Someone like me!!! for make-up, i use loral 1,5n or 2n. 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 like my green pigments, since it makes me look like a corpse in the light of winter!). So definitely a lot of European going on inside me! So I am not sure where the olive comes from, my sister has olive with darker skin, hair and eyes and pulls it off. If the color is very cool, like purple or blue, I need it to be deeper and more muted. Just described me. And I have never found a neutral foundation light enough for me. My ancestry is a bit more bland and less Eastern European so I am kinda lost there. I may be neutral, but Nars neutrals can look really orange on me and their cool looks really pink. 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. I am trying another LM or NARS next. Thank you, that really helped me understand why I find colour such a challenge. So I use 2.5N on Dior backstage cause Im a light olive cool tone but low saturation. But it has to be dirty! But my hair is very dark brown and my eyes are grey-blue. Haha Im not wearing makeup anymore, only a very light Korean bb cream that feels like Im not wearing anything I have dark blonde hair and light brown eyes, black hair looks terrible on me (I look like Morticia) and light blonde hair makes me look kinda boring The good thing is that I barely have wrinkles people say its so weird that I havent, even tough Im pale and 30 years old and almost all lipsticks look brighter on me than most people :) So I guess its time to love and embrace our rare skin tone. I would think army green is good for you, cause it looks good on me too, I just dont use it cause I dont like greens in general except teal which looks pretty good on me tbh, but I know cause when I was a child my favorite dress (looked like a period children dress from about 1900 with sailor neck and was made of velvet!) It is nearly impossible to find a face makeup that matches my skin tone. I never usually wear foundation because its usually too yellow or too pink! Make Up For Ever makes some (Chromatix Mix) and on the cheaper end of the spectrum L.A. I have no idea. it truly is a struggle. i didnt realize this was a european thing too! My relatives and ancestors have a mix of pale skin and medium olive skin tones, so it would make sense that I would be a pale olive. Summer? 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 ? Its matt and quite sheer. In which part of your face you see it? This help explain why many people of Eastern European descent have an olive skin tone. Thank you for this article! I am MAC NC-30 and ELF shade Sand, if that helps anyone! Its driving me nuts not to understand the colorscience behind it (and im a photographer, so i know a thing or two about colors). And yes, me too I looktruly horrible in orange. Nobody has ever matched my skin tone. How To Choose Hair Color For Olive Skin And Brown Eyes. When Im super pale or tan my skin can glow, but in between its so easy for me to look like death. Although I do have pretty rosy cheeks generally so it can be hard to tell. Blessings. Both turned out to be too light and made me look like a zombie. I am Native American and Irish, and my skin is pale olive. 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. Everything has made me look piggy pink or a weird shade of Donald Trump orange. which I got for broken capillaries/rosacea however i cannot get it to look good on my skin (so so dry). I think I might be one of you guys I have ashy brown hair, light skin that is gold/green/peach/neutral. My skin is light. I do best with neutral foundations and then just add some green pigment into it (love LA Girl foundation adjusters for that). Same here, always trying to figure out my rare, pale skin tone. I look like an 80s plastic doll version of an old lady in any blue/green/purple shading. Eva Longoria / Eva Mendes. I was always much whiter than my mothers side, but I never had the rose petal complexion of my fathers family. Warm. 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! I dont even try to wear makeup & most of my face is covered. Great article! L.a. girl pro matte mixing pigment in blue is a godsend. What a great tip from you and now others!! Currently my foundation color is true match neutral 2 and 3 mixed together, its not too bad. However, if I pick up cool foundation, my face instantly turns a very distinct pink that stands out from the rest of my skin. For eyes I love plum eyeliner, and I think gold, warm brown and honey shades are my best neutrals. There are a few things that don't go well with milky skinpastel colors and too much bronzer. I feel like those colors contrast with my pale tone. I have European blood. Greece, Spain, Italy, Turkey and portions of France have olive skin. If youre out there Id love to hear what works for you-makeup or clothing colors. 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. Its so limiting! Thankful to have found this thread! For reference if you havent read my previous comments over the past few years; I have light olive skin However, you can mix it with liquid colour white solution, to lighten it. My hair is a light ashy brown and I have light brown/hazel eyes. Having my colours done in December. Will definitely try darker hues or the same as my natural color only other shades. Based on the Caribbean island of Grenada, Amarnani serves olive-skinned women the majority of the time. I cant rock silver or blue-toned purples (see how that bit of blue scarf makes my neck look that much greener?). 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. Now, Im struggling to find makeup that suits me. As for bronzer, the L'Oral Paris Infallible 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzer in Tan has subtle yellow and olive undertones that will flatter your complexion beautifully. I have never been able to do the vein check or the gold/silver test and thought I was crazy! 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. I am a pale olive and these three foundations are perfect. For MAC thanks! I have light brown hair and blue eyes with pale skin and dusty rose lips. I feel like I have the same skin tone as the OP based on her pics and wonder what foundation shades she uses! Im still working on the lip. So glad ive found other pale olives. I use 3 parts dark cool (darker than my face) and 1 part light and warm/yellow (lighter than my face), both liquid obvi. Its more of a Im in a further predicament because I feel like I go completely against the norm of the abnormality that is even pale olive I can rock both gold and silver, I can tan (hard for me to burn), I have freckles, brunette (copper-chestnut hue that naturally goes blonde at the ends), and I can rock any color besides pastels. 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!) Im assuming the green but I dont want to try the wrong one. When I hold my arm up next to theirs I can nearly always see a very clear Greenness. I have been told by frustrated makeup artists they cant match me or employees say they dont have my color. The color tests dont work on me (veins are a mix, etc.) I use that little sample against any other foundation I might want to buy. I look great in black, white, navy, charcoal, true red (bluer undertone red, no orange or bright undertone). The last 2 sentences omg validationnnnnnnn, Literally same to absolutely everything you said. Hi, first off, you are absolutely stunning. 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 usually have to mix lip colors to get to something that works. For blush, rosy shades look best, so i usually mix a deep rose cream blush with Jane Iredales enlighten concealer (which is somewhat peach). 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, 1. Just a spot of cool toned blusher, brown eyeliner and a bright pop of lippy and Im good to go. Hey Lolo! I love it! Matching my eye color works, even though it makes my skin look pretty yellow. For now Im staying with my natural hair color. I also feel like I can wear silver or gold, but I have trouble with makeup. Thank goodness I can tan! I also look horrible in washed out shades. For makeup, Ive figured out lipstick so far: cool reds, from a true red to deeper shades look great. I have dark brown eyes and hair, pale skin and I tan super easily but my colour season is definitely winter (not sure about the subtype, probably clear). (born white blonde) but my other siblings are olive skinned with brown/hazel eyes dark brown hair and much darker more traditionally olive skin tone. Coverage Level: Full | Finish: Shimmer | Shades: 17 | Size: 0.05 oz | Byrdie Clean: Yes | Cruelty-Free: Yes. Ive been trying to figure out my skin tone for the longest time! People with this kind of complexion typically have very deep brown eyes or clear blue eyes. As others have mentioned, dusty pink and peachy tones work the best with the pale green hue, as well as some strong colours that compliment the tone, such as emerald. I have dark brown eyes and my hair is naturally light ash brown. Basically EVERYTHING in our wardrobe needs to be thinking of. also, i couldnt handle my tan and so i have been using selftanning cream for ages. Tarte concealers in light medium sand 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! In natural light my neck looks literally light green and finding a foundation that doesnt give me the Donald Trump -effect is hard. And all my life people kept asking me if I was doing well, why do I look so sick and tired. I love navy, turquoise, moss green. We have put up a list of the best shades that compliment an olive complexion in this article. I also could cover a broad range of shades, I could tan deeper than other kids in summer and quickly become paler than them in winter. So does a deep purple put on lightly. ), to nightblue, and all sorts of greens. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Im off to read all the comments and work out the colours which work for us. White, icy pink and icy-ish pastel green work, but imo they dont look as good as the deep colors do. Ive always been so confused by how I can be olive toned and one of my best colors is a cool grey. Im nearly 50, hair that is described by my hairdresser as mixed blonde and a neutral skin tone both green and blue veins. I use it to contour (and fill in my eyebrows) I am really wanting to go lighter blonde, but for the life of me, I cannot decide what color will look good on me. Neutral beiges are almost impossible to find and almost no foundation is as pale as I am. Hair is dark brown with gingery-blonde highlights. Medium ashy brown hair, grey-green-blue eyes with small golden dots in it, also some freckles. Its just, it has taken me years to find this foundation perfect match. Love the comments too. I am pale olive! Normally I would not have tried most of these products based on their color, but researched them on the internet first and found them all to be winners. Yaaaas! others I have heard: Urban decay stay naked G30, I have yet to try. I also have pale skin with a greenish undertone and tan easily. Im in the US and ordered the LOral Back to Bronze from Amazon in the UK. My skin gets a golden glow in the summer and I tan well, but I definitely have an unmistakable pink undertone. I never got matched correctly for foundation, so usually just wore a tinted sunscreen or moisturizer and always wonder whether I was just too picky or why nothing worked! I did find out that a very pale muted lilac colour looks goos on me ( its a dress im talking about). Best Eyeshadow for Olive Skin Tones Warm gold, copper and brown shades look beautiful on your skin tone, so we recommend the Urban Decay Naked Half-Baked Mini Eyeshadow Palette. Curtain Bangs 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. Same situation from the same country, Romania :))). I can wear only blue-based pink and red lipstick. Although my hair is very dark brown, I have the exact same problem with color. Sephoras website describes 1W2 as light with warm, subtle olive undertones. My eyes are brown cool patron (you can find the explanation in youtube; isnt as simple as blue is cool and green is warm there are both warm browns and cool browns), my hair is somehow dark, ashy brown, I can pull silver and gold jewelry but I look my best in rose gold. I just burn and go back to my natural yellowish pale tone. Should Women With Pale Olive Skin Wear Silver or Gold Jewellery? I was studying in art school since 5th grade, now Im an art teacher and I can say that I have the talent to recognize any undertone color, except mine than Ive found out that green-olive undertone is a thing and exists in makeup too and I started to mix up some shades: I bought from Revolution Conceal and Define foundation shade 5.7 for olive undertoned skin and a pure white shade to lighten it up, because the winter is coming and my skin gets paler and greener (but in the summer I bronze very well). I dont feel so alone now. I feel like its always a struggle to find what I look best in. Loved everything you said, sounds like we are the same person. Indeed this is fact, pale Olive skin. Every branded online skin tone test Ive ever taken has not provided the pale-shade + olive-undertone combination as an option that actually existsand these are the people that should know betterbut. So maybe try that out. My younger sister is the same color. Ive just been doing my eyes & nothing else. thank you ladies. My skin got clearer, my eyes brighter and my overall look softened. Estee lauder double wear concealer 1c (light cool). Cant thank you enough for these wonderful ideas. But also golden? I just discovered BH Cosmetics Naturally Flawless Foundation in Light Olive (with a name like that, I had to try it). Cant seem to find any to match my pale olive skin! 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. life changing article THANKS! I love warm terracotta, gold, and cranberry eyeshadows. Black. I cant seem to figure out my undertones either. This post is already a few years old but Ive just read it and Im impressed! It makes me look dead. 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. Hi x many thanks to Loepsie and all who advise on this most wonderful blog xxx I posted about green grey skin tone problems and have taken the extremely kind advice very seriously indeed! Almost an eggplant tone. Well, now that I am old and have re-acquainted myself with the SAME damn frustrations felt at age 15 as my counterparts where glamming it up, I took to a baseball cap and announced myself a tom-boy therefore could not be bothered with the makeup nonsense, I find I have a need to finally shed my cap..and cover up my dark circles, spotty skin, and other old lady stuff that has appeared, to me at least, overnight. Hi, genuine Eastern European here! 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? 2N is better because it fits my skintone better, but it also seems to have slightly warm reflections which are not in the 1,5N. My face is rose beige . All that I can find is orange-toned and pink-toned products. So, what if we throw in hazel eyes? So. White gives me a lot less sallowness than greys and is only slightly less neutral than those light gentle neutral colors. I just tried it on and it doesnt turn orange. My veins are mostly green but a few look slightly purple or blue in the wrist. Maddening. I also have the Dior Backstage 2Warm Olive. Stick with sandy pinks, soft apricots, and rosy pinks when choosing blushes and lipsticks. Im super pale but I can tan a little. I am also naturally dirty blonde which starts off light brown at the roots and grows out lighter and lighter. This spring I found EX1, a new brand that caters to olive skin ONLY. Or clothes for that matter. Wow.. this comment is so informative! Why this works: Chopra's glossy black mane actually has touches of brown and red, which pick up the warm . After 30 years of makeup experiments the most exact shade for the winter version of me is the Vanilla nude Bare with me from Nyx. Hairstyles for Old Men Over 50. If you are looking for makeup ideas for olive skin tones, Eva Mendes and Salma Hayek are great examples of celebrities with olive skin tone. I recon youve been in Spain, where, along with Italy, Greece, Turkey, and other Southern countries its not rare. NARS Cruella and NYX Snow White are also good muted reds with a hint of brown which keep them from going too pink on me. It is so hard to tell your color in the cosmetic section mirror or a handheld one. Rose gold is my best metal, but silver is ok (so are bronze and brass) I also dont have any Eastern European background. MUFE, or Make Up For Ever can be found at most higher end beauty supply stores, like Sephora, Ulta, etc. I even used to work as a makeup artist and would match people all day but nothing ever looked quite right on me. Im so happy to have found all you ladies with the same tone as me! They also sell the matching concealer, which was another struggle If youre still struggling with the right shade, give it a try. Nudes if they are pink leaning not peachy. Im so glad I found you guys. It always picks up a red tint (that I despise) , I havent found the solution other than to not color it either, I have dark ashbrown hair, dark green-grey eyes with amber in it and this distinct skin color. Im East Asian, but decidedly more tan. I could see a pastel icy yellow working too, but Ive never tried it as yellow is a dangerous color for us. Can I ask, if a pale olive wanted a flattering green to wear (clothing, not makeup), what green would anyone go for? You already know the clothing colors that work for you. deep/dark autumn. Liz Huelfenhaus fiji is completely a normal neutral(peachy undertone) shade honey. Light Blonde Ombre The mix of light and medium blonde hair color here as an ombre is a beautiful soft transition of color perfect for ladies with an olive skin tone and brown eyes. I just want to say that I`ve tried EX1 in 001 and 002 and both look very very pink on my skin. Thanks! My veins look dark blue and greyish dark purple. Smashbox Studio Skin 1.05 and MUFE Ultra HD Foundation Y225 Marble). Its just there are days when I look super pale (hence I thought Nars Gobi and Smashbox 1.05 would be good matches), and on other days I think Im light-medium hahaha. I have struggled with this color thing for years. but id like to try the ones you suggested. I finally found a color that kinda matched me in Cliniques line, but Im trying to change my products to be vegan and not tested on animals so I have to find a new one and delving into this nightmare is just so frustrating. Which means I have my mothers olive tones, but my fathers ash brown hair and green eyes. Sounds like we have similar skin and hair- I have green skin, medium ashy blonde hair, and blue-grey eyes. Never judge a persons undertone by their ethnicity. My eyes are greyish blue outer with green and a small bit of gold inner circle. YESSSS! You should give it a try! 7 Priyanka Chopra. Youre my tribe! It was the most perfect and enhancing shade for my cool to slightly warm skin tone. Someone explain?? I hope this helps someone! I am olive skinned and pale because I choose not to tan, but I can tan easily. . 5. Ive bounced between fair and light tarte shades but they never felt *quite* right. Must like it subconsciously because its one of my wardrobe staples Sometimes Im lucky enough to find some pale yellow-toned product that could do the trick and conceal my red-brown acne scars (I dont know whether I have a yellow-pale-olive skin or a neutral-pale-olive skin, I can see both of green and yellow pigments in my complexion). And never wear olive green or youll look like a walking olive. 1. Another thing that Ive noticed is that dark and medium olive skin naturally lightens with age while light and pale olive skin darkens due to accumulated sun damage. My aunt used to do the color me beautiful thing when I was a kid and I dont fit any category. Central and Northern europeans originally had light olive skin exactly like yours before blondism spread through natural selection. 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). I am very similar to you. Audrey Coyne on Instagram has light olive colouring, and has posted a good video another it it inspired me to Google it further, and here I am on this website! Pastels make me look yellow and jewel tones make me look red. . bleh. Would be great to find alternatives, if you find any. Have you tried a dark grape or blackberry? Take a look at these 52 gorgeous famous women with hazel eyes and prepare to get lost for a while. I dont know about any foundations or concealers, unless you want to know what not to wear, but I know apricot and peachy lips look really good on me. I am Polish and French-Canadian on one side of my family, and mixed Romanichal on the other side. I first thought I was a winter but that didnt feel quite right, the colors were too intense. Its not olive but neither pink or yellow and even on bare skin I think the color is great for a pale olive skin gal :), Hey there! Like, in pure light, I look kinda gold (but the greener kind). Very few make-up brands cater for us PALE chick/guys. Aussie (with Finnish ancestors) pale chick with green skin. Ex1 in 2.0 slightly too light, plus the formula dried me out Im older than the rest of you, and have never worn makeup, precisely because of problems matching my skin tones. If you have specific recommendations for products, you should absolutely write an article catering exclusively to that topic. My veins at the thinnest skin are purple-blue too. I dont currently use foundation, thats why I dont have my own recommendations in the post. The foundation I found matching very well in my case is My ethnicity showed up as Jewish Sicilian, Eastern European with Scots-Irish 10%, Britain 10%, Middle East 2% Caucasus 2%, Russia/Finland 1%. 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). Late 40s. 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 finish it off with Benefits Dandelion. I had dark ash brown/black hair, but now it is bright silver white. I find if I have any luck at all, I seem to be able to pull off drab colors the best. Ive always wished for rosey pink checks but thats just not in the cards for me. 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 cant thank you enough for this article. Nobody has ever fully understood my skin undertone and I feel so mismatchedmy lips and cheeks are purplish and my natural hair is auburnI now dye my hair jet black because I looked sick all the time. But:) oh my gosh, I just may be onto a winner with the dark bitter chocolate (Hickory Brown) cardiganAND the very dark red (with blue undertones) cardigan! Same experience, same results at prescriptives. Its also very affordable. Voila, perfect match! 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. I have always wondered if I am the only one noticing that I look completely different skin tones in different lighting.and the greenness really comes out under white lights. My skin is pale but its also not pale which is challenging. If your job and lifestyle permit unnatural colors, one or more of those might be fun to try :). pure white A short, platinum blonde pixie is a youthful haircut and hair color combination for women over 50. Every makeup counter sales person gives me a different shade. Ive had the same problem with finding my perfect shade. Those from Bourjois (the Red velvet mattes in the following shades: Grand Cru, Red Volution, Plum Plum Girl, Saperliprunette, Pink pong, Nude-ist etc.) I can relate to every one commenting here. The only way I can describe it is that there is a slight yellow in the base, and then pink splotchyness on top all while giving that lovely green undead look. Modernity makes possible to exist warm grays or warm blues when in principle they are cold colors, but is what we have so we need to really think that through to nail it. I can wear muted jewel shades, taupe, black and charcoal, as kettlewell suggested after I did an online colour analysis with them. I think orange would too, but I never wear orange. especially now since I havent spent extended periods of time in the sun like I did when I was kid. These are BAKED powders that melt in creamy they arent cakey or dry but you press them into the skin with a brush instead of swirling them on like other powers- these are powder-to cream. In that instance, the summer and winter palettes are the most likely to work depending on the rest of your coloring. White and light colors wash me out at best, and at worse make me look ill. Yellow is a death knell. 49 y.o. Haha Ive found my people! Tried the backstage olive undertones? 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