Y'ALL...I FIGURED OUT MY UNDERTONE AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND EXPLAINED EVERYTHING ABOUT MY PAST

[@HannahLouisePoston]

y'all I keep going back to 19:44 to look at the mixed lipstick on my hand and then skipping to 20:19 to see how incredibly different it looks when it's on my face, IT'S SO TRIPPY AND IT EXPLAINS SO MUCH

[@agresticumbra]

Hannah, I picked up a grey lipstick specifically to mute more saturated colors. The one I have is by illamasqua, called storm. It’s a LE, & it’s still available online, but not on their main site. I also have a Salt New York palette with pans of coolish brown, tan, white, and a warm blue, to try and customize color cosmetics a bit more. The lip color you made, and applied to your lips, doesn’t look bright (on your lips) to me. I’ve got really mauvy lips, almost a muted plum, and a lot of warm nudes look garish on my face.

[@LadyAhro]

I have to say that Lorna Doone is an unusual lipstick name, knowing of the book of the same name.

[@garza2margarita]

Its so odd that i don’t really see that much of a difference! I see only the expected difference if that makes sense? (By ‘expected difference’ i am referring to the normal way that colored cosmetics look like in their pans and when swatched and then how different they look once applied.)

[@imperfectlyEm]

I feel like it even warms up a bit more as you are speaking. Looking at 19:44 and 21:05 are quite different to my eye! Putty to like... caramel peach???

[@mus1quenonst0p]

@@LadyAhro however the cookie of the same name does make sense, given the color

[@Olivina330]

A tiny PSA to anyone still confused about their coloring: Olive skintones also come in cool, neutral, and warm undertones, and Reddit's r/OliveMUA tremendously guided my olive journey figuring it out. There are so many members in the community with varying skin depths 🙌 Godspeed, green peeps! 🐸

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

yeah i just found out there could be cool olives ....never knew this and i'm fascinated

[@MariaSolvesProblems]

😱🤯

[@MrMikk532]

Glad you said this! I'm an olive that leans cooler and some blush recs I've tried from her just didn't look good on me. Very interesting to see how colors work very different on people!

[@susannatuttapanna2010]

yep, my aunt used to be cool olive and as she's aged she's gone warm olive. J Lo is a warm olive, Penelope Cruz is cool olive.

[@oddds]

Mind blown

[@CatieMarie-4932]

I also just recently determined that I have a fair to light olive undertone. Anything too warm looks orange on me and anything too cool clashes with my skin tone. Both make me look sallow. To quote Kermit the Frog “It’s not easy being green.”

[@carinaelizabethpaul9785]

I was saying the same Phrase by Kermit the frog 🐸 😂 " it's not easy being green". I'm having the worst time finding concealer and foundation.

[@JessicaOrban3606]

Lol same, except I also have tend to have redness on my face and chest, so that makes things even more complicated 🙃

[@LexiLadonna]

FYI for all the light olives watching this video, I think olive undertones are a lot more common in Asia so foundations from Korean and Japanese companies are a good place to start for those looking for a good match. I say this based purely on personal experience having lived in Japan for a few years and also being into K-beauty. The only time I've ever had good matches are when I was color matched in Japan or, now that I'm back in the US, ordering Korean BB creams.

[@tobelieve627]

I don’t know about that… I am unable to find a good shade in K or j beauty foundation, and the one that’s the staple for olive is too green to me….

[@jaccilowe3842]

Good tip about Asian products. At the age of 65 after wearing makeup all my life I finally figured out I am light olive and I now use the Aqua Foundation from Koh Gen Do in #213. It's perfect.

[@PasserbySimp]

I recommended not looking at only k and j beauty! For darker complexion, I recommend looking at South East Asia's makeup, e.x. Indonesia has a lot of brown skin tone ❤

[@serriberri90]

Yes, i think shiseido has olive tones in their shades :)

[@blueberries9850]

Definitely, Koreans are advanced in terms of beauty and skin care

[@dinahconsumption3614]

Just started watching, but it seems like this video will contain some of my very favorite things: 1. Color theory 2. Technique 3. Self exploration in pursuit of a goal which sounds more like the second act of a novel than a makeup video but fine yes hero's journey come through

[@HannahLouisePoston]

I really wish I had thought to include the phrase "hero's journey" in the title of this video

[@dinahconsumption3614]

@@HannahLouisePoston There's always act 3 to look forward to

[@cinmingrl]

My coloring is Soft, which means it is a mix of cool and warm, not neutral. As a rosy cheeked, freckly, german-scottish-irish person I learned that when I am more pale in winter I am more cool/pink (soft summer, ironically), but when I "tan" or freckle-up in summer I cross over to slightly warm/golden (soft autumn). Another thing I found helpful was learning my contrast level. I am light but not fair, with medium dark but not deep hair. When I am more pale the contrast to my hair is higher, so I can wear deeper or lighter colors and they look appropriate. When I am more tan and may have sun-streaked hair the contrast is less and medium tones are more complimentary. Now that I have learned all this I wear medium peachy colors in summer/fall and cool brights and deeper darks in winter. It's been ground-breaking for my confidence in stying and shopping

[@newgangan4754]

Where did you learn this from ? Do you have any useful links or people to search for regarding colour ?? I am very interested in colour theory but still very confused . All I know is when I wear certain colours I feel fantastic but it can be expensive experimenting !! Thank you 🙏

I'm Irish and it sounds like we have the same skin!

[@cinmingrl]

@@newgangan4754 A youtuber called merriam style has some great color analysis and body type videos on her channel. I find she explains things in ways that I can grasp. ellie jean royden and aly art are other channels where I've discovered some "ah ha" info

[@newgangan4754]

@@cinmingrl thank you that is most helpful 🙏🎄

[@betito5192]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂come oooooonnnnn!!!!

[@emmab4961]

hannah!! i ALSO have veryveryvery pale skin and olive undertones (my mom has veryveryvery pale skin w neutral undertones but my dad has tan skin with olive undertones) and i have been saying for years that my skin has olive undertones and have been MOCKED! MOCKED i tell you! very gratifying to watch you come to the same conclusion, and i'm very happy for you!!

[@LisaF_]

@@SpyderT22 exactly!! If a line has an olive undertone, it usually starts in the tan section of their shades. It’s so frustrating! Rare Beauty is one of the only ones I can think of that has a light olive shade

[@rebekkakhigson]

Also Kryolan has pale olive foundations!

[@mediocrebankai]

Same situation with my parents, mom is very much white and my dad is very much native american

[@erronperez8215]

This is so fun! I just recently realized I had yellow undertones, after constantly being told I was neutral, buying neutral base products, & always finding them too red, pink, dark etc. As a Black person, I think non-Black people are too quick to ascribe red undertones to folks with brown skin, whether we're or dark or light complected. It sucks. Lots of wasted money. Buuuut finally realizing I'm yellow/golden after intuiting it myself after many failures at the hands of sales associates, I'm having a blast. The Rose Inc is one of the few shade matches for me as well actually! I still mix two shades, but it's more or a depth thing than an undertone thing with those. I think some brands do yellow & green better than others. Just like folks assume pale skin can't be olive, for some reason folks are also confused about brown skin with yellow undertones. 🥴🤷🏾

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

i'm black but very light and i thought i was warm until i tried Fenty 260 foundation....i also didn't know someone as pale as she is could be police and then i'm learning that there are cool olives which is fascinating to me.

[@iPikastars]

THIS. I’ve had many shop assistants and even an MUA slap a red undertoned foundation on me despite my pleas of “I’m pretty sure I’m yellow…”. I sometimes have to skip entire foundation/concealer lines (*stares at Juvias place) because my shade just doesn’t exist or I’m gonna have to mix and refuse to do that with a more expensive foundation. I’m also a lighter complected Black Woman.

[@fattysl26]

It's not the cheapest but I recently bought lisa eldridge's new foundation and it's spot on. My struggle with foundation as a black woman was that foundations either go red toned or yellow, and I'm neutral. And then the ones that were neutral made me look casket ready 🙄.

[@andreakristinbeauty]

I’m sorry that so many people miss told you your undertone. If you still have those neutral foundations you can buy a cheap yellow mixer from LA Girl and mix it in with those to make them more your skin tone! I have the blue one and it works perfectly!!!

[@erronperez8215]

@@andreakristinbeauty It sucks! But yeah, I basically have a cream & liquid yellow color corrector on hand nowadays. That ended up being my fix for things that are at least the right depth when I need to nudge then more toward yellow. Marc Jacobs had good yellow shades in their Extra Shot before they disappeared & Rose Inc seems to have some great, less common med/deep colors

[@kohk79]

For fair, light, and light-medium, I suggest watching Alexandra Anele and Karima McKimmie, who have lighter olive skin and great recommendations of foundation and concealer shades 😉

[@Khaleesi_Of_Kittens]

Mariah Leonard also has an olive undertone. Also, the color of your lips (don't be offended, please, but also the color of your nipples) makes for your "perfect nude" lip shade. Although swatching lipsticks next to your nips in store may be frowned upon (in some countries).

[@caitlyn.crandall]

I second Alex Anele! She’s helped me figure out my fair oliveness 🫒she’s brilliant with colors given her art background and explains things so well

[@janelleespinosa6247]

This is why the best foundation I have had was Chanel BR42, a rose foundation I thought I needed,but the best is actually this rose (pink or peach color) no need for corrector though, it becomes muddy. Just use a rose type of base, seriously just try it!

[@DangerHob]

I've never heard anyone else talk about being a very pale olive, and have actually had people tell me there's no way that's true because olive is tan by definition, so this is exceptionally validating!! 😭😭 I can get very pale, but also tan very easily without burning which is what started my own learning process. Thank you!

[@screamtoasigh9984]

You can be olive and burn.

[@carinaoliveira5850]

Same here!@@toastedtcake2947 This theory of the olive undertone being only medium/tanned or brown skin, is a misnomer. My bf and I are very different undertones and people comment and joke about it all the time. Because he's from Irish and Portuguese roots, he has a natural warmth and redness to the skin, but can get very dark when he tans, whereas I'm pale olive and can look super green against his redness, even when I'm tanned!

[@destinychild4659]

I have watched many videos where people talk about pale olives. I never thought that was possible, either. But now after watching these videos, I know. 😊

[@heatherl3934]

I’m also fair olive but it was a little easier for me to figure out because my mom is obviously olive. I taken that into consideration for base and contour /bronzer, but I never thought about it for eyes and lips. My natural lip color also tends to change the way lip colors look once applied. Alexandra Anele has some good videos on color matching for fair olive skin.

[@auroraborealis13579]

Alex also helped me realize I’m olive. I just pulled out an older MUFE foundation and searched it in my arm and 1) the swatches was full peach. 2) my skin looked actually green By Comparison. I think the reason it’s hard to figure out if we have olive undertones is because we don’t Look Green. But a golden or pink undertone is much more comprehensible because those are colors to describe skin tones. And I was led astray by many a well meaning Sephora employee, who insisted I had yellow undertones.

[@cherrybearylemondrop]

I also found Alexandra after taking a tumble into the "I'm fair olive!!! 🤯" rabbit hole. I recommend checking out Karima McKimmie, she's also olive toned (gives great foundationand other recommendations) and is a lover of finer things - very enjoyable content. She also has a few Special Eyeshadow videos of the "wet look" or "one and done" varieties.

[@mandymouse1879]

Same with my mom, she is Italian/English and Ukrainian, so light skinned with a touch of olive and I got a little but of the olive too, but I can handle the standard neutrals in foundation fine, but the ones that have gray in them are honestly always better!

[@cherrybearylemondrop]

@@mandymouse1879 it looks wrong in the bottle but so right on my skin!

[@skincarewithaustin]

NYX actually has a color correcting green loose powder! They also have a pressed HD green version.

[@monsterous6152]

I picked that up today to try out. Thank you!

[@dzmi905]

Olive shades in general are so hard to find. Anytime I swatch something it’s still too peachy or yellow 😭 I just found a concealer that works for me and the slight redness in my face (Kosas concealer in 3.2). I always look for something that looks a little gray or like it couldn’t possibly be a living person’s skin tone 😆 I have to do something similar with bronzer and contour. Lisa Eldridge’s new foundation has such promise because she has olive shades from fair-light to deeper skin tones. I wish more brands had actual olive shades for various depths of skin tones

[@HannahLouisePoston]

GREY is the ticket, it's so wild!

[@gabijakielaite3179]

I'm here with you, but kosas 3.2 is a bit light for me unless I'm going for very light make up and only want to cover my under eyes. (My neck is the same colour as my jawline(rest of my body is darker) but my upper face is much ligher). Another concealer which works is too faced born this way light beige(but ethics of the brand are so murky I'm afraid to recomend it!).if you have any foundation/concealer recommendation please shoot them! Although, I'm definitely yellow-olive and some bright colours suite me quite well. But I have very high contract between my skin colour and my hair/brows. Also Charlotte tilbury has good match for light-medium olive/actually neutral skin but it's very dry foundation

[@dzmi905]

@@gabijakielaite3179 I wish I knew of more products 😅 the kosas concealer was like gold when I tried it on and it matched

[@gabijakielaite3179]

@@dzmi905 I know!!! And it's not like kosas has some unique and long range of shades. I'm afraid to call it unique shade as you know... it's a skin tone. But man, why no one else does it

[@Olivia-hl3kw]

Rare Beauty also makes a few olive shades. I have light skin, but their 170W shade is my perfect match.

[@ryleighballard9897]

I recently discovered that I’m fair-light olive as well and it explains so much about my life. I remember as a kid I would pretend to be sick at school and the school nurse would always say something like, “oh my, you DO look green”

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

I do not doubt your olive tones one bit, but i can somehow do that just by thinking about it. I've definitely got yellow and or red tones, but I absolutely do not have olive, and I can think myself into looking greenish (it must be my face muscles, and ppl must add the green in their head, lol, but I like to think I can hulk out with nausea haha). Ironically or perhaps karmically, I now have a gi disorder and am mostly nauseous irl.

[@AlexaGarcia-bb2no]

The science of makeup application.....that's what this channel should be called. You go in with the details. Thank you for helping me discover another aspect of makeup. How to use it, apply it and understand it. Without feeling like I need to constantly purchase new items.

[@Chris-tg3qy]

I am cool toned. I just learned that when I was color matched at Sephora last year and I am 57. It was life changing when it came to doing my makeup. I used to purchase foundations that were warm toned thinking that would cancel the red, but looking back, they just made me look unnatural. Now I gravitate toward cool toned make up, and I have to stop myself from buying warm toned makeup. I don’t even look at warm eye shadows and now I know why some browns never looked quite right. Every young woman that doesn’t know their undertone should go into a Sephora without makeup and get color matched. It just takes a minute. If you feel like they are wrong go back and have someone else color match you just to confirm. Prior to my Sephora color match, I was color matched incorrectly at another store and I knew immediately they were wrong. The foundation looked terrible on me.

[@mariesikk]

I’m a fellow fair green person! My face is often superficially pink due to acne/inflammation/etc so I know the struggle ☺️ I also love the rose inc lightest shade, the purito cc cream and auric morganite. For foundation I will sometimes use revlon colorstay in buff.

[@dmcarine]

I used Revlon Colorstay in Buff in for years and always thought it was weird that it looked good on me, because it has a distinct grey tone. Now I know why!

[@mariesikk]

@@dmcarine It looks very unappealing in the bottle 😅

[@sandramclaughlin9624]

Agree that Justine Laconte provides the best understanding regarding colour whether for skin tone, lipstick colour, and colour theory. Thank you for speaking to olive toned skin. 🙂

[@sarahmaddux6678]

Hannah, I’m so excited for you about this and LOVED this experiment. While I’m still confused about my own undertones (I’m convinced my training as a painter has somehow muddled my cosmetics-specific understanding of color theory- I see all the colors in all the things and that doesn’t help me choose a shade of concealer), the thrill of this discovery you’re experiencing is like what I felt last spring, when, at the age of 33 and in the span of maybe ten days, I learned both that my hair curly and I have ADHD! It’s truly been there wildest of rides and I’ve delighted in having those two self-discoveries become bound to one another.

[@SugarberriesT]

It doesn't help that the cosmetics industry categorizes warm and cool so differently from what you learn in design school. I know people like to say Mac's coloring system is off, but it's actually not. I think this leads to confusion overall.

[@nm9688]

Your profile picture looks kinda neutral. But there's warm neutral and cool neutral

[@liftbakelove]

This makes me feel even better about my Midnight Sun palette purchase (especially because I got it for $65) as a fellow pale/light olive toned person! Can't wait to replicate more of your looks :)

[@teresawilliams1201]

One of my favs from 2021 was finding your channel. So nice to find an “intellectual” makeup channel. I don’t know if you’ve done a get to know me video but I would love that! I have an olive tone and anything that is slightly orange always becomes much more orange applied. Whether it be blush or lipstick

[@Rachel-lq8sc]

That lipstick mixing was MIND BLOWING. It’s so funny because I’m realizing things about my own coloring and it’s very different- medium pinks are almost like neutrals on me and a blue based pinky red is my best bold lip! I look so bad in those putty gray-brown colors but they look so natural on you. You really can’t tell from the tube what something will look like on your skin.

[@Letty4]

I'm the same. Greige lipstick makes me look like death.

[@nm9688]

Maybe you have a more saturated skin tone (unlike Hannah who is muted)

[@yaaaalodie]

So into this. Technique and colour theory are so important to other visual arts! I often forget to think of make-up this way!! 🤠 Hats off to you!!

[@therealdonnawagner]

Congratulations on surpassing 50k!!! 👏👏👏😃 The struggle is real to find pale shades that are the right undertones. I'm so happy for you that you've found something that works well AND that you love! The finished look was great. 😊

[@TheOurobouros]

Ancillary to this: seasonal color analysis has been the dominant color theory in kbeauty for some years now, and I've been so trained to think in terms of seasons that every time I look at Hannah, I think, "she is an Autumn, for sure!" Like MBTI, it doesn't need to be taken too seriously, but it's a bit of fun if you're into color theory.

[@maitesoto1953]

Lol mind telling me what my season is? Been trying for years but I couldn't figure that shit out if it bit me in the ass😂

[@rikkansi]

I love this trend. It makes it much easier to find flattering eyeshadow palettes and blushes when the brand is marketing to a specific undertone.

[@bigsiskrishere]

Definitely a Soft Autumn. That palette she pulled up and making it lighter/a desaturated pastel is exactly Soft Autumn!

[@SaraLenton_14]

This video is a perfect example of why I love your content, especially as an artist who loves thinking about color. Seeing your Pat McGrath palette against your color palette you put together was a true gasp moment. Now I want to create my own color palette for my undertones (cool pink/blue) and then compare that to the Pat McGrath palettes before I purchase one. 🙌

[@hannahrichey8697]

recently-discovered pale olive reporting in: this explains why i love the abh makeup by mario palette. it is exactly the olive undertone color palette you showed. this has definitely given me new inspiration for looks to do. this also made me realize why lips/cheeks pull *so pink* on me all the time

[@rachaelr7567]

I’ve commented before about using cool contours as blush because of how they “turn” on my skin tone. I actually used to think that I had cool undertones because warm products are taken in an even warmer direction on my skin. MAC’s Mocha lipstick is a great everyday neutral on olives. Impulsive too.

[@deetsdaily]

Hannah, I only figured out I'm olive skin toned after watching this video. The difference it made is night and day! Problem is because I'm quite brown, most foundations run orange when they claim to be olive so I now have to custom make my foundation. So worth it though! Thank you! Huge love ❤

[@amberwings17]

My mom pointed out to me that I had an olive undertone a while ago and then I pretty much didn't do anything with that info lol. But truthfully I didn't realize it was different from being "warm". This year I watched Haley Kim talk about olive tones and I was finally able to understand what it MEANT and why I find complexion products so difficult. I could also see why certain lip colors look more gray or dull me out. I recently started using a green color corrector to make my base greener and I quite like the results! Edit, cuz I remembered the colors I can't use are like cool tone nudes or cool pinks. I'm more of a warm olive though

[@auroraborealis13579]

Same. Dark cool pinks I can do. But cool nudes that lean pink are hilarious on me!

[@auroraborealis13579]

And by dark pinks, I actually meant bright pink. Like a strong fuscia is good. As long as it it isn’t too too blue.

[@andreakristinbeauty]

What green color corrector do you use???

[@amberwings17]

@@andreakristinbeauty I use one from Nyx. It's actually called HD studio photogenic concealer. But it's green haha

[@theIaurenshow]

Tip for other fair ladies - you don’t have to have a lipstick exactly the color of lorna dune to use this trick. If you have a concealer or foundation that matches your undertone, mix a teensy bit of that with a deeper lipstick… you’ll get a similar effect!

[@LisaF_]

I have fair/light skin with a warm olive undertone and I am following this with great interest! I’d love to see what colors you choose based on being olive. It took me FOREVER to figure out I was olive because I just didn’t consider it. I could never find anything that matched me, foundation. Everything was either too pink, too peach, too orange etc. It wasn’t until my arm was side by side with my husband and he said, “I’m so red and your arm looks green” that it struck me. The bad news is that there aren’t many foundation products with fair or light olive undertones. The good news is now that you know what the problem is, you will know how to correct for it!

[@jessiecarter4227]

For anyone else who found their perfect shade match in the lightest Rose Inc concealer, the Missha Signature Real Complete BB cream in shade 13 is very close to the tone of the concealer IMO 💚

[@stormy_pidgeon]

I am radioactive green, but only started acknowledging it a couple of years ago, and am still learning... I'll be mixing my lipsticks ASAP, thank you for the inspiration! I've also been eyeing that Clarins primer for mixing in with foundations.

[@Anounoune]

I have always thought that you knew that you were a "soft autumn" so I am excited to see this video! LOVED IT.

[@blackrabbitOwO]

I'm living for this custom look! Honestly, it brings me so much joy to see more people find what works for them as an individual and embracing what makes them different

[@blackrabbitOwO]

oh! I also wanted to mention that maybe this is why you were so drawn to midnight sun from Pat Mcgrath? It seems to also carry a lot of those muted autumnal tones in it, and may be easier for you to create looks with than first thought? edit: I hadn't yet watched the part where you mentioned the palette, LOL!

[@hrdillon1980]

I'm so happy to see this. I am a super fair olive, too, and my best match has been the greyish Missha BB. It's so frustrating to not have a match in mainstream foundations, but very fair neutral + green color corrector gets me part way there. I also really enjoyed your eye & lip pairings. Really cool! Thanks for this video! 💜

[@Frankie1393]

I thought this color might work really well for Hannah!!!

[@jessiecarter4227]

I was coming down here to say this!

[@Thisiskoko104]

That missha bb has been my go to base product for years it literally changed everything about foundation for me.

[@mus1quenonst0p]

alexandra anele on yt has a lot of recommendations for fair olive skin!

[@hrdillon1980]

@@mus1quenonst0p I love her! Her skin is a little deeper than mine, but I got the green mix-in tip from her! 💚

[@lilacmood9003]

A fellow olivey friend right here 🙋🏽‍♀️ I’d love to see you build a palette with shades that would suit your olive self after these enlightening news ! Or revisiting the “Grungy rainbow” palette that you’ve built in the past !! Because the color scheme on the screen made think of that immediately + the lipstick creation made think of colourpop CA love lipstick too !! Not so brown or pink or peach !! I still have the lipstick to be a reference for a replacement ,I LOVE that color, it was described as : taupey reddish brown, on my pulls a little bit rosy in the best way ever & I couldn’t match it with other lipsticks!

[@skatingmermaid]

Hi Hannah, I found your channel just a few days ago and really enjoy your videos beyond the “shopping side” of make up. I figured out my undertone 2 months ago and what was the most interesting part to me was that you have to consider three different factors: hue (cool or warm toned skin), value (light or dark appearance) and chroma (muted or bright colours). So the simple distinction between warm and cool tones works for the people that have this as a defining factor in their skin, but I think the factor that is defining for your skin is Chroma. Muted colours look best on you - thats why the 2 “bright” lipsticks mixed with the muted nude worked out so well - and it doesn’t really matter if the muted colours are warm or cool - which explains why you like the Elf palette so much, despite the fact there are “cool” toned shades in it. I figured this out for myself (because my defining factor is chroma too) and since then I don’t try to “dislike” cool tones (my skin is neutral-warm) but just have a look if they are bright enough for me. Because chroma to my type of skin is more important than hue. And I think your skin type is similar with the muted tones. All the best to you and keep making such amazing videos!

[@tanyab78]

Happy 51k!!!!! I've been here since your first 1k and it's been an amazing journey! Thank you for all the videos and time ♥️ I know you'll be at 100k in no time 😉

[@HannahLouisePoston]

Thank you so much!!

[@Tanyaonabudget]

Ahaaa!! Welcome on-board! Another olive toned Make up enthusiast here. I’m a 2WO (warm olive) in dior 🙂

[@rosem709]

Yes!!! So great you worked it out. I too am pale olive, same story of never finding matches for a base. Here are what I have found to be perfect: Tom Ford foundations #1.4 Bone (the most perfect match!), Koh Gen Do #213 (most green pigment) and Urban Decay 30CG. I find colour stories that work well are; Dark Navy blue for eyes, Dark Red Wine colours, the beau teal shades in Natasha denona Glam & mini Retro palettes, Peach / Apricot colours, Rosey shades, rich Blue reds, Red Pinks (so much more flattering than mauve pinks). I think you would rock these lip shades is Lisa Eldridge - Kitten mischief & love of my life, Skyscraper Rose, Velvet Blush & Muse.

[@Shellyish]

Yay! 50K has arrived and 51K decided to steal the spotlight. 🥰 Loved this chat about undertones. I love green color corrector, but haven’t thought about olive undertones foundations. I’m going to change that.

[@cassidywilliams3458]

oh my GOD you have my skin! I'm pretty sure you're the first person I've seen on social media that's perfect example of my skin! When you showed the colors recommended for olive skin and mentioned lightening them, I found every one of my favorite nail polishes, and I felt like I could do anything you told me to with my skin and I would be happy. I honestly want to cry... I've spent so long in my life blending my neck into my face by whitening my jawline and blending it with pink into my cheek and chin because I had no hope of finding the right colors, and then just ended up with a pale washed out neck and a red face... Seriously, thank you so much. Please keep making content.

[@Tramarind]

These colors are so harmonious on your skin! Love this for you!!

[@amandavelvet5410]

Do you think that the fact you have olive undertones pushed you towards buying more stuff in some periods of your life, since it's so hard to find colors that match ? I know it is the case for me, since finding an actual match for my olive tones in foundation for exemple is such a pain.

[@MariaSolvesProblems]

That’s happened to me as well! I remembered being in search of coral lipsticks that looked good on me because I wanted to find something like what Hannah mixed there, but once I wore them they would look too orange or too pink on me.

[@StrangeQuack]

If you can get your hands on it, try the catrice "no more red" primer. I mix it in my foundations (yellow olive) I go warm and a tiny bit darker for a foundation shade and get a perfect match

[@honeyfreud8352]

It was absolutely the case for me, esp regarding lipsticks! Sooo many useless purchases

[@christinaantalis6095]

Girl this video speaks to me. My skin is more light with olive undertone than fair, but the struggle is real for foundation matches. I love videos like this that help me learn about what colors work best. Thank you!

[@dmcarine]

OMG, I've been struggling for YEARS with my undertone, and it never ever occurred to me that I have pale, olive-toned skin. NEVER. And now I feel like Rain Man coming down the escalator with all the algebraic equations floating around and making sense. THANK YOU.

[@wenzer2001]

Hi Hannah! I have almost the exact same skin tone as you do and yet, I am able to wear a very wide range of color cosmetics, except for very warm colors which look like trash on me. I think you would find if you played around with your hair color that you could do the same. For ref my hair is a very dark ash espresso brown. But, I would expect that if you went with a deep eggplant haircolor your skin would become a beautiful radiant cool alabaster and you would be able to pull of some beautiful grey and lavender eye colors or you could try a black wing liner with a fuscia lip. I don't believe that everyone has to stick with EITHER warm or cool colors. For example two of my most flattering lip colors are Nars Heatwave (warm orange) and Mac Snow Orchic (cool). I can also pull off a soft peach or a baby pink lip. Looking back at your earlier video I noticed you used to rock the bold lip color while these days you lean more towards the muddier/ grungier looks. I prefer the clean look of a bold lip on you, but to each their own. Do what makes you happy, but don't necessarily assume you have to stick to whatever the internet claims are the best colors for us olive girls!

[@lesliedupre4357]

Congratulations on 50k!! You definitely deserve it!!💕💕

[@Soleils]

I didn't think I was olive but the Lisa Eldridge foundation I bought is my best match ever and it's described as a light/medium olive. I like hearing how you talk about colour in artistic type way rather than a product focused in this video

[@nailinthefashion]

Lorna Doones are my favourite cookies aside from fresh chocolate chip, thanks for the craving! 🕺🏾 As a self aware medium deep golden olive, welcome to the club! I literally typed Midnight Sun was made for us before you said it so I know we're on the same page lmao I was actually thinking about this the other day when I mentioned you should try NYX's berry goth liner. It's aubergine, but my olive undertone somewhat neutralizes it I've been living my casual goth/Italian movie star best life at work

[@hautemesstom]

I think it’s so interesting that you’ve been naturally drawn to things that work better for your skin tone. It makes a lot of sense for “ruddy” leaning cosmetics to work with an olive skin tone as it is opposite of green on the wheel!

[@sallyjordan4869]

I love the look, especially the eye shadows-so pretty and fresh-looking! And right now, your subscriber count is 51.1K. Congratulations!🍾🎈🎉

[@bonbauman4638]

Fellow fair/light-olive under toned gal over here! I also chose the PM Midnight Sun palette and I think both the bronze-y color and the olive green color look great on moi. Tbh though, it seems that neutral browns are what always work best for me eyeshadow-wise. That brown in the ND gold palette loves me as does the browns in the Colourpop Going Coconuts palette. And there is this one lipstick that I really think was made for me. I try to mix it up and not just wear it all the time, but I can't deny that it is perfect for my coloring: Mac's Viva Glam II. And for me, pink or silver eyeshadows are no good. This undertone stuff just fascinates me! It's like a fun puzzle figuring it out! Such a fun video, Hannah, for a makeup geek like me! Thank you, and congratulations on 50K! Your channel is my all-time favorite!

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

i'm fascinated to by undertones and as i've been telling others, I am finding out about cool olives which im trying to decide if it applies to me

[@DuiDrop]

I absolutely can't get over how gorgeous your entire color scheme looks! your make up, your hair, what you're wearing, everything! this is exactly what I love about make up and colors, bringing up your natural unique beauty 💚 I definitely have olive hues in my skin so I always thought I should balanced that out with some pinks and shouldn't go full on yellow even though if I have to choose yellow matches me a teeny bit better compared to pink, but most foundations on the warmer side used to be medium-light to medium and they'd look horrible on me since I have very light skin tone. then as makeup brands released more colors light neutrals seemed to be a much better fit. and I learned too late in life that we have green color correctors / liquids now to help adjust foundation shades, and all that. I'm still not 100% sure of my tones because standing next to a typical cool undertoned fair very very pale friend I will look noticably warmer/yellow-ish toned but next to someone very warm undertoned I can look like a cooler undertone. can't for the life of me tell my vein color it looks like I have both blue and green. and some BB creams that (most people hate) has a gray-ish undertone fit me so well 😄 I'm guessing I'm neutral olive so I'll experiment with a green primer very soon. sorry I told my entire color journey hehe 😁 but videos like this are such a gem and help so many people realize how we can experiment and figure ourselves out and get much better results 🌸

[@BelleStreetBoyz]

Congratulations on reaching 50k!!! I am so happy and excited for you, Hannah. 🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉 You have helped and bring joy to so many people. You absolutely deserve this. 💜🌻

[@kristenefox7001]

I am LOL at the colour palette you put up because it is literally that grungy rainbow palette you made a while back! IT WAS THERE THE WHOLE TIME!

[@Seoulsearch616]

I really appreciate that you teach and encourage us to be our own makeup artists... Adding a drop of this or a dab of that. I think more and more of us are finding that even though companies are really trying to offer a large range of shades, they still don't match us without a little tinkering. 🌹

[@sylviemariehebert9758]

You really are making me reconsider my undertone. I thought I was a warm/yellow undertone but looking at my slightly tan arm it does kind of look greenish... more exploration to come for sure AND a huge congrats on the 50K that is such an accomplishment.

[@YaddaYaddaYana]

As someone else with olive skin, I've always loved super peachy colors on me. Like borderline orange/yellow based nudes, but have always found that even nudes that are described as peach by the brand looked sooo cool toned on me! I now use Revlon Gold Goddess lipstick (which is a straight up gold lipstick) to mix with all my nudes to create that tone thats flattering on my skintone. But also the new maybelline neo neutrals slim matte lipstick collection has some really great very orangey nudes, as well as Juvia's place nudes peach and brown collection!

[@MariaSolvesProblems]

I’m currently waiting for my ‘more auburn’ lipstick to arrive on the mail 🤩

[@katies4521]

Have you tried Propa Beauty lipsticks? The lightest shade (Finesse) has a yellow undertone and is nothing like I own. Victress is very warm and Made It is basically orange with a ton of brown in it to make it wearable and I wear them a lot in the summer and fall

[@susannatuttapanna2010]

my skin is about one shade darker than yours and I've had similar suspicions. My dad was often mistaken for Italian, Spanish or Greek due to his olive coloring, and there's lots of olive on my mum's side. none of the traditional neutral/ warm/ cool tones seem right on me, but the nearest I've found is the pat mc grath light 6, which has gold in it, but that leans too gold in winter. I wish I could find a pale olive just to try it and see if I'm right. I do feel I look greeny gold in certain lights. Also worth mentioning that a really good book about colour matching clothes and makeup etc to your skin is Colour Me Beautiful. They look at things like how your tone changes as you age, and whether you suit clear, jewel or muted colours etc. I've found that really helpful.

[@sws2552]

would love an updated video on colors for blush, bronzer, eyeshadow, and highlighters that work well for fair-light olive skin tones 🙏

[@DunDunnDuunn]

Omg, the look is stunning on you! Those are definitely your colors, the lip looks healthy and vibrant.

[@jessiecarter4227]

Whether you purchase anything or not, I'd love to see a window shop with you video focused on products for olive undertones, maybe playing around with the Finding Ferdinand custom colours if that would be fun for you! And happy 50K 🥳

[@nailawilson]

I think the color looks great on you, it's just that your appearance actually benefit more from softer look. The amount of saturation you put compete with your hair and facial features, you'd look more elegant is just soft gradation

[@clairantoine8230]

Yesss, I'm so glad you found your undertone! I also just realized this year that I'm an olive undertone (I always thought I was neutral). The mauve color you used to mix in with your other lipsticks is my go-to neutral. After I realized my undertone and looked up the best colors for me, I realized just how many pieces of makeup I own that are that exact neutral mauve color. It kind of feels like it's my best base color from which to work, whereas folks with other undertones might use white, blue, red or yellow as an add-in to get their perfect shades.

[@clairantoine8230]

Also, reading the other comments and remembering that I should say I lean cool-olive and peach shades are some of the worst colors for me but they look amazing on warmer olive tones (this is so complicated!)

[@clairantoine8230]

@@marlenepaulino6733 Holy cow, I had no idea. Thanks for the tip about blue mix-in!

[@amyjohnson4543]

I found you when you were about 47k...ish. honestly it isn't something I notice often. Now wow over 51k. ! Happy for you. But honestly it isn't surprising. You have amazing, interesting, and thoughtful. It actually has changed my whole thinking. Thanks to you I am doing a 2022 no buy, I was blown away by the garden video game analgy. I know I will be watching over and over your videos from your no buy year. I am neutral very fair. I seem to can use lots of different things. Playing with my own collection in the coming year will help me really fine tune.

[@HannahLouisePoston]

thank you so much Amy

[@estherurwin3487]

Hannah, I just recently came across another KZbinr, and she was starting a No Buy and referred to you as the OG, and as a long time follower I felt so completely irrationally proud of you. Lol. 😍

[@nusaibahibraheem8183]

It's funny at 20:32 when you said, "colors that look like this in a bullet don't look like this on my skin". This is so relatable for me as someone with dark brown skin, lipstick colors in a bullet never look the same when applied on my skin. In fact I wish I can make a company where every lipstick comes in different shades for different skin tones like Charlotte tilbury did for her pillow talk lipstick.

[@marissac713]

I'm so glad to discover a fellow ultra pale olive! I'm an ultra pale neutral olive and I just found out a few months ago. Any warm foundation looks extra orange on me, even some that aren't labeled warm still look orange with my tone. If a lip color isn't warm enough they will all look grayish. I've realized the shades that are the most flattering on me are cool eyeshadows, nude blushes like ABH in latte and warm lip colors like a rusty rose, reddish copper, bronzy peach and cinnamon. The "Soft Autumn" makeup charts really helped guide me. I came back to add that after seeing the rest of the video, I do the same thing with my deep bold lipsticks. I wear them full strength at night, but for daytime when I don't want a bolder lip, I apply the pale putty shade on my bottom lip and the warm bold color on my top lip, rub together and it gives the perfect muted shade I'm looking for. I've been on the hunt for the perfect shade you have in mind and I've purchased several searching for that exact shade you're describing. I've studied countless swatches and I'm finding that type of lighter shade in more glosses than lipsticks. I just saw that Trinny London's Sheer Shimmers have 5 shades that look like they'd be perfect. Many coppers, rusts and bronzy caramels.

[@swethatelkar85]

Neutrogena has a green powder that’s great, I think you will like it.

[@caycesavage7580]

I didn't know I had green undertones until watching this video but YOU'RE RIGHT. So helpful, thank you!

[@Chichirinoda]

When my parents had their house re-carpeted, they chose an extremely neutral carpet color. Some of the wall paint colors, which seemed very subtle before, suddenly looked almost garish. An extremely neutral base (whether its your carpet or your skin) will make any color with any hint of saturation appear very saturated. Just like contrast of light and dark, contrast of saturation can be dramatic. In painting, it can be especially interesting to play with contrast of saturation and hue, while keeping the values (lightness) similar - subtle colors can appear neon just by their context. ~sincerely, a fine artist PS. you are one of several people I know of who has a very broad vocabulary but lacks when it comes to color terminology (although you're getting better for sure). You might want to look up James Gurney - well known in the artist community as the author of Color and Light - he has an educational blog with many posts on color.

[@user-kr911]

Yessssss! I have the same light skin with olive undertones. That’s actually a main reason why I really got into your videos because I can see your undertone and know a lot of makeup that looks good on you will probably work for me. I’m so happy you figured it out. It took me a lonnnng time as well. Which is also whyyyyy I really think you should review the L.A. pro color correctors for foundations. Comes in blue yellow red and white. So if you get the wrong shade (which light olive is extremely hard to find) it can be saved with one of those.

[@stephaniehughes2351]

Loving how you took your research and combined what you had to make your own unique blends. So inspiring!

[@melbygrace]

I have been saving this video like a special treat. Color theory is one of my favorite studies. The main reason for your lip color inaccuracies is the shade difference between your hand and the lip. Blanking out the lip can make a difference but may affect the formulas of your lip products. The alternative is to look at your lip color as a third color in the mix. Olive is the hardest undertone to see. You have done fabulously with your discovery.

[@denisadellinger4543]

I'm so glad that this discovery has changed the way you look at your makeup. I just watched a video by a girl that talked about undertones and how to find yours. She is olive. I can't even remember her name but once you find out what they are, how easy and how it changes your looks because you compliment and not fight against it. I think we know we are close by what we are drawn to but that discovery opens up a whole new world. I think I am a neutral cool because I sometimes have green veins but mostly blue. You have a very fine eye for these things and seeing colors, kind of like being able to tell whether a note is flat or sharp. I know it is not quite right but how to modify the tone is hard. You need a good ear. Congratulations on almost reaching fifty K followers. You deserve it because you are good at this KZbin thing.

[@julia.carino]

I’m the coolest cool tone ever. Like I bet if we stood next to each other I would look blue in comparison. My mind was opened so much when I realized that all red lipsticks look pink on me because I’m pink and I actually need super almost orange reds for them to look plain red on me. this undertone business is fascinating!

[@karindwarswaard1507]

I have the same thing. Red looks pink on me. Orange reds are my favorite

[@nm9688]

Eh? Wouldn't orange reds look off on you if you're cool toned?

[@Queenfairypants]

This! This this this! For years I was like, well I’m pink, so pink suits me. But was never happy with pinks or reds until I realised the same. I just decluttered a lot of lip products because some colours turn neon on me and vibrate against my blue eyes and I’m not a fan of it.

[@vrod2086]

@@nm9688 I’m cool toned and orange reds don’t look good on me. I stay far far away.

[@kylie379]

I have cool toned skin but warmer-toned features (golden blonde hair and hazel eyes), and I think that choosing a lipstick colour is way more nuanced than “I’m cool toned therefore I need a blue red”. I find that rosy brown and mid-toned pink lipsticks look nude on me, light pink washes me out, but for a red lipstick to actually pop and look like red on me, then it has to be a very orange red

[@teadivamuse]

Looks like you are over 51K subscribers according to YT. Congrats!

[@MrsSukiSkye]

I am LIVING for this makeup and color exploration! It's like me on a Saturday night, but more informational 🤣 I'm still not sure of my undertone, and pretty sure I'm cool leaning neutral but the discussion below about warm, neutral, and cool olive undertone has got me interested to explore! 🤍

[@pinkonesie]

You are the softest soft autumn I have ever seen.

[@greenjewelbeautea1461]

Interesting video! Loved it Hannah! I think you’d really enjoy Lisa Eldridge in velvet affair. It’s such a STUNNING shade. And would probably look gorgeous with your undertone. It’s my all time fav “nude”.

[@AoifeCorey]

You should consider making a series for pale olives ☺️ I can imagine many people follow you because they're also pale olive 🫒

[@fromscratcheewithstef]

Three products that have changed my base game are the Missha BB cream in #21--it is very light and very grey, the missha cotton contour bronzer in Smoked Hazel, and the RCMA Cream Foundation in Shinto 0 (only available on their website). That + the bb cream is pasty olive heaven!

[@littlewillowlinda]

My olive journey really did change everything. Im so glad that drugstore ranges are finally trying to create other shades than yellow or pink undertone

[@katestone7826]

Utterly loved this video , the breakdown of analysis of colour was so fascinating and useful. Wow, loved the lip colour and how it pulled your whole look together. So clever, Hannah. Thank you!

[@kathysnyder3053]

Such a good video! I love color theory, I was all about it years (!) ago when it was popular to swatch what colors look best on people around their face. At the time it was only cool or warm, clear or muted. I hadn’t put make-up in that category, just new different colors weren’t working. 💡 Congrats on 50k but I think you are headed much higher! 🥳

[@zackmoody656]

loved this video! one of the most helpful tutorials I've ever seen for my skin! very informative and calm. LOVE that I can see your skin texture and I just think your overall lighting and framing is really good too

[@hollytheriot9357]

This is such a fun thing to watch unfold and see you get all excited! Here’s to new inspiration!

[@tharzanne]

I felt that intro in my soul. I have the same issue. I am fair to light with olive undertones and it feels impossible to find a shade match for myself.

[@FrancescaCorno2]

I have to pause straight away, I'm only at minute 4. As an Italian with fair-light skin during the cold months and a past with acne, finding makeup products for olive undertone has been nearly impossible. Especially back when "olive undertone" wasn't a thing, at least here in Italy (how bizarre!), and I always struggled with foundations safe to use with acne being extremely pink or extremely orange. And you know what brought me peace a couple of years ago? (I turned thirty in July) Finding your channel! Discovering that one can wear just concealer and make it look amazing, embracing one's skin texture and the fact that one day it could be great and the next one a bit rough. I started using just the Nars concealer in the pot and the Kosas one and now I can really embrace my olive skin 🫒

[@SqueletteCoolBeauty]

I am so glad you’ve managed to figure out your undertone Hannah!! I’ve been racing similar struggles ever since I started makeup a few years ago. Foundations always swatch pink or orange on my neck, and they never seem yellow enough. I am more and more convinced I am slightly olive because people have been commenting on my skin tone saying it had a green or olive tint to it. I did post on the r/OliveMUA subreddit to ask but I have been told I am rather muted neutral than olive, but I do find my skin tone never quite translate on photos. Anyway, that’s enough of me rambling, I might give a try to the PURITO bb cream now that they’ve extended the shade range!!

[@erikaherrmann3319]

I am also very fair with an olive undertone and I also struggle immensely with finding cosmetics that suit me. So happy you made this video!

[@sundaysommers1476]

I think we have a similar skin tone. I recommend you try Misha in #21. It has a grayish look until you blend it. It tones down the pink in my skin, gives good coverage and high SPF protection.It isn’t matte, works great on my dry skin. Plus it’s about $12 for a generous size on Amazon. Another KZbinr, Mandy Lea, likes it too.

[@emmagerike4000]

Could you do a video on your favorite olive tone makeup products, specifically for rusty eyeshadow palettes or singles? I’ve always had green tones in my skin and hair but I thought olive was only for medium skin tones. This video blew my mind!

[@anneliekouremenos449]

Is there any drugstore dupes for your skin complexion products? I have what looks like exactly your skin tone.

[@maciledietrick8188]

The first “red” lipstick that ever worked on me was a shade called Copper Pink by Makeup Forever (now discontinued). I never understood the name as it felt like the perfect natural red for me, but seeing you lighten up those deep rust and copper colors to work with your skin tone, it totally makes sense now! I’m sooo happy to see a super pale olive like you playing with these colors…every time I see someone talk about being pale olive, they are still at least 3 shades darker than me lol. I was starting to give up on the idea that I’m olive, but now I’ll try your trick of lightening up the typical deep colors recommended for olives to make it work on my pale skin. I think I am more on the warm/yellow olive side than you, so most colors tend to pull cooler on me. (Ex: a classic red will look hot pink on me, but a super brown lipstick will look like a normal brick color.) That’s probably why the colors you’re using tend to pull warmer on you-you’re more of a cool/grey olive. My general rule is to pick colors with a lot of brown mixed in to show up normal on my skin, so maybe for you choosing colors with a lot of taupe mixed in will help you achieve the color you expect? As for bases, the most foolproof match for me is Erborian CC Red Correct-it goes on green and adapts to your skin tone. Obviously it’s light coverage but it’s a nice base if you can find a concealer that works for you to mix/layer with!

[@LadyCynthiana]

This is inspiring me to try mixing some of my makeup together to make new tones! I have a slightly cooler undertone than you, very pale, and slightly lighter eyes and hair but almost the same hues (coppers and olive greens). I tend to go for purples in my makeup but maybe I should venture a little further into coppers and greens as well.

[@TheLisalisa03]

so glad to be on this fun journey with you!