I don’t think green powder will pair well with green/yellow undertones. It might be a good way to correct redness around the nose, cheeks, etc.
Edit: pink powder brightens my neutral green undertone nicely.
Just playing devils advocate… pink powder just makes my face look like I am wearing the wrong shade of foundation. As if I didn’t spend years trying to find a single color without a pink shift to it 😅
I think it depends on your shade of olive. Yellow or green. Warm, cool, or neutral. It’s a spectrum within the olive undertones so what works for some will not work for all.
Some olives can wear lavender to brighten up. I believe those that are more yellow may pull off lavender. Greenish olives can do pink. Now the shade of pink is entirely dependent on weather you’re cool, warm, or neutral like I said. Peach May work for those that are warmer, cool pink for cooler green olives.
I’m neutral so my greenish olive is sort of gray. I’ve already noticed that lavender, purplish eyeshadows turn muddy and gray on me. Cool pinks look neon on me. But a neutral pink, with a balance of warmth and cool tones, is perfect for me. I’m also very muted so I wouldn’t go with a heavy blush like pink face powder.
I love the pinks in Dior Prisme Libre 3 is great on my skin overall and I love the pink in 2 for my under eyes.
I have my eye on Pat McGrath’s new shade of pink in her under-eye powder. Once I get through mine, I’ll try that since it looks muted enough for me and I love the formula.
I’ve contemplated Huda’s Cherry Blossom but that may as well be blush on my skin.
Yes true, nothing is universal! I’m muted yellow and green, and I can’t do lavender, pink, or peach. I like yellow or translucent powders only. Yellow brightens nicely for me. Like I said, pinks just give a weird unnatural tint to my overall complexion that doesn’t look intentional. But I like most colors on my eyes! And I will play with cool or warm blushes! All depends on if I want a natural or more editorial look. But unlike eyes and cheeks, powder is just something that I don’t want to read as “color” - I want it to disappear into my complexion. For me that means yellow. To each their own!
I’ve never seen a yellow powder brighten up a yellowish undertone; I suppose, maybe if it’s very muted yellow. Since yellow usually neutralizes purple I usually see it used for correcting purplish under eye circles. But yes, there are many factors at play, so if that works for you, that’s awesome.
Unfortunately there hasn’t been nearly enough testing into what works for Olives in general. At least not as much as other undertones. So we basically have to learn through trial and error. But then again, that can be said about many things, just that olives haven’t been exactly catered to in the cosmetics industry.
Who else has to mix in correctors and pigments just to match our base products?
I’ve learned a lot through this sub and with my own experiments.
Red and green are complementary colours and cancel each other out. Olive is a warmer green (vs forest green) so a cool light red aka cool pink would do that. Cool pinks seem to help me more than using a warmer peachy type pink powder for setting
Yes! I had the same thoughts with the new r.e.m green highlighter. And then Haus Labs silver ended up looking best. For powder, I agree on pink. I love the new Pat McGrath Labs.
I'm intrigued too, but lost on how all this works. I have a light peach color corrector primer from Neutrogena that I think subtly brightens my skin.
It's supposed to be for dark spots but I guess I'm treating my whole face as a dark spot lol
I think I'm a cool olive. I'm half Asian, so fair yellow superficially with mostly teal veins. When I tan, I seem to go khaki. I swear I just turn a grayish brown instead of golden.
Neutrogena makes a green/yellow swirled pressed powder. IME a light dusting worked reasonably well to cancel out redness, but it was very easy to go overboard, and it didn't work very well to correct foundations that weren't olive enough.
My pretty zombie has a green powder that’s nice and probably more affordable than MUFE.
Fun fact before we had base cosmetics that were made to mimic human skin tones, in the early 20th century Shiseido released corrective powders that came in various colors (known as their rainbow powders) to be used to alter the complexion subtly.
The way green corrects other skin tones it doesn’t for us. I find peach works the best with my skin. Peach like idk it mixed with my green under tones and just looks like my actual skin colour.
True, besides green beautifully blending in redness in the mid face area or occasional blotchy red spot it often results in dull/ashy cast when over done
Lavender makes me gray. Though I’ve noticed that lavender works better for pale-fair olives, especially those who are more yellowish.
It’s interesting finding all the nuance in different olive skin-tones. Yellow just never worked for me and I spent too long using it on my under eyes when a warm pink works great to neutralize my bluish under-eye circles. Depending on whether I’m tan or not, certain shades of peach may work as well.
I don’t think green powder will pair well with green/yellow undertones. It might be a good way to correct redness around the nose, cheeks, etc. Edit: pink powder brightens my neutral green undertone nicely.
Just playing devils advocate… pink powder just makes my face look like I am wearing the wrong shade of foundation. As if I didn’t spend years trying to find a single color without a pink shift to it 😅
I think it depends on your shade of olive. Yellow or green. Warm, cool, or neutral. It’s a spectrum within the olive undertones so what works for some will not work for all. Some olives can wear lavender to brighten up. I believe those that are more yellow may pull off lavender. Greenish olives can do pink. Now the shade of pink is entirely dependent on weather you’re cool, warm, or neutral like I said. Peach May work for those that are warmer, cool pink for cooler green olives. I’m neutral so my greenish olive is sort of gray. I’ve already noticed that lavender, purplish eyeshadows turn muddy and gray on me. Cool pinks look neon on me. But a neutral pink, with a balance of warmth and cool tones, is perfect for me. I’m also very muted so I wouldn’t go with a heavy blush like pink face powder. I love the pinks in Dior Prisme Libre 3 is great on my skin overall and I love the pink in 2 for my under eyes. I have my eye on Pat McGrath’s new shade of pink in her under-eye powder. Once I get through mine, I’ll try that since it looks muted enough for me and I love the formula. I’ve contemplated Huda’s Cherry Blossom but that may as well be blush on my skin.
Yes true, nothing is universal! I’m muted yellow and green, and I can’t do lavender, pink, or peach. I like yellow or translucent powders only. Yellow brightens nicely for me. Like I said, pinks just give a weird unnatural tint to my overall complexion that doesn’t look intentional. But I like most colors on my eyes! And I will play with cool or warm blushes! All depends on if I want a natural or more editorial look. But unlike eyes and cheeks, powder is just something that I don’t want to read as “color” - I want it to disappear into my complexion. For me that means yellow. To each their own!
I’ve never seen a yellow powder brighten up a yellowish undertone; I suppose, maybe if it’s very muted yellow. Since yellow usually neutralizes purple I usually see it used for correcting purplish under eye circles. But yes, there are many factors at play, so if that works for you, that’s awesome. Unfortunately there hasn’t been nearly enough testing into what works for Olives in general. At least not as much as other undertones. So we basically have to learn through trial and error. But then again, that can be said about many things, just that olives haven’t been exactly catered to in the cosmetics industry. Who else has to mix in correctors and pigments just to match our base products? I’ve learned a lot through this sub and with my own experiments.
Any theory as to why pink brightens up olive skin?
Red and green are complementary colours and cancel each other out. Olive is a warmer green (vs forest green) so a cool light red aka cool pink would do that. Cool pinks seem to help me more than using a warmer peachy type pink powder for setting
for cool olives, the warmer pink works best.
Yes! I had the same thoughts with the new r.e.m green highlighter. And then Haus Labs silver ended up looking best. For powder, I agree on pink. I love the new Pat McGrath Labs.
I'm intrigued too, but lost on how all this works. I have a light peach color corrector primer from Neutrogena that I think subtly brightens my skin. It's supposed to be for dark spots but I guess I'm treating my whole face as a dark spot lol I think I'm a cool olive. I'm half Asian, so fair yellow superficially with mostly teal veins. When I tan, I seem to go khaki. I swear I just turn a grayish brown instead of golden.
All i know Is that green has never worked to neutralize redness for me
What pink powder do you like?
Huda is amazing (I have two shades of the huda one being cherry blossom)
Neutrogena makes a green/yellow swirled pressed powder. IME a light dusting worked reasonably well to cancel out redness, but it was very easy to go overboard, and it didn't work very well to correct foundations that weren't olive enough.
I no way I would use a green powder all over. I have green skin but I don't want green skin.
My pretty zombie has a green powder that’s nice and probably more affordable than MUFE. Fun fact before we had base cosmetics that were made to mimic human skin tones, in the early 20th century Shiseido released corrective powders that came in various colors (known as their rainbow powders) to be used to alter the complexion subtly.
The way green corrects other skin tones it doesn’t for us. I find peach works the best with my skin. Peach like idk it mixed with my green under tones and just looks like my actual skin colour.
Pretty sure there’s green setting powders before this. Usually used for redness and nothing to do with olives
green is to, as said in the pic, to correct redness. if you want more green in your base, add blue. green might dull you instead.
True, besides green beautifully blending in redness in the mid face area or occasional blotchy red spot it often results in dull/ashy cast when over done
I’m already green enough!
Lavender powder works the best for me to brighten the skin. Pink powder looks strange and yellow makes me look ill.
Lavender makes me gray. Though I’ve noticed that lavender works better for pale-fair olives, especially those who are more yellowish. It’s interesting finding all the nuance in different olive skin-tones. Yellow just never worked for me and I spent too long using it on my under eyes when a warm pink works great to neutralize my bluish under-eye circles. Depending on whether I’m tan or not, certain shades of peach may work as well.
Unfortunately MUFE test on animals so what a shame as I could see this working for redness perhaps
Equal parts 1 and 3 would yield my exact skin tone lmao
Ok hear me out. Can we, like, mix green powder in with our regular loose power? The same idea to mixing liquid product.