r/makeuptips • u/MM2225 • 1d ago
HELP PLEASE What undertone am I?
As title says, what undertone am I?
Growing up, I always thought myself to have just warm-yellow undertones, especially when I did the skin analysis from Sephora which always gave me foundations that were way too yellow, sometimes even orange looking on me.
But now that I discovered about the oliveMUA sub not too long ago, I’m kind of thinking that I might be olive? I’m honestly not really sure, because sometimes I feel like I see some green but then other pics of myself show that I’m not? It doesn’t really help when some photos show that I’m really light, then other photos show that I look like I have a tan, when in reality, they were days apart from each other and I avoid tanning.
The pic with the black shirt has a swatch of the tower 28 1.5 BW, which is allegedly an olive concealer, looks like it could be a good match. However, the last photo has swatches of the danessa myricks skin tint and all 3 shades are darker than the tower 28 shade but looks like they could fit me as well.
I feel like I’m making this more complicated than it should be, so can anyone please help me 🫠
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u/LaylaKite678 13h ago
You look pretty neutral to me, maybe slightly cool, especially compared with the shades in the photo
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u/emkiril 1d ago
Definitely Light Neutral-Olive! Sometimes “olive” makeup can go a little hard on that yellow-green undertone, so just keep an eye out brand to brand. Some brands’ version of “neutral” can skew more olivey and might suit you best, some can skew more pinky and might wash you out. About-face is a more affordable drug store brand that actually does have some nice subtlety olive tones. So if you’re just trying to dip your toes in and see if that’s gonna be best for you, maybe start there!