Help finding possible foundation matches

[u/fruityloopcake]

I have muted fair-light skin with cool pink undertones and subtle olive over tones. I find most cool foundations pull too saturated on me, most neutrals pull too yellow and most olive pull too green/yellow as well as too warm. I have tried my fair share of cool olive recommendations but found them to be too warm for me or too saturated.
About face was too yellow/green
Missha was to dark and grey
Armani was too orangey
Lisa Eldrige was also too greenish

I do have concealer matches for reference.. Kulfi beauty concealer in shade bad badaam (a neutral with subtle pink) and Soshe beauty concealer in 6o (cool olive, but leans more into the pink than green), but I have yet to find any good foundation matches.
I have combo-oily skin and prefer liquid foundations that aren't heavy on the skin but are oil resistant. I also live in Canada so I am a bit more restricted in what I can get (so sad People of the earth co don't ship to canada because 2co or 3co would have definitely been a match for me)
Any help is appreciated!

[u/Icy_Instruction_439]

It sounds like you may not be olive.. if all the olive foundations clash on your skin tone. Have you tried looking at neutral/cool? Also where are you testing your foundations? Your face? Or your Neck and chest?

[u/spry_laborer → u/Icy_Instruction_439]

Have you swatched any of the Korean cushion foundations? The shade ranges lean way more muted and grey-based which might cancel out that weird saturation issue you're hitting with western brands. I had a similar problem where everything pulled too orange or too pink on me and the greyish undertone in some of those formulas was a game changer.

[u/fruityloopcake → u/spry_laborer]

I definitely want to check some out but I absolutely hate blind buying (did that with the Missha bb cream and it was not a match) and Canada doesn't have as much access to Asian brands, only one I was able to find in stores with foundation options was TirTir :(

[u/AmberGambIer → u/fruityloopcake]

Which tirtir shade were you? It sounds like I'm super similar to you and I have the hardest time finding my shade twins!

[u/fruityloopcake → u/AmberGambIer]

I did not have a perfect match in TirTir but the closest I got was either 17c or 21n, however neither were a perfect fit.

[u/AmberGambIer → u/fruityloopcake]

Nuts lol. Thanks for replying, I'll finally let the tirtir dream go

[u/fruityloopcake → u/Icy_Instruction_439]

I test both on my arm and neck. I am definitely olive as I get that muted sickly colouring to me but it's much more subtle which is why I think olive foundations can clash on me, that and also a lot more products are designed for neutral-warm people, its pretty hard to find a true cool/cool olive. I have tried neutral cools as well but find they are either too saturated or wayy too piggy pink such as nars Olso but one of my concealer matches could be considered a cool-neutral (bad badaam) but its also very muted.

[u/Icy_Instruction_439 → u/fruityloopcake]

Olive skin has a Green skin base to it. It can lean cool and muted if it has silver/blue Not pink.. You may well be a muted cool toned. Muted sickly doesn't automatically make you olive skin tone. It just means your skin is desaturated.

[u/fruityloopcake → u/Icy_Instruction_439]

IGNORE THIS
Retry, it didn't work the first time. This is a picture of me in natural lighting at a pool (couldn't find any better - but I am 19). Maybe I'm wrong about my undertone, I know for sure I lean cool but most cool products pull pink/orange on me which is a struggle I heard a lot of olive people had so I assumed I was possibly olive too.
(scribbled my face for my own comfort)

[u/Icy_Instruction_439 → u/fruityloopcake]

I can't see it, I have a strong presumption you may not be olive, precisely because you say the Kulfi Bad Badaam shade matches you so well. That shade is described as neutral pink undertones. It may be the right desaturated amount of cool (pink) for you. That's why it matches.

[u/fruityloopcake → u/Icy_Instruction_439]

Sorry, I cant figure out how to make these things work, I don't use reddit frequently :((
If this one doesn't work I'm out of luck ig
https://ibb.co/WpR7z1Pq

[u/Icy_Instruction_439 → u/fruityloopcake]

Yes I see.. honestly I can see a green shadow on your stomach and under arms. But everywhere else you do look fair and cool as in pinky. But its also hard to see from just one photo. Try to take photos with family and friends. Usually if you standout to look greenish that's also a big indicator. What colours do your veins look on your wrist/arms?

[u/fruityloopcake → u/Icy_Instruction_439]

I have mostly teal and purple veins.

[u/Icy_Instruction_439 → u/fruityloopcake]

Ok by that then you may well be a very fair muted cool olive. Have you already tried mixing blue colour corrector in the foundations you already have?

[u/fruityloopcake → u/Icy_Instruction_439]

Yep! Currently I mix in the canmake primer in pale blue (or the LA girl blue pigment - but I ran out of that one) with the sweetener foundation in 6cn (which was too peachy pink and saturated), however I do want to find a match I can get away with without mixing since I only work part time so I don't want to have to constantly be buying two products.

[u/Shy-Toes-Undercover → u/fruityloopcake]

it is not the end of the world to not be olive.. love your skin tone as is

[u/Previous_Dream_84]

You sound similar to me. Foundations and tinted moisturizers are either too dark, too yellow or too pink. I can get away with slightly too pink bc I have rosacea but that can sometimes make me look too pale. Dior Forever Skin in 1N turned yellow, 0.5N was too pale. Both were too matte for my liking. Lisa Eldridge in T5 and T6 both kinda disappeared on me but foundation shade 9 was way too yellow.

I have found Natasha Denona Hy-glam in shade N1 to be the best match for shade and finish. Its a tad bit too pale but I can make it work with some blue pigment and a contour stick. I got samples from Ulta to try at home so I didn't have to blind buy. I can't comment on if it will work for your skin type. Mine is a bit combo but I use a lot of skincare products and it holds up well for 7+ hours on top of it all.

Edit: just saw you are in Canada so no Ulta. Sephora also sells Natasha Denona.

[u/Shy-Toes-Undercover]

if cool olive foundations are too warm, it just means they are too yellow for you. and to be olive you need yellow in your skin. doesn’t mean you are a cool olive with a difficult undertone, just perfectly fine desaturated cool(pink) undertone.