Having my colours done tomorrow....

[JohnCusacksWife]

.....and am v excited! Is that a bit sad? Am hoping it is going to transform me into a polished, well put together woman. Hope springs eternal.....

It's not sad, I'd be excited too . Over day won't transform you. But if you use what you learn it will transform your shopping habits and wardrobe and save you money .

I hope you have a lovely day

Not sad at all! I am getting mine done this week too - really interested to find out what I come out as. I'd love to do the Style Day as well.

How exciting! Report back

How exciting please do report back!!

It's my birthday in a couple of weeks and seriously considering asking DH if I can have mine done as my present. Would be very keen to hear whether it's worth it or not?

I've done a style and colours day with a fantastic stylist and I can honestly say it changed. Absolutely. Bugger. All. Biggest waste of money ever!!!! Pull out now. Not worth it IMVHO.

Well, I didn't pull out and I am a......Spring. Paintbox spring to be precise. It was a really interesting day and I enjoyed it although I have to say I'm VERY out of my comfort zone with most of the Spring colours. There were 3 of us there, one Winter, one Autumn and me. It was really easy to "diagnose" the other two but I seemed it be more problematic. I am very jealous of the colours the others got as they seem a much more sophisticated palette. Can't say I'm overjoyed about being a spring - at the moment it all looks very bright and bit full on but I guess I just need to work out which ones I'm comfortable with and which I'm not. The only problem now is I have next to zero in my wardrobe which fits in with my season so now have nothing to wear!

If it's any consolation my sultry winter diagnosis disappointed me. The winter colours are equally loud and bright!! I'm living in bright pink, white, red and cobalt blue which are far too loud for me :(

OP I am also a paintbox spring and had the same reaction to the House of Colour spring palette. I recommend googling Bright Spring palettes, I have found them so much easier to work with, they often include some black and charcoal grey so just feel much more workable. I find I need some black or dark grey in my outfits, as a paintbox spring we seem to need a lot of contrast in our outfits

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Gilly, thanks - I do have a couple of pieces in "my" colours but that is it really. And they are just so different from what I would usually choose. Did you start out by concentrating on just a few colours or did you just dive on in?

I think I'm a bit unsure because the other two girls were very easy to diagnose - it was immediately obvious, in most cases, what suited them and what didn't. Where's when it was my turn in the chair there was just a lot of mmmming going on!

I bought a few tops in my favourite of the spring colours, committed to the brighter lippy and to be honest the difference was so obvious I didn't look back . I still go off piste sometimes when I see something I really love but I know I look best when I wear spring colours, especially near my face.

I'm a Spring. Love it! Just resign yourself to avoiding black, white, silver jewellery (unless you have a tan going on) and gradually building up a wardrobe over the months and years as you see things in the shops.

Mind you, I think everyone looks good if they wear the tones that suit them. You can't really go wrong. Dd is winter and looks fab in all those shades that make me look absolutely shite and ill.

Good luck with it all.

White I can probably live without but I do have some lovely pieces of silver that I don't know if I can give up. And as for no black...well, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to kick the habit completely. But perhaps I'll be able to pimp it up with some bright spring colours she says hopefully

As I said, a suntan helps you get away with more. I love silver jewellery, but it only looks good against my skin in summer. Ditto black - heavier makeup and another colour near the face helps too. Don't know if you're married, but if not and planning on rings in the future, stay away from platinum.

I know someone who was coded as a Spring and decided it was all rubbish. She insists on wearing dull greys, whites and black all the time and just looks drab. Whereas a 'Winter' friend looks great in those exact same colours.

I got my colours done with House of Colour and upon reflection, I’m not convinced it was worth the £90 it cost me. I think perhaps if I was someone who was doing myself an injustice with the colours I wore it might have been worth the money, but I’ve always had an eye for colour so I turned out that my wardrobe already consisted of the winter palate that flattered me, ie: the “jewel” colours of ruby, sapphire, emerald, magenta, while avoiding pastels and beige tones. I really only went because my friend was desperate for me to go with her.

I have to say, OP, spring was probably the palate I thought I’d be least likely to be able to pull off and I didn’t especially like the colours in it. I have dark hair and eyes and pale skin.

Got me thinking I could make a killing if I became a colour consultant myself - pity I don’t have the large glamorous house necessary for entertaining clients!

Gin, isn't that the point though? You couldn't pull off spring and I couldn't pull off winter. It's about finding out what suits you. I wanted to have it done as I felt I'd got into a real rut of blacks and greys and wanted an objective and systematic opinion , with no preconceived ideas about me, to help me find out what suits me.

John absolutely the point is finding out what suits you. I'm only saying I regretted it because according to them I'd got it right already, so it didn't teach my anything.

It's great that the spring palate works for you and that the consultation has got you out of a rut of wearing greys and blacks - sorry, I probably didn't explain myself well in my first post, I wasn't saying anything negative about the spring palate, only that they weren't colours I naturally gravitated towards to flatter me, so I'm glad the colour consultant didn't disagree and say that they were the colours I should be wearing.

I got my colours done a while back, I was very disappointed to discover I was an autumn - beige looks like poo on me, as does mustard and so it goes on. I still feel black and navy look good and that the autumn wardrobe just isn't sharp enough. But it has pushed me into colours I'd never consider wearing so much like burnt orange, red and yellow. It took a while for me to learn what bits of information to keep and what to throw.
Overall I thought it was worthwhile but being a slave to your colours is not something I wanted for me.

I had mine done a few months ago. I was a winter and found that some of the colours that were best on me, I already knew, like bright blue,and green. However, I had always thought that with dark hair and pale skin, I could wear any colour, but I was so wrong. Hoc made me realise that browns are awful on me, White is much better than cream, olive green is awful, black near my face isn't as great as I'd thought, navy is fab which I'd never thought of, orange and coral don't work for me. Pink lipsticks are much better in me than browns and corals. I could go on and on.
It has taken a while for some of it to really sink in, I think you have To just sit with your diagnosis for a while and consider it befor buying many clothes. I came out of it thinking that I would still wear and buy summer colour clothes, because they are cool, the same as winter. However, further down the line, I can see that the softer summer colours don't do anything for me. The more time goes on, the more I can see that winter colours are really the only way forward for me.
Also realised that wearing a coloured top is great with navy or grey trousers, not just black, it looks a bit mor thought through and polished in my opinion. I had definitely fallen into the black trap previously but I think it can look a bit "thrown on" as let's face it, everyone gets black trousers and skirts.
Sorry for the essay, I hope you come to love your pallet, I really think you will.

oooh wonder if people on here can give me some advice (rather thanstart yet another HOC thread)?

I've been thinking about getting colours done for my mother & me when she comes over here in the summer so interested in the comments.

But am pretty sure we are both winters - my mother is Asian and I am Asian/white. So if I "know" what we are, is it still worth it?

Don't think that's a given. There's an Asian girl on a FB group for springs I'm on. And she rocks her colours

Stokey out of interest by Asian do you mean South Asian (eg Indian subcontinent) or East Asian (Japanese, Korean etc)? Or maybe South East Asian (eg Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian)? Just interested as I am white but my skintone is very like a very pale/toned down version of East Asian skin.

Re colours feeling too 'loud', if they're right for you then they don't look loud on you at all. Softer colours may look pretty but they'd make you look ill.

Oh that's interesting - i thought Springs had blue eyes? I know some Asian people do.

I have been wondering f I may be an Autumn on the self-analysis charts as have hazel eyes and freckles - but tend to suit strong colours and can't wear beige.

My mum has dark eyes and dark hair but quite suits beige, maybe I just need to go for it.

HoC doesn't take eye colour into account, iirc. Most of the self-analysis charts are CMB which uses a totally different system.

OP Don't despair. I once went to a business meeting where my opposite number looked really good, thanks to colours that by themselves I would have shuddered at. She was nearly all in black - black boots, black opaques, simple black dress with sleeves. However, she also had a fabulous silk scarf in some of my least favourite colours: peach, lilac, pea-green, warm pink, golden yellow...
It sounds absolutely ghastly but the colours really suited her.

Sorry Myrtle missed your question

DM is from the Indian subcontinent but has a bit of European ancestry mixed in there. I would say she is in the middle of the specturm of "Indian" skin tones, not very dark or very fair.