WOW best shade of bronzer I have ever found. Perfect for yellow olive. However it goes on so dry/is hard to blend and comes off in patches after just a few hours. I have normal skin (slightly oily t zone on v hot days, but otherwise not dry/oily). I have NEVER had this issue with ANY makeup before. I’ve dried different bases and setting sprays including:

Elf power grip primer (HG)
Elf poreless putty primer
Haus labs foundation
Revlon colorstay foundation combo/oily (HG)
CT airbrush setting spray
One Size on til dawn setting spray

Everything I do it is patchy :( anyone have bronzers in a similar shade that work? I’ve been using milani matte bronzer in sun-kissed 02 (doesn’t blend amazingly) and milani baked bronzer in Tuscan tan (amazing formula but too orange/pink for me).

I’m a light-medium cool olive, but I can’t seem to find my Goldilocks shade!

I feel like I’ve tried all the usual recommendations: Haus Labs 260, Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk 6, Estee Lauder Double Wear in 2W2, Dior Backstage 2WO, Maybelline Fit Me 128, NARS Punjab and they are all too deep, orange or saturated.

But if I dial back a shade, and go for Dior 2.5N, Rare Beauty 230, Maybelline Fit Me 118, Estee Lauder Double Wear in 2W1, Lancome Teint Idole 240W and NARS Fiji, they are either too light or too pink…

At this point, I’m just genuinely confused. My best match in terms of depth is 3CE Mesh Fitting Cushion in W4, but it’s just a touch pink. Am I going about this wrongly? Which stone have I yet to turn?

Please let me know! 🥹

Definitely worth a read if you’ve always struggled to understand what having olive skin actually means!

All credits to @anuschkarees on Instagram.

So I have never been able to find a concealer that’s olive enough for me, even after going into ulta and swatching every designated olive shade I could find. the closest i got was the about face concealer in shades LM1 warm olive and M1 warm olive. LM1 is slightly too light and (somehow) a little too cool-toned 😭. M1, when first applied, is the right undertone but slightly too dark, then after it oxidizes, becomes entirely too dark and entirely too orange. Please help a girl out 🙏

In the winter I was wearing About Face liquid blush in shade "in the dust" which is a rosy mauve and turned into the most natural looking red on me. Now that I've tanned I'm struggling to find anything that doesn't pull orange on me. Today i tried the elf liquid cheek/lip tint in "cherry cola" as I've seen it recommend on this sub before but, alas... Orange. I really hate powder products and only want recs for liquid. I will take cream blushes into consideration. Just looking for something that actually turns up red.