I am very pale with a cool complexion – my veins are blue / purple and I have a purple tint around my eyes. I have ash blonde hair and dark brown eyes that look a bit reddish in the sun. One of the things that confuses me a lot is that a lot of the things that should be right for me are definitely not, and some of the things that shouldn’t be right for me, look really good? I have noticed that the deep reds / pinks / deep brown-y look really good to me, even when labeled as warm, but the bright purples and blues look really out of place to me, and I have the I feel like a lot of lipsticks seem to pull too much purple / mauve / pink on me and I end up not liking how they look because they look almost too cool on me. I feel like I’m at my best in deep blue-based reds, beef blood, true / cool dark brown and muted brown-ish colors, spicy pumpkin undertones. I seem to look better in dark / deep contrasts rather than light / bright. Some lipsticks that I own that suit me the best are: J * “Unicorn Blood / Dominatrix”, NYX “Cold Brew”, CP “Lax / Limbo / Tulle”, Lime Crime “Salem”, Mac “Velvet Teddy “/ Wet n Wild” Mocha-licious “, Maybelline” Divine Wine “I can only really wear the taupe / gray outline, and I’m really bad at gold as opposed to silver. I really can’t figure out my skin tone and this has led me to waste a lot of money on products over the years which I think was bad for some reason. Can anyone relate or offer insight?
I’ve struggled with my undertone for years. I recently determined that I have an olive undertone. I’m pretty fair and was always under the impression that olive meant a darker tone. Olive can also vary as cool, neutral, or warm. It might be something worth looking into. You sound a lot like me with the colors that work and don’t work.
You sound like an olive tone! It took me forever to realize I was olive. There are some good YouTube videos on how to match a fair light olive skin tone.
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