Is MAC Viva Glam I better for warm olives? While rummaging through my old makeup at my mum's house, I found an old tube of MAC Viva Glam I. It was the first red lipstick I ever bought. And it was the lipstick that made me think I couldn't wear red. It pulled very brown and orange, and the skin on my upper lip turned green.

Fast forward years down the road. I've figured out I'm a light-medium probably cool-neutral olive with a lot of facial redness. My lips are mauve, which is why dusty pinks and mauves are my BFFs. And I've recently rediscovered reds. 

My current HG red is Maybelline's Siren in Scarlet, and I also look good in the following:
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* NARS Cruella
* NARS Provocative Red 
* Revlon Blake's Red 
* Revlon Julianne's  Red
* UD Gash
*UD Rocksteady

So I'm wondering why Viva Glam I looks bad on me when it technically should look good? Is it because of the brown mixing with my mauve-ish lips? Or is it because I'm most likely a cooler olive?