So I am not sure where the olive comes from, my sister has olive with darker skin, hair and eyes and pulls it off. Laura Geller Baked Balance & Brighten Color Correcting Foundation in LIGHT is PERFECT. I have pale olive skin too , very similar to yours but maybe a little bit on the warmer side but it really depends on the lightning. I also get asked if Im ill or ok when people see me for the first time without makeup. Im also mostly German with some French, Czech (Eastern European), Irish and Dutch. 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. Most super muted colors make me look sickly. I previously used to buy NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in the shade Ceylan, but it was discontinued to my dismay! is too cool. ) Since you also tan, the being paler thing might be a thing of living where theres less sun, while locals are constantly exposed to it. Chantecaille color chamomile. I seem to look better in warmer eyeshadows and blush and cooler lipsticks. Grey-green eyes. I look good in earth color and some very clear and cold colors. It makes us unique but that uniqueness comes with a price of a lifelong search for colors that would suit us the best. Dark brows.Blue/grey eyes and completely bananas veins when it comes to determine its colors. I always thought my skin was yellow however warm makeup looks too orange on me while cool tones simply dont match any part of my skin. My name is also Nora and I had the same struggles ! (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. . Havent commented in a while, but I thought I would update! I stopped a girl about a year ago as she had my skin tone and had makeup on (eyes,lipstick) and I said what foundation are you wearing? There are a lot of comments but I might as well share my experience! I look good dressed in bright red and a number of other bright colors, whether warm or cool, but creams and more neutral tones wash me out. My skin gets a golden glow in the summer and I tan well, but I definitely have an unmistakable pink undertone. Women with black hair, tan skin, and brown eyes have a beauty that stands out in a society of Hollywood blondes. Now that I know I what undertone to look for Im hopeful. Fair/light in the winter. Not only does my face not really tan, I have rosy cheeks which is completely contrasting to my tanned arms and legs. I have been wearing Armani designer lift foundation (I have dry skin, oily nose and chin) in shade 5 (its a tad light for me) especially in the summer, but Ive been mixing with Este Lauder perfectionist in cashew to warm it up slightly and it seems to be perfect, I am going to try the shade up in designer lift but I dont think the undertone looks as close of match. Foundation: Armani designer lift, shade 5 (base foundation), Foundation: Este Lauder youth infusing perfectionist, shade cashew, now discontinued (mix in colour), Concealer: Tarte maracuja, shade light medium sand (under eye when darker), Concealer: Nars radiant creamy concealer in the shade custard (under eye when lighter), Concealer: Nars radiant creamy concealer in the shade ginger (all over concealer when darker). Coverage Level: Full | Finish: Shimmer | Shades: 17 | Size: 0.05 oz | Byrdie Clean: Yes | Cruelty-Free: Yes. I love it! my face is the same coulour as my neck. This post is already a few years old but Ive just read it and Im impressed! I have noooooo idea why my hair is so deliciously dark brown, my eyes are blue and my skin tone is as fair as it is. Think of celebrities with olive skin and brown eyes, such as Jessica Alba and Kardashian. I had always known I was olive, but the warm / cool spectrum seemed almost impossible to determine. I am pale, though not her kind of pale. My face always stays pale though and gets sun freckles if Im not careful. Funny Ive been searching more asian beauty and makeup videos for awhile now because these women are the closest to me. Ill have to try that I have pale online skin with yellow and green undertones when I dont tan and finding foundation is so hard. At 24 years of age.Funnily enough, Im able to colour match other people quickly and well. But, it wont last forever & then I start my mad search of trying to mix & match foundations again!!!! In that instance, the summer and winter palettes are the most likely to work depending on the rest of your coloring. What a pain. My sister definitely is but shes a lot more olive toned than me and looks straight up green/yellow and even makes comments like how pink I look even tho I cant even wear most pale foundations since they tend to be too pink toned on me. Wow..I can really relate to all of the comments here. Brownish red, (not brick), or sometimes wine or a berry color can look better. Thank you so much for this thorough list!! I had deep brown hair but Ive lightened to a medium brown as Ive gotten older. Maybe we should sign a petition??? In which part of your face you see it? I CAN state that dark, rich brown looks better on me than black (very good in fact), and even a dark Brown lipstick is excellent. I am a natural ashy blonde with medium grey-blue eyes, but my skin is super yellow-green. Lol, glad I am not alone and found this article! I had been using fair neutral from tarte but it was never quite right everything is a bit easier now that I finally understand how olive works, Omg! Warm shades dont work, but not all cool ones do either. Its very hard to find the right shade for my pale winter skintone. My eyebrows are lighter I think HAPPY because I am struggling! I actually think NC7 would be perfect if it existed. Use light strokes to blend and pat, and dont cake it on a little goes a long way. Makeup forever water blend foundation in y225 is the only foundation Ive found that actually matches me. I dont know why it was discontinued. ive been using warm shades for clothing and make up for ages, people also tend to say i look somehow yellow but fair. i am thinking of getting a professional color analysis, but i am hesitant, as i got already adviced so wrongly from make-up professionals. Confession: I have a diploma in makeup artistry and an almost decade-old beauty channel on YouTube, and Ionly just found out whether my skin undertone is warm or cool. Erin Heatherton . xoxo, I have pale olive skin and, just like you, I love brick-o-la MAC lipstick, and also struggle with my hair Color. Wear make-up colours that complement your skin tone. As far as foundation goes, it is a nightmare most turn orangey or pink. Bright colors and pastels would be a horror show and make me look grayish. I think we are skin hair and eye color doubles, or almost! I looked my best even when steticist told me not they were surprised how good I looked. 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? I actually use the 145 to highlight! Except my undertones are very clearly cool (purple-blue veins, skin doesnt tan at all), however Ive still got some warm overtones I suppose? Neutral (leaning blue) red. I have pretty much settled on using Armani designer lift in shade 5, its not too warm and not too cool, so its great for mixing in other shades dependent on time of year/how tanned I am (I tan so easily, other than on my face which just doesnt tan at all). But I think only in Sheer Glow. True red/cherry red all good. Try red or burgundy streaks on dark brown or black hair to make your brown eyes the center of attention. I look horrible is most colors. I have brown hair and hazel eyes, which are generally marks of a warm colouring. 1. 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. What is working fairly well is Revlon Photoready Candid in 120 Buff, although it is a teeny bit dark when it dries down, or a 60/40 mix of Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation Stick in Cool Ivory (prefect when I have a slight tan) and the same stick formula in Neutral Porcelain. The gray-pink foundation mask has been the bane of my existence for years! I see the resemblance in skin though a bit- but I would say Im It seems too work but I think I need a brightening peachy pink powder to make my face more alive because I also have some pink undertones on certain areas of my face. Needless to say, I stocked up! I was always much whiter than my mothers side, but I never had the rose petal complexion of my fathers family. My hair is also dark neutral brown. I know this is an older post but I believe I am a pale olive! My dad is of Irish decent. 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!) can you send a picture of the skin of your face? I resolved to using face tan when Im tanned (my tanned colour is usually my boyfriends pale, untouched-by- the-sun-for-months colour lol). Im a pale olive too, of Eastern European and Italian descent. Hello, Ive always been green and its so nice to see it recognized! So if youre nervous about completely changing your entire hair color, start with highlights for a small but noticeable change. I started getting curious when I discovered cool toned foundation always made me look sick, and while warm livens up my face, its still a bit yellow. I always knew I have unique confusing colouring. thanks! Colours that look terrible on me: Navy (cool) At 40 I have a few noticeable sun spots on my hand,dcolletage, and face. Ill have to find the one you are talking about! I agree with others the best match Ive ever tried is NARS Gobi. Im going to try Smashbox 1.05 and NARS Gobi, hopefully these will be better colour matches for me :/, Did you end up trying the smashbox 1.05? 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?) My eyes are somewhere between grey, blue, and green. Happy with the Osmosis product, not only the color match, but it is also a great quality foundation powder. 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! There is no difference between neck and face any more! Jewel Tones. Its just always a mess. I work in healthcare and Im actually happy that we have to wear masks. Im pretty new to makeup so honestly I want to thank all the other commenters for the helpful information theyve given. I also think it has to do with circulation and time of the month or cycle of our periods? But could you recommend some other Japanese foundations please? It is literally described for olive undertone. my skin definitely has green undertones, and i look great in dirty gold, dirty olive, most greens actually, rusty oranges, brick reds. Michelle Dockery is in my Clear Winter examples; maybe her eyes are brighter than a Deep Winter lady has. I am so glad to see this discussion it confirms I am not delusional! Always pale, with greenish undereyes and lids actually, cannot live without concealer. But strangers think Im peachy or golden when Im pale. Every time a consultant tries to match me, they choose a neutral/pink-ish colour, but then I go outside and it is awful on me so distinctly pink and different from my greenish neck! And black. And do you know why that is? The icy pastels felt wrong they accentuated the antique green dusty beige tone of my skin. Does anyone have recs for bronzer for pale olive skin? Consider coloring your hair deep gray with a really light purple or blue ombre. I had an inkling years ago when I was matched to a light olive stage makeup, but in real life I just assumed my face would never match my neck. Though theyre not as noticeably different on my skin as the cool and warm tones, they still come out a bit too pink for me. (Theres also some indigo (mostly denim) and a few warmish light neutrals (mostly hats) in there as well) I didnt realize it at the time, but all of the colors that I picked seem to be considered neutrals by at least one color analyst somewhere online, and I track as a deep autumn or dark autumn depending on which seasonal color analysis one goes by. However when Im pale I am exceedingly pale. I do think that their foundations tend to be too yellow for me (Bear in mind my skin is olive warm with lots of yellow surface color). Lina, I am exactly like you in terms of hair and eyes and I am definitely a pale olive girl. Now I can use almost any foundation I want and I dont have to desperately look for fair olive foundations anymore (theyre practically nonexistent anyway). I have even found guides flat out refusing that blondes can be olivebut here I am. Ha. I burn really bad, by the way. I could get very deep olive. Adrien Brody Actor | The Pianist If you prefer medium and dark hair colors and are looking for a color thats more fierce than traditional, opt for this shade of purple. I have never found a foundation that i love-always missing that green tone. orange (WORST) Since my shoulders did not have a lot of sun exposure it was my true color. Bright colors are the worst. I always suspected I was olive, although it was quite pale. Im a soft Summer my body is pale Olive. I am light skinned with hazel brown eyes. Not sure if anyone has mentioned this. Abyssinian is not bad, either. I am like you, its the pastels, beige and Greys that make me look unwell. I can see blue green and purple veins in my wrist bt sometimes they seem totally green. =(, Hey, I am similar to you, half Sicilian and half irish. I will try other cosmetics you reccomended , Happy New Year!! Ive always been so confused by how I can be olive toned and one of my best colors is a cool grey. Thank you for posting !! A scattering of lighter brown highlights brings out that bold brass even more. I was light blonde as a child with dark hazel eyes. Wow, I can totally relate! As you can see, even just highlights bring your hairstyle to a whole other level. Mom mom and brother and pink toned with yellow blonde hair and sky blue eyes. Apparently Tina Fey is one of us: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.allure.com/story/tina-fey-people-interview/amp I feel like my body just wants to be light greenpale with green undertonesso it would reject it. Weve never heard of green undertones before, but for some reason, we feel like we can definitely relate to Fey when it comes to that special skin color. You know the struggle is real when a beauty mag has never heard of you undertones. To those who have a harder time seeing the green hidden in the natural beige of the skin : it becomes more obvious when compared to people with clearly warm (golden/orange) tones or with cool (petal pink) tones. Im 48. Eastern European here and I have the same problem. Glowing skin, minimal makeup, and defined lashes compose Jessica's signature look. Pale rose gold jewelry works beautifully on our skin. There are a few things that don't go well with milky skinpastel colors and too much bronzer. But then a warmer shade is so yellow. Even now at store beauty counters Im viewed as insane if I decline a light rose foundation, I usually concede just to watch their looks of horror upon application to my very light, olive undertoned skin its the European blood. Sadly many MUA and cosmetic retailers struggle to identify/be aware of it too- so we are constantly misled, misunderstood and waste money on products that simply dont work for us. Its frustrating because its not talked about and even many (most?) I never could figure out what I am! Mary-Kate Olsen (born June 13, 1986) is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, and businesswoman. Or atleast add lots of green to the ones I have. 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