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Off to get colours done. Again....

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BeginnerSAHM · 01/07/2013 11:02

Hello,

I'm just off to get my colours done by a house of colour person after having read all the rave reviews on here.... I've been 'done' before - once in early 20s (colour me beautiful), once in early 30s (house of colour - totally different season/result) and once in mid-30s (colour me beautiful - same result as early 20s but with their 'upgraded' coding system).

Anyway, colour me beautiful has me as 'clear and warm' (and not sure if light or dark) - or a 'clear spring' (in their ols system). House of colour had me as a winter.

I'm not telling this consultant what I've been diagnosed as before but I thought I'd report back on here to let you all know what happened an whether I think it's good! So many people seem to wonder whether it's value for money!

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rubylovescheese · 01/07/2013 11:57

If it were me and had my colours done so many times already I think I would mention it so they could try to fathom out what went wrong before. Or at least try vv hard to get it right this time .

Trills · 01/07/2013 12:02

So you are saying that Colour Me Beautiful gave you the same answer twice, 10 years apart?

House of Colour you have been to once, and they told you something different.

So you are going to House of Colour again. Why, exactly? What will you get out of this? If House of Colour tell you the same thing that they told you before, will you go with their result or the Colour Me Beautiful result?

evelynj · 01/07/2013 12:04

Watching with interest-want to get mine done but baby due in 2 weeks & would like to go a couple of months after but not sure if I should wait until I'm in better shape first or does this not matter?

Also, do they talk about make up?

Good luck!

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BeginnerSAHM · 01/07/2013 13:20

House of colour told me spring this time too... I had it done again because I was confused and not confident about what suits me.

I did tell her that hoc and CMB disagreed with the diagnosis and she was v careful to make sure I 'saw' the right colours.

Anyway, I'm v happy now - and don't have to buy loads of fusia and burgundy. It was useful for me...!

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MadBusLady · 01/07/2013 13:49

Hm, I had almost made up my mind to go and get this done but that is not a reassuring experience. Whatever systems they use, they are clearly completely different.

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BeginnerSAHM · 01/07/2013 13:57

Turns out that one person made a mistake... But, no, it wasn't very reassuring. She was so adamant that I was 'cool' that I thought she was right. Just for further background, I got a HOC gift voucher for my birthday, which is why I had my colours analysed a second time.

It should make getting dressed a bit quicker now - I can purge all the stuff that's not quite right (well, slowly... over time!) and the rest should all sort-of go together.

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BeginnerSAHM · 01/07/2013 13:58

Yes - they talk about make-up! Sorry - missed that before.

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QueenofallIsee · 01/07/2013 16:17

What the feck does 'getting your colours done' mean?

Trills · 01/07/2013 16:22

It's something that Bridget Jones' mum does - they hold pieces of cloth by your face and tell you what colours you should wear and what colours you should avoid.

3littlefrogs · 01/07/2013 16:31

It is really important that colours are done in plenty of natural light.

The minute you start adding artificial light, you are more likely to get it wrong.

Some people dye their hair in a way that is completely unsuitable for their skin tone, so even the right colours will look wrong. Covering hair with a white turban is helpful, as is covering the clothes the person is wearing with a white sheet before using the drapes.

Holding tiny snippets of cloth against someone's face is a complete waste of time.

If you go to an analyst who pays attention to the above, you are more likely to get an accurate result.

starfishmummy · 01/07/2013 16:39

People pay for someone go tell them what colours to wear?
Why??

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BeginnerSAHM · 01/07/2013 16:44

Yes - something middle aged women used to get done in the 80s/90s, to work out what colours suited them. And it still goes on now... The 'season' you fall into has a range of colours that theoretically all go together. So, everybody can wear blue, for example, but some people suit turquoise better than pastel baby blue etc.

The consultant who got it wrong for me has been recommended on here... My hair wasn't dyed at the time. Anyway, horses for courses - some people find it amazing whereas some people think it's a total waste of money. I found it useful - now I feel it's definitely right.

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neolara · 01/07/2013 16:52

I had my colours done by CMB earlier in the year. The consultation was in a very dark room painted an oppressive mauve colour. There was little natural light. I recently went on a "style day" with HOC and the consultant there said she disagreed with the CMB assessment and did an impromptu colour check. I kind of have faith in what she said as the room was well lit, she had spent a whole day with me with ample opportunity to look at my skin tone, and also the colours she said suited me were very similar to lots of clothes I had bought in my life.

She said that people sometimes come to her who have had their colours done in the past. She correct the assessment of CMB more often than any other company.

With HOC, I think they just look at your skin tone (and possibly eyes). With CMB, it seemed mostly to be about hair colour and eyes - which doesn't work so well if you dye your hair.

intarsia · 01/07/2013 17:01

I LOVED having my colours done by CMB. I had a rough idea of what suited me but it opened up a whole new palette I would never have considered.
I had mine done when I stopped dyeing my hair and am Light and Warm.
She didn't hold snippets of cloth up- she had large pieces which could be draped right around my neck. It was done in a bright room with lots of natural light.

Keztrel · 01/07/2013 17:25

I had mine done by HOC and loved it - I already knew I had cool toned skin as gold looks awful on me, but it was a great day and like Intarsia opened up a whole load of new colours that I never would have thought to try. I also thought that being pale meant I needed to go for pale, washed out colours but could see from the consultants draping scarves that the opposite is the case (I'm a winter). It's not exactly a science and totally does have that 'Bridget Jones's mum' association, but I'm as far from Bridget Jones's mum as you can get in terms of age, style, lifestyle etc and it was worth it for me. I am a bit of a colour idiot though and couldn't tell whether things went together before I had my colours done.

And fwiw it was done in a gorgeous summerhouse on a sunny day with loads of natural light, and I could see straight away what the consultant was trying to show me, in terms of the effects some colours had on my features.

MadAboutHotChoc · 01/07/2013 18:03

An advocate for House of Colour here - my consultant took great care to explain everything and made sure I was able to "get" my colours. My hair, body/hands were covered and no make up or fake tan.

Paying to have my colours done means I very rarely make mistakes when buying make up and clothes.

BerkshireMum · 01/07/2013 23:31

I went to HoC a couple of years ago. I'm a deep blue autumn. Found it useful and irritatingly accurate. Don't follow it 100%, but it has made a difference.

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