Me too! Olive skin is so beautiful but doesnt fit well into traditional seasonal colour analysis so we end up feeling weird and left out! Now I knowits because Im olive! However Im quite sure that I fit under the label olive skin, as my veins seem both blue and green and I can see the green and some yellow colors on my skin. We have many people of Romany descent who were born in Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia in our family tree. Will get samples when I visit Mecca next time. I only wear silver, steel or brass jewelry. Make Up For Ever makes some (Chromatix Mix) and on the cheaper end of the spectrum L.A. Olive skin is a general moderate tone can have shades of brown and tan with green, yellow, or golden undertones. Do they exist in Europe and what brands are they? Laura Geller Baked Balance & Brighten Color Correcting Foundation in LIGHT is PERFECT. Everything has made me look piggy pink or a weird shade of Donald Trump orange. This is so unbelievable helpful! Everything is always gray or too orange. Answer (1 of 7): All Mediterranean populations whether in Southern Europe, Middle East and North Africa have a good frequency of olive-complexioned and brown-eyed people. I have reddish brown hair and light brown eyes, and would say my coloring is overall a warm-neutral look. The face tape foundation in porcelain sand is the palest, yellow-toned shade. I was confused for so long because different signs pointed to warm vs cool so I assumed I must be neutral (cause those are the only options for us pale skinners). Olive skin tone is a beautiful and defining feature of many famous women. Maddening. 6 monthly update from all of my previous comments and recommendations. Pitch Black Black hair strikes a dramatic contrast against olive skin. Her videos can be pretty boring but are amazingly enlightening. My veins are not clearly blue or green. Fellow very fair olive here. My mothers family is Ashkenazi Jewish and my fathers side is part Scandinavian and part Swiss. I custom blend a warm and a cool foundation for this very reason! some time later my ideal Liquid Foundation was discontinued. Try ex1 foundation, in one of the lighter shades its specifically made for olive skin tones. 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! Thank you so much for this article, its a true revelation! Its not golden at all. Meanwhile my German family have almost ruddy, medium skin colors and get bronze easily. Im probably lighter olive than you! I also tried to blonde years ago. I did find out that a very pale muted lilac colour looks goos on me ( its a dress im talking about). Im definitely pale olive and have finally found the right foundation for me: No. The left side look quite pink, but the right side is very light COOL yellow. I have your exact same problem! My mom always knew I was olive skin toned, but I didnt ever understand it because makeup came in fair, light, medium, deep and dark. Having olive skin and brown eyes is one of the best combinations of physical features. Mac studio sculpt in NC37 mixed with NC20, NC25. Prior to that, LOreal True Colour (I think thats the name?) I use shade 1.0 which would probably be the one for you too. Except I naturally have dark blonde hair and blue eyes. But anyway, is it normal for people like us to look different Colors in different lighting? White. And the right foundation shade makes it clear that yes, I am actually pretty fair, apart from my very tan forehead lol. Unfortunately it has been discontinued, and in my search for something new, I kept being matched incorrectly by Ulta and Sephora employees. NARS, Gobi is perfection! 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. 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. (If I put my hands next to my face, you can really see the pink/green difference they dont even look like they belong to me! Using it has changed my foundation! A group of us had our colors done, and I was the ONLY one out of the group that the analyst was confused about. I had that amazing aha moment where I finally experienced the my skin but better phenomenon. The best fair/light olive foundations Ive found are: Chantecaille color chamomile. No idea if youll see this nearly a year later but I have very similar coloring light olive + blue-grey eyes. Whenever Im in the sun wearing shorts my legs seem almost orange like they have been spray tanned so I still think I have olive skin but Im just not sure. I wish I could wear more bold and experimental colors, but, though limited, at least Im now confident about what looks good (re: not alien-level abnormal). :) I always knew I was olive (dalmatia genes) because my mom was very pink next to me and I knew that this is the issue with trying to find good foundation, I neved found perfect match. Cool chick; check her out. Yes! My eyes are brown/hazel (again warm) Ive been using it for years while hopelessly trying a lot of other brands and foundations. No wishy-washy Browns for us.. dark chocolate shades look great. Most colours suit me, but I sometimes look washed out in some pastels. If the rusty or reddish-brown eyes are lighter, they could fit to the Clear Winter category; if they are darker, Deep Winters can have them. I have noticed that peach blush makes me look healthy and I get heaps of compliments when I wear it. I wear dirty jewelery, silver, gold and copper. Burn easily and cant really tan. You could try a light sage green. Reds. 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. 17. Wear make-up colours that complement your skin tone. Does anyone have recs for bronzer for pale olive skin? I find gray is an easy color to wear. Curtain Bangs I prefer to wear loose mineral makeup and the closest I have come is to buy cool-green loose minerals from a cosmetics company on ebay, and mix a very small amount with bareMinerals Golden Fair 04, sometimes Ill add a bit of bareMinerals Light 08 as the 04 is pretty pale. Adobe Stock Fotos Ilustraciones Vectores Vdeos Audio Plantillas Gratis Premium Fuentes Also, one will not see an actual GREEN, like grass green, tone. For those who have olive skin, green eyes are flattering especially while wearing brown hair. If the veins on the inside of your wrist are green, youre wam toned. I have a bright bright coral orange tank that makes me look super tanned (for me) so that and fuscia are my go to neons and turquoise in jewellery look a great. Wow I feel so validated. I find that warm undertones (reds, oranges and browns) works great on me ~ also greens, but Im thinking you might be neutral-cool ^.^ anyways whats im trying to say is, middle way always suits me and it could work for you, too. Gold Keep an open mind about the look youre going for, and perhaps embrace a somewhat exotic result that may have a striking effect. This list may contain colors that you haven't considered, but don't be afraid to try something new. Typically the ones with a thinner formula as they seem to blend together better when I mix two shades. I just need that bit of blush in the color to avoid making myself look ashy. Cause when I tried honey blond, exactly your words I looked washed out and actually I had a bit of a feeling theres no contrast at all, like the color was the same as my skin especially when I got tanned. There used to be a shade available only in Singapore by Guerlain that was wonderful, they called it ambre clair and it was perfect, but Guerlain did away with it, so Im now searching for that nice rose-smelling makeup in that not pink, not yellow but green undertoned light foundation. I find if I have any luck at all, I seem to be able to pull off drab colors the best. 5. Youre spot on, and I am amazed to see an actual solution in print. But, it wont last forever & then I start my mad search of trying to mix & match foundations again!!!! I guarantee there are way more of us out there who dont know they are olive! Its expensive for a small amount and the powder creates a lot of dust, so unless you need a light contour color like me, definitely try the NYX. I wonder if I can just buy foundation pigments by themselves and mix my own. What really got me wondering was when I compared my own skin to my SOs hes Central Asian and no doubt olive toned. Its useful to have a secret blush sometimes but I almost never have cute pink cheeks naturally!) I feel you and I am a cool olive or pale olive with brown eyes with specks of amber and dark brown hair. But otherwise, I stay away from color sadly. Whenever I use cool or neutral light shades I look like a dead ghost. In case it ends up being helpful for anyone: I think a few other people have said this, but my skin tone is kind of golden? Dont know my heritage-family (both sides) in Ohio since the 1700s. With this knowledge its going to be so much easier to know how to pick colours and why some dont work on me, and at least now I understand why I could never fit into the cool/neutral/warm skin tone spectrum! I am pale olive toned on my body but have hints of pink in my cheeks and a slight bit of redness around nose. Since there seem to be so many comments on this of fellow oliver skinned people, I wanted to throw one in. I finally got around this issue by taking a foundation thats neutral undertones but a bit too dark, and added some green concealer. Reading your article and seeing a gorgeous pale, olive-skin lady like you makes me feel a lot more at peace with myself. I finish it off with Benefits Dandelion. Then it will look truly nude. Try rose gold instead of gold, try classic navy instead of icy blue or neutral mid brown instead of oragey brown ~~~ hope it helps, Im an extremely fair blue-eyed person with mousey brown hair with a tinge of red and gold. I have medium brown eyes. I would suggest anyone having trouble finding the right shade and think that you are a pale olive, to pick up a sample at your nearest Este Lauder makeup counter. Glowing skin, minimal makeup, and defined lashes compose Jessica's signature look. Im pretty content with my make up collection at this point (finally) I will leave a full complication breakdown below. Some people think my eyes are blue. Warm complexions would use corals and warm pinks and cool complexions pinks . On top of that im a size xs so most of my clothes is too big. 3. Everything looks dull or strange. Ive always been green and its so nice to see it recognized! Its made for olive skin. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. I tan but not nearly as dark as Id like unless I go in a tanning bed which I stopped doing years ago- but I dont look brown-brown like an Italian. My dads side of the family is 100% sicilian (mom is scottish-so I am a mix but the older family isnt), and we have olive blondes and redheads mixed in with the dark brunettes. Will get back to readers with the results! It works well in the winter, but can be a bit yellow during the summer when I get deeper green undertones. 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. Can someone please help? Hey Lolo! HiIm in the same boat. All of you here are a lot darker than me :)). Nothing seems to work because my skin tone, eyes and hair have hints and tones of everything so it ends up matching nothing. Hope this helps. My best foundation was the original MUFE HD foundation in #117, the reformulation to the Ultra HD in the same shade number is too dark and cool toned for me. The one good thing about having red undertones is that you could possibly mix in some liquid blush of the right shade to your foundation (test in small batches). I am Armenian/European heritage so pale olive skin is inevitable here. Anyways yeah, Im glad to know theres other people who experience the same issues as me, its a relief. It was very easy on the eye for me. I love my skin tone, but such a pain to deal with! Always pale, with greenish undereyes and lids actually, cannot live without concealer. However he has been in the sun all his life and is not as light as I. I love this thread SO much! However, I picked up a sample of the same foundation in 1W2 Sand and it is perfect. At first it looks like it would be too dark and a bit yellow. 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!) I set it lightly with Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Power in 1. In the summer I use YSL foundation BD40 as concealer or their Touche Eclat stick in #2. For makeup, Ive figured out lipstick so far: cool reds, from a true red to deeper shades look great. I feel like I have the same skin tone as the OP based on her pics and wonder what foundation shades she uses! I do best with neutral foundations and then just add some green pigment into it (love LA Girl foundation adjusters for that). 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!) I am olive skinned and pale because I choose not to tan, but I can tan easily. Additionally, foundation shades can always be lightened with a mixer. It's best to go for straight black, shiny and healthy but matte. I always wondered why on Earth no foundation warm, cool, or neutral tone worked on my skin. My sister is very red and she even tans red (aka a sunburn because she doesnt tan) but I tan like crazy even though I avoid the sun. Select the colors blue-tone. That is the extent of good colours for me. Unfortunately, it doesnt suit my occupation (law). For those with medium skin and cool undertones, like Taylor Swift and Cameron Diaz, a nude lip looks stunning . Not sure if anyone has mentioned this. It makes us unique but that uniqueness comes with a price of a lifelong search for colors that would suit us the best. I tan very easily and when Im tan its not too hard to make a mix of neutral and red brown that will work okay for me. Ugh. I have very pale skin with green undertones, and dark gold hair and pale grey-blue eyes. Not exactly flattering and i was asked, on multiple occasions, whether i was anemic. Cant find right shade in Nars Radiant foundation. I just got Laura Gellers Baked Blush & Brighten Marbleized Blush in PINK BUTTERCREAM. Hello! 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. 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. What twist does it add? I am from Romania, so.. eastern Europe, same type of skin, pale, olive, tans easily, but looks really light during winter, especially on my face. ( i use EX1 foundation and that is what i heard of the best foundation for olive skin and they have very pale shades, i LOVE the foundation) Btw, does anyone here with pale olive skin also suffers from the eagle syndrome a.k.a body skin tends to tan more easily than face skin? I tend to lean more towards the cool spectrum, I believe. I have dark ash blonde hair and hazel eyes. Hello! Ive been struggling to classify my skin-tone for a WHILE now and only recently (pretty darn sure) correctly identified it as pale olive. Im Portuguese and I have dark green eyes, and dark brown hair and Im considerably darker than my parents, siblings and other family members who are your typical tanned live skinned, I struggle to find make up that matches my skin tone and my vains are both green and purplely blue, Ive found that pastel colours wash me out and I like myself in darker Jewel colours like purples, burgundy red, Royal blue etc, but as Ive said still unsure as I can not see if I have pink, yellows or green undertones x, hello from a fellow pale olive portuguese girl! The foundations that have worked, miraculously: Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation shade 213, is ultimate shade match, please ladies do seek this out. Recently I found out that olive skin often has both green and blue veins Thanks for the foundation tip. 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