Looking back at the pink/purple/silver photos of me from the 1980s, I cringe. Ive always known I have olive skin but i dont bother with foundation, Im lucky in that I dont need it. Can you share with me your red lipstick shade from the photos in this article. Never orange and not really pink or yellow either. Im probably lighter olive than you! Navy is fine? I look great in black, white, navy, charcoal, true red (bluer undertone red, no orange or bright undertone). 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. Lipsticks come as a struggle too. The foundations that have worked, miraculously: Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation shade 213, is ultimate shade match, please ladies do seek this out. No wonder I never felt good at makeup or dressing myself! I too am pale olive. But it was also very thin, so blended more easily regardless of color. The same situation here! I find it really hard to match to any colour, so I just use a light concealer and then my face suddenly loses that olive tone. This is the problem Ive been having for the last 35 yrs of my life Im a mix of Greek and Irish and well I have a genetic back ground of almost every continent but Irish and Greek are the most dominant and it gives my a light olive color finding foundation is so hard Ive tried it all even went to Mac and let a professional suggest a color sadly it came out a weird pinkish tan color and looked horrible on me someone suggested Nars but Im to worried about being disappointed again because most make up companies only think of olive as dark tan. Jane Iredale pressed powder in ivory has been my lifeboat for nearly 10 years!!! My foundation journey has been so difficult. I also suffer from Rosacea in winter, so everyone just assumed Im cool tones. Silver and rose gold. When I hold my arm up next to theirs I can nearly always see a very clear Greenness. You only need a little bit of this. Here, in France, the struggle is real to find some foundations or concealers that can match very light skin (though Im from Paris where the supply might be considered extended! Please let me know what you end up getting for foundation! wearing black I always go for the coolest of pale shades like The fair CC cream from IT cosmetics or the natural fair shade of Glo Minerals. Whenever I use cool or neutral light shades I look like a dead ghost. I guess I am blessed because I do not wear foundation at all, nor eyeshadow (most of the time.) Your story sounds like mine, I never dreamed I had olive skin. which I got for broken capillaries/rosacea however i cannot get it to look good on my skin (so so dry). I look silly with a tan because my grey-blue eyes look ill placed with it. I am so happy I found this article as the struggle is VERY REAL! But my sister also has pale skin and when were comparing skin tones, mine has a definite yellow-olive shade and hers looks pink. Maybelline Superstay lip Crayon in Lead the Way (warmer) and Stay Exceptional (cooler, a little dark) are pretty good, not too drying, and dont transfer to a mask, but its fragrance is too strong. Now I just need to find my Summer shade! Let your skin glow . Yeah, no. 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. I have not been able to find any olive skin examples or guides for blondes. Very dark neutral purple-brown shade with bronze shimmer is a nice match too. . I am ghostly white in winter, but tan pretty easily and dont burn easily, which Im always old is odd for someone pale as me. Ive been taking screenshots of colors and brands! I note that a lot of the comments indicate we all have similar coloring. Colours that seem to work? and MUFE y225, both are good for pale olive skin. Havent commented in a while, but I thought I would update! They look gorgeous here on long wavy hair and against an olive skin tone. Someone should start pale olive makeup videos! Isadore face sculptor in pink. Or atleast add lots of green to the ones I have. I have NEVER been able to find a perfect foundation to match my pale skin, and Im 46! 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 have medium brown hair and blue-green eyes. 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. Here I am now, in lockdown, with a pile of cardigans do I have dark wine red, bright grass green or bitter dark chocolate? 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 am 1/2 Italian (my dad is 100%) and 1/4 Slovak with bits of English and German from my mom. muddy colours. For MAC Current irange and red eye look craze has left me wondering if Im simply bad at eyeshadow. Makeup artists often put me in a shade too dark because I look like a I have a lot of color, but Im quite fair. I am absolutely a pale olive skin toned girl, and we do exist! She co-founded luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, and the more affordable lines Olsenboye and StyleMint alongside her fraternal twin sister Ashley Olsen. for make-up, i use loral 1,5n or 2n. Black and white looks awful on my eyes. Pixie Cuts for Thin Hair . Mine can be either or both at the same time, depending on the light and time of day. Photos of Black Irish Celebrities Rob James Collier, Black Irish 1 / 3 I have a bright bright coral orange tank that makes me look super tanned (for me) so that and fuscia are my go to neons and turquoise in jewellery look a great. 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. Cant seem to find any to match my pale olive skin! 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. This dark forest green will off set your brown eyes beautifully and the color is adorable on short natural black curls! I can wear greens that are more on the blue side. Yes! 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. Ive turned to just trying to heal my skin enough so that I can go without foundation. So, if you are sure youre olive but being told you cant be because you are blonde, know that you arent alone. Fair/light in the winter. I have no tips, though. Im also a cosmetologist who does makeup for a living so I understand this head scratcher! I will check the new Kryolan Digital Complexion line of foundation and concealer. I think blush make be a tad too much color for this effect. I like shade 1.05 (lightest olive shade) in the smashbox foundations. Best for medium skin with cool undertones: Urban Decay Cosmetics Vice Lipstick in Hex. Im also mostly German with some French, Czech (Eastern European), Irish and Dutch. Bad: As you said, orange and earth tones are our worst colors. The first is a tiny bit yellow and the second a tiny bit pink, but were definitely closer. The best match Ive found for my skin has been in Este Lauder foundations. Im one of the fairest of the fair, olive skin toned ladies around and their alpine rose color suits me well. I would like to pull off bright red and blonde shades but I simply cant. 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. And back when it was available, one of the max factor lighter warm color pan stick foundations looked really good on me in the cooler months. Neutral beiges are almost impossible to find and almost no foundation is as pale as I am. Will look up what you recommended! I am exactly like u!! Have you had your eyes peeled for a hair color that will look not just great but fabulous with your olive skin tone and brown eyes? Help. Apparently pale olive skin iscommon in Eastern Europe where I have roots, which would explain a thing or two about why my brother is the only other person Ive met with that skin tone over here, haha! However, you may not have thought of Russia as a country that does, but reports indicate a presence of this complexion here. I am steering away now from teal and light/mid grass green I asked you about, as they definitely contain yellow which completely makes me look grey/green. 1. Cant be too light. Does anyone have recs for bronzer for pale olive skin? I settled with one foundation that still made me feel that way but it was better than ones I used before lol, Ironically in the summer I burn like crazy at first but then I tan. I think if your undertone is green, the opposite colour of green should suit you really well. I am half Croatian and half a combo of Scottish/English/Irish- but both of my parents have darker skin than me- my mom is light warm and my dad is medium olive/warm- so here I am with thin skin with veins of all colors very visible. That is the green color I get complemented on. My hair color is something Ive never been able to determine because its almost an ashy dirty blonde but it appears brown. However, for shade referencec, its about an NC25-30, so its way too dark for me. I look almost grey, sallow but with grey/ gold eyes and mid brown hair. I guess we get the best of both worlds with our undertone. And the jewellery trick never worked for me. But I get so much inspiration from celebrities with darker olive undertones like Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, and Thandie Newton. Despite the cosmetic industry beginning to become more conscientious about diversity and catering to a range of skins shades and tones, there are currently very few options for those people in our demographic when it comes to items that rely on tone to look natural, like foundation, concealer, contour. Now, Im struggling to find makeup that suits me. Its not glowy, more a demi-matte. I am also quite cool-toned, but cool-toned foundations actually pull orange on me. Grey and white look best on me as does silver or white gold which is my favorite. It was light in the summer but I never got around to ordering a darker version. I am eastern euro and Spanish background. Gold is good on me, silver isnt terrible but is not ideal, and rose gold looks best. Haha Ive found my people! Girl cant get no shopping satisfaction.. the struggle is real for us dark brown hair with coppery highlights, hazel eyes and pale olive skin types.also finnaly found a great cream for skin made of tea tree(Just) low on chemicals cleared me completly of acne and faded 90%of spots to find what I havent seen since I was 14-I have freckles, Please do tell! Eyes: Light brown, blue, or gray. I also think it has to do with circulation and time of the month or cycle of our periods? Have a great day and do more updates on what you find suits or doesnt suit you! Dark brows.Blue/grey eyes and completely bananas veins when it comes to determine its colors. I am one of the few with a true red undertone. Thanks so much! I have reddish brown hair and light brown eyes, and would say my coloring is overall a warm-neutral look. You have described me perfectly!!! This describes me almost exactly!!! :). the pale olive tone thing has made it such a struggle to pick out nude nail polishes too. Hi again :) Im also a pale olive (only because Im a sunscreen addict!). One thing are people who have direct ancestors of Native or African origin, and others are a mix of Spaniards, Portuguese, as well as black or native, as well as arabic, so theres also plenty of people with your/our features who identify as Hispanic or Latin. As a teenager, I was literally convinced by my family that it was related to my anemia at the time. Berry/Wine. Jewel Tones. Ill add that for me I look awful in green or orange, both silver and gold look meh but silver is a bit better, I have dark cool toned brown eyes, dark brown hair. Ukraine has a fair share of olive-toned people too. Matching my eye color works, even though it makes my skin look pretty yellow. Like Mila Kunis, my background is Ashkenazi. So definitely a lot of European going on inside me! I dont currently use foundation, thats why I dont have my own recommendations in the post. A little goes a long way!! The best Ive found for you our skin tone, is Este Lauder and Dior. I have visibly green veins but all the warm undertone suggestions never work for me. I found my home I have struggled my entire adult live with my pale olive skin. For the hair, Id love to rock some wine/plum shade! Cant wait so hope that it will help. Olivia Munn. These cookies do not store any personal information. Mauves. Everything is always gray or too orange. 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. Im 31 and just found out what skin tone I am my dad is half greek & Italian, mom is half Hungarian. My other aunt thinks shes olive. Really disturbing, when I was about 12 years old I was looking for my first eyeshadow och said I thought I was olive toned (read about skin tones already then), but people said I was wrong. 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. (p.s. Think Jennifer Connely. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. I always knew my skin tone was awkward and that I couldnt wear a lot of colors but I only recently learned why. Just a spot of cool toned blusher, brown eyeliner and a bright pop of lippy and Im good to go. 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. Some times, it reminds me of a greenish brassy tint. Its not olive at all. Im assuming the green but I dont want to try the wrong one. Celebrities with olive undertones: Eva Longoria, J-Lo, Jessica Alba, Selma Hayek, Lucy Liu, Kim Kardashian, and Demi Moore Choose foundations that l ook balanced or are very subtly leaning towards golden with a slightly olive green hue. Like a shimmering but not glittery. In terms of makeup that actually works over time, Ive discovered that my acceptable eye-shadow palette is super limited to just (darker than tan) brown eye-shadow tones or dull bronze/gold or a just white-ish highlighter accent. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. I appreciate your struggle, mine is similar but on top of having pale olive skin I have neutral pink tones too. Any jewel tone really. I am so glad to see this discussion it confirms I am not delusional! Olive skin is a human skin colour spectrum. Im older than the rest of you, and have never worn makeup, precisely because of problems matching my skin tones. Any fellow pale olive ladies out there who would like to share some tips? Hello! Im an ethnic blend of Sicilian and Western European, which worked out in the genetic wash for me, as super pale with distinct olive undertones. My hair is naturally brown with copper tone, eyes are a mix of bluish/greenish with hazel gold around the pupil. my skin definitely has green undertones, and i look great in dirty gold, dirty olive, most greens actually, rusty oranges, brick reds. Depending on stores, some thought I was cool toned because of some redness in my face and on my hands, others very determined I was on the warm side because of the obvious yellowish (actually more green-ish in daylight) tone on my skin. I look best in warm purples, reds, magentas, pinks and greens (like emerald and teal). Ive literally spammed reply comments with this suggestion. A nice warm golden strawberry blonde looks wonderful on my skin and compliments my skin beautifully. My skin is often pale (since i barely see the sun, especially in recent months) and most days it looks literally yellow. For me its deeper, because I have a lot of contrast in my coloring, but lighter colors might work for you. I also want to dye my hair a color but I dont know which color. A straight-up gray doesnt look so good, but something with a taupe-y hue looks much better. Im so glad to have come across this and see so many others suggestions! Im 40 and Ive only recently realized that I can wear both gold and silver jewelry and so I do. I have spent so much money on face makeup only to have it look too pink, or too yellow, or make my skin look INCREDIBLY paler than what it is! How To Choose Hair Color For Olive Skin And Brown Eyes. I believe that would fit law. I always wonder why i never looked great in photos, as i tend to look gray or yellowish and even look sick in certain warm colors like orange and khaki. Im austrian and all ancestors i know of are austrian too. . 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. Shes got very, very pale, cool skin that is prone to redness, blue eyes and very light, cool brown hair. I took mine in my bedroom just to the left of a south facing window in a rare winters sunny day. Pink and purple being my most flattering colours to wear again. What is odd,I used to tan and not burn at all until I was in my teens. Thank goodness I didnt its the best match Ive found and at a bargain price, too! Polish on my moms side, Irish on my dads side. Plum is fine too but starts to push it. I definitely look better in cool colours than warm (orange looks horrific on me, but purple and blue look good). Best Colors for Blue Eyes and Brown Hair. Anyway, its just very great to see that more people went or are still going through the same struggle. 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. The struggle is real! Never thought Id be olive because Im so pale and of mostly Irish and French ancestry but now that I think about it both grandmas were olive! My eyes are medium brown with gold, and my hair is another issue altogether, sometimes it looked like cool steel, and other times chestnut and golden, burnished bronze even, but unfortunately, due to the issue of looking a little sallow in the winter, Ive been bleaching and highlighting my hair blonde since I was a younger child, my mother started lightening my hair when I was around 7.. which is very sad because I actually think my natural hair color was beautiful, and it was me. I already mute it down with an ashy color but even an ashy color hairdye always has a small amount of red and my hair seems to pick up even the smallest amount of it. I have been struggling with this exact problem since I first started playing with make up! But the silver or gold still continues for me. 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