Any H of C winters out there?

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Hello, I’ve recently been diagnosed as a burnished winter and I wondering if any of you would like to share your fav style or beauty buys with me...
what are your best lipsticks? Blusher? Jumpers? Accessories? Anything that makes a difference?

I have no tips, but am also a burnished winter so hoping for some inspiration.

I’m also interested in hair colour, I’m currently a brunette (my natural colour) but with some warm bits (coloured over highlights that are a bit gingery).... I keep reading that I need to stick to blue based colours but other than going blue black I don’t really know what that means! Can anyone help?

Not sure what a blue based colour is (other than the obvious) but most likely they mean cool colours so cool blonde, bitter browns etc.

I’m a jewel winter but I prefer the burnished winter palette (it’s a bit more subtle than jewel winter I think)

My best lipstick is ruby woo or huda heartbreaker. Still searching for the perfect blusher, not many cool shades of blusher out there.

I love wearing white as an under layer so it peaks through tops and jumpers. I’ve yet to embrace the bright colours in my palette but white, grey, ice pink and black look great together

Thanks mowglik

I have never really worn lipstick so the bright reds and pinks scare me! Do you have any more natural colour reccomendations to get me used to wearing them?

What do you mean by bitter browns?

Sorry ash blonde not cool blonde. So ash blonde highlights might work on your hair. Bitter is a kind of dark chocolate brown, between dark grey and brown, so not as warm as mid brown.

I would try rosy mauves (bourjois do a nice Mat liquid lipstick in mauve, also if you like nude lipstick there are cool nudes you just need to have a try on at a beauty counter. I like Mac cherish and teddy for more wearable lipsticks

I also bought a few pashminas in my best colours (cobalt blue and emerald green) and often use them as scarves for a flash of colour when my outfit is a bit monochromatic

Thanks for the tips.

I’ve just seen this about blusher, I might give the narns one a try

Hello! I’m a sultry winter. Not really sure what the difference between sultry, dark, deep and burnished winter are!

I use MAC Breathe of Plum blusher. I use deeper lipsticks when I’m going out but my daily go to is MAC plumfoolery. Hair colour, I have cool dark brown hair with a steak of (natural) silver grey at the front.

I need to get better at doing base layers of white to add contrast to my clothing. I wear a lot more navy than black.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/2372040-HoCWinters-the-cool-and-clear-chat-goes-on-Part-6?pg=8&order=
This might be helpful.

Thank you. I’ll have a read through.

Does anyone know of any burnished winter celebs? So I can get ideas from them. I think Anne Hathaway might be...

Is burnished winter the same as deep winter? I think I'm a deep winter and posted about this recently but had no replies

Yes I think they sound the same!

(Apparently we are very rare!)

I think Anne Hathaway is cooler than a burnished winter. From what I recall burnished is the one on the cusp with autumn.

As far as hair colour goes, I ask my hairdresser for ashy browns, as they don't add warm lights and don't go coppery as they fade. Plus Aveda black malva conditioner keeps it from fading for longer. There is a great HoC Facebook group for winters too. Lots of pics for inspiration.

Sultry winter here but some of my star colours are in the burnished palette.

For lipsticks - berry/plum colours, burgundy and red look great on me.

Hair - look for cool/ash shades of brown. Don't use warm/natural shades as this will come out too warm. I currently have an ombre - the bottom half is a cool ash dark blonde.

Just out of interest, do you agree with your analysis? I was told I’m a burnished winter but I find it hard to see. Plums and darker colours wash me out. I look a lot better with peaches and corals. My naturally mousy hair looks better with lighter colours put in. My eyes are brown with hazel/green and my fair skin looks better warmed up a bit with bronzer.
I think I’m neutral - not obviously warm or cool so I don’t think I fall into any obvious season.

I had a look at the burnished winter bit of the HoC website, and it rang true to me:

A Deep Winter can be a tricky one to analyse. Often carrying hints of a warm look, perhaps a bit of red in the hair or a glimpse of amber in the eye colour, they actually sit closer to the Autumn end of the Winter palette, while still needing those cooler Winter colours rather than Autumn's golden tones.

Your best colours as a Burnished Winter are some of the least obviously Winter colours of the palette, such as stone, mole grey and pine green.

Your best Kettlewell colours: passion flower, deep claret, true red, cassis, aubergine, purple, navy, mallard, forest green marl, pebble grey, light grey marl, mid grey, mole.

I’ve discovered a deep, Cadburys purple looks great on me, which is a colour I would never have worn before. I’m also wearing a lot more true red and burgundy, and am replacing blue jeans with darker (either indigo or black) ones as they wear out.

I have a HoC lipstick in a berry colour which I initially found much too bright (though it was sold to me as the most neutral of the ones that suited me), but which I’ve come to really like as a way of looking a bit smarter for work.

Search for your colour on Pinterest and you'll get lots of ideas

Heres my latest purchase! The Coach Edie Turnlock in deep berry. uk.coach.com/coach-turnlock-edie-shoulder-bag/36855.html?searchkeyword=Edie%20turnlock
It looks almost like a summer colour on the website but I took some photos in the house (forgive my Christmas bedding!). I’d say it’s midway between raspberry (19) and damson (20) which are both 2** colours for me. I also spotted in my book that I should wear 3 block colours and I’m useles and tend to wear 2, so the bag is a great way to introduce a third colour.

uk.coach.com/coach-turnlock-edie-shoulder-bag/36855.html?searchkeyword=Edie%20turnlock

Oops I mean damson and burgundy.

Uhohmummy

You don't sound like a typical winter - when did you have your colours done? I would explain that you don't see it and ask for a quick run through.

Five years ago now so I’m not sure I can go back. But never mind, it has made me think more about which colours suit me so not a total waste. Sorry to hijack this thread...
One of the burnished winter colours I love and can see looks good on me is mole. But I have never found anything to wear in this colour! Has anyone every found any nice clothes in mole?!

Mole is one of my best colours too - very rare to see clothes in this colour but often used for suede boots.

I recently saw a jumper in this colour at NoaNoa, the label says grey but it was more of a warm grey/mole, and it looked great on me but unfortunately there were none left in my size :(

Uhohmummy - you sound similar colouring to me (green eyes, pale and until recently highlighted hair) I agree with my diagnosis -
My best colours are burgundy, mole, forest green, Cadbury’s purple, navy, red. I’ve never been able to wear beige/yellow/etc
I definitely look better now I’ve darkened my hair but I think it still is a little bit warm, I’m going to ask for cool/ash brown next time.

I’m struggling to find any celebs etc that are burnished winter that aren’t very dark skinned

I think other colours can definitely look really good on you, even though your ‘colours’ would look a bit better. Especially with a tan!

Thanks for your advise everyone. I am going to order some Mac lippy and blusher and get my hair died a cooler brown

The only celeb I can find with pale skin is Anne Hathaway... (see pic)