It's literally so hard to find YOUR contour color
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- We're talkin colors today kids..let's try and figure your skintone so you can pick your perfect contour shade. I mean..that's the goal anyway...😳
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i always feel like my contour is either too dark or invisible there's no in between
😩 I know it's the worst
Or you catch yourself in the mirror later and ask yourself why you have dirt on your face...
Bekahchu YES
Okay, that was really good. Yes, it was a lot of info, but it was info that I have never heard before. THANK YOU!!!
Mix them? Find ur perfect shade
Sing it with me:
"Its not easy being green..."
True 😭 sometimes i look like a zombie
:( the struggle is real
It's sooo nott argh 😔
disco the budgie?!
I heve question. Olive skin its rally rare in Europa? I am from Poland pole see my skin Look like diffrend and its hard to find something Olive in my coutry the most People have light skin tone i am to but the have cream or yellow or Pink.
*sees title*
*nods profusely*
*click*
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It’s so true though! I’ve bought a million bronzers most of them work. But I’ve bought plenty of contour shades and end up having to just use them as bronzer bc they’re too warm
Legit hahahaha
Cath Bilton I was about to say something like this haha
@@marleeg5263 either they're too warm or grey/purple 🙄
Looove the minimal intro. It is so refreshing and enjoyable
what intro?
The amount of depth she goes in when she’s talking about makeup shows that this girl really knows whats she talking about and she’s just soo passionate about it. Obsessed with her content
Why didn’t I even know about finding your perfect contour shade-
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that's probably because every "beauty guru" insists on using ONLY cool tones to contour :D
@@bellzebubus I admittedly don't watch that many beauty "gurus", but some of the ones I watched were saying they use cool toned contour but it legit looks like a bronzer with how warm the contour shade it. I was so confused how an orange-brown contour could be cool toned lol.
Kayle Kuehn
There is such a thing though haha but most of the ‘gurus’ don’t really choose a cool toned brown
Because you’re bad at makeup.
Oh... so that's why my contour always looks as if I have dirt on my face
You must neutrogena hydro boost foundation stick in cocoa! Reminds me soo much of the Dior shade but in cream form!
Stephanie 😍😍
Thank you, Steph!💜 Will look at that shade.
THEY HAVE A STICK Version??? Ohhhh myyy
we have neutrogena in germany but this one foundation is not available here ugh -.- allie glines also loves the normal neutrogena hydro foundation and i can't get it 😑
@@steffid_ true that. DE kommt einfach nicht hinterher mit aktuellen Make Up trends und Releases 🙄
SIS IM STILL TRYNA MATCH MY FOUNDATION. sis starting AP Honors Makeup and i’m in remedial
I felt this comment so much 😂😂
those face swatches where you swatch a foundation all the way from the face to the neck in a stripe really helped me, and after one perfect match you can go on findation.com and it shows you the other brands that match this foundation 😊
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Considering I get darker in the summer and paler than my own regular complexion in the winter (I’m about your tone in the winter) I NEED THREE DIFFERENT SHADES... 🥴 the struggle here for me... the struggle... I have pink (cool) undertone with a very light coffee (warm-ish neutral) overtone. I’m so glad you named all the undertone colors... years back I got into an argument with someone who refused to believe there was such thing as green undertones 😫
Although me and my best friend are medium skin tone, she's golden olive (literally the warmest of skin tones) and I'm somewhere between heavily burnt orange, getting bronzy in the summer and more yellow in the winter time (still warm, yet more neutral than her).
“Bye?...I should really go into a video with a plan” - But I love how casual your vids are and that you are authentically yourself :)
I completely agree. She doesn’t spend time repeatedly trying to get the perfect take. Even when she messes up she just goes with it, whereas most RUclipsrs who heavily edit their videos.
Same. I love this about her. She’s so relatable. Like I feel like I know her personally. Authentic quirky self. 🥰
Nicely put..
I honestly just use bronzer at this point I don’t know why contouring doesn’t work for me
Segen Misghina lol same
If you used contour on a very humid country, you’ll just look muddy and dirty. That’s why I don’t wear them.
Use different shades of foundations to contour then. I learnt this when I watched China's reality show, 'Miss Beauty' featuring guest Jike Junyi a.k.a. Summer. She told that she contours using different shades of foundation to achieve the best most natural look.
Art background here as well, i see level gradients in the shadows you're talking about but it didnt occur to me beforehand to apply it to makeup. When i paint i used to just wing it go either a level down or up by adding black or white with my pre-mixed flesh tone that i decided on *then* i would harmonise the colours around it, but it makes sense that you would need to figure out your contour shades after you figure out your foundation colour because you damn well need to know if your simulated shadows are ashy or not. You're a genius at figuring this out, lol.
Have you done something on lighting for good makeup application yet? I dont really have a reliable natural light source right now so i'm thinking of getting an adjustable temperature ring light. Perhaps you could give us some tips on setting up the right environment for practicing application at home. Actually i haven't gotten through all of your stuff so i should dig around a little bit more after this. 😆🥰
Quills Pen I’ve found that the best thing for lighting is getting a nice light bulb. The type used for portrait photography. Neutral white shades are best. :)
Of course natural sunlight is useful because it will highlight any mistakes you’re making so you can then fix them, but I try to do my makeup in lighting similar to the lighting at my destination. Like the gross overhead lighting at work vs a low lit restaurant or bar vs bright sunlight at a game. Also if you know you’re gonna be taking pics with flash it can be useful to sit close to a bright lamp to do makeup
You are 100% correct about the undertone/overtone combo. My overtone is slightly warm, but warm colors and gold jewellery look awful on me. Even with my warmer overtone, my makeup and clothes look best with cool tones. You're very observant.
this was incredible I wish she could analyze my skin tone
Or that I could do it myself
As an olive toned/literally green person this video gives me life! I have been looking for the right contour shade since ages.The one which suited me the most was the lightest one from the kvd palette but it didn’t make sense buying a whole palette just for one shade.the Kkw one looks great.thanks a ton😍
I was able to buy just the light shade! I think if you go to the Sephora website maybe you'll be able to do the same
They have kvd duos now so you get the light and dark duo
Sees title screams “ finally someone gets it” gurl every contour someone has gotten me is purple
Cool toned girl here. I gave up on contour. Everything I've tried pulls orange.
So weird, i literally have two things of these contour sticks and they're cool toned 😭 I'm really trying to look for something warm 😪
Fenty Amber is suuuuper cool toned!!! It’s in powder and cream form
I'm very fair with pink and blue undertones. I've tried almost every 'cool toned' contour shade available, but everything pulled orange. Begrudgingly bought Fenty Cream Cheeks in Amber. First day i tried it and it looked orange in natural daylight. I couldn't believe it and I'm totally lost at this point. Rituel De Fille has a contour colour called 'Intuition' that looks perfect, but we can't get it in the UK. If you're in the US try Rituel De Fille blush in intuition.
The overtone vs undertone bit was amazing
I’m a fine arts major and I am just giggling over here at your explanation of under/ over tones and love it. Because you look like you’re thinking “they must think I’m crazy”. But I TOTALLY understand what you’re saying 😆
Alex: posts a video about contour shades
Me: puts my bronzer down that I was about to use to contour
Listening to you is literally therapeutic to me plus so much learnings. Thankyou ❤
Recommendation: ELF eyebrow kit (the ones with the pomade wax and powder) in light has a powder that is pretty spot on for light olive peoples contour.
Yay! Someone else who uses eyebrow powder to contour! 😂
@@beckaronibean also use contour for eyebrow powder. Best way to get a true cool dark brown.
Wow nice suggestion. Thanks
@@yaimiana Same!!! when you think about it it makes sense - your brow hairs cast shadows on your face the same way your folds and bones do. Just more intense! It would look super natural to use the same color shadow in the eyebrows!
I really have trouble seeing undertones in general unless they’re pretty obvious, like I have no idea what my tone is. But when you held that palette up next to your face suddenly I could SEEEEE how green your skin is. It was almost to the point where I wondered if the white balance on your camera had shifted on its own. I think it’s the opposite side of the color wheel that made it more noticeable to me and now I’m wanting to grab some muted oranges and greens and purples to see if more blue or pink or green jumps out to me in my own skin tone.
I also get what you mean about undertones and overtones - I think. I don’t know what my skin’s undertone is exactly, but my face has a lot of redness in the skin “overtone” I guess you would call it, that has made it really hard for me to find a shade match that makes me look connected to my neck. I’m thinking I need to pick up color correctors and just play around and see if I can figure out what additions will make my foundations a better match.
“I was gonna say Hi, I was gonna say Welcome back.....SUP” 😂 love her!
Your “bye?” at the end sent me 🤣
I can not stop watching you!! So good😘❤️❤️
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This video title is so true!!!
Sometimes your skills are fine, it's the shade or tool that is causing problems.
My eyeliner skills got so much better when I bought a proper brush.
I come from an art background as well and understand what you mean so much, love it. Could you do the same with bronzer? I always had trouble understanding bronzer shades that compliment different skin tones
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Yep... Subscribed... No long bs in the beginning... No long useless bs in the end... All extremely helpful... And RELEVANT info! Thank you! Will be watching more for sure!
I’m new to doing make-up but i think i’ve already found the perfect channel!🤗 I love your calm tone and lighting technique. Also you kill it when it comes to make up!!!! Keep on doing what you’re doing
😭 Thank you so much Hannah!
honestly girl your artistic background knowledge thing is taking over and im so here for it!!
My red head nightmare trying to get the perfect foundation and contour. I mean...my face is red often.
I have taken professional makeup classes in college but it is still really a struggle. 🤷🏼♀️
Fantom Animus yeeees! As a fellow red head, it’s so difficult. I can go a tad green really fast if the shade is barely off.
I only contour when I'll be somewhere dimly lit.
I highly encourage you to look at some contouring shades by k-beauty brands. They are usually fair and delicate, not orangey at allnor gray, but since they are targeted towards people with more olive skin tones, the undertones are usually better! There's a bunch of them on yesstyle! Hope it helps!
@@Lemugisa Which brands ans which products? Many thanks
What’s your undertone? Try buying foundation mixing pigments to adjust the undertone
Amber looks rather yellow on my skin tone. Damn. Undertones are everything.
I don’t know why I never thought about matching contour to the colour of the shadows of your face, it makes so much sense.
Contouring is such an experience. You slowly add a small amount bit by bit and when you don’t see it at all you get impatient and put wayyy too much on. There is no in between
Overtones and undertones make a lot of sense! I definitely am warmer up top and cooler underneath, and I’ve kind of just been doing trial and error picking out makeup shades. Your contour videos have been super helpful to me as a newbie so thanks!!
I’m understanding this 100%! I’m fair with pinky and red colors!
This has been soo helpful! I have seen so many YT vidoes where people say "bronzer is warm, contour is cool" and this is what I have been sticking with, even though I always though that the cool grayish countour looks a little bit like dirt on my yellow toned skin, but I always though going for something warmer would be wrong. Now I feel like I have the permission to do so. Thank you so much!
props to all the art majors out there who dive deep in colour theory! idk why but I've never applied colour theory to makeup, but it wasn't until watching your videos I realized my undertone leaned more olive as well not warm. Thanks again Alex for your tips!
My god- THANK YOU!!! I’ve watched many videos about the topic, purchased many contour products... always looks terrible.
As someone with a BFA and whose has studied color theory etc... I’ve felt like a complete moron wasting so much money on off shades. Could never figure out why even though it was labeled as contour for fair skin- all of the products I’ve purchased have looked so orange on me. Watched this and it finally made sense! Went and used a matte shadow pallet that had a pale lavender/beige tone and voila!
Literally the most helpful/useful information on the subject I’ve seen!!
Girl you have done it again. Constantly blowing my mind
Thank you for talking about fair olive tones! Why do I feel like it’s impossible to find makeup for this shade?!
You posted this awhile ago, but seriously. You doubted how helpful it was the. whole. way. through. And I have to tell you, this was SO informative and SO helpful. You can see slight color variations with such clarity and you describe them so perfectly that I feel like now I can pinpoint what is or isn’t working and why. I have to mix almost all of my colors, so understanding what I’m looking for and how to achieve it is soooo valuable. (And I like what you said about tones. I have very yellow undertones with very pink overtones and nearly purple hyperpigmentation. Hard.)
Thank you!!!
Yea I feel you on that. I’m like rosy neutral with some yellow tones
Wish there was a brown skin youtuber like you who was this informative 😫
First 20 seconds...preach Alex! Seriously why do sooo many companies make contour shades as orange bronzers!!
I fucking LOVE your no bullshit approch to makeup. It's really refreshing 🥰
I’m still in bed but at least I’m early to this
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Lol love your honesty! You did good!
Lmaooo same
From watching you over the past year, I have realized I am also pale olive. Thank you so much!
You look stunning today girlie I recently took my hair short into a pixie and went blonde , love ur vids huge fan xx
Thank you love! 🙏🏼 Hope you’re loving the new pixie!
This video is what finally made me realize the actual tone of my skin and how everything should work
At 51 and I'm just starting to wear makeup. I like your videos, I've watched LOTS if makeup tutorials and I think yours are the most informative and less theatrical.
I also love the way you ended your video! Lol...
Uh...Bye!
ALEX 👁👁 you’re SO GOOD at TEACHING what the fuck?! I have an art/illustration background too & not even half my painting professors are as good as you are at explaining c o l o r holy shit
Maybe... you could consider.. teaching.. as a distant future career option...
Art girl here! I can tell you have an art background for sure :)
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I enjoy your vocal fry :) Some RUclipsrs are fantastic, but their voices are not so friendly to the medium. Yours is nice. Thanks for the vids!
Great information. I have green and blue veins so I have always been told I was a neutral undertone. But when I look in the mirror I actually see warm. Thank You.....
I tried contouring my face today for the first time cause i looked so wierdly flat on my zoom call and oh my god this video is so helpful!
This video is old now but I just had to say YES about the undertones overtones things- I have noticed the same thing but haven’t heard anyone else say it before. I think it’s easy to recognize on people who are super ruddy- they have very obvious red overtones, and when they wear clothes that match their red overtone the look like a lobster. But usually they have a blue undertone, so when they wear the right shade of blue it totally calms the redness of their complexion. I’m the same exact color as you Alex- everything that matches you matches me. Same hair and eye color too. My undertone is very green, with more yellow than blue in it. So I describe myself as a warm olive undertone. And yes, it’s extremely difficult to find foundation and contour shades but I love that you do the work for me lol. Thanks so much!
This makes perfect sense...it sounds exactly how most artists work to portray skin in art. I remember my artist friend who works primarily with oil paints speaking about this a lot, the idea of there being three primary shades to human skin, yellow, red, and blue, and the way you play with them creates the different tones and hues of skin shades. This is such a great video topic, thank you!!!
..certainly a knack for capturing our attention-- stunning look more often than not, but in recent vids, we are seeing more of a breakdown of the fundamentals (and how AA is coceptualizing).
This is interesting and it adds dimensionality to how we relate with a given look in terms of beauty, fashion, or whatever.
..Thanking people for being who they are and doing what they do so nicely. Truly a natural beauty..
Omg.... It all f*$#$#$ make sense. This is have been happening to me since I'm getting old for my foundation. It's just not the undertone but your overtone as well. Thank you so much for this video.
your under/over/skintone theory is so mindblowingly simple and intuitive but also completely revolutionary in the realm of makeup lmao
I've been eyeing that dior pallette forever 😍😍😍
As a painter, it totally makes sense! Human skin is very layered. Personally, i'm mixed and have the same issue you do in that my undertones are like, olive/greenish but my overtones are much more neutral, even going into cool. In my case, being anemic af doesn't help LOL. What I do it use a fairly neutral contour for my undertones and use a warmer one over the top (sometimes even a bronzy blush) and that seems to work.
I have pink and gray undertone with a greener shadow overtone so it's really hard to find both foundation and contour. Neutral is where I tend to stay as it's a bit of everything. This was very informative. Thank you
I just found your videos and can I just saw how much I appreciate the normal titles and cover picture. Thank you for not putting click bait or flashing annoying graphics and fonts in the cover shot. You are real and I am here for it!
You crack me up. I just really love watching you explain colors like this. I can totally see it. I imagine most people are like wtf?? Lol
I LOVE how your intros are to the point and not unnecessarily dragged, living for it!!
the peripera ink v shading powder in cacao brown is really nice for light olive skin!
I work with color correction in print and I’ve never heard somebody speak my language so perfectly. You explained undertones and overlays so well! Thank you!
I know this video is old but I’m so glad I just came across it. Very helpful. I have such a hard time with contour and this definitely made sense to me. Now I have to work on placement.
I bet this is the best "how to pick contour shade" video! I've seen tons of makeup videos but never came across this type of content all are just like - pick something that's cool toned! But i had to learn this through trial and error and rather preferred to use bronzer than contour on my insanely warm skin bcz of the trouble of getting a contour that's warm enough for me...
You deserve soooo much appreciation! You're just lovely - in every way possible.. 💝
How you explain undertones actually makes a lot of sense to me! I've been having this issue because I definitely have a cool undertone however I have a more yellow overtone so neutral/warm tones tend to look a little more flattering on me in my opinion. And for some reasons cool tones do not pull cool on me. Especially lip colors. Also cool tones I feel wash me out so... I don't know. It's killing me trying to figure out what is actually more flattering or natural looking. Ugh. Your videos are always so helpful though so thank you!
Thank you so much. Your demo showed me WHY a contour color I picked looked like a dirt smudge on my face and not at all like a shadow.
Can you do a video on lighting setup / type of lights you use to see your complexion the most accurately? Because I could see really clearly when you mentioned the shade difference between your neck and the foundation, and I know that I wouldn't be able to see that difference on myself until my face is captured on camera or something LOL. I feel like my eyes are deceiving me all the damn time but it might be my lighting ugh. I'm super warm olive it's annoying and I feel you girl. Thanks for the quality content always !
I just love your realness! You crack me up sometimes with the remarks you make. Beautiful as always even in the buff. Get it girl! 👍
Dude, you’re the best. I literally had no clue why all blushes turned hella pink on me, what multicolor veins meant, why concealer made me go sickly and why that fenty amber made me look like I’d taken the brunt of a mean right hook. Then I found your channel. Figured out I had PALE olive skin and it all clicked. You’re a beacon in the darkness of makeup realness for olives! Thank you!!!
HI ALEX!!
Can you review Rare Beauty's new foundation please!! 🙏 You're my foundation twin lol
You should make your own make-up course. I would pay to learn from you! You talk about so many thing and details that nobody else says
I don’t know if anybody else has had this problem but I’ve been having trouble figuring out which blushes work best with my undertones 🤔
The easiest to figure out the blush color is to try and pinch the lightest area of ur body with the softest skin ... See what color or redness u get, that is usually what would be the type of color you would get if you were naturally blushing... I know its weird but it was very hard for me to find my perfect blush color and I suddenly discovered this ... Tried on a couple of ny friends ... Tends to work
So if you get more warm peachy or warm red use a warm blush.. If it looks more pale pink use a blush like that
@@sqoishicasette Wow I never thought of this! Thanks for sharing. I think my case would be salmon colour. I just pinched my fairest site, my big fat thigh XD
I am fair with olive skin too and the struggle is SO real to find a good contouring color, i have litteraly bought the natasha denona camel palette for one shade that is just perfection for my skin
honestly you made perfect sense! It was very helpful
THANK GOODNESS for this video because i was just about to waste my money on the fenty butta biscuit. Funny how the same product will look SO different on different undertones!!!
This is like picking a color for a figure painting.. shoutout to my fellow artists 💕
5:47 you've literally just described my skin tone! I'll have to keep an eye out for this product :)
Everything you are saying is spot on.
ABH Mink contour stick is fantastic on most light/medium/neutral olive. It's perfect & lasts forever. The right amount of bronw/grey without being purple & just a tad of warmth.
Your really an excellent teacher! For all us visual learners, make perfect sense. Ty
Yes!
Agree to the title of the video
I look unpleasantly tanned or grey or orange when i use contour
Your voice is so calming I watch your videos instead of ASMR now😅
YESSSS I have been wondering which shade is right for me for so long.
It’s so tough!
you are so right about over and under tones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Totally agree with the undertone and overtone thing. Every time they would match me at any makeup counter, it’s always wrong because they base it off my undertone and the rule of thumb is the color of our veins but my veins match neutral. However, I am more warm or warmer shades blend better with my skin.
I have to say, I only found you recently (sorry), but I am so glad I did. To be honest, I do not give a damn about contouring (it's a bit too much for me), I just came to watch this video because I love so much how you talk about these things. It's soothing, like watching Lisa Eldridge, only in a different way. :) I love how passionate and knowledgeable you are about makeup, but chill at the same time. :) Love it.
And omg YES, the undertone overtone thing!! Whenever I tell someone I have a cool undertone the always give me pinkish makeup BUT I NEED THE YELLOW STUFF. Just with the right balance of coolness!!
I would love to see the same make up look on your whole. But one side is using tones that are cool.
The nyx pro foundation mixer in olive is the perfect shade for daker olive skintones :0
Omg! Thank you for this! I'm literally always saying how green my neck looks... It's soooo hard for me to match my foundation because my neck and my face aren't the shade shade at all... But I swear that first shade looks fucking AHH-MAZING! I hate how contour shades always either give me a 5 o'clock shadow (think if zombies had 5 o'clock shadows... That's exactly what it looks like... Dead 🙄) or look red af... And not like the new bronzer/blush trend either. So I'm so happy to see someone else with this stuggle that can help break it down.
Oh my gosh it is so hard thanks for bringing this situation to the light