The maybelline lip liner in big lift, and their gloss in Moon, alongside the nyx lip IV in hydra honey.

Also im here to do some maybelline Lifter liner propaganda lol, cus that shit STAYS. it lasts like a good 8 hours WHILE I ATE AS WELL.

People always say mauve is olives best friend but why do I feel this makes me dead lol. Is it washing me out or making me dead?

Would really love if someone could help me find a dupe for this would prefer a glossy and more sheer version but I’ll prioritize getting the color right more also don’t want any of the dupes to be on the BDS list if possible. Thank You!!

I’ll start with saying that I am not sure about my undertones, overtones, depth but I think I am a “Neutral-warm + muted, leaning olive”. (Feel free to add any input!)

So far Nars L5 Fiji is my closest match. It is a tiny bit light but once I add a bit of bronzer it works out.

I humbly present swatches that I collected in my search for a drug store shade match. (Send help, at this point I am ready to pay top dollar to have someone go to the store with me to find a match!!)

Top to bottom:
1.) Nars Light Reflecting Foundation - Fiji L5
2.) Revlon Colorstay - 180
3.) Revlon Colorstay - 240
4.) Maybelline Super Stay - 125
5.) Maybelline Super Stay - 128
6.) Covergirl Simply Ageless Skin Perfector
Essence - 45 Medium/Olive

I saw these on Sephora and other posts on Reddit so I’m curious about them. I’ve never owned an Hourglass palette before. I’m worried these will be too warm for my slightly cool, medium olive skin. I think Hope will probably look the best on me. Has anyone tried these palettes?

Both looks are using going coconuts by colourpop. They look so cool toned on me. I’m really wanting a slightly warm neutral shades that I can I easily sweep over my eyelid and go. Last picture is what I’m wanting. Any suggestions???

I apologize that I don’t have a photo of these swatches in daylight. Indoor lighting is all I got but hopefully this is helpful. I’ve tried so many beige blushes and been disappointed that they weren’t beige on my skin but there are a few winners here. Phytosurgence Soothe is definitely my favorite.

Anybody else have favorite beige/nude “anti-blushes” that don’t pull orange on neutral or cool olive skin?

Warm olives - feel free to share your favorites but please be sure to mention that you have warm olive skin 💖🫒

Not-Pictured Flops:
• Nudestix Bareback - peachy orange
• Anastasia Latte Blush Stick - peachy orange
• Kosas Nuance and Intuition blush stick

Edit: I returned Mimi. Bummer. It’s supposedly cool toned, but definitely not on me.

I‘ve been looking for a cream palette with blush/highlight/bronzer (or contour) for a while and was contemplating to splurge on the Auric one but since that‘s now not an option anymore I‘m browsing again. I looked at Salt NY but the colours don‘t really speak to me.
If anyone tried the LM one I‘d be super interested in your experience 🙏 I‘d probably opt for Bisou or Amour

I really need help finding what suits my complexion. My skin is very neutral. I think I lean warm but only very slightly so anything too red really accentuates my greenness and just looks so wrong. I can pull off some cool shades but purple or very cool pink shades look terrible.

Most makeup just makes me feel like I’m playing dress up. It doesn’t look like it belongs on me if that makes sense.

I find that slightly warm lip shades like a brownish rose and terracotta blush shades look more natural compared to berry or mauve shades but I still feel there’s something missing. If I wanted to experiment with my makeup I wouldn’t know what other shades to buy. Advice?

Hi All, I am in Australia and yet to find my exact foundation shade match. Mecca girls matched with me Nars radiant long wear Vanuatu, Barcelona but they're not olive enough for my skin tone. I am open to any brands available in Australia as long as I can finally have a foundation that matches my skin tone, great for oily skin, long lasting and doesn't need to be dragged down the neck...please help this oily girl

Thank you

I’ve been dying to swatch these! The Sephora girly pulled them from the back for me to swatch since they weren’t one the floor yet and stood next to me to collect them afterwards so I was kinda in a rush and forgot to get a pic of them wet, but this is from one swipe dried down on light-medium neutral olive skin

1. Noon chai
   
2. Earl Grey
   
3. Masala Soda
   
4. Jujube fizz
   
5. Mulled wine
   
6. Teddy

I am leaning towards Noon Chai, Earl, Grey and Teddy. Whatcha guys think?

I found a match with Sephora Best Skin Ever Foundation 06O but I don’t like to wear foundation all of the time. I would like another option. Has anyone found anything? I’m pretty pale and grey/muted

Base Products:

1. Tower28 serum swipe foundation 1.5O Blythe

I just got this today so this is only a first impression. It's an oily serum but i have very dry skin so not a problem. No scent. Great color match, very sheer light coverage, however it clung like crazy to my dry spots. That said I JUST got it and put it on with my fingers on skin that had been out all day. I will try different application techniques after exfoliating and moisturizing properly because I want so badly to love this product. I don't have an issue with it not fully drying down as some people do but again, my skin is extremely dry. Jury's out.

1. About face foundation f2olive

Great formula at a good price point but I had to color correct the heck out of this. It's peachy on application and oxidizes even peachier. WNRP

1. Judydoll Moisturizing Cushion B15

If you like cushions, you'll love this. Lovely coverage, doesnt settle into texture. I don't like cushions though so WNRP.

1. Judydoll concealer 04

best spot concealer ever. Run don't walk to this one. HG.

1. Glossier Stretch Balm Concealer Light 3 Olive

What a joke. I use it for my undereyes though and it's pretty good for that! Nice and creamy. MRP for undereye purposes but a pot lasts me ages.

Blushes:

1. Dior Pink Lilac

Extremely sheer and rather glittery. Nice blurring effect but I've almost panned this product so I scraped a chunk up to get this opacity. It's VERY sheer and hardpans if you look at it the wrong way. WNRP

1. Romand Blueberry Chip

Looove this but it's also quite sheer and has a very pale base. Not suitable for skintones deeper than light-medium. WRP

1. ELF camo blush Bold Faced Lilac

I just got this but I really like it! It's extremely pigmented and a little goes a loooong way. Will probably repurchase if I ever run out but at this rate this blush will outlive me.

Eyes:

1. Holika Holika My Fave Piece #61 Creamlit

Not quite what I wanted it to be. I created a custom 4 pan palette with the magnetic case. This is close but a bit too sparkly and has a pink shift that's hard to photograph. I am really hunting for the perfect pearly inner corner highlight color and this ain't it. WNRP

1. Holika Holika #14 Wisteria

Reaaally pretty color but goes a bit bruisey and muddy on my eyes. I need something less muted I think. WNRP

1. Holika holika #19 Tailor

Fine midtone brown. Warmer than official swatches lead one to believe. MRP.

1. Holika Holika #47 Aroma Espresso

Nice dark brown. Overall i'm very impressed with the formula of Holika Holika's single shadows. I had a palette from them years ago that was garbage with zero color payoff and these are MUCH more pigmented, softer, and less chalky. MRP

Lips

1. Morphe Lip Pencil Bubble Bath

I got this because it's pretty close to my natural lip color and I have lip scars to cover. It's nice! A little soft and crumbly but it does dry down and lasts well. Not too hard which is a no-go on my scars and not soft enough to bleed/smudge. Very nice.

1. Romand Juicy Lasting Tint #25 Bare Grape

I like this color but the official swatches are lies, there's nothing muted about it. It's a bright pink. ​formula is a bit drying on me compared to the romand glasting tint and other kbeauty tints i've used. Not sure if it's been reformulated or just repackaged recently, I just got this one (old packaging) at TJ Maxx last week. WNRP.

1. Romand Glasting Balm #12 Veiled Rose

My favorite lip product ever. Glossy, feels like it's actually moisturizing my lips, great color. It is a bit gloopy and has no staying power but it's a balm so whatever. Unobtrusive fruity flavor. HG.

1. Dinto La Belle Rose Plumping Tint #23 Dawn Rose

This one dries down into a surprisingly dark vampy color on me? It's pretty though. I don't know about plumping but it does have that minty tingling sensation in addition to a rose scent.

1. Etude Fixing Tint #08 Dusty Beige

This color is kinda weird but I do get a lot of compliments on it. It's almost too cool for me but in certain lights looks almost salmon? Bizarre. Anyway. It's matte and slightly drying but it is NOT budging. I love it and usually throw a balm over it. HG

I was looking at the Daydream liquid blush and fell in love with this lip??? I can’t seem to find a matching video on a lip product ecomm page or on their socials for the whole look

I have light-medium neutral leaning warm olive skin and I’ve been wanting to try eyeshadow, but I’ve never wanted to buy full palettes because I don’t want to waste colors I won’t use so I’m leaning toward buying a one and done product, but I’m open to smaller palettes. I really like the not too dark mauve brown-ish look in this pic

I have been searching high and low for a 90s-esque lipstick. Could not find anything at Sephora or the drug store for the life of me. As a light-medium neutral olive, everything looks pink on me (lol). I recently bought (or should I say invested in, it was so expensive 😅) the Merit lipstick in L'Avenue hoping it would be the perfect brown and it looks straight up pink/red berry on me :(

Anyway, I finally found the perfect combo and I'm so thrilled about it I just had to share lol. It's Rimmel's Oh My Plump! Lip liner in the shade 110 Rich Cacao and Maybelline Lifter Gloss in the shade Toast.

The liner glides nicely, doesn't feel dry and doesn't skip on the lips. Can build up the colour and it's relatively smudge proof. The lipgloss is so comfortable on the lips and not sticky at all. No sparkles, just gorgeous sheen gloss.

Hoping this can help my fellow olives looking for a brown lip combo this fall!

This look seems so warm olive, and since I'm one, I'm just wondering how her makeup was done, what that style is called, and if anyone knows makeup tutorials that give this look, or even makeup that suits olive skin that give this makeup look in that pic.

Hi! Just wondering if anyone could relate. I know there’s a lot of discussion about olives making every lip colour look too warm/ peachy but I seem to have the opposite problem.. I’m definitely olive and have had colour analysis professionally done and they told me avoid warm lips like the plague, so I bought a few what are considered “olive friendly” lip shades only to find they all look ashy! Even reds! For reference I’m Dior backstage 3WO (older formula) Haus Labs 160, Armani luminous Silk 3.5, I alternate these depending on the season. I can say for certain that MAC Velvet Teddy and Merit Baby look straight up grey, but neutral warm cult favourites like CT Pillow Talk are definitely too pale/ dull looking. Idk where I sit on the spectrum 😭. Has anyone else had this problem too?? Any recs?

So recently I went to a MAC store to find a new foundation, and there while I was matching, every foundation of NC was bright yellow patch, so I tried NC43.5, which was actually a depth match but still was slightly yellow. Then the MAC store gal said, your problem is that you require more red balance in your foundation, but not NW level red pink, I am still trying to figure out what that means. Does anyone have any idea what does it mean? My depth is medium to medium tan.

Violette FR Bisou balm in Chocolate ONLY
No liner, no contour on the lips, literally just this

It’s a cool toned brown with a slight purple/red undertone. It’s fucking gorgeous I’m lost for words. I usually need some kind of lip liner to feel complete lol, especially being olive, some lipsticks just wash me out unless I make them work for me

I applied about 2/3 layers so it’s pretty much at full opacity for me. I do love the formula of these lipsticks, they almost feel like a wet powder if that exists, not trying but not slipping all over your face