Mauves look brown on me?
I’m a little confused about my undertone. I’m certain I’m olive because the green is quite obvious in me, but here is how certain makeup colors look on me:
Any kind of mauve or subtle purple turns straight brown on me. Same with reddish browns - no red to be seen. That’s true for blush and lip liners/lipsticks.
Coral and lavender look the best on me.
I can only wear cool toned lip liners or dark colored warm/neutral lip liners. Everything else turns orange on me, except . True pink makes me look sickly, warm pink turns orange, but lavender looks pink. Berry tones make me look bruised and washed out.
Does this mean I’m neutral? I wear the Merit Complexion stick in the shade Bone, and sometimes add a bit of green to it.
Does this happen to anyone else? I always thought if maybes turned brown you were a warm olive, and if things turned orange you were cool, but somehow I’m both?
Posted Apr 1, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC