THE LIGHT OLIVE SKIN TONE (WARM)
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About the lack of peach or pink in the skin...so true. If people have frequently asked you if you don’t feel well or you’re tired, you might have an olive undertone.
Merriam referring Mila's 'not so best colors' as friends luring her into toxic relationships is hilarious. That's some serious quarantine inner discourse, Mila!😂💓
I loved those analogies!
I loved every moment of it loool
Hey I really needed that lecture on friendship 😂
Ew that was ugly of you
I was actually amazed when you toned down Mila's yellow/gold top. What you said about seeing her and not the top just made perfect sense. This is the best video on warm olive skin I have found and all the color examples have made so much sense for me! I love that you demonstrate colors to avoid and how you describe if a color looks apart or separate from the skin tone. You have a great eye for color and I imagine you are a very talented stylist.
I laughed aloud at "you have three kids, I have three kids". Truly a gem.
Dialogue between the colours and the girls was seriously hilarious. However, very good analogy, it helped me understand. I'm a social butterfly, except, i don't really like people 🤣
So helpful! Not enough olive representation in the beauty space! Its hard being green 🤓 👽 also, green pigment drops can work better than a green primer! I like temper’s liquid drops!
Being green 😂😂😂👽👽
Cool olive version would be amazing to see too. My mom is one, and most colors make her skin seem utterly lifeless. She mainly dresses in muted greys 'cause "at least grey doesn't clash super bad". She kinda ends up looking mousy 'cause of it. Would be amazing to be able to give her some tips :)
sounds like cool and delicate! muted blues (like denim blue and muted navy), cool muted violets, cool burgundy, ash pink? and grays of course. :)
@@merriamstyle I definitely agree with cool and delicate! She does have a very clear green tint to her skin tho, so idk if that matters...? E.g. muted pink blush kinda sits on top of her skin instead of blending in it, 'cause the skin is pretty much muted grey+green. She avoids all pinks 'cause of it. Maybe it'd be different if the colors were on the clothes vs. in make up..?
Yes I'd love to see that too, my sister has light olive skin and I think she is cool but with olive skin tones it's not as easy to see
@@EGHGHI omg ur mother sounds like me. I was always so confused with my skin Im rlly pale but still have all these greens tints. I just wear black most of the time lol
yes please, i always think i’m a cool olive and it would be amazing to look at other people who have that!
"you have 2 kids? I HAVE 3 KIDS" LOLLLLL
You cracked me up with your personification conversations between the colors & the women
I didn't realize I was olive skinned until I tried on this really light cool toned lavender colour and the green around my mouth and eyes jumped out at me I was so horrified, I looked like a goblin and I hadn't even noticed until that moment the amount of green in my skin
LOL I am wearing my cool lavender sweater right now that I bought JUST because I love the color but it is SO TRUE it makes us look literally GREEN and like we have the Flu!!
I have light olive skin, and never realized how strong the green undertone was until I recently had a passport photo made. Something about the lighting brought it out, and I looked POSITIVELY green. It was the first time I saw it so clearly.
Same, I loved the lavender tie dye trend buy my skin hated me for even trying haha but my even worse enemy: mint green. Holy smokes does that look unhealthy on me. Love the colour though 🤷♂️
I lowkey just understood some of my friendships from this video
OMG, OMG!!! What all light olive skin ladies on the Internet have been looking for!!😆😆😆Thank you!🙌🙌🙌 I’m medium contrast, cool olive and fall in the Soft Summer category. Makes a lot of sense why olive green and that warm mauve colour look so bad on me.😆 Peachy pink washes me out too as it blends with my skin tone too much.🤣
Revlon colourstay foundation in buff is a really nice light olive tone
Brittany Alice yes!!!
I agree. I use that for winter but I've yet to find the same color, just a little darker for summer. I just end up making myself too warm with bronzer...
@@CamiDiscerns I'm the opposite! Haha :D RC Buff is ok for me in summer, but in winter I need something lighter. Still haven't found my PERFECT winter shade as all of them tend to be too cool or too neutral/peachy, when my neck looks greyish-yellowish-green. Catrice HD in 010 is a decent replacement if you need something with lighter consistency than Revlon, but it's slightly too neutral. L'Oreal Infallible 015 is the same but in a lighter shade than Catrice. I want makeup brands to acknowledge that light doesn't mean pink. We, deadly looking creatures, exist :)
@@gabajamrozinska3347 yes@!
Brittany Alice oh my gosh YES
It ALL makes sense! FINALLY! I was so confused when cool colors looked awful on me, but dark gold looked too intense, but Rosegold looked radiant, when I had a Yellow hue, yet yellow foundation was too much. I was so confused! Thank you so much for making this!
Yay I'm so happy it was helpful for you, thank you for watching.
@@merriamstyle I'm considering um sending you pictures, for advice. I'm probably a romantic, but I always felt romantic clothes made me look bulky, maybe it was because I'm short and busty. Idk. Plus I was confused since I have big feet, but small hands and a large face.
Personifying the color palette made them make more sense than any other color system I've ever known. I'm looking forward to your next video in this same style.
I've waited forever for someone to talk about fair olive skin. Thank you Merriam Style!!!
yesss me too!!
all my life I just thought i was light and green lmao
Thank you Merriam! Please do more olive skin tone videos! There's a real lack of information and advice for this skin tone. I have always struggled with my pale olive skin. It's very green and it has been a struggle to find the right colors, especially hair color.
Garnier Nutrisse 415 is my go-to for years as a cool light olive. Just enough intensity, depth, and warmth. It’s called mahogany something.
Omg thank you SO freaking much for these light olive skin tone videos. So many people think lighter, or even just white people in general, simply cannot be olive. And its a bunch of hogwash! It took me YEARS to discover that I actually have olive skin and not just a yellow undertone. I always wondered why I always thought I looked so gray all the time! However, Im still not sure whether I am warm or cool olive. Im probably more neutral. This was super helpful! You've got a new subscriber! ❤👏
Throwing another vote for cool olive as well! As a neutral leaning cool (and super muted) I always have struggled with finding my colors
I am super muted too! Never thought I would ever be able to write that and expect to be understood..
Same!
Yes yes yes...please make a video on light olive skin cool radiant. That's me!!! I can wear all the jewel tones in clothes and I can rock fuschia blush like no other. But it was always confusing to me because I knew I was a light olive skin tone, so everyone was telling me that I should be wearing more of the earth colours. Lots of mixed messages coming at us!
Can I second this?
Please do one for cool olive skin as well!😍 I have pale olive skin with a cool undertone and it’s so difficult to find colors that look good on me:(
This hairstyle suits you so well!! You look radiant.
Also, So. Much. Shine!!
I agree! You are stunning Merriam!
I believe that I may fall into this category though I’m able to tan pretty well. One EXCEPTION: rose gold doesn’t look great on me- it’s too pink & clashes w/my skin tone. I can wear either white gold or yellow gold (even better when worn together) but an antiqued/brushed yellow gold is actually THE BEST.
The clothing color palette you mentioned is beautiful & exactly right.👍🏻
Same here :)
It's common for olive undertoned people to tan easily even if you're super fair to start with!
@@reenajoubert So true!!👍
Can you do the cool version as well.. I think that would help those who are cool olive.
Agreed, a fair cool olive video would be great!!
Yesss!
Yesss
Yes please!!
Oh yes please! Do a video and that.
"Not again, I'm not doing this okay?!" I need to have these conversations with my clothes.
Yes!!! Thank you so much! I am the same shade as Mila and my wardrobe is 90% black. Not hating on black, I still love it, but it seems to just be the easy way to go. Now I have options ☺️
I've always struggled to find my undertone but this video just answered my question! Everything you mentioned, the ivory instead of true white, peachy over icy pink and the rose gold jewelry, is exactly how I dress myself. Thank you for sharing!!!!! Would love to see more videos about warm olive skintone!
yay!!
@@merriamstyleMerriam I have different colorations on my body, but I am warm/neutral, but more saturated, and hair is dark. So I am dark, warm, and saturated.
I am an olive skin....and this video has changed my life and make it easier, thank you ❤️❤️
I am not light nor am I olive but I am here for the *_~knowledge~_*
As a warm and deliicate olive undertone with dark brown hair and eyes, my best colors are :
- all Olive colors
- Deep browns
- Warm browns
- Reds : from true red to dark red
- Burgundy and maroon
- light Brown
- Muted oranges
My ok colors :
-Dark and Muted yellows (that are actually close to olive )
- Cream, beige, ivory..
- warm greys
- Dark greys
- Black
- Muted dark blue
- Yellowish green
- Muted warm pink
- Vine
My worst colors :
- Any blue that is not muted or very dark
- Any pastel color
- Cool purples
- Emerald green
Thanks for sharing, I can't wear blue too, I look dead lol
I am warm delicate olive with blond hair and blue eyes, and I like all of your colours and PETROL. Petrol is my fabourite blue
Absolutely agree :D does your colour scheme also change drastically when you get tanned in summer? I have 2 completely different wardrobes and I don't know anyone else like that
And do you also look somewhat dark in fotos but somehow pale in real life? Honestly I sometimes think I'm an optical illusion hahaha
@@lemmings6516 i look kinda neutral in photos , devoid of my yellow tinge and sometimes i look slightly pink too while in real life, i look pale yellow 😑... I have a cool olive skin but can't decide whether radiant or muted....
Love this. I have olive warm undertone and I look better in soft/muted colors, so this is relevant for me. However I also have a yellowish tinge to my skin and I'm also darker (courtesy of my south east asian gene). Would love to see this type of video for my specific coloring.
Omg hearing someone talking about something I found on my own is amazing. I am olive toned and I couldn't wear colours like everybody else. I found during the years of miserably failing exactly this colours are suited for me. I agree with everything in this video.I would add braun on the list of colours to wear, and to skip black.
One of my best friends just told me I have an olive skin tone and I was like WHAT? I'M FAIR AS HELL. HOW? This explains SO MUCH. I was already kind of on track with redoing my wardrobe in these colours, so I feel SO MUCH BETTER after seeing this. Thank you!!
My problem with trying to categorize people into seasons is that there are ALWAYS exceptions and there is ALWAYS an exception for each individual person. I think everyone can rock 1 super bold bright color regardless of their skin tone. What I LOVE about your Channel is that you are the ONLY person on TH-cam who I hear referring to Olive skintones as NOT EXCLUSIVELY COOL! or Neutral. Olive is right on the axis of Warm and Cool. So naturally, Olive can be warm or cool. SO saying everyone with Olive Skin tone is a COOL skin tone and then also saying that Olive is a GREAT color for people who are warm and delicate because it is a WARM color makes NO SENSE and directly contradicts itself. I hear this SO often on other channels. Thank you for explaining to the public that Olive can lean warm OR cool!
Merriam, I absolutely love all your videos! I love the sound of your voice and could easily listen to you talk all day. Your personification of the colors makes this one of my favorite videos by you! Genius. Thank you again!
Wish I could show this video to some makeup assistants at the makeup aisles in stores, I was called porcelain skin yesterday, even though I told the woman I was pale olive right in the beginning of the “consultation”, it’s like they don’t believe me, because I am so pale and the only category they can think of is porcelain whereas I have complete lack of pink in my skin, and look green and ashy at best or yellowish, they just ignore what you say when you are very pale, as olive is automatically being associated with a tan colour.
True
Makeup assistants are sales staff.
I understand the struggle. They always push pink foundation or peach. I'm hoping to get muted makeup that might actually match my neck as my current foundation powder in my profile picture is definitely the wrong tone. 😅
I was waiting for a video like this for years ! There's basically no videos on TH-cam about light olive skin. Thank you very much Merriam ❤️
Very interesting the theory of our "best/not so best friend colours" ... So true, colours we wear "speak" for us and when they speak friendly, it makes the difference. Nice topic Meriam🤗🤗 Happy Easter from Italy!
... just returning to watch this AGAIN a year later b/c it's so freaking useful! Merriam, your olive series was the best thing to come out of 2020.
You look so lovely here Merriam! Love your hair like this. Thanks for putting out such great content! You're basically the only person I take body or colour advice from anymore because it just makes sense
Yessssss! You reinforced some thoughts I've had for a long time on olive skin. I can't wait to see the other olive videos. Thank you for your work.
Wow finally this is what I've been looking for..! Your analysis is simply another level and I love how soft spoken you are. Now I'm confirmed that I'm a light olive! Thanks Merriam for this great and loving video
Cool olive here. What I do is that I use tons (and I mean TONS) of blush. It’s not perfect though as my face sometimes doesn’t really match the body 😂 I would definitely appreciate video on cool olive (I enjoyed this one as well). ☺️
Omg I do the same! I'm warm but i feel like I need to put a lot of blush so I can wear warmer colors
Yesss! My natural blush never shows up. I drape blush over my nose and a little on my chin
Thank you so, so much for this video
Elizabeth Ward I agree
Finally!!! In the winter I get really pale and am often “paler” than my pink undertone friends since, meh they just have a lot of pink very prominent in their faces, but in the summer I love being outside and get really tan, so much so that my friends think I’ve sometimes gotten a really dark spray tan lol
Thank you for this! I finally understand that I’m not just a light olive skin tone but a warm/leaning neutral tone like Mila. Need to go through my wardrobe one last time!
This was so helpful thank you! Now I finally understand why I don't look great in mustard yellow 😁 Olive green is my best friend.
Yes! Thank you! It took me for years to finally understand that I'm very pale and olive, that's why I couldn't find any matching foundation :) Light baby pink and olive, as well as forest green looks good on me, then I also love burgundy, white and navy. Black is a no-no. To balance it out I need to wear lots of make up. Grey and beige washes me out. Just putting it out there ;D
God bless you. I used to hate makeup because none the colors I had at my disposal ever suited me. I recently started learning and gave all of this a second shot, and you just poured hope into my life 😂
Wow unbelievable understanding of color and tones! Amazing!! I never understood my own tones and why it is so difficult to find the right shades for my makeup and clothing. I now totally understand! Thank you so much for sharing all of this in such fun detail, you are amazing!✨❤️
aw thank you Crystal I'm happy the video was helpful for you!
This by far has been the best color theory video I’ve ever seen for warm muted olive skin tones!! Thank you!
@Merriam your hair looks so smooth & shiny, and the middle parting really suits you
Omg! Finally someone said it! Everything you said in regards to Mila is spot on for me 😀 From my own trial and error I've discovered that. The jewelry color has always been an issue for me. Guess I'll check out rose gold 🧡
Even holding my skin up to the screen as you went through the colors I could see the difference
This is super helpful. I definitely have an olive tone and lean more warm in the summer and more grey in the winter. I've also found that my skin almost matches some rose gold, where it's not too warm but not too cool,. However, most of the colors in my wardrobe are grey and tend to wash me out. I'll be looking into more of these warm muted tones.
Could you touch on what hair colors look best on warm olives and cool olives? Your video finally helped me realize that I have olive skin. I typically have blonde highlights but dyed it dark thinking it would compliment my skin color better. I lightened it again but it still looks off 🥴 I’m at a complete loss as to whether to go light or dark, and cool or warm….
I would go with your skin undertone- a nice beige blonde could work 😊
Fabulous!! Thank you Merriam! All those colors look good on me, just never knew quite why. Now it is clear and I can target the right colors for a terrific capsule wardrobe. Thanks again🌞
This was HILARIOUS! FROM THE thought processes to the delivery! I'm giddy! You are enchanting! 😁🙌!
OMG. That's my skin tone. Right there. And it's so funny that many of my choices tend to kind of mirror her recommendations... I feel like I've intuitively learned to pick products, such as blushes and scarves, that go in this direction. So cool to understand the 'why' behind it all.
Fantastic, I finally found some great explanation and tips for my skin tone - feels validating. Thanks!
Your hair looks beautiful Merriam!
Hey Olive Sisters !!!! Thank you 🍀😅
As a warm muted olive skintone that is on the fair side like Mila, this has been eye opening. Thank you! 😊
Thank you so much!! I have always suited slightly warmer colours, but am definitely an a olive skin tone and am pretty soft (quite similar to Mina!). I have eczema and hyperpigmentation though, so people often mistake me for a cool tone simply from the red on my cheeks. This was so helpful!!
I cannot thank you enough. There's so much confusion when it comes to olive undertones! Your knowledge and perception is one of a kind.
YES! Thank you soooo much for this video! I’m finally figuring out my exact undertones. I’ve been so confused for so long
Yes! the video I was waiting for. I can finally know what suits me! Thanks you so much Miriam! and you look stunning in this viedo!
Thank you so much, this was exceedingly helpful to clearly understand the concept of your color analysis system! Really enjoy listening to your voice, btw! :-)
aw thank you!!
That frenemy/friend example ily 😂
please make a video on cool olive skin tones! Also, your voice is so soothing! :)
I love your videos .. I finally understood what kind of colors I need to use.. and how warm they need to be.. thank you so much 💗
You are so good at what you do! I love the way you build your videos with examples, illustrations. It is perfect.
aw thank you!
Merriam....Absolutley amazing video. Thanks!
I hope you and your family are doing well in these strange times.
aw thank you, we are doing well. hoping you and your family are also doing well.
Thank you!!! This is the best video on olive skin tone I've seen!
Thank you!!! I felt about 98% connected to Mila's undertone, but when you brought Emma's into the mix, I was 100% sold. I can totally get away with playing around with the icy blue or pink now and then, but my besties are def warm and delicate.
thank you so much for the video! I feel like I'm somewhere near light, warm olive, but I actually feel that I look best in clear colors than muted or soft colors. Food for thought!
Oh my goodness thank you for this 😭 I have been looking for ways to compliment my very pale skin, but all of the advice I have found is for milky, cool toned pale skin.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!!! I've been waiting for this video for a long time!!!
I'm a cool and bright olive toned too. I don't have a red/pink undertone. I hope you do a video for cool olive tones! Thank you for covering the olive undertone btw, I haven't seen many videos on it!
Merriam, you are amazing. I've always felt that Color Me Beautiful missed the mark for a lot of us. Your method makes so much sense. I can see it in all the photos of celebs you discuss, but still having a difficult time applying to myself. Like you I was also told I was Autumn. I think I may also be cool delicate. Looking forward to more info.
I absolutely need more olive videos - especially those addressing darker skin 💕
Oh yes, I've been waiting for this.. I was pretty sure I was soft warm but couldn't understand why a lot of considered soft warm colors looked too warm on me, even some cool colours look better like charcoal Grey than mustard for example. I also see this in makeup, warm blush/lipstick/foundation looks toooo warm on my olive pale skin.
Miriam, your hair looks so lovely and so shiny.
Love love love! I’m warm delicate olive with stone blue eyes and brassy brunette hair, which is so confusing but ur video helped me a lot!!
You are brilliant! I’m so happy I found your channel😍
Could you do a video on cool olive skin tone? It seems the trickiest tone. Everyone says you are warm but cool colors look better.
Best video on this topic. Thank you for this thorough explanation!
Thank you! Yes, please make more videos about this!
I'm sure that I'm Warm and Muted, but what about an olive undertone with rosacea? I have a lot of red on my face, but it feels "superficial". Blonde hair and yellow gold make me look gray. The problem is, even with foundation, peach and warm red lipsticks make me look like a clown; my best bright lipsticks are M.A.C. All Fired Up and M.A.C. Red (cool fuchsia and raspberry). I still can't decide which color I am underneath my rosacea.
I double that.
That's a puzzle! I'm also WD pale olive, though not with rosacea. When I work out a lot (so I'm redder) I look good with a sheer cool muted red lip, like mauve-y berry or spiced wine-red (both sheered out). They look good all the time but seem particularly suited then. That, and neutral cool-brown eyeshadow with champagne shimmer.
When I'm at rest (no extra red), peach lipsticks still look awful, FWIW. Bright red-orange is... doable, but it's a "lewk." Not easy to wear. Both shades are simply too bright and orange-y for me. My olive WD alternative to peach-nude is a sheer neutral light brown with golden champagne shimmer (just the sheer light brown works too). I have a few lipsticks that look peachy or pinky, but they just look neutral brown in the tube.
Instead of red-orange or tomato red, rust-red is much much better. Rust red with a warm shimmer is so wearable.
definetely! a friend of mine has very mild rosacea only on her face, and even thought she is probably a warm&delicate, she looks cool toned.
If you haven't before I'd highly recommend trying to match to your neck, I have redness as an olive and this helped me a lot :) And omg blonde and gold me look gray too, sadly blonde is my natural color lmaoo
Warm and muted, pale olive skintype with rosacea here! I look best in brown, beige and olive. For lipstick soft brown or dusky pink work best. If I am wearing these colours, my face looks like it has less redness.
This helped me so much because both me and my sister are warm&muted with medium contrast similar to mila's coloration but I think I can pull off more saturated colors as they create just enough contrast for me as a soft gamine. as to my sister, softer colors of the same palette compliment her better as a romantic
The BEST video I saw about skin colour. Perfect. Thank you for teaching me about myself.
This is the Best presentation I've ever seen on the color topic, and of course olive skins in particular. Thank you! ❤😍
More of these videos please, so incredibly helpful!
You are a goddess of the detalis and words well spoken ! Hope for more videos like this % keep going!
awww thank you for your kind words and for watching.
Thank You so much! I have the exact same colouring as Mila!
YES!! More vids on olive skin tones please!!
I would love to see a video on cool and muted olive skin tone !
Finally someone explained it well! Thank you so much ❤️
I’m so happy that someone gets it! Ours is a complicated skin tone. ✌🏽
Yes! More olive skin tones plz!
it's so good to finally be sure about my skin tone ❤