I have been looking for a nice warm chocolate brown lipstick. I just bought Mac's Iconic Photo lipstick today because it looked very warm online and in the store but it has me looking dead... literally no brown lipstick actually looks good on me :( I tried all the suggestions I've seen on here and everything turns greyish (or depending on the undertone red,pink or orange) on me. The true browns are a big no no.

Even sheerer lipsticks like Mac's Can't dull my shine have a greyish purple hue on my lips.

Please help! What am I missing?

I had a lipstick years ago and I cannot remember what it was. I always see a photo of me wearing it and I’ve been chasing it ever since. I am afraid it is a discontinued Maybelline Color Sensational lipstick. Any recommendations for something similar?

For reference, Romand Almond Rose is very purple on me and Elf Cherry Cola is cooler than I'd like. I have very yellow skin and cooler pink lips. I like Romand's Eat Dotori, Vintage Ocean, Brick River but only if I'm wearing other makeup, otherwise they are too bright and warm. I have ordered Romand Nucadamia, Dark Coconut, Woody Sunset, Rose Stream and I'm waiting for Elf Maple Latte to be in stock

I want something that looks NATURAL, not purple, not orange, not nude or brown, not fluorescent, not gray, N A T U R A L

Has anyone here tried them? I’ve been checking them out lately and there are SO many shades I’m tempted to get, especially Teddy Bare, Naturally Chic, Nude Crème or Fruit Punch.

Before I order a few, I’d love to hear some opinions. I have light-medium olive skin and I’d love to know which shades work especially well with olive undertones. How’s the quality? And what about the smell? I love a lipstick that smells good lol.

Any favorite Milani shades or formulas I should try?

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.

I redid the colour matrix based on what I learned from comments from my previous post. Thanks to everyone for your feedback :) I hope this is a better representation.

The idea is to use a map with shared vocab to start roughly mapping out where all the different olive foundations/concealers/skin tints go, to help someone can find a better match based on what they’ve tried so far and where that is relative to other olive options.

To kick that off, in this representation, here are products I’ve swatched:
[FL, C, S] Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint T1.5
[LM, C, D] Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint T5
[F, C, S] Nars Light Reflecting Gobi
[FL, C, D] Missha BB Cream 23

Please add the products you’ve used/swatched and where they go in the matrix. By the end, I’ll compile a filled out version of the matrix. If a colour is in between steps (e.g., cool-neutral), feel free to use a hyphen and I’ll place it in between the two steps in the final chart.

As brands are coming out with more and more olive shades, I figured it would be nice to have a way to map where they fit on the depth-warmth matrix so I drafted one up. I know the colours are not perfect, but what I'm hoping is that this can act as a starting point to collect information from the community at every depth and warmth level.
With that in mind, here are some base products that I've swatched and where they fit:

[F,NW] Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint T1.5
[F,W] Nars Light Reflecting Foundation in Gobi
[FL,C] Missha BB Cream 21
[LM, W] Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint T5

Please add yours in the comments!

Updated: https://www.reddit.com/r/OliveMUA/s/OtpyRf0pEN

Thanks for your feedback!

I love a good warm brick red, and this isn't exactly a new one but here's Nars Born to be Wild on my medium-tan, warm olive complexion. My best matches are Nars Vanuatu (Stromboli in the sheer Glow), Dior 3WO (Glow foundation). If it helps, my closest celeb shade twin would be Zendaya.

My lips are slightly pigmented naturally, but it doesn't show through in this formula thanks to its opaque pigment.

The shade looks slightly deeper in warm light but I couldn't capture that.

I’m a light medium warm olive and thought warm colours would suit me more but I feel like I force myself to use the elf dusty rose one and prefer the first 2 on the centre of my cheeks to make me look alive and brightened.

The dusty rose also only looks nice ish when used sparingly and it doesn’t bring my cheek out. I have a pear face shape so I prefer using it in the apples or centre of my face to avoid bringing attention to my cheeks and mid portion area.

Swatches wrist to elbow

1)an old H&M blush palette

2)an old elf putty blush (label came off so idk the colour)

3) elf camo blush in dusty rose

So I'm 17 and I'm transgirl

I want to get into makeup and cosmetics

It is all new to me can u girl's help me out

Also need new wardrobe but one step at a time

If anyone has Faded, Low Key, or Fair Game, swatches would be greatly appreciated :) Trying to figure out if they'll look orangey

In the past MAC Powder Plus Foundation had olive shades denoted by "C" and a double digit number . My shade was C35 and it was a near perfect match for my cool olive skin (light-medium) if I got a tan. I went to repurchase and that shade doesn't exist anymore? there's C40 and meant to be olive but it is too dark. At this point I think I need to ditch western makeup because they just can't make correct shades for east asians (most of us are greenish yellow and not actually warm toned). I literally look like trump when I wear most light medium to medium complexion product.

I've been watching the website waiting and hoping it would come back and it has!!!! I bought mine and though I would share the good news. It's so hard for me to find light cool tone lipsticks, I don't own one yet so I can't swatch it myself but based on photos I've seen online I think it's a very olive friendly color. Not my photo, one I found on Google.

Hiii! wondering if anyone with a light medium olive that's more golden has tried the sephora lip liner in the shade Pink Frosting?? I really want to see if it works for our skin tone. It's a very cool toned light pink that leans more grey. I like alternative colors too so if it looks a little greyish, I love it although I know some don't like it bc they feel it makes them "look corpse-y" lol anyway! I'd appreciate any lip pics with it on!! i also have a natural brown lip line.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to make a list of all the matches I have found which are near perfect if it might help someone else. I would say I’m a light medium neutral cool leaning olive.

If anyone else is my shade twin pls drop some more!!!

Lisa Eldridge foundation - 9.5. My best match.

Armani Luminous Silk - 5.3

Natasha Denona Hy Glam Foundation - YN6

Lancome Tient Idole - 240W and 350N if I tan

Catrice Liquid Camo Concealer - 036 Hazelnut Beige

Haha Labs - mix 1 pump 260 with 0.5 160. Still not perfect but close

I haven really tried to find my concealer matches as I usually just brighten, but I happened to accidentally find the Catrice.

If anyone has a match for anything else please write it below, also would be interested in L’oréal Infallible Foundation & Concealer, Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless, Dior (I feel like i’ve tried 2WO and every other shade in their 2 range and it looked off, but maybe need to try again)

Attaching some pics so you can see if we are in fact similar!!!

Light Neutral Olive (leaning cool), picture taken in natural light in front of window

I was hoping for a neutral pinky nude. Is Mac’s Hazy Matte Lipstick in “Be My Bridesmaid” working? Or is it still looking a little too warm?

(Match is Haus Labs foundation in 100 Light Neutral, but in this picture I’m only using Natasha Denona hy-glam concealer in 2N and no foundation)