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Makeup Holy Grails for Olive Mature Skin 🫒
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items If you have olive skin you know it can be hard sometimes to find that right shade of blush or foundation what won’t make you look ashy! After years of trial and error, these are the products I’ve found that actually complement my skin, and don’t sett...
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Foundations
Concealers
Primers
Blush
Powders
Lips
Foundations
Shade 2N2 Buff is the 🫒 favorite. This is the only one I dare to use when wearing white tops!
Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup
Shade 6 or 5.3 are legendary for olives. It’s the only high-end foundation I’ve found that actually has those green/grey pigments we need to look alive 😄
Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
Needs no introduction! Shade 4 or 4.5 is the sweet spot for me. It provides an ethereal, magical glow that emphasizes our 🫒undertones rather than masking them.
Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter
Concealers
Sadly, is only available in 🇦🇺 but this stuff is amazing. Basically a Tarte dupe and for me doubles as foundation too. My go to when cost of living hits hard 😬🙏🙌
Instant Camouflage & Contour Concealer-Ivory
Café con Leche is a rare, true olive-friendly light-medium shade. It covers dark circles without that weird "pink halo" other concealers leave. Crema Catalana also works for medium olives
NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer
Feels like skincare! The "Y" or "N" shades are fantastic for olives. One of those viral products that actually live up to the hype ✨🙌 love love love the applicator
Natasha Denona Hy-Glam Concealer
Cotton 2 or Oat 3 are great for muted olives. It’s soooo high-coverage you only need a tiny teeny dot! A little goes a long way.
Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer
Primers
The citrus scent is the best morning wake-up call. It preps the skin so my foundation glides on without clinging to any dry patches. I find the scent lovely but if you’re very sensitive to smells best to test it first before buying 🍋
Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base
Essential for smoothing out texture. It keeps my base from looking "muddy" throughout the day.
Tatcha The Liquid Silk Canvas Primer
The Pore Minimizer is really good to blur imperfections and makes my foundation last all day, even in hot, humid summer days.
L'Oreal Paris Prime Lab Advanced Derm Primer 24H Pore Minimizer
Blush
Another cult favorite! Believe or Hope are the "safe" shades for olives, with just enough bright pigment to make you look lively without turning us into a bright fuchsia mess 🤡
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid Blush
Chouchette is the perfect "natural-peach" that doesn't look neon on my olive skin. It looks like a natural, healthy flush, perfect for the "no makeup” look. Expensive but worth it 💸✨
Westman Atelier Baby Cheeks Blush Stick
Super pretty pink mauve blush that does NOT look muddy on olives 🥰 one of Jessica Alba’s go-to’s, and reasonably priced too! 🙌
SHEERTONE BLUSH | MAC Cosmetics Australia
Powders
Amazing Aussie brand. This mineral powder foundation will make you look glowy and makes my skin look like I’m using an insta filter. Biscuit is my go to shade. Been using it for years and always get compliments about the glooooowww ✨✨✨
VANI-T Mineral Powder Foundation
Mousselini Acidulee (No. 4) looks scary but the green and blue are amazing for neutralizing the greyish tones olives get when we’re dead tired 💀If you know you know. Not exactly cheap but lasts forever.
Givenchy Prisme Libre Loose Powder
Lips
I’m actually shocked at how good this stuff is. Baby tee has just the right hint of coral to make my olive skin look bright and alive ✨ matte finish and lasts several hours
SUPERSTAY TEDDY TINT
Merry Rose is a stunning muted pink that actually suits olive skin! A rare find albeit expensive 💸
Chanel Le Rouge Duo Ultra Tenue Lipstick
Eyes
I did not want to like these because they are not exactly cheap, but oh my gosh! Is such a beautiful product! Glides like a dream, lasts all day, and there are so many shades that complement olive skin beautifully. Feels sooo buttery and luxurious, y...
Satin Kajal Liner | Victoria Beckham Beauty