Is HoC (House of Colour) worth it?

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Everyone on here seems to get it done - what exactly do they tell you and is it worth it?

I had my colours done and had a style consultation done.
Cost £120 but I found it invaluable - I now know exactly what suits me and which colours to buy.
Shortens shopping trips massively!!

It probably depends a lot on your consultant. But yes, I can now 'see' that some colours look bad on me and some look good. so I'll never buy another sludgy colour again.

However I have no desire to look like I work behind a make up counter and pile myself with cheap jewlery - so she didn't win in all areas!

Hello OP.

I think it is possible to find your colours and season just as easy with a cheaper version.
Ok, perhaps not so in depth and of course you pay for the brand too.
I did colour me beautiful and did the scarf thing next to my face. It covered colours and make up which are spot on imo.
The only thing that was rubbish were the clothes styles as they were out dated but the theory was the same i.e sporty, classic, etc.
If you have money for HoC why not, if you don't try cmb it cost me a couple of quid including book and a load of cheap scarves/off cuts of coloured material.

I tend to think I already know what suits me, but maybe I am wrong?!

What qualifications do HoC consultants actually have?

I went to HoC just before Christmas and was able to contrast it with a Colour Me Beautiful consultation many years ago. HoC was much better, in my opinion. I came away with a swatch of colours that I could see suited me (whereas CMB got me wrong, in my opinion) and I have found shopping much easier ever since. Have already had compliments on the new clothes I'm wearing. Now saving up for the style consultation!

What exactly do they tell you?

My consultation involved, first, finding out which shades of colours suit you (wearing no make up, in daylight) so that you can be categorised by your season. The consultant then goes through each of the colours in your swatch and rates them, so that you end up with a list of two-star or one-star colours and some that you should not wear next to your face, eg handbag/gloves.

After that, you try on some HoC make up, using the colours for your palette. I found this really helpful and ordered some of the make up afterwards.

Was it worth it? Yes! It was fun and I feel much happier wearing my new colours.

HoC train their own consultants. Many consultants do HoC part time and have other work as well.

I've been thinking about having my colours done for a while but I worry that the colours I look best in will be totally unpractical for my job. Plus I don't do jewellery and only wear scarves when I'm cold. Am I beyond help ?

I hardly ever wear jewellery or scarves, did (although this may change after the style consultation). And you have a wide range of shades from every colour to choose from in your palette, so I doubt you would find that you didn't have any suitable for your job.

They don't make you wear scarves

This is where I went:
www.lookgoodclub.co.uk

Thanks ! I wear lab coats and scarves dip into things that they shouldn't. I think I'll do it - the style side of things with have to accommodate closed or better still steel capped boots. Maybe I could accessorise the boots with scarves...

I live in trhe middle of nowhere many miles from nowhere and so can't do CMB or HOC. I have wanted to do this for ages and am saving scarves and lengths of material. Is it just a case of gettgina load of mates together and going through the scarves to see what suits, or is there a bit of science to it? Is there a good book I can read onteh subject? I am grey/ blond with blue green eyes and usually a bit tanned, although today I look a bit pasty.

Ideas on how to go about a DIY HOC please?

You could try looking at this book, whodunnit. House of Colour don't seem to have published any books, so this is a Colour Me Beautiful one.

I don't think there's any science to colour analysis. You need to have a lot of material in different shades and be aware of which 'season' they fall into. And you need to do the analysis in front of a mirror in full daylight and without make up. Doing it with friends would be good so you can all share opinions.

My HoC consultant said it's not really about what hair colour, eye colour, etc you are - it's about the blue or yellow tinge under your skin. She said that you can only tell which you are by holding the colours next to your skin and seeing which work. I had very similar colouring to another woman on my course, yet we were different seasons, as it turned out we had different underlying skin tones.

OP, if you already know what suits you and you feel good in the colours and styles you're wearing, then I don't think it would be worth it!

I don't think I'll bother with the style day, but I had my colours done and it was definitely worth it for me. I have pale, sallow skin, brown hair and dark sludgy brown eyes, and often felt a bit dull in my clothes, even though I'm confident about my style and figure. The HoC woman showed me that if I wear deep, vibrant colours my skin glows rather than looking dead and my hair and eyes look darker and more vivid (I'm a sultry winter).

I already knew that yellows, beiges and oranges look bad on me, but I did have a lot of clothes in soft, pastel and sludgy colours (the shops are full of them and I was drawn to them thinking they'd make me look less pale) which weren't doing anything for me at all.

But like I said, if you know what suits you it's not worth it.

Thanks both.
I have just ordered £50 of books on the subject which is good value instead of expensive shopping mistakes. I have just lost 3 stones and thrown away my old clothes so I need to make sure my new ones work for my new shape and colour. Doesn't help living a plane ride away from any clothes shops so I can't just go and try stuff on.......