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Have you had your colours done?

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Imstyledilemma · 22/07/2017 19:39

How accurate is it and is it worth the money?
Is it possible to do them yourself?

Anybody like to have a go at 'doing' me?

I am
Fairly tanned/olivey toned skin yeah I know, skin damaged
Dyed mid- blonde hair (used to be mousey as a child)
Dark Blue eyes
Red cheeks if hot, but mainly olivey.

OK, so I did an on-line quiz and it said I'm a Summer. which is all cool tones, but I would have thought tanned/olive was more Autumn/Spring which are warm tones?

Help.

OP posts:

InigoTaran · 28/07/2017 00:30

When I did it, it was just me and a friend in the consultant's house. It's actually useful doing it with others as you can see how diff colours suit them, which makes it easier to see on yourself.

InigoTaran · 28/07/2017 00:34

OP from what you have written you do sound like more of a summer and more blue based. Do you have a friend with a good eye that can look at your face with the diff colours in front of it?

Ollivander84 · 28/07/2017 02:12

I'm even more confused now I've looked at the links
I'm 100% cool toned, any warm/yellow foundations look horrendous on me. But I'm porcelain skin, red hair, burn easily, freckles and green eyes. Which all says warm spring or warm autumn

nooka · 28/07/2017 02:39

I don't think you can do it from descriptions of hair/eyes etc. I sound on paper almost identical to Rinceoir (including the heterochromatic eyes and blue veins) but am a deep summer. I had my colours done with a friend by a HoC consultant about 15 years ago, and I wouldn't have chosen half the colours (was convinced I would be winter as I'm very pale with dark hair). I would have thought she was just wrong if I hadn't watched her do my friend (different but quite similar colouring) and seen how the different colours really did affect her face (for her it was all about which colours 'popped', for me it was about which ones made me look sallow).

I used to really hate shopping so both the colours and style advice really helped. I think if you are already relatively confident it's probably less worth it.

BroomstickOfLove · 28/07/2017 07:41

Redheads are usually winter or spring, I think.

TheDowagerCuntess · 28/07/2017 08:55

Ollivander - do you think you might be a Soft Summer?

Ollivander84 · 28/07/2017 09:04

Can't seem to find much on soft summer and red hair
Maybe I'm an odd one out!

Chewbecca · 28/07/2017 09:25

I had mine done at HoC, it was just me and my mum there, was a nice day.

I couldn't have worked it out for myself, I don't have a great eye for colour.

The draping is key, with your hair covered (if coloured) and no make up on you put a warm shade and a cool shade of the same colour against your face and all in the room agree which is most flattering - that's the extent of the critique. Repeat with all different shades until you get a great picture of your own personal best shades.

It was well worth it for me.

LillianGish · 28/07/2017 23:54

I agree that it is all in the draping and seeing how the colours reflect on your skin (hair colour is irrelevant). I don't believe you can just look at someone (and especially not in a photograph) and tell. I say this as someone who was really quite sceptical until I had it done - I went along with a group of girls from work for a bit of a laugh (it was years ago and we didn't pay anything like £140) and it's fair to say we were all pretty astonished by the results. I think doing it with other people helps you to see how it works and how one person can look completely washed out in a colour which will make another person positively bloom. I still have my swatch of Spring colours and I still occasionally consult it even now if I'm thinking of veering away from usual palette.

WannaBeDelgadaToFitInToMyPrada · 29/07/2017 00:28

I should pay attention to this. Usually I like forest green, maroon, navy, pink.... But I tried on a russet colour top the other day and to my surprise i thought it flattered me. I didn't buy it as it was 80 euro but I was looking on that site for a similar colour top. It's a pity you can't select the style and then the exact colour. They don't have much left. Do they get more in Casmana?

LillianGish · 29/07/2017 00:46

Pink is not really specific though - there are so many variations from palest, baby pink, though candy floss and bubblegum all the way through to shocking fuchsia and magenta. Even navy has many variations and degrees from almost black, through purply undertones to dark royal. The woman who did my colours said most people can wear some variation of almost every colour apart from black (which should only be worn by winters). This immediately becomes apparent if you drape the colours around you in succession - you can see which is your pink.

GertyTheGert · 29/07/2017 01:22

Had it done years ago and it just works! My colouring leans to autumn and I was amazed to find the more sludgy the colour, the more it suited me - made my eyes stand out! If I wear "true" colours they look awful on me - so if its blue, no, but if its grey-blue, its great! I discovered I can never wear peach blusher, it has to be pale raspberry YET peachy-browny-pink lipsticks are THE best! The lady didn't need to persuade me, I could just see this vast, vast improvement to how I "look" as she held the colours to just below my face & neck. Amazingly sludge/shite shades look fab - put me in pale pink, pale green etc and it all looks "lost" on me. I'm no oil-painting but my face was more alive with the right colours!

GertyTheGert · 29/07/2017 01:30

P.S. Ollivander - just saw yr pic - I personally think the green top you are wearing is a bit too harsh a shade (for example I mean!) so if you are a bit confused, it strikes me you are vaguely similar to my colouring. So may I suggest "off" shades of colours you like - softer "greyer" versions of colours eg moss green, not the jade green you're wearing and not bright blue but softer blue etc etc.

Ollivander84 · 29/07/2017 06:12

Weirdly I bought that vest and then instantly relegated it to a pj top so maybe in my head I realised!

WannaBeDelgadaToFitInToMyPrada · 29/07/2017 09:16

Interesting, I'm rethinking what I always assumed (I had thought Autumn because I am pale with green/brown eyes and brown/auburn hair). In one of the links upthread it said that beige is spring's worst colour and on the rare occasions I've worn beige I've felt like I was sick or invisible. I spent a fortune on a trench coat once and had to give it away.

BuenosNoches · 29/07/2017 09:29

OP I'm similar colouring to you.

I had my colours done a few years ago and came out as a soft summer. After buying and wearing those clothes for a while it didn't look or feel quite 'right'.

So I went to a different consultant, explained the situation but didn't tell her my original assessment. The second consultant said I'm a blue spring.

This seems to mean that I'm a neutral, neither warm nor cool and basically blue looks great on me but I should never wear yellow under any circumstances, ever.

After two consultations I've realised I have to trust my own judgement! On the plus side I can wear both gold and silver jewellery so it's not all bad.

Brighteyes27 · 29/07/2017 09:38

Had it done years ago really cheaply when a colorist was just starting off. I am spring I have brown hair with slightly auburn tones in, my skin is very pale and I have freckles the colour size I suit most are coral, Aqua mint green, red orange.
I have two friends with love skin one has jet black hair and she is very obviously winter and another has lighter hair and she is autumn.
When the colorist looked at me she was almost sure I was spring but I really suited pale blue but looked dreadful in pale pink. Sometimes some people can get away with one or two colours that aren't in there spectrum but if you stick to colours in your season it is better as you can mix and match your clothing much better.

Hairq · 29/07/2017 10:45

Ollivander84 - your skin looks like mine although slightly less pale. I'm warm toned but I lean quite far into neutral with just a hint of warmth, hence yellows foundations look bad on me - but bluey pink toned ones make me look a bit dead. I think you need muted warm tones in your clothes from your pic (although is hard to tell just from a photo).

WannaBeDelgadaToFitInToMyPrada · 29/07/2017 12:18

Somebody who is an ol' pro at this, tell me, if I feel (rightly or wrongly) good in black but awful in white (or any pale pastel or beige colour) what would that make me?

I had always thought I was autumn (mid brown hair with a red hue but not red by any stretch) and green/hazel eyes and pale skin that is not particularly yellow or florid.

Maroon suits me. Teal suits me. I don't know if these are autumn colours though. Just what i read earlier about Beige being a terrible colour for spring made me think, hang on.......

WannaBeDelgadaToFitInToMyPrada · 29/07/2017 12:18

Somebody who is an ol' pro at this, tell me, if I feel (rightly or wrongly) good in black but awful in white (or any pale pastel or beige colour) what would that make me?

I had always thought I was autumn (mid brown hair with a red hue but not red by any stretch) and green/hazel eyes and pale skin that is not particularly yellow or florid.

Maroon suits me. Teal suits me. I don't know if these are autumn colours though. Just what i read earlier about Beige being a terrible colour for spring made me think, hang on.......

Brighteyes27 · 29/07/2017 18:47

If I remember rightly I am bright or warm spring or something. I used to wear white tops and black trousers all the time (yet could never find anything to wear). Yet now I know I look awful in white (so I try to avoid these but as I am tall I struggle for trousers so occasionally end up buying these). Yet somehow cream or ivory are so much more flattering. I look half dead in a black top (the only way round it is a mountain of make up, big bold jewelry and a big scarf) and I still get comments like are you ok you don't look so well/look tired. I think only winters really suit black and white is that right?
Whereas I can wear an old coral or mint green or cream top with no make up, unwashed hair and I get loads of compliments saying I look really good/well/happy etc.
I had mine done with colour me beautiful almost 30 years ago. I have even used my colours to help me decorate the house.

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