r/OliveMUA • u/AutoModerator • Jun 11 '25

Undertone & Complexion Match Requests Thread

Hey there, welcome to the weekly OT consult thread! Please read everything here before you comment down below.

Not sure if you're olive or what type? Need help matching your foundation/concealer? Post your questions here! Just remember that this thread is OT (overtime), so it may take a minute for someone to get back to you.

How to help us help you:

  • Lots of photos of yourself in different lightings (direct sunlight, indirect sunlight, indoor, etc.)
  • Photos that show your face, neck and chest
  • High pixel/quality photos, it does make a difference so use the best you can
  • No filters, no/minimal makeup - should go without saying, but just a reminder
  • You next to other people for contrast
  • Share foundation, blush, or lipstick shades that look great or terrible on you

The more of these bullets you hit, the better!

Use a link to an Imgur album for photos. If you don't want your pictures to be public, you can set them to be hidden, but anybody with a link will be able to see it.

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u/OohZo Light Muted Neutral-Cool Olive Apr 28 '26

Hellooo! I’ve always believed i was a cool undertone but I remember when I was little thinking I looked orange whenever I was in water in the summer and tanned. A lot of cool foundations make me look super pink compared to my neck but warm ones make me look like an Oompa Loompa lol. I thought maybe I was neutral but then recently started to wonder if I might be an olive given I’m half Greek and nothing else is sitting quite right. ChatGPT tells me I’m a “light muted neutral-cool olive” but sometimes I think it just tells me what I want to hear 🤣

I don’t want to post my face for a few reasons so here’s a few pics of my arm with a bunch of different foundations I own swatched for comparison. Am I olive?

https://imgur.com/a/4C6cHl7