Spanish background. Not too dark like the Mediterranean type olive colour, but a light Slav tone. Aussie (with Finnish ancestors) pale chick with green skin. We have put up a list of the best shades that compliment an olive complexion in this article. I would get SO frustrated with those, Whats YOUR Skin Tone? quizzes, because I never fit ANY of the categories (or, more precisely, I needed to combine two categories to describe myself.) Maybe its worth giving it a try. 7. My eyes are brown with green swirls, spokes and yellow in it. So I find this really neat! instagram/dollyparton. Jessica Alba / Carey Mulligan. even darker than that when we hit the beach. Never thought Id be olive because Im so pale and of mostly Irish and French ancestry but now that I think about it both grandmas were olive! My enemies are pastels and cool neutrals. 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). I do honestly believe you are in the Pale Olive Club welcome! I had no idea why was that so until I spotted myself looking more greenish in those colors, a pale, sick kinda green, not the beautiful fair complexion I have usually. I got here from first seeing the Audrey Coyne video, too. If youve seen the Nyx Cant Stop Wont Stop foundation in Pale that would be my foundation colour if i had the right undertones for it. I find Asian foundation seems to yield better matches for us pale olive girls. I love warm terracotta, gold, and cranberry eyeshadows. 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 ? Ilia True Skin Medium Coverage Foundation in Cozumel SF1.75 described as very light with golden olive undertones blended into my skin seamlessly but a swatch of it was SO different from all of my other foundations. There are a bunch of tricks for finding out your undertone, that I think weve all come across at some point in our lives. Haircut Numbers and Clipper Sizes Im from Estonia. My mothers family is Ashkenazi Jewish and my fathers side is part Scandinavian and part Swiss. It took me a long time to figure out my best colors, but after a lot of trial and error I have a pretty good list. Antracite grey is ok, black overwhelms me, but I wear it anyway. It really was a peach/yellow. I tell people Im green-brown-yellow undertone and get looked at like Im insane. An overwhelming amount of incredible comments has come in over the years, and they contain some very valuable advise. thanks! Have you tried a dark grape or blackberry? Hi Ashley, I am very pale (NC10-NC15) and have an olive undertone. We have many people of Romany descent who were born in Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in our family tree. The look above features shoulder-length straight hair, but the purple hair color would look equally as pretty on wavy or curly hair. Pale olives please try -Dr Jart Black Label BB Cream comes out of the bottle almost grey, but is the very first foundation that ever actually matched me Hair is dark brown with gingery-blonde highlights. The colour looked almost invisible on my face because it matched me so well. Anyone burn easily too? Anything else looks garish so less is definitely more for me. I know they also make buff in a mousse formula, it might last longer? Funny Ive been searching more asian beauty and makeup videos for awhile now because these women are the closest to me. Its almost identical to MUFE 117 Marble when swatched. Select the colors blue-tone. I am MAC NC-30 and ELF shade Sand, if that helps anyone! Basically EVERYTHING in our wardrobe needs to be thinking of. Hair is naturally med-ash brown, colored cool, very dark brown, and my eyes are dark hazel-green, but more forest green than warm green. Neither really looks good on me, to be honest. Those in Latin America who are descendants from Southern Europeans, as well as indigenous people of the Americas may have that. :), Oh, at last, my heavenly home! My sister definitely is but shes a lot more olive toned than me and looks straight up green/yellow and even makes comments like how pink I look even tho I cant even wear most pale foundations since they tend to be too pink toned on me. Im currently in the process of finding one, but I also have very dry skin so I have another layer of difficulty. Now I knowits because Im olive! Ive been wanting to try the ex1 foundation but Im in between shades 2.0 and 3.0. I can finally find flattering colours for me now that I have escaped from my former fixation error that those of us mistakenly labelled as warm colouring should wear warm tones of clothes and makeup (or that those of us who are light/pale olive should wear bright colours) your discovery of us green folk deserves a Peace prize! Can I ask, if a pale olive wanted a flattering green to wear (clothing, not makeup), what green would anyone go for? I feel like I need a salmon-olive foundation to maintain my alive look. Those from Bourjois (the Red velvet mattes in the following shades: Grand Cru, Red Volution, Plum Plum Girl, Saperliprunette, Pink pong, Nude-ist etc.) The key is your golden skin undertone and you haven't got so much contrast than Winters have. I tend to lean more towards the cool spectrum, I believe. Ah, another video I would perhaps want to see is a more intimate q+a about relationship topics that might be a bit controversial (like, whats your stance on non-traditional relationships, how would you react or deal with someone cheating, a threesome, or things like that not in the perverted sense at all, but more like a realistic talk about some more difficult topics people might face with their significant other). Current irange and red eye look craze has left me wondering if Im simply bad at eyeshadow. She co-founded luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, and the more affordable lines Olsenboye and StyleMint alongside her fraternal twin sister Ashley Olsen. and the positive possibilities of some flattering colours (from my husbands jumpers/tops) I learnt that my precious browns (even the hickory brown) and warm colours (everything with a yellow or agggh! 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