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Medium Olive

NYX
Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Blendable, Lightweight-wear, Great-value.

Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Blendable, Lightweight-wear, Great-value.

This is definitely a warm or saturated yellow olive shade, at least on me. It also oxidizes to lean orange. The depth is pretty close, maybe slightly dark unless I have a good tan (I am a light to medium depth). I am a cool and very muted/desaturated olive with green-grey-true-beige undertones, and the next shade up, Buff, fits me much better (but is a little too dark most of the time).

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Sand Beige 220

Revlon
Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Easy-to-apply, Emphasizes-pores, Great-value.

Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Easy-to-apply, Emphasizes-pores, Great-value.

I'm not sure why this is classified as moderately pink. It's very neutral and beige! I am a light-medium depth and a cool muted olive. My undertones are very dominantly silver, green, and pure beige, with neutral to slightly rosy overtones. This is the first foundation that's ever looked right on my skin. I've never had a foundation just blend and disappear into my skin without mixing blue or green primer into it first. Nearly every foundation shows up as bright orange, bright peach, bright yellow, or bright pink. This one just disappears immediately.

Buff

NYX
Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Blendable, Emphasizes-pores, Oily-wear.

Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Blendable, Emphasizes-pores, Oily-wear.

I'm a cool muted olive (AKA a very desaturated green-silver-beige-y type!) and this is just about perfect for me at my most tan. Unfortunately, it's too dark for me 99% of the time, but it's great for mixing with a little mineral sunscreen or moisturizer for a DIY BB cream.

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Rose Vanilla

L'Oreal
Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Smooth-fn, Blendable, Emphasizes-pores, Long-wearing, Scented.

Review posted 3 years ago

Tagged as: Buildable-coverage, Natural-fn, Smooth-fn, Blendable, Emphasizes-pores, Long-wearing, Scented.

I'm a cool muted olive (extremely desaturated) in the light to medium depth, and this is pretty close to matching. It's a smidge too saturated and peachy on me if I go too thick, but it's not bad blended in. It matches the occasional rosy-peachy places I have on certain areas, like my ears, so it doesn't clash badly with the rest of my skin. Actually, it's probably better than a true match for me would be. The problem sometimes with having grey/silver/green undertones is that if you truly match your actual undertones all over your face, you end up looking sick. This kind of marries those alien green-grey undertones with the neutralish-rosy overtones, if that makes sense, and I sometimes mix it with lotion to tone it down a little. I bet if I mixed it with my green primer, it would look even more natural and hide my pores better.

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