I swatched ALL my foundations to find the most olive shades

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4 ай бұрын

Olive people ASSEMBLE lolololol. I’m swatching all my foundations today to weed out the ones that are too yellow, orange or red to find the true olive shades 🫒🍸 I’m here to help you find your closest skin tone match especially if you’re a warm or cool, fair/light olive undertone. Hope it helps! Let me know if you want to see more of these! 💚
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@shadowangelina7155 4 ай бұрын

The amount of orange in Neutral shades is criminal. Even for those of us not olive (I’m neutral) it’s irritating as hell. They give us pink for cool, yellow for warm, and orange for neutral.

@Marskilius 4 ай бұрын

This. When I think neutral, I think it should be more beige.

@Brego100 4 ай бұрын

Yessss. I want neutral to be desaturated. Not a mix of pink and yellow. 🤨

@jessicaplymale 4 ай бұрын

This!!!!!

@shadowangelina7155 4 ай бұрын

Y’all are my people! I love the Missha bb cream in 23 for that desaturated beige color. Best match so far for me as a fair light. If you have recs, I’d love to hear them!

@janekof 4 ай бұрын

They're definitely not adding enough blue pigments. Smh

@ellenamy9617 4 ай бұрын

Being olive and fair = ‘are you feeling ok?’ Every time you’ve a no makeup day 😭

@Kori-Barrenger 4 ай бұрын

Omg my whole existence lmaoooo like yeah this is just my face 😐😭

@taylorellis6358 4 ай бұрын

LITERALLY

@Amynka4578 4 ай бұрын

Yes! I also wear sunscreen year/ round a I’m literally looking ill to my family 😅

@JackyZee 4 ай бұрын

I've got rosacea so my face is normally very pink and flushed all the time despite the rest of me being pale and green. So if I wear any slightly more full coverage foundation that actually matches my body everyone thinks I'm dying unless I bathe in blush and bronzer. 😭

@m.willow11 4 ай бұрын

This! So much this!

@deboraho1817 4 ай бұрын

As a black warm toned girly, I'm honestly just here for the vibes 😂❤

@AlexandraAnele 4 ай бұрын

😂 thank you for the vibes! 🙌🏼

@deboraho1817 4 ай бұрын

@@AlexandraAnele OMG Alex! I love it here 😂❤️

@j.arelylopez3053 4 ай бұрын

Lol!! I’m a light skinned warm tone person and I’m also just watching just cuz!

@amnaa4675 4 ай бұрын

Me too. I just love her channel 😊

@danielleo6482 4 ай бұрын

Anybody with warm skin tones can learn a whole lot from this! :)

@richardwright9292 4 ай бұрын

This was so helpful! Revlon 'Buff' was my closest match back in the day. I always look at ingredients and keep a look out for green pigments like 'ferric ferrocyanides' and 'chromium green oxide' as a good way to find unlabelled olive shades.

@Brego100 4 ай бұрын

That’s super helpful information!

@hansolohansolo 4 ай бұрын

Omg I remember that being a good shade for me too! I'll have to look into this

@AB-ez1eh 4 ай бұрын

What do you wear nowadays?

@eleanornelson5810 4 ай бұрын

Excellent color information!

@mica2885 4 ай бұрын

Smart

@FragileFlame82 4 ай бұрын

As a teen I developed body dysmorphic disorder as I thought my face was green and it was the worst around the mouth. I used extremely heavy makeup to cover it and it took me hours to apply. I would never sleep over at a friends house because I was afraid to remove my makeup. YOUR channel taught me it is a SKIN TONE! And it’s completely normal! Love you for that Alex! 🫒

@jjjjk1241 4 ай бұрын

I have always been under the impression that my hair was green. It’s nice to have people like Alex letting us know our coloring is fine and beautiful.

@vzeimen 4 ай бұрын

One of my son's classmates in Elementary school was absolutely green and very pale. She always looked sick and had a hard time with people treating her like she wasn't sick. Now in her late 20s she's a beautiful model. I can't imagine being able to find the right foundation for Olive skin when it's so hard to just find neutral to cool foundation.

@amnbvcxz8650 4 ай бұрын

I’ve always hated how my skin look different from others, greener or ashen. I even was asked by doctors to check my liver and iron. In a photo in my old pasport i looked legit of green colour if it would be checked with an app thingy

@amnbvcxz8650 4 ай бұрын

@@vzeimenwhich colour of hair and eyes did she have?

@vzeimen 4 ай бұрын

@@amnbvcxz8650 she had medium blind hair that got darker as she got older. I’m not sure about eye color

@lungcavityatf 4 ай бұрын

"since I tried the olive shade, it's OL-IVE been using"

@lezliehayes5346 4 ай бұрын

That’s cute🤣wordplay.

@LauraLVTGW 4 ай бұрын

Most pale olive Italian, here!! I'm kind of upset more Italian brands don't do more olive undertones!!! I've been looking for 40 years!! Some Revlon and Milani work for me, but I usually have to mix in the Missha BB Cream (sort of gray undertone) to get the best match. Thank you so much for this!! Many blessings!!!💖💖💖

@eiremerald 4 ай бұрын

The Missha has been the only thing that has worked for me.

@andreesandahl300 4 ай бұрын

Armani luminous silk has a light and medium olive

@ambergerhelper7852 4 ай бұрын

LOVE Missha! It’s my only perfect color match (#13). I’ve worn it about 10 years now, and always go back to it.

@josiekoerner5345 Ай бұрын

I agree, I'm Italian and light olive

@reigazze Ай бұрын

I'm from Argentina and I have to mix my foundation with the Missha BB cream too, the foundations here are too orangey u.u

@faithmcdonald936 4 ай бұрын

I would love a shopping Sephora video!

@mebibibi 4 ай бұрын

seconded!

@Loloharvey7 4 ай бұрын

Thirded! 😂

@yb9964 4 ай бұрын

The more I watch your videos, the more I gaslight myself into thinking I’m olive

@istanbulbaabbad6841 4 ай бұрын

Omg same😂😂😂😂

@AlexandraAnele 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@CrisOnTheInternet 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Sammy84_ 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@megwysatta7393 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@nhendphotog 4 ай бұрын

This is the best olive toned fair/light video I've ever seen. AAAAAND, I'm so stoked to try the about face foundation!

@funsizedi88 Ай бұрын

Same! Just ordered it at Ulta. Even the shade finder in ultas site gave me F2 olive when I put in the foundations I usually use! Can't wait to pick it up today!

@crispianna 4 ай бұрын

Definitely would love to see the online shopping video! As a chronically ill girly with limited energy I get to shop in person almost never but shopping for foundation & concealer shades online is so BRUTAL

@sherrillsturm7240 4 ай бұрын

Chronically ill person here, also. I cannot go to a store, and online is a crap-shoot. I agree with what you wrote here. Be well. I did find a product that matched me for a while, but it was discontinued (of course.)

@TheBreaker996 4 ай бұрын

Yes, and if you gather all the power you have for that one “big in-person makeup haul,” you get “oh, you are just ✨PALE✨” Guys, I have no energy nor time to go through this all over again.

@Sidera17 4 ай бұрын

Same here! I am chronically ill with a skin condition (think: it looks like rosacea but your skin turns orange instead). Finding a foundation and concealer has been a nightmare bc I cannot go to the store, plus I am chemically sensitive to 75% of all makeup/fragrances. The chronic inflammation in my face gives me a red/pink tone, but I can't tell if that's actually my skin tone. I'm so pale all I can tell is that I think I'm cool, whether it ends up being true cool, neutral, or olive.

@AB-ez1eh 4 ай бұрын

This trick works pretty well for me as a pale olive shopping online, maybe it can for you too: I look at the section of foundations likely to be the right level of lightness/darkness and within those I choose the one that looks the grayest. This works especially well when there are swatches on someone’s arm because the other shades will look so orange/yellow/pink next to it. Edit: I also use a white foundation mixer since the olive foundations I use are just a touch too dark for me

@Sidera17 4 ай бұрын

@@AB-ez1eh The "white foundation mixer" IYKNK. 🤣💝 That's an awesome idea about the gray! Someone once suggested downloading a color pixel software program, taking a picture in direct sunlight, and clicking around to get an idea of foundation color as well as good contour shades. Then you can try to match it to the online pixel color. I tried this and I've found I have a lot of cool gray in my skin tones that almost leans purple! I think the gray has something to do with potential olive, but the red is cool/also my inflammation. lol

@AnnRey18 4 ай бұрын

Can you swatch multiple concealers next? Specially the Loreal Infallible ♥Great vid.

@darciann 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to suggest ELF camo concealer for this video too!

@tinafriis3122 4 ай бұрын

She has a few videos of concealer swatches already. 😊

@sarahdev.1268 4 ай бұрын

She did swatch L'oreal infallible already in one of her trying on concealers videos, she has a couple.

@Ana-kh3ou 4 ай бұрын

LA Girl Pro Color mixing pigment in blue absolutely changed my life. Just a little bit goes a long way for those too orange and yellow foundations. perfect olive 🫒

@babzba 4 ай бұрын

this! I have been buying yellow undertoned foundation for ages and using this to shift the color green and it works like a charm. But sometimes a girl gets sick of having to mix.

@JoanKSX 4 ай бұрын

I mix L'Oreal Paris Infallible Fresh Wear liquid foundation in the shade of 120 Vanilla with the white and blue of L.A. Girl Pro Color Foundation Mixing Pigment and that makes my skin colour. (120 Vanilla is too dark and too orange for me)

@kohk79 4 ай бұрын

Yes, I’ve been using it as well! Only thing is I wish I didn’t need this extra step of mixing the pigment each time.

@mamabear8373 4 ай бұрын

The blue mixer is how I've discovered I'm olive 😂. I thought for the longest time I had a strong blue undertone and was sick of mixing, so I took my ideal mix to the drugstore and bought the Revlon Illuminance foundation in 217. It's has been the closest shade I have ever found and low and behold it has olive undertones. I've been on a quest to find my shade match at the drugstore and nothing has been right till this shade.

@funsizedi88 Ай бұрын

@@mamabear8373the about face one is only $22, and with the price at the drugstore lately- that's not too bad.

@celchu5 4 ай бұрын

I am a light medium olive. The struggle is so real. I have tried so many foundations and have only ever loved one from Dior. Olive girlies get samples from Sephora and test them in your home with natural light because those lights in Sephora are pure sorcery.

@Mommysauraus 4 ай бұрын

I am the same!! And I have been done so dirty by that sephora light 😩

@karlaschmid8757 4 ай бұрын

Armani number 6.

@irairod5160 4 ай бұрын

I am light-medium with olive undertones and the Lisa Eldridge Seamless Foundation No. 16 is spot-on the color of my neck and jaw line. So SPOT-ON it is, that I kept putting more on because I couldn't see it on my skin. Another one that matches me well is Estee Lauder Double Wear in 2W2 Rattan. Also, if I wear MAC NC30 or L'Oreal True Match Super-Blendable foundation and add 1 drop of blue pigment (L.A. Girl) I can match myself perfectly. Teint Idole has a great alternative. Sadly, it made me break out, so I had to return it and no longer remember the shade number.

@ambergerhelper7852 4 ай бұрын

Have you tried Missha #21?

@MonicaRubio 3 ай бұрын

koh gen do 213 is my closest shade as. light medium olive but i’m not sure if i’m a neutral or warm lol

@maalvaaa 4 ай бұрын

You are so good at what you do. The way you talk to the camera is so natural, it literarily feels like you are talking directly to me. You are also so genuine and authentic, who you are is exactly what comes through the videos. I really appreciate your channel, the work and content that you provide us❤️ All love to you! ❤️❤️❤️

@tarynperry2133 4 ай бұрын

Yes, I'd love to do the olive shopping spree. There is a Korean brand named Ko Gen Do and they have an olive shade that I think would work for you. It's pricey, but it has been my best match thus far. Foundation shopping is so hard for olive skin especially!!!

@alienmorphette 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Shade 213.

@Julz117117 4 ай бұрын

Reminding myself to shop here

@xmustbedreaming 3 ай бұрын

Sorry to be annoying with this comment, but Koh Gen Do (江原道) is a Japanese brand.

@Isobeln 3 ай бұрын

Yes, Koh Gen Do shade 213 is good, but not fair enough for me

@swesttttt 3 ай бұрын

I’ve wanted to try that forever, but I can’t justify that sort of cash on an everyday foundation. If I was getting married or had some fancy event, perhaps, but I don’t and I’m not, so… Will just keep using my blue mixer on the cheaper stuff!

@violetviolet888 4 ай бұрын

I wish someone would do this who had a cool-olive undertone. Warm-olives are far more common than cool-olives.

@kateaye3506 4 ай бұрын

Go to a subreddit called Fair Olives. You'll find it more common to be cool olive.

@RexytheRexy Ай бұрын

That's me: fair neutral-cool to cool olive. Put a neutral foundation on me, my skin pops grey-green. I've never, in my three and a half decades of life, found a foundation that matches. Send help!

@violetviolet888 Ай бұрын

@@RexytheRexy Here's an olive-undertoned people tip for you: Find any foundation in a formulation you love that's as close to your overall skin color as possible-which usually means its "value" matches (not too light/not too dark) but it's still looking orange (or pink) on you. Get a bottle of Mehron Makeup Liquid Face and Body Paint in [green and/or blue] to use as a *foundation pigment corrector*. This is a professional line that is used in the film industry. General principle: Use green if you have a bright/saturated skintone and use blue if you have a muted/desaturated skintone. But either is better than none to adjust an existing foundation that is closest to your needs to an olive-undertone. Barely 1/16th of a drop per daily foundation application will allow you to achieve your color match. It works for all foundations, will last five years and save you $$$ as it is only $6.95. This is completely different than a "color correctors" because which are meant to be applied to the skin *before* applying foundation and can change the formulation of your foundation. The recommendation above is *pure pigment* meaning it will not change the formulation of your foundation.

@josiekoerner5345 Ай бұрын

i agree I'm light cool tone olive, but these videos are very helpful so glad people are finally realizing that olive skin can be light skin as well.

@MisforMakeup Ай бұрын

She swatched one under her video shorts

@justilou1 4 ай бұрын

I have found a cheap K-beauty concealer that is so similar to N*rs Creamy Concealer that has a colour called Green Beige. It’s brilliant to cover redness & mix with foundation. The brand is The Saem.

@dianasvatok2522 3 ай бұрын

pls say which one is that

@gatoshadow 2 ай бұрын

Etude has one too! It’s green and literally exactly my color, which is how i discovered i am olive 😂 it’s the neutral mint shade, i wish etude had a foundation with the same shade too tho 😪

@laurenkunken4603 22 күн бұрын

Yep confirms I’m olive when you mention the Revlon in Buff. That’s the only one I’ve ever found to being close enough without looking orange on me. Excited to try the About Face now!

@flobottt 4 ай бұрын

Yessss please do a video for shopping foundations online - I'm a fellow green girlie

@Hx3ney 4 ай бұрын

I'm excited to see an online shopping too 😊

@tinafriis3122 4 ай бұрын

Yesss! Because of you, I realized a few years back that I'm olive. ❤ Finally it just made sense that nothing matched me. 🙄 The shades that work for you work for me as well, so I always appreciate your complexion videos, thanks! Hugs from Denmark

@samtron5000 3 ай бұрын

Looking at your picture I don’t see how you are olive

@murphymomof9 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this, Alex! I def. need to get that About Face. (And yes, first thing I thought when you swatched it on your neck is that it looked a bit "pinker".) The Lighter Smashbox shade is fantastic, and it was great to be reminded about the Revlon Buff. Maybelline Fit Me 118 used to be good on me but now it's a tad too dark. And Revlon Candid 120 is a tad too light. The KVD Good Apple Balm has good light olive tones, as well. Light 8 and Medium 27 (not Medium at all). Always love new suggestions! Thanks again.

@gotteskind_7 4 ай бұрын

I always love listening to your videos, they're so relaxing and chill.

@AvaNightingale 4 ай бұрын

We neeeeeeded this!!! Thank you!

@stanorange 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS. I got an NYX foundation that you recommended in a video a couple of years ago for my wedding and it was perfect; same with a blush. I still use both! I would love you to make this into a series (blush, lipsticks, eye shadow...)!

@askalemuralia 3 ай бұрын

which Nyx? Is it still in production?

@stanorange 3 ай бұрын

@@askalemuralia I just checked for you, and apparently it is not!! (I rarely use foundation so I have not had to buy it again since). It was the Born to Glow foundation. I've seen on reddit that they have discontinued it, and are now pushing their new BARE WITH ME BLUR foundations. I have not tried them, so I can't tell you if they are any good :( but people on reddit seem to like it.

@jennycantler 4 ай бұрын

I. Effing. Love. You. This video is so needed for us olive gals. I've learned so much about skin tone with your help! Light, warm to neutral olive here and I've spent most of my life looking gray as hell. Thank you! I would love a shopping video!

@sherrillsturm7240 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you for the olive foundation comparison. Much needed.

@mtbikechic 4 ай бұрын

You are SOOO good! Best comprehensive content.

@serena7089 4 ай бұрын

Woah! Invaluable information here for all the olive peeps around! THANK YOU SO MUCH! And yes please do a video on online makeup shopping, thanks! ;) we really appreciate you and your knowledge!🫒💚

@kimmip5927 4 ай бұрын

This is great. I NEVER tried olive foundations bc I thought olive meant medium skin. I was told I was neutral. But every neutral shade looks peachy or orange on me. Then I bought Auric glow lust in Pyrite (which is my fav product ever) and realized the olive undertone might really work on my skin. Obviously that’s not a foundation but a good starting point. I’m not as fair as you but this was such a great tool to see the differences in tones and maybe try the next shade up in some of these. Just really cool/useful content! And I’m curious about the About Face foundation now!

@emmalarsson8291 4 ай бұрын

YES! ❤ This was very helpful and would love a shopping video. It' so hard finding olive products 😮

@jessical6944 4 ай бұрын

Yes!! The about face foundation in F2 is a perfect match for me!! Love love love it!

@meheritasenorita1124 4 ай бұрын

Would love to see a concealer video of how to atleast pick the best concealer for olive tones. Btw alex you were the one who opened my eyes to finally see that I am olive toned, so thank you for that!

@Endlesscrab 4 ай бұрын

I have the About Face in the same shade as you and really encourage you to get the Lisa E 2.5 too. It’s slightly lighter and more neutral than the About Face, but I think it’s also a bit greener. They both match me, which says a lot about how critical undertones are. I almost cried with relief 😂

@AlexandraAnele 4 ай бұрын

Oh I’m definitely gonna pick it up! 🙌🏼

@anneviscardi 4 ай бұрын

Same! I just got the about face in last Friday and I was actually so shocked when I put it on how seamlessly it blended. I saw Nicolette’s story on IG for L2O and it was too saturated so she was ordering the next one down and i just took a chance and ordered it. They’re really close, LE depending the time of year matches me pretty well, It’s just a bit lighter but the finish is also different and you get more coverage. I remember when I worked in the color dept a long time ago, a coworker told me oh you have a bit of olive in you. At the time i was more light med to med and I don’t know why i didn’t think as i stopped sunning so much i still had olive. Ive always just said neutral to warm because face to neck and body ratio so different 😊

@laurendempers1315 3 ай бұрын

The LE 2.5 make me look sickly and it was finicky to work with, I couldn’t find a way to make it look very good. Def want to try the about face!

@anneviscardi 3 ай бұрын

@@laurendempers1315you made need a cooler or more neutral olive.

@elisashupe 4 ай бұрын

YES i've been waiting for this video, thank you!

@megwysatta7393 4 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic episode. Thank you!

@Amynka4578 4 ай бұрын

Great❤I have such a hard time finding good foundation for my pale olive skin.. my neck has literaly green shades 😅 I would also love to see video from you with your favourite lipsticks for olive skin tone ❤❤

@brielleoneal3117 4 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!!!❤️ I always struggle trying to find the right shade for my olive skin!!

@amberweaver1037 4 ай бұрын

Love this video! I totally geek out on color theory!

@saywaerdholst2616 4 ай бұрын

Omg thank you for this video! Great explanations and examples!

@annichan113 4 ай бұрын

Lisa Eldriges Foundation in 2.5 is definately a true olive foundation. One of the best matches I ever got. Its more muted and darker than Smashbox F10 O. In my opinion Smashbox screwed up the colors in their Always On Foundation. The previous 24h hydrating foundation, that I loved, had a better Fair Olive shade. F10 O in my opinion is not olive, its a very fair yellow. 😢

@YogaCheryl 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I use the SmashBox F10 foundation as concealer or as a foundation mixer because that stuff is FULL coverage! Their next shades in the line are just all wrong.

@user-wp1dn7fd9w 4 ай бұрын

The new shade the site indicates compared to the old one is F20W. I’ve swatched F10O, F20N and F20W and on me they all looked kinda the same, but F20W is the closest one to the old version!

@notes_to_elle8664 4 ай бұрын

Heh, yeah the Lisa Eldridge fair olive matched me so well it actually kinda weirded me out 😆

@crl62089 4 ай бұрын

Lisa makes the best olive shades! Shade 9.5 is my perfect winter shade. I’ve never been had a real match before. It’s amazing!

@athimine 4 ай бұрын

Hello, I hope I won't bother you, but would you say that the Lisa Eldridge foundation in shade 2.5 has some kind of yellow tint in it ? My mom is fair/light olive and she struggles to find a greenish undertone, but she also needs a bit of yellow, it that makes sense (but not the golden one). Thank you !

@mldecamps 4 ай бұрын

I loved this video! I would love to see something similar for bronzers, as so many look orange on me.

@hermajestyqueenmiloticlady2299 4 ай бұрын

That is amazing 🤩 That first swatch has me sold as a fair cool-leaning neutral Olive ( with cool yellow + olive tones)

@Divinaa36 4 ай бұрын

Yes! Id love to see all olive foundations out there!

@arianagandu 4 ай бұрын

I have been DYING to see you review Lisa eldridge's foundation in 2.5 pleeeease do it

@JillKnapp 4 ай бұрын

Holy crap, this video is soooo ridiculously helpful. Besides helping us see which foundations would be great if we happen to have your skin tone, but it also helps us "use our words" when describing and comparing colors. Thank you for the important reminder to let shit oxidize/dry down a bit, and to always look at colors in natural light! Alex, you are a goddamn gift.

@emmawatson2617 4 ай бұрын

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for making this for us!!❤️❤️❤️

@donnaagrapides3912 4 ай бұрын

I would say the about face first swatch you did and the revlon buff are dead on … this was a great video and so educational I am an olive as well ! Also on the light side !

@tonberrycathy 4 ай бұрын

I found out this year that I'm definitely olive toned (I'd say probably neutral olive, maybe leaning on the cool side) and I always wondered why foundations NEVER looked right on me! Your skintone is definitely a reference point for me so thank you for your olive skintone related videos, this was perfect! I'm really really intrigued by the about face foundation so im probably going to pick that up asap. Much love ❤

@Kori-Barrenger 4 ай бұрын

Literally, same. Everything is too much of something on me and it’s confusing. Too yellow, too pink, too orange 😵‍💫

@tonberrycathy 4 ай бұрын

@@Kori-Barrenger same! And it doesn't help that my skin looks so different in different lighting too so when I think something is a perfect match, I go somewhere else and my face looks too orange/yellow in comparison to my neck 😫

@Kori-Barrenger 4 ай бұрын

Yesss sooo not flattering 😆 i have high hopes for this about face! And the price 💜

@tonberrycathy 4 ай бұрын

@@Kori-Barrengeryes! The price point is an added bonus! 😁

@mizshellytee 4 ай бұрын

@@Kori-Barrenger You could be olive, or you could have a muted (or desaturated) undertone of some sort: in other words, you have some grey going on in your skin.

@shaniawells1621 4 ай бұрын

Love my olive girlies🫶🏼🫒

@starsdestiny 4 ай бұрын

I'm East Asian and I could never work out foundation, it was always too orange and gave up. I got a bb cream (skin79 triple super in pink) and it was the closest until my friend pointed out it turned grey. 10 years later I tried swatching warm foundations again and still not there😂 this video is what i needed. Olive is another undertone!

@lauriwinic6219 4 ай бұрын

Anything to help with figuring out foundations is greatly appreciated! Like you said, some can see colors and some can’t. Unfortunately I can’t and at 66 years old I still don’t know my skin tone. Some store “experts” say cool, some say warm and some say neutral. Some say stay away from yellow, but gold jewelry does look better on me. So confusing. Thank you for your detailed tutorials. You are such an inspiration. I love your hair! ❤

@mymayapapaya 4 ай бұрын

The revlon buff matches you best

@jaydaex1029 4 ай бұрын

Hey Alex! I love your videos 💚 can we please get a video on cool olive undertones x I’d love any recommendations and tips

@kirstenolson776 4 ай бұрын

I love love love this video. THANK YOU

@JackyZee 4 ай бұрын

You should try more Korean BB creams and foundations. It's terrible for deeper skin tones, but they always come through for us fair olives. I actually realized I was olive toned because of a Purito BB cream. I just grabbed the lightest shade cuz Korean makeup always has terrible shade selection but it's almost always workable. When it came it out gray I was all "wtf is this, there's no way it'll work." So of course it was almost a perfect match lmao. Then I confirmed it with a Missha BB cream, which is now my go-to when I want to glow like a disco ball. Since then nearly all of my most reliable shade matches (also for bronzer and contour) have come from K-beauty. Thanks for giving me a few more to try though. Super glad there's more selection from the drugstore these days, especially on the lighter end. Buff from Colorstay was always a bit dark for me unless it was summer and I actually tanned instead of burning and peeling.

@ambergerhelper7852 4 ай бұрын

Revlon has changed their formulas, and they oxidize on me like crazy. Missha is my holy grail. Love to hear more Korean recs from you- it looks like we have similar coloring!

@rebeccashaw3603 4 ай бұрын

Girl, the struggle is real. I have light skin with warm olive undertones. A surprise to me because I look Irish, but my father is half native. I have purchased Armani, Haus into different colors, make up forever, make up forever, reboot, three different Mac foundations, including the face and body. There's more. Not a single match. I never returned any. This has been a costly quest. About Face, thank you and thank you Alex for showing the way.

@shelby6 2 ай бұрын

Try macs new serum-powder foundation! It's the only foundation that matched, the colors differ from the rest of their range and it works sooo well 🙏🙏 I used N11 and it was perfection NC11 for a bit more warmth

@nicoleelocin7553 4 ай бұрын

I loved this one! Thank you so much

@kellyvalenti3929 4 ай бұрын

Great video! I got my Lisa Eldridge 2.5 (and the darker 9.5 olive shade to mix in a little for summer) in the mail yesterday and the 2.5 is perfect for winter shade. Def get it! And yes please to shopping vid!

@dawnwalus6587 4 ай бұрын

Alex we need COOL TONE VIDEOS TOO! nobody does it everything is always warm toned! just a suggestion!

@allisonmyers5874 4 ай бұрын

Check out @lindseymunette! She's a fair cool olive and has lots of good recs for us cool toned lighter olive skin 😊

@unwindknitting 4 ай бұрын

I love everything about this video and I’m absolutely getting the About Face foundation. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@jenn8179 4 ай бұрын

Look at you sacrificing your face for us! ❤ This was so educational!

@atfh2587 4 ай бұрын

Love your take on this Alex! ❤ Would love to see how you use cushion foundation as makeup base coz i have a hard timeeee using it especially around my dry areas - under eye etc.

@Orionka0303 4 ай бұрын

You are the Best for all of us- Olive people❤❤ thank you for everything 👌

@cs-yq5ed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Alex! It's so crazy that finding a correct foundation color is next to impossible. I appreciate you swatching all those.

@DeeLite220 4 ай бұрын

This has been SO helpful Alex. Thank you ❤🙏. I just bought the About Face because you and I share the same skintone. Hallelujah 🎶🎉💃 New foundation 😊😀

@xlenablues 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this content queen!!!!! PLEASE do more videos about olive light skin, like hair colors (red/ginger hair with olive light skin!) and other make-up thingssssss

@AlejaJParra 4 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you for posting this! I love everything about it! Much love from S. Cali 💚

@wintergoat6612 4 ай бұрын

this was extremely helpful and reassuring. Thank you Alex. Shopping videos sound fun.

@druidriley3163 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing all those! I'm going to try a couple.

@Brego100 4 ай бұрын

Yes, would love an online shade shopping video!

@andreavides5532 4 ай бұрын

i love the AF foundation! so beautiful for every day!

@UlrikeBartz 4 ай бұрын

Yes please to a video on how to find the right shade online ❤

@bubbublebr7546 4 ай бұрын

This was extremely helpful! Thank you!

@thekelseyish 3 ай бұрын

I never comment on stuff but I watched this yesterday and IMMEDIATELY bought the revlon skin caring foundation in the shade you swatched and it is a PERFECT match. I’m shook. This is such a game changer for me thank you! It’s also a great affordable option, it wears nicely over a good skincare base and covers my rosacea really well. Can’t wait to try the about face foundation too!!

@profesorahb 3 ай бұрын

I just did the same but with the aboutface and...I am SHOOK. It's so perfect!

@_xiosa 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! You swatched so many of the shades I’ve been wondering about for a long time! I have a light warm-olive skin tone, and it’s always a struggle finding a shade match in store. Most of the sales reps I talk to try to convince me Im light warm, but it always looks peachy on me. I’m at the point where I won’t try a foundation unless it offers an olive undertone. MAC is another brand that just won’t match!

@nrcreine 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! would love a shopping video too.

@theolivetone2097 4 ай бұрын

That’s a great and helpful video! Thanks for doing that. Do you think you could update a video for best bronzers for olive skin? In this same sort of format. Thanks again!

@Confusedkoduck 4 ай бұрын

I needed this video in my life! Let’s go!

@stasiaschnte3611 4 ай бұрын

Hey, Alex! Looove this video! The timing tho, I just got me a Revlon colorstay in buff, cause I saw you recommend it in one of the videos and daaamn, the color match is so much better that everything I've tried before (and drugstore?! 🤩) Thank you so much! P.S. please make a video like this with concealers for fair olives who only like to spot conceal ❤

@junglequeen7386 4 ай бұрын

im truly thankful for this.. your shade is pretty similar to mine. your recommendations helps me out a TON.

@3396kj 4 ай бұрын

I’m a fair neutral (warm leaning) and it’s also really hard to find a good match. So many light foundations and concealers are often not light enough or they’re incredibly pink! So even though I’m not olive, watching your videos still helps me learn how to work around these issues and shade match better!

@elisasanchezcorrea9739 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video Alex! At 40 years old I have never found a perfect color match so far, so I really appreciate videos like this. I wish more brands would take fair and light olive skintones into account. I would love to see more content about this topic, it's truly helpful!

@heathercongden4227 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this!! I’m a light medium olive tone!! This is fabulous

@BadIzzie 4 ай бұрын

❤ Light olive is such a struggle. Thank you for this!

@sprocketsgirl 3 ай бұрын

SO so helpful! Thank you!!

@triciag7040 4 ай бұрын

Love this video. Even though I'm not olive, I'm close, so I have a short list of other foundation options to try! Very helpful!

@lorenacalzada2325 4 ай бұрын

Yes 🎉 early, Hi beautiful Lady, can’t wait to see what you have for us, love the topic. Specially foundation 😊 love you have a wonderful day 🥰🌸✨

@saylorsoul 4 ай бұрын

THIS IS THE CONTENT WE NEED

@abbyshepherd7276 4 ай бұрын

just came here to say that i’m STOKED at the About Face foundation. first foundation to really match my undertones :’) so grateful for your recommendations and for these swatch comparisons! i love love love your videos! ❤

@sweet-red 4 ай бұрын

this video was great, thank you for taking the time to do this alex 🖤 i’m going to checkout those revlon shades. (currently, the only thing i’ve found to match me very closely is the missha bb cream in light 23.)

@thekatrenee 4 ай бұрын

Yes, a video on shopping for olive foundation would be very helpful!

@hereskara 4 ай бұрын

Girl yes! Thank you!! blah! so helpful. Also, extremely down to see a 'go shopping w me video'

@nicciellett5008 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex, that was very helpful. For many years I’ve had Revlon Colorstay in Buff and it’s a pretty decent match and foundation. I hope they continue this drugstore product for the wider population to be able to find a good olive shade.

@tomlinson1107 4 ай бұрын

Just ordered the fair olive About Face foundation and I'm so excited!!

@alenetimberlake7148 4 ай бұрын

Thank you.. I just bought About Face f2 olive...and I was shook..it's perfect for me! Thank you so so so much!! ❤❤

@fleechelmeyer8416 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this video! ❤

@alannis101 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! This is so helpful as someone that is a fair olive also.

@emmaweber1232 4 ай бұрын

That is, by far my favorite make up video. Thank you. It was on point. I would like the video. " choose olive fondation online" plzzzzzzzz. And yeah, so instructive! Thank's a lot !

@sleepdestroyer27 4 ай бұрын

I don't have olive skin as much as translucent petal but even still, I learned a lot about colors, tones, undertones and how to actually shop for foundation so thanks, my olive friend!