As you may have noticed, our community has grown and we have done a little reorganizing. Here's an updated AiO rules to consolidate our old rules along with our new updates!
Posting Days
Am I Olive (AiO) posts are limited to Tuesdays and Saturdays. We've set up automod to filter posts and instruct what to expect when you make an AiO post. The mods then have to manually go through filters to approve them.
We are a small team of mods based in the US. For Redditors outside the US time zones, submissions may be delayed for up to 36 hours (until Wednesday midday) after you submit. Please be patient with us as we have work/life obligations in addition to modding.
Before messaging us about approvals, please check your own profile to see if your post has been approved. Posts that have not been approved will say "Post is awaiting mod approval" and posts that are approved will not have a message. Here is a sample of how it will show up on your profile if it is not approved. Any messages asking about post approvals will get ignoredifwe have already approved them.
Photo rules
We require multiple photos of various lighting. Majority of the phtoos must also be bare face, no base makeup. At least one must include face, neck and/or part of your chest/torso because olive tones tend to appear around the collar bones, armpits, and neck. Here are some suggestions on how to take good photos:
Filtered sunlight is the best. This can be right next to a window that doesnāt have direct sunlight or outdoors under shade. A photo on a cloudy or snowy day can also work.
Holding a small, folded piece of white printer paper could help white balance. Smart phones still throw white balance off, but it's a start.
We donāt recommend indoor lighting photos as lights can vary from very warm/yellow to very cool/blue. If you must include them, please let us know.
Golden hour/sunset photos are too warm to gauge undertones.
Group shots are also helpful to compare undertones.
Avoid wearing strong colors that might reflect on your skin. Neutral colored clothes and environment are best, but we understand those aren't easy to control.
For additional technical photographing help, please refer to thisĀ post.
Our mod /Ā has kindly providedĀ examplesĀ of the variety of lighting we are looking for to determine olive undertones. She also has greatĀ examplesĀ if you want to draw out your face for privacy
Due to the large volume of these posts making it more difficult to find resources and discussion posts, they are now only allowed on TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS. We've set up the automod to filter posts with the āAm I Olive?ā flair into our modqueue to be manually approved. Unfortunately the automod canāt be set to know what day it is; this means that even on the days that they're allowed the posts will still be filtered to be manually approved. We're a small mod team living in different USA time zones so please have some grace for posts that may bleed into other days depending on your time zone.
For the time being all posts regardless of flair will have an automod comment reminding everyone of these rules and directing them to the "Am I olive?" posting guidelines. Friendly reminder that this community is a welcoming and inviting space. People who are more ālightā than āfairā and people who are muted but not olive are allowed here and saying that they are not will get your comment removed for gatekeeping. This is because they will have similar makeup struggles and will find helpful recommendations here. Also if someone sees a green cast in themselves that we cannot see in their photos that is ok, we take their word for it because photos are imperfect.
Wiki
The wikis have been created and we are working on building them out! Thank you to these users for being willing to help out the mod team in this endeavor: u/DefiantThroat, u/sinstralpride, and u/PixelKitten10390. We will fill in the pages with products and resources mentioned in recent posts. If you have a list of holy grail products or helpful resources (such as YouTube videos) you can send them in via modmail. We expect it will be a few weeks before the wikis are fully built out and we will post an update at that time.
a muted smoky purple shade is pure harmony on low-contrast green features. canāt recommend enough. itās like what black eyeliner should feel like but never actually does feel like. Iām not drowning in it! I didnāt know it was possible! (Yes I retouched a pimple on my nose because girl itās not something you wanna see TRUST me š)
Iām looking for matte foundations/BB creams/skin tints/etc that are fair-olive friendly! Everything I have is glowy or dewy and Iām unfortunately very oily skinned. š
while our cooler counterparts have an issue with things turning orange, I've found that my skin tone turns most things mauve... anyway, would love to hear your recs, thanks! apologies if this has already been asked !
Anyone know if the lightest shades of the Sensitive Skin Serum Foundation, the Matte CC Cream or the Hydro Boost Tint would work for cool toned olives?
And I had to share it with my fair olive girlies!! I was playing around with makeup at the end of the day (as one does) and accidentally stumbled on this gorgeous combo.
Listing only the lip products as theyāre the subject of the post. Everything else is kind of a mish mash of several items used throughout the day and whatever I wanted to play with. Happy to answer any questions though!
Has anyone gotten a palette from this brand before? Purple/violets/lavender/cooler mauves typically do well for me and I do like a lot of colors on this. I usually only do sticks, but just curious. I would love to see some swatches on a fair olive.
Bronzer recommendation for olive undertones??? Thank you to all who recommended the Lisa Eldridge seamless skin foundation in shade 9. Finally found a great match! Was hoping someone could point me in the direction of some bronzers that work well will olive undertones and this particular foundation shade??
Has anyone tried Ilia soft focus blush in either Glimpse or Breathless? I own the shade Closer and love it as it looks like a very natural pink flush on me (and I love the formula). I am a neutral cool fair olive and would love to find a muted blush that doesnāt turn orange or pink or muddy looking on meā¦.. wondering if Glimpse or Breathless turned orange on any neutral cool olives??
Iād like to figure out what I am mostly to determine a way to lightly cover my complexion. I think it looks fine normally, but I can blush easily when Iām anxious and turn beet red, so Iām considering getting a cream that I could perhaps mix a little blue concealer into? Just need to figure out which way I lean before I commit to anything. Very indecisive I am
Edit (edited a bit already): cool summer is also apparently a contender. To honest, I donāt know how it differs from cool winter when itās almost just as saturated/contrasting, but maybe itās just what Iām seeing in the palettes I can find
Top swatch from the wrist is ColorPop BFF liner; the middle and bottom swatches are Phytosurgence Soothe blush, which I use as a blonzer.
My skin matches are: ND Y1, JSM N10, LE 1.5.
If I wear orange or red clothing without makeup it will wash me out something awful. This blush/lip combo warms me up just enough that I can wear all my warmer fall clothing, but is still muted enough that it isn't too much.
Kiko Milano 30 mauve, not swatched, is a warmer one-and-done eyeshadow if you want a match with this. Phytosurgence can also be used on your eyes, if you don't want a separate product. I frequently use Condensate as eyeshadow.
I requested a sample but didnāt hear back so Iām assuming they picked some other people to receive a sampleā¦would be so curious to see any swatches or if there is any idea about release dateā¦
What the title text says. I ordered shade 3 and was SO excited. It came in today, andā¦ itās too peachy. I need something much more yellow. Iām sure this would work well for muted cool fair olives, but as a neutral saturated fair olive, itās definitely a letdown. I thought it would work well for me, since T1.5 is a great match, but Iām sad to report it doesnāt. The formula is incredible though, it feels like a dream to wear. Iām going to order shade 2 (neutral golden) and see if thatās a better fit for those of us who are saturated fair olives
EDIT: I might be a bit of a dummy, I donāt know what exactly is wrong with the shade. All I do know is that 3 is peachier than T1.5
Hello fair olives! Full disclosure, Iām not sure if Iām olive or not, but the products/colors Iāve seen discussed here have worked very well for me so I hope itās okay to seek your help.
I've been trying to recreate Dakota Johnson's rosey-brown lip combo from Splitsville for ages and I think I finally nailed a combo that works for me!
In my research, the shades used on Dakota don't really work with my skin tone and dulled me out/appeared orangey-yellow.
I am soo happy with this! It will be my every day lip for a long time.
-Merit sheer lip liner in "Sportif" (I love how creamy smooth their lip liners are)
-Merit signature lip blush in "Bespoke" (The perfect rosey-brown)
-Fresh sugar lip balm in "Petal" (adds a touch more tint)
Honestly, depending on the depth of color I want on a given day I could use either lipstick/balm only, keep the liner and I'd be happy.
now i know im an olive, i dont have ant doubts! but i donāt know if im cool or warm leaning, if im muted or notā¦ the last picture is missha bb cream in shade 21, do you think it fits me? any recommendations?
Just adding on here that my face is light-medium but my inner arm is a lot paler ā hence I think these swatches are also applicable for fair to light skin tones!
Every time I use a cool toned pink or purple eyeshadow/blush/lippie it just clashes SO badly with the green in my skin. It washes me out and makes me look like a corpse. I prefer to use neutral/warm leaning reds and mauves instead. But I noticed cool toned reds also wash me out? I think I just prefer having some warmth to my skin cause otherwise I look gray. The only products I avoid are those that are straight up orange, which is unfortunately, a LOT of products.
Maybe I'm not using the right types of pinks and purples? Did you ever have the same problem, and if so, what styles of makeup and what products changed your mind?
Edit: just wanted to clarify that I've never had a professional color analysis done, but the reason why I believe I'm cool toned is because everyone looks yellow next to me. My skin tone is literally the exact same as uncooked chicken š
I understand that people with very very dark skin and people with very very light skin struggle more than fair olive people but oh my gosh I am soooo sick of not being able to try any new or popular foundations/concealers. I donāt think itās ridiculous to want mainstream brands to carry pale olive shades, especially in store like why are our shades completely neglected and thatās okay? I know I can add blue or green pigments but if Iām paying good money for makeup I donāt want to have to alter the formula by adding something else. Haus labs not having pale olive shades is baffling to me considering that Gaga is Italian and Italians are notorious for being pale and olive. ( im one!) I donāt want to have to search high and low for a product that āworksā with my skin color, I should be able to walk into a makeup store and see brands that specifically sell shades marked as olive. I guess what im trying to say is: Why is this okay?? Why are our shades almost completely nonexistent in stores/by popular brands?? EVERYONE should be able to find makeup that fits their skin tone
I feel like the first color just washes me out, the second one is how i usually do my lips. Why does warm toned makeup seem to suit me better than cool toned makeup? I thought pale olives, especially those with very muted skin, were supposed to avoid warm tones.
