However, you may not have thought of Russia as a country that does, but reports indicate a presence of this complexion here. Ive been thinking about trying that foundation, but I only recently discovered I might be pale olive. Maybe a rich royal with a touch of black added? I would love to try an olive foundation and see what it does. Nobody has ever matched my skin tone. I do, however use a pink blush with gold flecks. Dark honey highlights will add a nice contrast to brown eyes. Native American, and Italian here. I used to LOVE being tan and would tan pretty easily and I always felt better with the color, but I have been natural and pale as ever for the past couple of years. 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. This is not that light but because the undertone is finally right I can use it and it looks great.. Thats what I use: Urban Decay 30CG and it matches my light cool olive complexion perfectly. One of my favorite blushes is the glossier cloud paint in the shade storm :). A stark contrasting hair color on olive skin tone can look really gorgeous, you just have to know how to work it. 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. The only ones who seem to have green undertones like me are eastern europeans and pale skinned chinese. (2) I recently tried NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Vanilla, and while it seems like it might be too pinky-beige, for some reason it just works for me and blends beautifully. I dont know why, but this does something for my face and I just cant get enough of a great blush. ? LOL but long story short, I have found a few things that work for our unique frustrating but dope skin tone. Ive heard that Chanel cream bronzer is wonderful for all skin tones, but I dont know that personally. I cant quite do a totally cool yellow either because I will look grayI need just a tiny more pink to liven up my skin. Olivia Munn. If you have anymore suggestions for not so expensive foundations, not like Armani, with a light-medium coverage, I would appreciate it. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. I also feel like I can wear silver or gold, but I have trouble with makeup. I have pale olive skin, probably due to my mom being half Lebanese, and Ive always had a green undertone to my skin, but never thought it could be olive since both my mother and I thought olive-skinned people needed to have darker skin. ancestry, but hes pure pale tomato (incapable of developing the SLIGHTEST tan) and I believe my skin tone much more strongly reflects that of my mother who was of Eastern European (Belarussian-ish?) Auburn with red highlights is for those ladies who have a spicy personality. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Burn easily and cant really tan. Im both. their not orange, but more of s baked brick color. I have Eastern-European descent! To help bring out my eyes and balance the tone. Heres what Ive found that works as far as lipstick, blush & eyeshadow: Taupe eyeshadow looks amazing on me. Im so happy to have found all you ladies with the same tone as me! I love it! Its not just an Eastern European skin type either: Im half British and half Indian. Sewing hobbyist, historical beauty enthusiast, and advocate for slowing down. And since i am brazilian i have very mixed roots. It is nearly impossible to find a face makeup that matches my skin tone. Then, I look like giant radish! When I wear anything Cool toned it makes my face look pinky-grey and dead, and when I wear Neutrals I also look very sickly. Also, one will not see an actual GREEN, like grass green, tone. On top of that im a size xs so most of my clothes is too big. I am also Croatian & have had issues finding flattering makeup for my light, cool olive skin. Or atleast add lots of green to the ones I have. Then, the Makeup lady at Mecca recommended the Deauville shade, but that one is slightly too pinky. Yuck. Every foundation Ive ever tried has always been too pink or too yellow. It just depends:). 4. Check out their cream foundation. I think seeing only a group of colours at the same time would help determine what really suits you and would be helpful for people struggling to find what suits us. I have light olive skin, cool toned dark blue eyes and ash blonde hair that shines silver. I dont know really anything about my background, but I live in East Europe. Pale olive and gentle on sensitive skin. Also, I love a great shimmery copper lipstick. I was a R/O Prescriptives and the color was Fresh Vellum. Too dry for under eyes for me though, For concealing blemishes, I also loved Make Up For Ever Full Cover Concealer in Ivory (#6). You just described me to a T! Sorry if the english is not quite right, Im french-canadian :), Ahh! I hope it makes a come back. My skin is such an unusual tone not in the way that people comment but I can never find a foundation match and depending on the person and lighting and how much sun Ive had changes the view of my skin. Im austrian and all ancestors i know of are austrian too. I can wear silver, gold & rose gold jewelry but gold looks best. So anyone who is light cool olive, please share your resources! I use 3 parts dark cool (darker than my face) and 1 part light and warm/yellow (lighter than my face), both liquid obvi. The face tape foundation in porcelain sand is the palest, yellow-toned shade. xoxo, I have pale olive skin and, just like you, I love brick-o-la MAC lipstick, and also struggle with my hair Color. Youre my tribe! Agree with colors you recommended. Warm tones seem to make me look horrible, but I like my skin with gold? I have trouble finding nailpolish that doesnt make my veins stand out more! I can wear muted jewel shades, taupe, black and charcoal, as kettlewell suggested after I did an online colour analysis with them. I looked my best even when steticist told me not they were surprised how good I looked. At some point my skin became this weird greenish color and it was a lot more noticeable when I was a kid. Summer? Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'fyaMZ9nrQXd4VuF_3IRAxA',sig:'mGVQjPavCicUUYNoQawYN42cMuF-P5fZcSLwhf1mhD0=',w:'1000px',h:'666px',items:'1277527467',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Have you guys tried EX1 foundations? Online tests always say that i have a cool undertone, but i always look washed out or sick when wearing the colors that are supposed to be good for people with cool undertones. I have struggled with this color thing for years. 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. Its quite the adventure! I have quite cool brown hair, with golden highlight when Im in the sun.. Never looked good in yellow, pink or neutral foundations. Cool seasons will have a cool or bluish undertone to their hair, skin, and eyes. And cool. UD cg30 is a beautiful foundation, dont get me wrong, but my 37-year-old skin needs something more luminous and hydrating. I live for the summer which is the only season my skin actually looks good. Funny Ive been searching more asian beauty and makeup videos for awhile now because these women are the closest to me. Foundations that have almost a grayish tinge to them look best on me and I have golden blond hair and gray blue eyes so this may not work for you but heres what works for me. That is the green color I get complemented on. They all clash. This skin tone always feels like a contradiction. No idea if youll see this nearly a year later but I have very similar coloring light olive + blue-grey eyes. Im a pale olive (austrian, german, spanish, british, native american roots). can you send a picture of the skin of your face? My body got tanned easily, but my face burned first, my face also looks more reddish than the rest of my body. I have green, blue & purple veins in my inner wrists, so was always confused as well. Ive analyzed my skin in natural light: my veins are blue and purple and my skin has three distinct colors in it which are golden, green and warm pink. Even if I have the pores, the scars, and the patchy skin I wont be orange anymore. I think I could be a pale olive too. Apparently ALL their foundations lean olive. But anyway, is it normal for people like us to look different Colors in different lighting? I have light blue eyes so its extremely hard to find colours that match eyes and skin. Pale Olive Ladies/Gents!!!! I dont have the dedication or patience to mix my own stuff. I struggle with this too! Blushes that work right now are: Chanel Rosewood applied lightly with a duo fiber brush, Wayne Goss Blush Peony blush/highlighter duo, Bobbi Brown Pale Pink for a pop of cool bright pink, LOreal True Match Blush in Baby Blossom (C1-2), Tender Rose (C3-4), Precious Peach (N1-2), and Innocent Flush (N3-4) (these have slight shimmer), Stila Lilium (cream blush), Milani Romantic Rose (very neutral muted rose). Try NARS sheer glow in Gobi. I have very cool blue eyes, but medium brown hair that looks auburn under some types of lighting (and direct sunlight), and ashy in other lighting. guess what, i am ten years older and still confused ;) i went to chanel especially to get advice for a lipstick and always went home with cool colours. Theres little advice, guidance, or technical assistance available on the concerns we face when looking for informational resources. basically all yellows So, what if we throw in hazel eyes? Having naturally dark blonde hair (level 7) that almost matched my skin & unusually dark brown almost black eyes, there was no clear cut category for me. Neutral beiges are almost impossible to find and almost no foundation is as pale as I am. They always had three categories: 1. blonde hair/blue eyes with pale skin and cool/rosy undertone 2. brunette hair/blue or hazel eyes with cool or neutral undertone and 3. dark hair/brown eyes with warm undertone. Thats me! Natural redheads are super pale and burn easily, but theyre likely warm-toned. And eyeshadows go super cool and muddy as well, unless theyre literally orange, yellow, or red. My eyes are green-blue with a tiny bit of yellow in the center. 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. From what I understand olives can be either mainly warm or cool, but we tend to be neutral overall, so neutral shades tend to be easy go-tos for us all (true red, navy, teal, putty, eggplant). Olive undertone makes so much sense! So dont feel bad that you did at 24, you have me beat! Also the upkeep is annoying. I love MAC lingering. I also really like Burts Bees tinted balm in Rose and Red Dahlia. Its not olive at all. Im about as pale as Loepsie, if not, paler. So, if you are sure youre olive but being told you cant be because you are blonde, know that you arent alone. Youre spot on, and I am amazed to see an actual solution in print. I still dont even know if my skin is olive but after reading all the problems from other girls on here I was like yup thats me. It wasnt until last year after working with a Stitch Fix stylist that I found out that Im light oliveand that its possible to be that! No wishy-washy Browns for us.. dark chocolate shades look great. The best solution Ive come up with so far is the Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation in shade 213. Your tips are appreciated! I have light olive skin (Native American, French, English, Irish) with so many colors and seasonal variations that Im constantly adjusting my color palette, but I find that I can find a way to work in just about any color. Thank you for this. You can get it at ulta. Ive always associated olive skin with the rich colours of Latin, Arabic or Indian skin tones. Her videos can be pretty boring but are amazingly enlightening. FINALLY! The only blush I love on me is Becca Pop Goes the Glow in Berry, which is also the perfect lip color. Your story sounds like mine, I never dreamed I had olive skin. 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. Answer (1 of 9): Olive skin and green eyes is common in the Mediterranean area, both in Southern Europe and the Middle East. Hint, it will most likely be soft summer and soft autumn that we flex between given the time of year. But strangers think Im peachy or golden when Im pale. I have a green corrector from Swedish brand IsaDora which I mix with my concealer/foundation, that has made all of my products actually look like my skin and I can highly recommend this. My skin is pale but its also not pale which is challenging. Also if anyone has any suggestions regarding clothing colours please let me know, the only colour I look good in is black and sometimes (summer mainly) white and in summer its awful! I have your exact same problem! Have you tried a dark grape or blackberry? Plum is fine too but starts to push it. Hi Cat! It often leaves an almost grey cast. Wow everything makes sense now! Pretty Hair Color for Blue Eyes and Light Skin Pale warm skin with blue eyes. I first thought I was a winter but that didnt feel quite right, the colors were too intense. Armani Luminous Silk foundation in the color 4 and I mix with 6 when Im tan. What Im trying to do when it comes to foundation is: I get one shade that has olive undertone and if its too dark for wintertime, I lighten up with a pure white foundation, for example (and these are more affordable brands, but decent products): Revolution Conceal and Define foundation shade f 5.7 + Revolution Conceal and Define foundation shade f 0. Prior to that, LOreal True Colour (I think thats the name?) Im pale with hazel eyes (that turn green sometimes! Silver is not awful, but I think it`s not as harmonious as gold, and can look dark black-ish on my skin. Its so limiting! I also think it has to do with circulation and time of the month or cycle of our periods? 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 then set it with tartes neutral 22N face shape foundation powder. But it blended in perfectly! What Ive found is that for clothes, clear colors are always a good bet. Ive had the same problem with finding my perfect shade. But I know for a fact Im cool toned because I only suit silver jewelry. Use light strokes to blend and pat, and dont cake it on a little goes a long way. I dont feel so alone now. If you lighten up that color, the unsaturated one, you will notice that of all the olive green not much green-ness is left, the more you lighten it up, the less green-ness it retains; the grey-er / more taupe it shows. Maybe I can find something that will work and if so a big thanks to the person who recommended it! I cant wait to go check out some of the ones listed here!! Also, ordered myself Anastasia Beverly Hills Sultry palette, its nice and neutral for a change. Colours I find work well, Rich Navy Blues, Blue Reds, Fuschia & white really suits my complexion (orange & yellow ..Hell NO!) Found (in my failed foundations makeup bag) Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer in Nude (2W2) is perfect with the green primer, but that color has been discontinued. Curly Brown Layers for Green Eyes. I am not sure if Im a light olive, warm, or neutral. Best Colors for Blue Eyes and Brown Hair. Black (Cool) I have also got pale olive skin, which is translucent so my veins show everywhere, and also can get a pinkish glow from exertion. Thank you for sharing everyone! Take a look at these 52 gorgeous famous women with hazel eyes and prepare to get lost for a while. However, I picked up a sample of the same foundation in 1W2 Sand and it is perfect. Eyes, medium gold/green/grey-blue = but neutral in effect. You only need a little bit of this. Charlotte tilbury wonderglow (I sometimes wear this instead of foundation or just concealer as it makes my skin look less dull, it also looks great alone over my st tropez spray). Youre the best! What twist does it add? Pale skin, brown hair, hazel eyes. Makeup forever water blend foundation in y225 is the only foundation Ive found that actually matches me. To emphasize the color even more, play with a forest green eyeshadow. I have the exact same issue. A scattering of lighter brown highlights brings out that bold brass even more. For the best hair colors to stun with your beautiful olive skin and brown eyes, take a look at the options below! I tan Gray which fades to orange, then green then back to light gray green. It may help to think of your skin as fabric. For some reason though, silver jewelry looks great on me, and gold jewelry looks awful. Im so glad I found you guys. Im from Estonia. Hello Ladies, think I have you all topped..lol..53 yrs old..just now, tonight, finding out WHY I have never been able to wear more than mascara and a shade or two of lipstick I could apply as my blush, eye shadow AND lipstick without my face looking dirty or appearing in the 3rd ring of Barnum and Baileys 3 Ring Circus. Rose gold is my best metal, but silver is ok (so are bronze and brass) All jewellery tones generally suit me. Though science holds dark-haired blue-eyed girls as a rare act of nature, celebs with porcelain skin like Megan Fox and Eva Green prove that stunning contrasts wow no matter what Mother Nature thinks.. Thank you *so much* for this article. 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. Its wintertime so Im struggling with founding a matching foundation to my pale olive skin. Ive tried NYX Bare With me in Vanilla Nude, and it gives me a slightly too yellow cast, and oxidizes a touch dark, NARS Gobi makes me look kind of bright cool yellow, Koh Gen Doh is too dark. And black. So on sunny days, my hair and skin have a golden hue, and on rainy days I just look green all around. Ive tried Smashbox foundation for olive skin but then I look too green. Suddenly pale, red, blotchy, when usually I look medium to slightly warm. Mindy Kaling, Lupita Nyong'o, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, Sherrie Silver, and Lucy Liu. (Sounds like an oxymoron but youd have to see it to know what I mean). I have been struggling a lot, looking at sort of similar looking ladies and wondering why do those make up products work on them and dont work on me. But in the winter Im quite pale I compare myself with my fiancee and I just look greener, not necessarily darker. However, finding something to wear that also looks good with that shade of hair is difficult. Additionally, foundation shades can always be lightened with a mixer. I tried wearing lime green and looked jaundiced, which is odd because I can basically wear any shade of yellow, but a yellowish green? Ive gone all berry,fushia, purple, black (!!) Which green concealer do you use?? Im mostly French on one side and Swedish, Western European, and Native American on the other (as far as I know). Having olive skin and brown eyes is one of the best combinations of physical features. 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 just, it has taken me years to find this foundation perfect match. Emerald green. 6)muted, unsaturated blue; Generally, Olive skin look and appearance can be a light olive skin with brown skin undertones, dark olive skin tone with a dark and pale cast, or the pale olive skin tone. I cant find anything. Hi everyone :) Great relief at 58, after many years of unkind comments such as: you look sickly, liverish, jaundiced, pale, swarthy, sallow (always sallow), yellow, not exactly an English Rose etc and 4 colour consultations messing with my self-image by Autumn! I send you a virtual glass of the finest, coldest beer in gratitude. 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. If you can get Alima Pure shipped to you, they make sample kits to test out shades. 8) salmon pink. even darker than that when we hit the beach. I generally fit neutral but finally realized that I lean much more toward cool and I look so much better in cool clothing and makeup. 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. 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