Also Merriam typed me years ago when she first started on CZcams and put me in warm and delicate but said because of my gamine essence I could go with slightly brighter colors..that was spot on and that is how I try to dress to this day. Finding how your facial features fit in the color type is invaluable and more comprehensive than just looking at the skin.
Genuinely thank you so much for saying red is a neutral colour. I do colour consultation in a paint shop and the variety of what can be considered red is so immense (much like green, which is funny considering they're complimentary colours). Seeing someone point it out feels so validating because I felt like I was going insane calling red solely warm when berry reds are Right There 🧍♀️
I don't like being olive in the winter time because I look kind of grayish, but in the summer, I don't mind because I take on some colour. It looks a lot better.
I love your olive videos! I am of Mediterranean descent and I have light olive skin. I tan easily and become warmer but in general I am a more cool olive. With very pigmented lips. I still don’t like red lipstick but a darker brownish rose or burgundy works great! Although many people in the world are olive, I think that is the USA olive is not as common. As evidenced by the makeup that we find here. It is only recently that light olive foundations have been available. There are many darker or tan olive foundations but few lighter ones. I learned how to mix colors very early on in order to get the right colors for me (I am 50). Makeup sales people at department stores always wanted to put me in warm colors, which make me look dead.
I think Merriam is one of the few people in this space who truly understands colour typing for redheads. I'm cool-toned and pale with rosy skin and red tones in my brown hair. I constantly get mistyped as spring or autumn because of this, when in truth I look best in deep winter colours. Warm colours wash me out and make me look blotchy and ill.
I was color typed by you as cool and delicate, but no mention of olive undertones. I have no red in my skin at all and I tan but it’s not a golden beachy color, but very sallow. I suspect I’m a light olive.
Hello Merriam, I would recommend not repeating pictures in thumbnails I almost missed this video on my sidebar thinking it was the previous olive video. Thanks for the detailed info have a good day.
Regarding no casual red lip, I think Kackie Reviews Beauty might actually have found a hack for us olives for that, by finding a custom non-red color that shows up as more red on us, its fascinating! (And actually a lot of us have pointed her in your direction too after her latest video where she color-analyzed herself, i think the two of you would really enjoy each other's content!)
A lot of people think they're olive when they are just muted. I see so many people posting photos claiming they're olive and all I see is red or rosy skin.
I am so thankful for your olive videos Merriam! I’m 42, have Italian/English/Irish ancestry and light olive skin. I am warm and delicate, high contrast and soft classic, but still sometimes have people tell me they think I’m cool toned. I went through a period fairly recently when I was quite pale due to very low iron and I actively avoid the sun so that might have something to do with it. I have had many struggles finding a foundation that suits my complexion, but finally found a good one in Lisa Eldridge’s Seamless Skin Foundation in Shade No. 9. It’s a bit pricey, but it’s the best match I’ve found so far. I would love an updated video on makeup for olive skin. Also, I’m curious which season warm and delicate is closest to. I’m guessing maybe Soft Autumn? ❤🍂
I’ve seen seasonal colour analysts who have stated unequivocally that red hair = warm. And I wholeheartedly disagree with them. I have a light Auburn hair that has an obvious copper tint, and based on seasonal analysis I should be a Bright Spring. But all those warm oranges, red-oranges and browns from that system make me look extremely washed out and ill. I can wear some of the blues and purples from that palette but I have to be careful how I mix them in. I believe I have a neutral-cool undertone to my skin and wholeheartedly agree that the red/green should be valued separately from the yellow/blue (warm/cool) aspects of our colouration.
Mildred Rosewood by Gucci is my perfect MLBB lipstick, it is a deeper red. I look way better in this than in nude lipstick because I'm high contrast. BRIGHT red lipstick is harder to pull off "naturally" but deeper reds look harmonious on my face.
Also Merriam typed me years ago when she first started on CZcams and put me in warm and delicate but said because of my gamine essence I could go with slightly brighter colors..that was spot on and that is how I try to dress to this day. Finding how your facial features fit in the color type is invaluable and more comprehensive than just looking at the skin.
How can olives be exotic? We're OLIVER the world!
Genuinely thank you so much for saying red is a neutral colour. I do colour consultation in a paint shop and the variety of what can be considered red is so immense (much like green, which is funny considering they're complimentary colours). Seeing someone point it out feels so validating because I felt like I was going insane calling red solely warm when berry reds are Right There 🧍♀️
I don't like being olive in the winter time because I look kind of grayish, but in the summer, I don't mind because I take on some colour. It looks a lot better.
I love your olive videos! I am of Mediterranean descent and I have light olive skin. I tan easily and become warmer but in general I am a more cool olive. With very pigmented lips. I still don’t like red lipstick but a darker brownish rose or burgundy works great! Although many people in the world are olive, I think that is the USA olive is not as common. As evidenced by the makeup that we find here. It is only recently that light olive foundations have been available. There are many darker or tan olive foundations but few lighter ones. I learned how to mix colors very early on in order to get the right colors for me (I am 50). Makeup sales people at department stores always wanted to put me in warm colors, which make me look dead.
Julianne is pink-toned. Why would anyone see her as green-toned? 😮
Yep Julianne Moore is ethnically Irish... she doesn't look olive at all
I'm light olive skin leaning cool. Dusty rose, mauve lip color looks best on me.
I think Merriam is one of the few people in this space who truly understands colour typing for redheads. I'm cool-toned and pale with rosy skin and red tones in my brown hair. I constantly get mistyped as spring or autumn because of this, when in truth I look best in deep winter colours. Warm colours wash me out and make me look blotchy and ill.
I was color typed by you as cool and delicate, but no mention of olive undertones. I have no red in my skin at all and I tan but it’s not a golden beachy color, but very sallow. I suspect I’m a light olive.
I don’t understand how anyone could possibly mistake Julie Moores as either warm toned or olive. Are people colour blind?
Hello Merriam, I would recommend not repeating pictures in thumbnails I almost missed this video on my sidebar thinking it was the previous olive video. Thanks for the detailed info have a good day.
Regarding no casual red lip, I think Kackie Reviews Beauty might actually have found a hack for us olives for that, by finding a custom non-red color that shows up as more red on us, its fascinating! (And actually a lot of us have pointed her in your direction too after her latest video where she color-analyzed herself, i think the two of you would really enjoy each other's content!)
A lot of people think they're olive when they are just muted. I see so many people posting photos claiming they're olive and all I see is red or rosy skin.
I am so thankful for your olive videos Merriam! I’m 42, have Italian/English/Irish ancestry and light olive skin. I am warm and delicate, high contrast and soft classic, but still sometimes have people tell me they think I’m cool toned. I went through a period fairly recently when I was quite pale due to very low iron and I actively avoid the sun so that might have something to do with it. I have had many struggles finding a foundation that suits my complexion, but finally found a good one in Lisa Eldridge’s Seamless Skin Foundation in Shade No. 9. It’s a bit pricey, but it’s the best match I’ve found so far. I would love an updated video on makeup for olive skin. Also, I’m curious which season warm and delicate is closest to. I’m guessing maybe Soft Autumn? ❤🍂
I love the way you make everything so understandable! You make colour and style so interesting!
🤣🤣🤣 it’s not exotic
I’ve seen seasonal colour analysts who have stated unequivocally that red hair = warm. And I wholeheartedly disagree with them. I have a light Auburn hair that has an obvious copper tint, and based on seasonal analysis I should be a Bright Spring. But all those warm oranges, red-oranges and browns from that system make me look extremely washed out and ill. I can wear some of the blues and purples from that palette but I have to be careful how I mix them in. I believe I have a neutral-cool undertone to my skin and wholeheartedly agree that the red/green should be valued separately from the yellow/blue (warm/cool) aspects of our colouration.
Mildred Rosewood by Gucci is my perfect MLBB lipstick, it is a deeper red. I look way better in this than in nude lipstick because I'm high contrast. BRIGHT red lipstick is harder to pull off "naturally" but deeper reds look harmonious on my face.
Olive skin solving my color woes: "just wear these three shades all your life k bye"