Foundation Matching for Medium and Olive Skin Tones | Sephora You Ask, We Answer

When it comes to a perfect foundation match, Sephora Beauty Director David has you covered. Check out these easy tips and tricks on how to find the best foundation fit for medium skin tones.
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[@rebeccastark8317]

We need more olive foundations for medium deep skin tones

[@Britania-Valon]

Exactly

[@RememberTheLord]

In all ranges, I hope. There’s like hardly any for light skin. Everyone assumes olive people are tan but there’s pale olive too.

[@traetrae11]

@@RememberTheLordIt’s hard for those of you with light olive skin but honestly they make even fewer of them olive once you go past tan. There are very few brands that make a medium deep olive. They tend to stop right before my shade or skip over the transition shade between tan and deep.

[@meepmeep1329]

and pale!! Almost always brands think only medium to deep skin tones can be olive. We all can be olive :( And they think olive skin is always warm. Ugh. There is cool and neutral too. :(

[@CyberMachine]

Please do more videos on light to medium olive undertones. It doesn't seem like many of the Sephora artists know what to do. They hand me foundations that clearly do not match.

[@Filianyntix]

I'm a light cool-neutral olive and it's really hard to find a decent foundation. I tried Sephora Best Skin Ever 17.5N. It's sliiiightly peachy but it's not so bad. Probably the one of the best matches so far. The formulation is amazing. No one realizes that I have foundation on my skin during the day.

[@catiejohnson7910]

I’ve found a lot of lighter olive foundations seem Peachy to me which I think is meant for warmer Olives not cool ones. I tried 17.5 and the color seemed ok but wasn’t enough coverage for me and I think was a tad light

[@brendalucian6219]

I'm a fair cool olive,and it's hard for me to find one that matches my skin exactly too. The closest one so far is Urban Decay Stay Naked in 30CG,and I have to mix a little bit of a lighter shade of another brand,or a little white mixer into it to get it to where it doesn't leave a line on my jaw.I wish they'd add a couple of lighter shades in the Cool Green category,like a 20CG,11CG, or 10 CG.

[@catiejohnson7910]

@@brendalucian6219 yah 30cg is a little too dark. I just tried Lisa Eldridge’s new 2.5. I’m not sure if it’s a tad too light but I’m trying it for a few days

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

You have to try Estée Lauder they are the best

[@negy2570]

​@@brendalucian6219so true! 30CG would work so much better on me if It was 20CG why do brands assume olives cannot be fair?

[@simoneperkins6100]

I'd love to see matching on an olive black person. The first fenty shade I was matched go was 390 then the 2nd bottle I bought was super orange. No other shades match in depth at all!

[@Sephora]

Hey there, we'll note that for future video ideas. That's a great topic.

[@indiradefa3733]

you can use la girl's blue mixer for orange tones!

[@tonyasbeautylooks]

​@in the run I couldn't live without this product!

[@leticimarcela3659]

I would love to see something on foundations and concealers oxidation and what to do after finding your perfect shade

[@lynetteplans7974]

Would love to see full coverage on a mature woman with large pores. Looking forward to the new Sephora opening in my area in 2023.

[@marisaflores-march7112]

Yay! 2 of my favorite peeps on the same video! And, I'm also olive skinned, neutral undertone complected...only took me like 20 years to get color matched correctly! 🤪

[@Sephora]

We totally get you, and hopefully this helped!

[@Marinette007]

O.M.G. I thought I knew what my under tone was, -I wasn't so wrong- but you made me realize that I might actually be more Neutral than warm. Love what you did with Natasha. Will check the video again for the colors you used on her. Thank you so much!! P.S. Natasha has great skin.

[@blainedubrow6437]

I’m light medium with olive undertones. Very few brands match me

[@Sephora]

Definitely check out our Best Skin Ever Foundation from Sephora Collection.

[@catiejohnson7910]

It would help if store associates Could better identify olives esp fair/light/ medium olives.

[@blainedubrow6437]

@@catiejohnson7910 yes! They always tell me I’m neutral which makes me look ashy

[@catiejohnson7910]

@@blainedubrow6437 I usually get you are so Warm bc I have bleached blonde hair. I’ve had one associate know I was olive. One! I get warm that are too golden or neutral that are so peach

[@fafagarbin]

Me too! I saw that KOSAS has a foundation color number which is described light medium olive. On the Sephora best skin ever I am 20N

[@jobertbarin9736]

Literally *never* realized I might be olive until trying Armani Luminous Silk 8.75 and Haus Labs Triclone 330. 👁👄👁

[@micahthomas9521]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!❤ I've been trying to figure this out for a long time

[@Mella823]

I just love David ❤

[@shivanikalkeri9175]

Super helpful..this was my struggle for the longest time

[@aynesmestre8022]

Absolutely beautiful

[@Sephora]

❤❤❤❤

[@fafagarbin]

Thank you Sephora for this video❤

[@littlelouElise]

I’m sold! Loved the video. Thank you :).

[@vickyvictoria4u]

We are happy that David is with us! 💖

[@annan4091]

Very helpful !! 😍😍

[@bobbies1562]

We need more olive foundations for tan deep and deep skin tones. Thank you.

[@lauraalvarez2681]

Awwww I love this David!!!

[@bruiz5240]

❤❤❤DAVID❤❤❤

[@elizabethjessmore2719]

I would like to see foundations and concealers for mature, olive, dry skin.

[@OhWanya]

What about light and fair olive?????

[@ssssbi]

Any recommendation which shade would be good for light medium neutral olive in this foundation?

[@carlflores2442]

Wow he taught me so much thank you

[@bentleygamertv1624]

I went to sephora a few times and I keep getting colour matched to neutral or neutral cool. I go home with samples in natural light the foundation is too pink, orange or muddy/greyish looking. Sigh * I’m def a medium light olive tone. More noticeable olive when I tan in the summer! I’m gunna go back to Sephora and get samples of this brand!

[@roger12393]

I would like to see Blushes for olive skin tone.

[@vee-11111]

What about pale olive skin?

[@user-lw9ut2ms6m]

Daaaaaaaaaavid. LOVE David ❤❤❤

[@Seemstobereal]

Would love to see how to cover melasma on brown skin

[@Sephora]

Hey there! We have some videos on covering up hyperpigmentation and dark spots- bit.ly/3Hrstei

[@Lima3578user]

Finally, MAC suggests NC42 which makes me look muddy.

[@nevermines]

So relatable honestly it oxidizes and looks weird on me too

[@shelbyk2193]

I tried color IQ at Sephora and the shades didn't match me very well. Warm undertones were too orange, cool was too pink, and neutral was ok but not that well. I give up on finding a foundation and concealer shade.

[@dulcineadurance1391]

David looks olive too❤

[@MrsLal446]

My neck s darker live warm with some Malasmic patches while my face s neutral . Struggling a lot to find right match.

[@wajidarif820]

Hi my skin is light medium 1 warm 1 intensity 2 what is exactly shade for my skin

[@user-hl4yf7xx8j]

I have olive 🫒 skin tone to its hella tough

[@paulaalvespenteados]

Qual foi o tom Usado?

[@vibingwithnature642]

What's the closest to Maybelline fit me 220 in this foundation?

[@Glad2BGolden]

I wish Sephora sales people were this knowledgeable. They see my tan skin and immediately grab the NC45. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@rupinder187]

hiii sir my skin is very dry which foundation i have to use please suggest me my skin is fair

[@aidafares9268]

Oh my your genies

[@lismercedesyf]

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[@fareenkhan5500]

Does Sephora best skin ever foundation pregnancy safe?

[@Sephora]

Fareen Khan Hi there, it is.

[@lilah3051]

Natasha is so pretty wtf 🥹🥹

[@angiee3419]

I'm still confused i used to think i was like a honey beige but i realized that's not my skintone it's because my face skin is so burn because my chest its a lot lighter i sometimes look tan sometimes i look more light

[@maribelbaez1231]

What color did you use on her?

[@esthernava876]

I heard David saying 28.5 in the Sephora best skin ever foundation and concealer

[@maribelbaez1231]

@@esthernava876 thank you!

[@yurikouemura1844]

So olive undertone = Neutral??

[@NatalieMarie917]

He was saying it can still lean warm, cool, or neutral. But in general, yes, olive skin tones tend to lean more neutral… just not necessarily the type of neutral most foundations come in

[@MuchCocoa]

i rly thought the cool undertone one matches her too 😭i can't color match to save my life

[@melissarobertson9189]

Gahh this is my skin tone

[@infinity-skies1207]

is the shade range really small? this looks too light for her, even though the tone is right.

[@user-hl4yf7xx8j]

You can get darker foundation with neutral undertone like true match 8r 8c nut brown would suit her

[@yafavbrujita762]

Nooo we need bronzer for olive skin. She’s more a reddish olive too. But neutral

[@cjrg2779]

Reddish olive??? Is that possible????

[@betito5192]

​@@cjrg2779if not, we can invent it🙄🙄🙄

[@margieking3934]

This great….but I need To see a tutorial for olive skinned 70 yr old woman.

[@slavi7191]

I'm a fair, neutral olive. 🫒 Finally something for us green people!

[@bagelsaregoodstuff]

The makeup industry really be cheating us out of foundations. Good olive undertones are sooo hard to find. Everything looks orange on me. Btw have you tried the foundation in the video ? Or are there any nice olive friendly ones you recommend ? Kermit said it best - it isn’t easy being green

[@slavi7191]

@@bagelsaregoodstuff LOL. So true. I haven't tried any of those. Have you?