/ A Swede. On top of that im a size xs so most of my clothes is too big. So if youre nervous about completely changing your entire hair color, start with highlights for a small but noticeable change. Thank you for sharing ! Whether finding a good red or nude, it always comes down to me mixing two or three different products together. 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. I also dont have any Eastern European background. Nudes if they are pink leaning not peachy. 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. I have the same problem. I would say its on the very neutral side, no pinks or yellows, and works very well for my greenish skin. I no longer have to choose between formulas I love and having the right color. Finally, someone who has the same issue as I do! And since i am brazilian i have very mixed roots. I seem to be neutral toned? 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! A short, platinum blonde pixie is a youthful haircut and hair color combination for women over 50. For makeup, Ive figured out lipstick so far: cool reds, from a true red to deeper shades look great. I like Isle of paradise tanning drops. I find gray is an easy color to wear. That greenish / olive-ish / taupe grey is the famous olive undertone, that plagues or graces some of us. i feel so boring and always wanted to be the spring type who can wear a big range of funky colours! Please help . I am an Olive 2 and 2.5 in summer. I am like you, you will love it. My hair has since darkened to a medium ash blonde. . Maybe I can find something that will work and if so a big thanks to the person who recommended it! Im not entirely sure, but I think I have olive undertones and I am really pale. My skin is very pale but not pinkish, definitely green! Fawn plowy in Polish, its perfect combination of slightly greenish beige. I only wear silver, steel or brass jewelry. Just ordered some Fenty 130 and 145, fingers crossed! Lipstick wise, for example, a rather dark-ish medium dusty brown Cashmere from Avon is considered as a nude on my lips by those that see it. Many strategies have been implemented, but they are not perfect since I also have hormonal acne. And her mix was great. There is no difference between neck and face any more! In other words, I am still a bit confused about what colours look best on me. Neutral beiges are almost impossible to find and almost no foundation is as pale as I am. Any warm or loud/rich colors look bad on us, but orange is THE worst. Muted colors seem to look best. The occasional blush/dusty rose is also amazing but I seem to fluke into the right ones because most are too cool or too warm or too pale or something?? The problem is a lot of olive foundations are golden orangey. Now if only more cosmetic companies would acknowledge our existence and stop conflating olive with tan. (Have they ever seen olive oil?!). We should all write in to makeup brands and ask them to make olive ranges lol. Elizabeth Olsen Its not available here and the new LOral bronzer is very shimmery. Haha Ive found my people! I have yet to find one foundation that I dont have to mix or play around with. Nothing I wear in the winter looks good on me but a tan does wonders for my wardrobe. Ah, how frustrating beauty advice in girls magazines (way back when there was not much of an internet going on) used to be for me. Armani Luminous Silk foundation in the color 4 and I mix with 6 when Im tan. I can wear both gold and silver well. Weirdly Urban Decay 714 works on me, even though it is a warmer red. I look like an 80s plastic doll version of an old lady in any blue/green/purple shading. I love grey, purple, black , pink (bright or soft), white, olive green and warm neutral colours like camel. My blush is peach and my lips look best with mauvey pink colors. The white paper to the face doesnt seem to work with me-I cant tell if I look the same, pink, yellow, etc. Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, and businesswoman. 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. What I can advise you to do is look on reddit, there is a sub called OliveMua and it is basically a forum for everyone with olive undertones, regardless of the depth of your skintone or of the warm- or coolness. Yet every time I tried foundation for pale neutral skin tones, I looked terrible. After years of searching, I can safely say its been my go. You and me both kid! Never have been happy with foundations and always struggling with make up. Whenever I go into a makeup store to get shade matched for a foundation, they see my freckles and instantly point me towards a cool toned foundation with pink hues. I would love to try a new hair color, but Im not sure what. I too have a mix of anglo-celtic and a dash of swarthy italian (grandfather). :) i am so happy to finally see pictures of someone like me. Im very fair skinned but I tan super easily, yet Ive never had a sunburn in my life. Its jst a complete mess u can see i guess this thread is the answer to my never ending frustration. Though we love every hair color she rocks, we especially love the way this strawberry blonde shade brightens up her amazing skin.. 40 years old and finally the struggle is OVER! I guess I will stick to Urban Decay, as said it is only a teeny-tiny bit too dark. I purchased EX1 in shade F100, as recommended. Most similar look ashy gray or oxidize orange yellow. Neutral (leaning blue) red. 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. Reds. Like a shimmering but not glittery. I can wear light pink but not purple. My skin tone and hair color are very, very similar to yours. When I go to warm shades it looks like the right depth but too yellow, like slight jaundice. 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. Light, gentle, slightly muted, slightly warm colors (pinks or greens, some mellow yellows too) seem rather neutral on my skin as in they don`t visibly hurt my undertones, not like the icy pastels or the cold grey colors. And on the days its too light, I just brush on some highlighter or blush. A light purple is feminine, work-appropriate, and great for olive tones. I have the hardest time finding any foundation to be light enough for me. Im a little late to the party but thank-you so much for this post! My veins are mostly green but a few look slightly purple or blue in the wrist. Under construction. 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. Hows that for a bag of Skittles?! Even red sometimes works. And that experience with foundations happened to me too, so I quit trying to find make up for me. Banana only works if my foundation is on the neautral side. Lighting has a lot to do with how my skin tone looks too. I just went looking for green concealer thinking that could be my solution and then I came across this thread. I did find out that a very pale muted lilac colour looks goos on me ( its a dress im talking about). The main thing that stood out was that near other people who are also pale without suntans (I tan quite dark and quite olive) I am green. I find some matching products in those brands: Kiko, H&M, Bourjois, Boho cosmetics, Lily lolo, Make Up for Ever, MAC, Nars, and within the expensive ones I cant always afford: Sisheido, Bobbi Brown. Makeup tips for black hair, brown eyes, and tan/olive skin. Creator living in Amsterdam with her husband and extensive tea collection. I think I get my coloring from my Czech and Lebanese side. With blond its harder, even if its cool just dont want to harm my hair in vain. Cinema secrets and Ben Nye had perfect matches for my light, cool olive skin. I am MAC NC-30 and ELF shade Sand, if that helps anyone! Trying hard with fifth color match to make EL Double wear work because I like the brand swiped a bit of my daughters watercolor tubes -yellow and blue- to play with this last (remarkably orange) shade. But it was also very thin, so blended more easily regardless of color. Oh my gosh, we may have the same coloring. I am like you, its the pastels, beige and Greys that make me look unwell. Do you use the green or the yellow tint? through my skin with ease. In the end, the struggle would probably be worth it. Lipsticks come as a struggle too. Its frustrating because its not talked about and even many (most?) Also have pale olive skin. Basically EVERYTHING in our wardrobe needs to be thinking of. I have the exact same issue. My mom is like this, shes fairly darker than me while I am quite pale. An overwhelming amount of incredible comments has come in over the years, and they contain some very valuable advise. I note that a lot of the comments indicate we all have similar coloring. I have also got pale olive skin, which is translucent so my veins show everywhere, and also can get a pinkish glow from exertion. I even feel like I annoyed the girl at Ulta too because I kept feeling washed out and pink constantly when trying colors! Im quite fair and olive but have some terracotta-ish overtones as well. Ugh. Under the sun, you go brown rather than red. Rose gold is also my metal of choice. It looks more extreme yet against my dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. I have struggled for a long time to find a foundation that matched my skin tone. I hope it works for everyone else though!! My hair color is something Ive never been able to determine because its almost an ashy dirty blonde but it appears brown. I have very pale skin with green undertones, and dark gold hair and pale grey-blue eyes. Which foundation shades do you use in your recommended products?? 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! Ive always been confronted by concerned people because of my vampire complexion. I think I lean towards a cool olive rather than warm, but even so.what colours should we wear?! (Incidentally do you guys flush easily? Omg I thought I was crazy when I couldnt tell my undertone by just looking at my wrists. I am 1/2 Italian (my dad is 100%) and 1/4 Slovak with bits of English and German from my mom. Sheer makeup works best for me. Raspberry liptones and shimmery nudes make my skin look glowy. Im Croatian and fair olive in winter and light olive in summer and I so relate to your struggle! In the winter when I get even less sun than usual, it can be a smidge too dark. Johnny Cash and Sean Connery (both of Scottish heritage) are a great example of what original european inhabitants looked like. Ive been building a palette and want to share. Thank you for confirming that we arent crazy. Level 9 blonde hair with blue undertones looks amazing and silver/gray blue eye shadow also makes my eyes pop, with teal in the outer corner.. Navy blue eyeliner. Long wavy hair leaves plenty of room to flaunt the stunning shade and frames an olive skin toned face with brown eyes. I burn really bad, by the way. I wish I could send my picture with this message, so you guys can all tell me if Im crazy, or if my undertone really is pale olive. Forever on the search for THE red. light grey Loved everything you said, sounds like we are the same person. For now Im staying with my natural hair color. Im a super pale, cool olive I guess. Ive tried their concealer as well and loved it but again Im in between shades! I am 50 and just found out I am a Light Olive. Just like every one here I am Irish, and a little Italian, and I had honey blonde hair growing up which faded into a sort of calico hair with steaks of reds browns and blonds. Here are some foundation shades that I find work: It was very easy on the eye for me. I am in the NC15 to 20 range and i love KGD. For the most flattering look like that of Courtney Cox and Megan Fox celebrities, wear dark chocolate in order to really highlight your eyes. Im 48. She has higher Middle Eastern percentage but less Southern European and less Eastern European, more Britain, but she is darker complected with a pale olive complexion, ash brown hair, Olive skin is not just green, some are grey (very pale east europeans like Nastya Kusakina) some are more yellow (east asians), some are peach/red (Shakira, Justin Bieber, Jessica Alba), some can be neutral (Troian Bellisario) or even pinkish (Leonardo DiCaprio and Olivia Wilde). I use Bobbi Brown in Warm Ivory though. 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. Copper is one of the few. Plum is fine too but starts to push it. Omg, they look sooo bad. And often mix it down with a slightly neutral cc cream that it slightly pearlescent. Cant find right shade in Nars Radiant foundation. My face and neck stay paler whilst the rest of me darkens a lot and its frustrating! Grey-green eyes. My eyes are a grayish teal. Just make sure they have similar textures. For me, wearing lipstick, blush, or eye shadow just looks off. Thank you so much for this article, its a true revelation! Urban Decay cg30 is what Im using currently, this and Koh Gen Do 213 are my closest matches altough both are ever so slightly too dark for me. I almost exclusively wear purple/berry lip shades, even if its just a tint. Thats so strange since i consider the skintone in my face rather on the cooler side. Currently my foundation color is true match neutral 2 and 3 mixed together, its not too bad. I think tarte runs kinda pink, which means the shade is a bit more neutral than other pale yellow shades. Aveeno tinted face moisturizer (spf protection, lightweight), sugar plum lipstick in moisture riche by LOral (not too cool, not too warm and even goes with red), Nude crme lipstick by Milani, L.A. girls lipliner in Forever. Coverage Level: Full | Finish: Shimmer | Shades: 17 | Size: 0.05 oz | Byrdie Clean: Yes | Cruelty-Free: Yes. Im light olive, not very pale, for reference I would say Im slightly lighter than NC20 in MAC (NC18 would be my thing:)) but to be clear, I havent found my foundation match in MAC, this is just for reference when it comes to the degree of my lightness :), Here are some foundations that work for me: ALIMA PURE Mineral power makeup will send you a sample for a VERY small fee- and they have OLIVE powders from Olive zero and beyond! but id like to try the ones you suggested. :-( Foundations are either too yellow or pink. 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. I am light most of the year but can get really tan. Heres what Ive found that works as far as lipstick, blush & eyeshadow: Taupe eyeshadow looks amazing on me. But I think only in Sheer Glow. To add to the color matching problem, i have very mild Rosacea. I tan pretty well, although I always burn first. Most colours suit me, but I sometimes look washed out in some pastels. I often go with darker but muted purples or darker beige with grey tones. When it comes to hazel eyes and olive skin, nothing goes better than luscious caramel highlights or ombre. What colours go best with pale olive? Thankfully she did it a few times and confirmed what I thought very fair neutral, olive undertones. 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. of course of lot of that is rooted in colorism and other concerning cultural issues but in the meantime the makeup companies still do it and they do it pretty damn well! Im quite on the pale side of the olive force too, or at least this is what it looks like as the most ghostly italian you can find in the Bel Paese. And black. I look awful in most colors so I wear a lot of Gray and Navy. When I click on the image it takes me to a product page but not one specific to the shade and I dont see the shades mentioned anywhere am I missing that? and brown eyes with green swirl. I think we are skin hair and eye color doubles, or almost! White (cool) Warm shades dont work, but not all cool ones do either. But its probably one of the best out there color wise for us pale olives. I usually mix shades to achieve a somewhat acceptable match and contour with a light bronzer. Dark colors are easy to wear, but arent exactly flattering. My favorite lipstick shade is Aveda Poppy. anyone have any advice??? the pale olive tone thing has made it such a struggle to pick out nude nail polishes too. Although I do have pretty rosy cheeks generally so it can be hard to tell. And many people tell me I look nice in lots of coloured clothes and I can pull off so many hair colours BUT if anything navy is near my face I look like a dead or unwell. Bad: As you said, orange and earth tones are our worst colors. The tan always fades within a week. Its been a struggle, especially because I have genetic dark circles so covering them is a nightmare. Thankful to have found this thread! Any other colour does not work, which is sad because I always loved big pink cheeks. Revlon Colourstay do a shade but I forget which one- Im not a fan of drug store. 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 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. 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. Related: Best Dolly Parton Hairstyles. I only use a drop or so of the yellow and it makes my foundation a perfect match. The icy pastels felt wrong they accentuated the antique green dusty beige tone of my skin. Yes I am have fair skin with an olive undertone but have been told so my whole life by my family. Everything tends to look yellow on me.). Others claim that I am extremely fair. Gold looks better on me, especially with even the faintest tan (and I tan even from the light reflected in the building across the street!). but i can also wear slightly warm colours, like red with a slightly brown touch. 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). Blue and green (emarald, not olive) are good colors as well. Posted on Updated on September 26, 2022. I get you. Answer (1 of 9): Olive skin and green eyes is common in the Mediterranean area, both in Southern Europe and the Middle East. I also look horrible in washed out shades. Yaaaassss!!!! This is due to their general pan size not being suited to brushes generally used for larger surfaces, and their formulation typically being so heavily pigmented that they are very tricky to use on the face because to get them sheer enough to look right, they then become patchy due to the need to over-blend them onto such a large swath. I seem to look better in warmer eyeshadows and blush and cooler lipsticks. There are a few things that don't go well with milky skinpastel colors and too much bronzer. photos I show up with a pink tone. Ash brown hair w warm hazel-green eyes. MUFE in 117/Marble (they might call it something else now- they recently changed the shade names.) I love reading everyones stories in the comments. Im not a big fan of mac foundations as the majority are just really heavy on my dry skin but if I do happen to pick one up it would be one of the above. I then set it with tartes neutral 22N face shape foundation powder. ive seen a couple comments mentioning this BUT a bunch of asian (k and c beauty as far as Ive tried! In fact, most everyone thinks this is my natural color and that I was coloring it before. I dont know any fellow pale olive skin tone people. Hairstyles for Teenage Girls Very dark neutral purple-brown shade with bronze shimmer is a nice match too. For reference NC20 matches my skin well, Thank you! But the silver or gold still continues for me. Rose gold is the only metal I feel I can really pull off. Hair honey colour as child, darkened to light-medium brown, both neutral and warm in tone. Light colors like baby blue and pinks make me look sickly. Maybe I just need to do 23andme to get official results but literally one parent is from England/ Ireland and the other is German. My eyes are greyish blue outer with green and a small bit of gold inner circle. Oh, how I wish NARS would bring back that Sheer Glow Ceylan . ancestry, but actually Jewish so *anciently* ancestrally, Middle Eastern. Jewel color clothing is awesome I can wear both bright white & a champagne taupe blouse but avoid both when its in the dead of winter. 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. Pastels make me look yellow and jewel tones make me look red. I have been told on quite a few occasions I look like the girl from that seventy show aka Mila Kunis. very pale/fair, hazel green eyes, dark brown hair, freckles, burn like mad with OLIVE undertones! I havent got any pink in my skin really but because Im pale I get told Im pink undertone but also told Im warm lol. Adriana Lima's blue eyes pop against her olive skin. Hope that Fenty arrives to Croatia so that I can try the foundation, the duty and taxes would be huge from US :(. I use it to contour (and fill in my eyebrows) i didnt realize this was a european thing too! so to anyone out there that likes lighter coverage or to my east asian girlies, k and cbeautys got your back. I have noticed that peach blush makes me look healthy and I get heaps of compliments when I wear it. Most pale people are not like me, but rather have a healthy pinkish hue! I feel like deep army green works well, but my mother insists it looks terrible on me, but she also just hates the colour and maybe shes biased? (Ash blond looms horrendous on me). Bt i dont have any pink in my skin. I think I have neutral and slightly olive undertones. Hi girls! No idea if youll see this nearly a year later but I have very similar coloring light olive + blue-grey eyes. I have even found guides flat out refusing that blondes can be olivebut here I am. Anything from loreal, rimmel, mac, maxfactor, catrice or maybelline would be great! Blushes dont last much, bronze tones look terrible on me, I look better with pink or coral tones I was using Estee Lauder makeup and if I looked closely, it looked so yellow on my forehead, but the cool tones looked so pink! Its for light-medium skin. The best hair colors ideas for olive skin and brown eyes are: 1. NYX Sweet Cheeks in So Taupe (will probably work for up to medium skin tone I am very light but not pale, and this is a little dark for me unless I blend the heck out of it). 1. Its a bit of a pain mixing so will definitely try the ex1 range as I notice they do a loose mineral too. is that all? 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! So no, tanning is a bad indicator for if youre warm or cool toned. Green corrector added to a neutral base is the best match for me. Anyway, I love makeup but Im having a terrible time with all of the overly warm eyeshadows, while the cools are sometimes too ashy. They categorized it as warm olive when in fact olive is a cool tone. Who are some olive skin celebrities? We cant try on in store due to Covid-19 right nowI found that my NYX green light to medium color correcting CC cream works better at matching and getting rid of redness than everything I tried from Ulta. Perhaps its better to let it go grey but Im just not ready for that yet. While the rest of my body seems to be plain pale and white where my skin creases, on my face, which is more red it seems to be olive, specially around my eyes. (No I dont work for Laura Geller ) OMG so sorry just saw this! Hi, I found these work for cheekbone contour on cool olive skin: My mother is of Costa Rican/German descent and my father is from British Columbia with Scottish roots. The green comes out the most when were not tanned, so you can see it better when shes lighter, but take a look at this: In this photo its most noticeable around my mouth, the sides of my neck and my arm. On the flip side, if I am tan, I can get away with some warms. Foundations with pink undertones make me look like im wearing a mask. Mac studio sculpt in NC37 mixed with NC20, NC25. wear. 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! As a toddler my hair was the color of a new penny. Didnt find out I had olive skin until someone working in makeup store who is a dark olive recognized my undertone last year. I stick away from yellow and true orange, lilac and lavender like the plague. Me too! even darker than that when we hit the beach. 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. Ok. We have the exact same skin colour and undergone. I dont look like a ghost anymore! I feel like Riri is olive but she goldens herself up a lot. It was the most perfect and enhancing shade for my cool to slightly warm skin tone. was a major flop. Take a look at these 52 gorgeous famous women with hazel eyes and prepare to get lost for a while. Had jet black hair, nice green eyes and tans SO easily. Nothing seems to work because my skin tone, eyes and hair have hints and tones of everything so it ends up matching nothing. LOreal Free the Nude in No cage, another medium nude Celebrity examples: Patrick Dempsey, Jon Hamm, and Keanu Reeves. Eyes, medium gold/green/grey-blue = but neutral in effect. Maybe in this it`s more a matter of personal preference. I have super light olive skin (as close to Milas shade as it gets), and the ONLY suitable foundation shade Ive been able to find is shade #2 Light Olive from BTS organics. Similarly with makeup because I have blue-green eyes, when I was younger, I always thought I should look good in jewel tones Nope. I once tried a wig in this colour and I had tons of compliments since the contrast between the skin and the hair draws the attention. I feel you and I am a cool olive or pale olive with brown eyes with specks of amber and dark brown hair. my most terrible colours seem to be a saturated light blue, turquoise and a very warm yellow. Im very pale compared to most people i know, so its like you said, you cant really tell what my undertone really is, when it just looks white standing next to other people. I just burn and go back to my natural yellowish pale tone. Greetings from Berlin Im with you! I have looked back as far as 4 generations, and have ancestry including Maltese, Lebanese and Syrian. Makeup forever water blend foundation in y225 is the only foundation Ive found that actually matches me. 2. So anything with a pink or yellow base make me look like a clown. I am super light, as in you can clearly see a number of veins (Technically blood vessels? and as a child being called an alien or a witch due to my green/grey skin tone !, for 2 weeks now I havent looked jaundiced, sickly, anaemic or frail so a massive thanks to Loepsie and all you fabulous greenies on here xxx psst. 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