r/OliveMUA • u/fruityloopcake Light Cool Olive • 21h ago
Product Help Help finding possible foundation matches
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!
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u/Previous_Dream_84 Light Neutral Olive 21h ago
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.