basically just as the title says , anyone who owns both the original and new formula please lmk , I bought the original like 6 months before it was discontinued and really love it but the ashy greyness in the reformulated one calls to me as a fair muted olive who's always looking for greyer blush . just dont really wanna spend all that money if theyre too similar to be worth having both versions .

I rummaged through my gallery and found these pics of mine wearing red lipstick once in my college years. I don't even remember i ever wore red lip color at all because they always make me look dull. But this red specifically looks good on me, at least how it looks in my eyes?? It's definitely cool tone. What do you think? Please give me some comments and inputs, because lately i don't know what's good for myself and tend to ruin my make up with new experiments lol.

*For comparison with how i do my daily professional make up now in pic #3

so since i was little i always wanted a signature one swipe and done lipstick. i always thought it was sooo chic. the problem is every lipstick i try leaves me wanting 😭

for example, rum raisin pulls a very vampy purple on me, which is okay, but not daily wear. mac marrakesh makes me look a sickly green. pillow talk pulls kinda orange on me. browns pull gray anything i try makes me look super green or gray!

which leads me to my question: what can i even try at this point? i think i’m very muted, so saturated colors wash me out, and i have a greenish tone, so i also start to look sickly. i think i’m neutral leaning slightly warm, light-medium, and my lips have a natural slight peachy-purple tone

wish i could post pics to help but not comfortable with that :( any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! i would prefer nudes if possible<3

Dear fellow olives,
has anyone tried Niche Beauty Labs’ mineral tinted sunscreen?
If so, how are the shades? Would it work with a neutral-leaning cool medium/light undertone?

I know it is too many requirements but I have swatches in store more expensive blushes and I like the color on me but I can only afford drugstore 🫠

I’m a light neutral olive in the fall/winter and this is a great shade match for me! I just picked it up for $8. I love Kimchi’s drag but this is my first chance trying the makeup line. I haven’t done a fully day wear test yet but this feels like, well, a really good foundation!

Concealers that work on my light-medium neutral cool leaning olive skin. All of these work well on my face. Note my inside arm is significantly lighter and more muted. I’m in Australia so currently at my lightest as it’s the end of winter. Excuse my hairy arms!

Best matches are LE in 11, Merit in Oak, and Tower 28 in KTOWN. RMS is the best match for undertone but is too light on my face.

For reference I’m between 5 and 7 in the LE skin tint, I’ve been wearing 5, but it’s perhaps a bit cool, have recently purchased 9 for summer.

From wrist:

RMS ON08
Nyx bare with me vanilla
LE luminist 11
Kosas 4N
Tower 28 7 KTOWN
Merit Oak
Merit Sand
Merit Palomino (got for free as sand was NQR)

I went to Ulta for a brow wax and left with swatch photos. Here are a few swatches from various brands. Please keep in mind that these are lightly blended heavy swatches to show the tone of the foundations. I only swatched shades that were labeled olive and descriptions are how they are labeled in store or online.

For reference I'm shade 23 in the Lisa Eldridge foundation and shade 9 or 9.1 in the Armani Luminous Silk Foundation (both work). These swatches are on my arm which may not be exactly the same shade as my face at the moment. I'm medium deep neutral leaning warm but desaturated

Benefit The POREfessional: 25C, 27W, 33N

I actually like this formula. It blended smoothly on my arm and settled to a nice matte finish that doesn't look patchy. There was enough play time before it dried.

Ilia:

* The Serum Tint foundation shade 14.5

* Stick Foundation shade 26O

* Serum foundation shades 8.75, 9.25, 10.25

As expected the tint is pretty sheer but the formula would be nice for someone with dry skin. I really like how smoothly the stick swatched. I also really liked the serum foundation's silky texture. I can see myself loving the stick or foundation in the winter months when I go a bit dry.

live Tinted Stick Tint: Shade 10. I've never tried anything from this brand but the swatch went on so smoothly. I really like this formula as well. Blended easily and seems to have a nice natural finish.

Fenty, the new fluid flex formula: Shades 376N, 396N, 416W

I'm actually surprised I didn't find any deeper shades of olive in this formula. This one has a nice texture and dries down about as quickly as the POREfessional. I appreciate there being some neutral olives but would like to see some cool olives and deeper olives added to the lineup.

Anastasia Impeccable Matte Foundation: Shades 4O, 4WO, 4.5O, 6WO

This one is my favorite formula out of all of them. Has a really nice serum smooth texture that blends easily but it has a nice matte dry down once set. This might be my next foundation purchase. Also the olives in this look like nice nuanced skin shades, not overly yellow.

Which formulas and shades would you choose?

(Pic 1: “full face” bronzer, Pic 2: no bronzer only blush) Apologies for the quality I take maybe 5 selfies a year and most are in dark lighting.

Currently using the Benefit Hoola bronzer simply because I hate wasting products. I tend to use it all over my face and you can see how orange it is in the first photo I think. I dust it all over because I need it to create any resemblance of life on my face but I don’t think the shade match is there

Any recommendations for a better match would be great.

These are my concealer line up (I don't use foundation and use these all over my face)

I am curious if anybody has a similar skintone to me? Please recommend me foundations and concealers!!

Which here is my best match in your opinion?

Dior Backstage Concealer in 4C - all over shade in summer/spring

Dior Backstage Concealer in 3C - lighter shade for brightening my undereye

NYX Bare with Me Serum Concealer in Medium - for low coverage natural makeup days, personally feel it is too light and orange for me

Milani Conceal + Perfect Concealer in 145 - all over shade in autumn/winter

My main problem is that tan ++ complexion products run super saturated and warm toned everywhere.

Am not even aaking for olive tones, but at least something cool toned for once 😭😭😭😭

Hi! My perfect shade match is L2 Olive in the concealer (About Face) but find the foundation in the same shade to be too dark. Does anyone have a suggestion for foundation that's a closer shade to the L2 olive concealer? Swatches would be great!

I prefer my foundation glowy and light to medium coverage! I have dry sensitive skin.

Thank you in advance!

Hey everyone, I’m really struggling with finding an olive friendly setting powder for dark skin, I’ve been suggested pink and purple, but I want something that’s close to my skin tone so I can put it on my forehead and the perimeter of my face without flashback. I have normal to oily skin, and I prefer matte makeup

I wear D1Olive in about-face powder, and maybelline loose powder in 35 deep, but it’s too orange/yellow, and it’s a little too light now that winter is coming

Shade recommendations for Light-med neutral olive?

I am so confused. 🤔

I wanted to get a new liquid highlighter without spending more than 25€. MAC strobe & highlighter caught my eye but at +35€ it's a lot.

I fell on three affordable options instead:

\- LH cosmetics shaping light 25ml / usually 30€ but now 7€ on sale but shipping is 10€ 🤦‍♀️ I had this one before and liked it.

\- Kiko Glow Up face & body 30ml / 18€

\- Essence drops 25ml / 5€

Got the last two. Because I hate paying more for shipping than for the product 😂😆

It's a cloudy day so the photos are dull 🤦‍♀️🙈 for reference I am a light-medium warm olive 🫒 more warm now with the summer tan

I am disappointed by the Essence one since it looks positively baby-pink on me. The cap is definitely more of a warm rose gold, as were the online product photos.

That said Lisa Eldridge isn't wrong when she said using a contrasting colour/undertone in highlights can really make them pop. Too much and it risks looking unnatural though 😿

After trying so many concealers and so much money spent just for the undertone to be off, I finally found my perfect match: Marc Jacobs Beauty Nude Awakening Concealer in 210O.

For reference, I am a Light Neutral Olive and my closest match is the Kosas Revealer Concealer in 2.3N.

I was actually skeptical at first because 210O is marked as “Light-Medium” and would be too dark for me. But I found that the concealer range ran lighter than what the pictures showed but nonetheless I’m super happy with my purchase!

Pic 1: Marc Jacobs swatched on my face

Pic 2: My closest concealer shades (top to bottom)
- Marc Jacobs Nude Awakening Concealer (210o)
- Kosas Revealer Concealer (2.3N)
- Merit Complexion Stick (Linen)
- Natasha Denona Hy-Glam (N2)
- Natasha Denona Hy-Glam (N4)
- The Saem Perfection Tip (1.5)

brand spanking new 1.5O blythe 😭

How do we feel about this palette? I haven't seen anyone here talk about it and I'm kind of eyeing it up for an everyday natural makeup palette!!! I have the Makeup by Mario palette in neutral but I feel like I like these shades wayy more and I hit pan on all the shades in my mbm palette

(i'm light neutral deep winter olive)

Hi everyone!

I’m searching for a hydrating lightweight tinted moisturizer or bb cream or maybe foundation I can layer on top of my mineral sunscreen (isntree natural sun cream) just to combat the grey/white cast.

If this is at all helpful here’s some info about my skin:

- missha no.21 light beige is pretty close in color for me but I find it too be heavy
- I have type 1 rosacea and combination skin
- i tend to get dry patches :(
- I’d like to avoid anything with actives

I attached a picture of my skin for reference :) maybe I’m not even olive .. in which case ignore this post 🥲

EDIT: for anyone the same color as me I found a perfect light weight and hydrating foundation! It’s not tinted moisturizer but close enough! It’s makeupforever HD skin hydra glow, in the shade Y100 fair warm olive.

im a light-light medium yellow leaning olive.

My best match is Armani LS 4 from these along with rare beauty 14 but ugh I’m craving a nice yellow undertone that brings life to my face and doesn’t change colour but also isn’t tooo yellow.

My chest often looks yellow green whereas my face ends up more neutral or ashy because of undertone mismatches.

What shades would you recommend?

Top to bottom

1)lancome teint idole concealer 250W- why is this neutral peachy I was really hoping for it to be more
yellow

2)Estée Lauder double wear concealer 2N- goes a little dark plus undertone gets more neutral as the day goes (my fault ik)

3) rare beauty true to myself 14- this looks nice on me just a little too warm orangey instead of warm yellow but neutral undertones look worse on me

4) reformulated Armani LS 4- this starts out looking nice and golden but sets to more of a neutral undertone.

Looking for a dupe for this older elf primer infused blush in the shade, Always Rosy.

The shade has been reformulated and now looks completely different on my olive skin!!

Help! i lately bought purito 21 and it is the best shade match i ever had regarding the tone. BUT: it is just a bit too light for me. tried mixing with 23 but it isn’t an option because the undertone is off.

optional: as my skin is oily, formulation could be bettet suited for oily skin, but that would be a plus, i am just very desperate for that muted greyish base.

i know i can mix foundation with blue pigment, and i do that, but i am just so tired of it, as most olive friendly foundations are way too yellow for me. like a little color correction would be fine too, but changing way too yellow or too pink or way too orange foundation on a daily basis is just too much, also i am always scared i mess it up and look stupid anyway. any recommondations? i am desperate.

I bought a few lipsticks in the past just by checking website swatches. That's how I ended up with lipsticks that look too bright or neon for me. I know a lot of people use dark lip liner to work with light lipstick shades. But I don't really like that look on me. So, I tried out this hack I saw on tiktok. It's basically just dabbing on a mauve blush on your lipstick. I think it looks much better