Makeup & Hair
The days of spending money on makeup that fails to elevate your confidence has ended!
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Understanding your ideal color palette can streamline the process of choosing makeup shades that perfectly suit you.
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Are you contemplating whether brown or black mascara will make your eyes pop?
Wondering which blush should be your staple?
Which shades will harmonize with your distinct skin tone?
Considering the ideal lip colors for yourself?
If these you can relate to these questions, then a color analysis is precisely what you need.
Hair color should complement your natural undertone and
seasonal color palette
Ideas to harmonize hair with your season:
1. Go (or stay) natural
Your natural hair color is something special.
(Yes, even if you have grey hair.)
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It is perfectly harmonious with you.
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It takes no effort or money to maintain.
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It is subtle, nuanced and intricate. It has highlights and lowlights and variation.
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It has transparency, which makes it change or even glow in different light.
If your natural hair color looks dull or boring to you, a couple of things may be happening...
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If you haven’t seen yourself in your own colors, you may not be seeing your hair color as it actually is.
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If you’re a Soft Summer and you wear black, your hair will look flat, with no variation, and likely darker than it actually is.
Put on your own soft colors, and suddenly it will have highlights and dimension.
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Or, you may be used to the look of intense hair color, and it can take some adjustment to see what a more subtle hair color does for you.
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Your hair needs to frame your face. Your face is where you are.
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If your hair is stronger or brighter than your face is, it will take over and diminish your face. It will make it harder for other people to see you.
​2. Replicate your natural color
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If you want to cover grey, asking a good hair colorist to replicate your natural (non-grey) color is a perfect option.
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If you are mostly or all grey, you may want to go for a color like the one you had, but a tad lighter. This is because you are lightening (silvering) and so your natural lightness has changed.
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The trick is finding a colorist who can do this well, because it seems to be fairly difficult to achieve. If you find one, keep her (or him)!
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3. Choose a harmonious color for your undertone
There are so many possible hair colors to choose from, trying them all to see which works would take a lifetime.
But knowing your tone will help to narrow them down dramatically.
How to choose a harmonious color?
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Firstly, try not to stray too far from your natural value (lightness) level. Coloring your hair black if you’re naturally blonde, or vice versa, will have detrimental effects on your appearance.
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Secondly, choose a hair color that works with your tone. So, choose a clear (not muddy) color if you are a bright tone, and a dusty color if you are a soft tone. If you are cool, choose cool versions of hair colors, with violet, blue or mahogany undertones. If you are warm, look for golden, copper, or honey undertones.
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Your palette is a great guide for choosing everything!
Clothing, hair coloring, nail polish, glasses and makeup.