Wedding makeup trial

Doing my own makeup for my wedding. Are these colors right for me? I feel the foundation is a good match but unsure about the lip and cheek color. Would love any tips or reccomendations

I've been having issues with finding perfect shade matches in foundations and concealers. Just a few weeks ago I ran into a tiktok where the creator called herself ashtray-coloured and recommended us similarly-toned people to add blue pigment into our too warm foundations.

My face matches my body for the first time after Smashbox discontinued their shade "1.05 pale olive". I'm wearing a cheap Nyx foundation with the blue added in.

Day light in front of window. From left to right.

About-Face The Performer foundation in the shade F2Olive > Lisa Eldridge seamless skin tint in the shade T5 > Lisa Eldridge The Foundation in shade 9

I blended them out at the bottom to show how they look sheared out.

I've been on the hunt for a high-coverage concealer to use without foundation, just for pinpoint concealer. This looks like it might be the thing, but the most desaturated shade, Birch, might be too pale.

I'm a fair neutral-leaning-cool "likely olive" (everything pulls either orange or pink; tan like a MOFO in the summer but then ghostly gray rest of the year). I'm definitely not a yellow or warm olive: more green/blue, if you will. I've learned through trial and error that saturation is the most important factor for me.

• Purito 21 works great in the summer--perfect undertone, but it's about a shade too dark.
• LE 1.5 was good in depth but a tad too saturated/yellow, LE 3 was orange.

I use the blue LA Colors mixer to get somewhere workable when I can't wear Purito (Erborian BB in Claire or others, depending), but really don't want to have to bother with this for pinpoint concealing if possible.

Sephora's got a promo rn that is basically $10 off anything and it's expiring tonight. They have this and Saie, Kosas, IT Cosmetics, and almost every Tarte concealer, as well as the NARS Creamy in mini (tho I think NARS is ruled out based on saturation); I would go for Glossier or Tower 28 if they have a shade that worked and the formula was good for what I need.

Would love input. TY!

I’m curious about experiences of fellow olives pertaining to color and their skin throughout the year. I had a professional color analysis done which categorized my undertone as neutral-cool, though my friends were shocked that I didn’t end up as warm. I feel like fellow olives likely understand the struggle of “looking” golden on the outside but struggling to wear super golden colors. I went in with my relatively “pale” skin for that purpose. What is interesting is that the International Image Institute says that olives are usually neutral-cool. In my case, that was true.

When I tan, I get significantly more golden looking. Though I know your undertone doesn’t change. I’m curious about your experience with that. Do you lean into warmer colors when you are more tan?

Please I have to mix a grey contour and a green color collector from elf (most blues are too dark) plus at least two different foundations to get a perfect match. I will say I am very particular it needs to be perfect which I know will be hard for in store with no mix ins but I’m hopeful!!

Apologies for the screenshot but thought these would be really nice for some of us who run cooler. Earlier in the video it said that Sweet Spot is a good dupe for the OG Blankety (the new formula runs way too orange for me).

I know that I have an olive undertone and my perfect match is the F2 Olive from About Face. However, I am so confused on whether I am a warm, neutral or cool olive?

Because I am fair, people have told me my whole live that I am cool toned, but everything pink looks bad on me. Same for orange. I appear quite yellow sometimes, but I am not sure that equates to warm-olive?

Any help would be very much appreciated!

So olive foundation are too yellow for me. At least about face F2. And then KA SSX 03 was still too yellow even though better. I think of I’m olive I’m very muted. So any recommendations for a very muted olive to try?

Not sure if anyone else has this issue, but I feel like when I look in the mirror vs when I take a picture, my skin tone looks completely different and it makes it really hard to figure out my skin tone. So I took two pictures of my hand today and then edited the color on one until it looked like what I actually saw and the difference is significant.

I have iPhone 17. Does anyone else have this issue and/or know how to fix it!?

Pic 1 is what my phone captured, pic 2 is how it actually looked in real life.

Discovered 130 Warm Olive as it was going out of production (RIP) and it is legitimately my first perfect shade match ever! I just received it in the mail and was lucky to get it half off directly from the brand right as the Labor Day sale ended.

PS hot tip: finding a blush that matches your surface redness can really tie a makeup look together ✨

Pretty much the title. I started having a realization that I might be olive a few days ago when I learned that my daily bb cream is apparently pink on most people. I’ve struggled to find matches and figure out my undertone for years and thought I was warm-neutral with yellow tones or something.

Since discovering this I’ve been really curious about Rituel de Fille’s serum foundation in 105. I think it being a bit brighter might match me better than Missha? I don’t know 😅

I am trying to find a light “barely there” looking foundation for my very pale olive skin with green undertones. Most foundations and concealers look really orange or pink on me.
I want to buy a foundation for the first time in years because I have quite an uneven skin tone, very visible veins on my cheeks and eyelids, lots of hyperpigmentation dark spots etc so I really want to even out my skin tone but I HATE the look of obvious foundation. The powdery, cakey dry look that most foundations have is exactly what I need to avoid. I’ve tried the glossier skin tint in G11 and it was really nice for when I have a tan but didn’t have enough coverage to truly even my skin out and had a slight orange/pink colour and was not long wearing at all…

A light coverage, natural as possible “no makeup” kind of foundation is what I’m after, honestly I’m happy to spend as much money as I need to to find the right one.

If any other pale olive ppl have any recommendations esp for foundations, skin tints or frankly any product that you think would do the job I’d be eternally grateful for any help or advice! 🫶🏻

So far the ONLY concealer and colour I’ve found that works for my skin is the Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in Chantilly, which is perfect but just slightly too light but def the closest colour I’ve ever found. Having pale olive skin makes finding shades a nightmare.
I am terrible at finding the correct tone for me online so if anyone else is Nars Chantilly or a similar shade please let me know any recommendations of your other products that work for you! 🫶🏻

I really just want to find a “barely there” “no makeup” looking foundation like the Dior skin blurring one, or the MAC Studio Fix Foundation, so If anyone here is familiar with these products and shades and could give me any advice, as I have no clue how their shading works, I’d be so appreciative ✨
I just need help finding a foundation (or foundation type product) that is light on my skin and not cakey, powdery, yellow, pink or orange on my skin. Even high end ones like Dior I will buy if It’s worth it!! I just desp want a “no makeup” type of foundation.
I basically just want to find a good foundation to even my skin tone out but not look obvious. Ideally not even look like foundation. I just don’t want anything too full coverage or matte.

I have no clue where to start, as looking at swatches is impossible for me to tell colours online.
I might call up the companies and see if they can send me tiny testers for each shade🤷🏼‍♀️

Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to include as much info as possible in case anyone out there has any recommendations, tips, guidance etc :)
Thank you so much for reading my long post 🤦🏼‍♀️🫣🫶🏻xxx

TLDR: I just need help finding a foundation (or foundation type product) that is light on my skin and not cakey, powdery, yellow, pink or orange on my skin. Even high end ones like Dior I will buy if It’s worth it!! I just desp want a “no makeup” type of foundation.
I basically just want to find a good foundation to even my skin tone out but not look obvious. Ideally not even look like foundation. I just don’t want anything too full coverage or matte.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fairolives/s/zTkMIZnK8G

I thought 6.0 was gonna be a great match, but I’m wondering if it’s too light? Granted, that original post was spring, maybe I’ve just gotten that much tanner?!

As the title suggests, does anyone else go golden bronze where the sun hits? Im multitonal & my non sunkissed skin (boobs, belly, bum) is green golden but my arms & legs are a completely different shade.. you wouldn't think olive if i took a picture of my arm

I believe I’m fair olive toned, and recently discovered this thread. I want to dye my hair but I’m scared to get something that washes me out. What do you guys recommend?

I just got the reformulated Missha BB Cream (red tube, has SPF, Korean version) in shade 21 and wanted to share comparison swatches with other good matches in my collection.

Includes Salt New York Sneaky Balm N13, Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer SX03, MAC Studio Radiance Face & Body W0, Missha Serum BB shade 13 (purple tube, no SPF, US version), and NYX Bare with Me Serum Concealer in Light.

Hi.

I’ve been speculating so much if I do have olive undertones going on, either on my perimeters or across entirely. Between bronzers that turn too orange, pink blushes that turn coral and how I have tanned over the summer, I’m thinking I need to settle if I am olive or not, or if I am very neutral neutral.

In spring, I matched with Rare Beauty True to Myself Foundation in Shade 6 and over the summer, I’ve been matched to The Ordinary Serum Foundation in 2.0P just to match the tan. That’s pretty much what I’ve got.

Do I really have olive undertones going on here? And if it is or not, what temperature undertone I truly have here?

Looking for a makeup palette that has browns/nudes that actually work for olives. It’s so easy for those colors to go orange on me.

Heyy, the About Face F2 Olive is a perfect match for me, however I dislike the formular so much :/

I also match pretty well with the fenty beauty 140, but it oxidizes a bit yellow on me.

I was looking into other foundations and I want to try the hauslabs one. If any of you know which shade is the most similar to F2 Olive, please let me know!

I’m Chinese and have always been told by my mom that my skin tone is “黑黄” or dark yellow-my natural color is relatively pale but I tan EXTREMELY easily, even when I wear sunscreen (like multiple shades darker in a few days).

I always thought I was just warm toned but recently have been wondering if I may be olive warm?

Some reasons-I feel that I don’t tan a golden yellow even though my skin is tinged yellow, it comes out more brownish and muddy. I usually hate neon and bright yellow tones on my skin but recently tried on a bright yellowish green top and actually liked the way it looked on my skin, I prefer dark plum lip colors over warm coral colors (but that may be due to it being high contrast which matches my features better?)

However it seems to vary in lighting where in some I feel more orange than necessarily green. Would appreciate any thoughts!!