She stated on her questionnaire that she did not like brown and orange on her. But there is a perfect Autumn for her that is not golden warm, rich but not dark. But when it is obvious that she is not so deep as to qualifiy her as a Deep Autumn, they sometimes assume Summer may be more appropriate since very warm, golden colors never quite feel right on them. People with these types of colorings are often thought of as a Winter, due to the darker eyes, or perhaps a Deep Autumn. Her hair is mostly a neutral brown with some golden highlights. The eyes are a mixture of soft olive, warm brown, greyish-green. The warmth in Amy's skin is undeniable, but it does seem kind of neutral and muted. Below is a photo of her with a range of hair color, and she looks great in all of them :) But I advise not to go too flat and dark nor too light/platinum blonde, and add warm highlights and/or lowlights to add depth and dimension. Darker brown or lighter blonde will work, and neither is better than the other. As I tell all Soft Autumns (and Soft Summers), there is a pretty wide range of hair colors that she could wear. Speaking of hair color, she asked me which hair color was better blonde or darker brown. Had her hair been light blonde naturally, I would have no problem labeling her a Dusty Soft Autumn, even a Sunlit Autumn had it been very golden blonde. Another reason was that even as a young child, her hair was not that blonde. I believe she is a Smokey Soft Autumn. I chose the deeper soft Autumn because of the depth of her eyes, though she actually is more mid-value. Warming things up slightly will amplify the subtle warm tones in her. But she clearly has more warmth than coolness. ![]() This means that she can successfully choose colors from both sides of the spectrum as long as they are not cool or too warm. She has blended temperatures, and as I always say, one will be more dominant than the other one, even if it is just slightly. If she were, perhaps a Soft Summer, warming up her top and adding warm makeup would not be flattering. ![]() Her eyes are simply too warm to be a Cool Summer. Along with the navy top and pinkish lipstick and blush that was already there, I added some light grey eyeshadow to test out the previous Cool Summer assessment she received from someone else. The photo on the left (above) was the original photo she sent me. But first let's look at a few of her photos: Sometimes they never give me any feedback at all. But I just tell clients my thoughts and hopefully they will agree. So I wasn't sure how she would accept this season. But if you are familiar with this season, none of those colors are in her palette. We now have a 5th person in a row that turned out to be yet another Smokey Soft Autumn! Well, I have analyzed other real women in-between these examples who were different seasons but those who have volunteered for my case study lately have all been Smokey Soft Autumns.Īnd that is good because it will allow you to see what this often misdiagnosed season looks like in different people.Ĭhantelle told me she felt she looked good in royal blue and other jewel tones. ![]() But like all sister-seasons, she can borrow some colors from the Sunlit Soft Spring as well. This is why I chose the Sunlit Soft Autumn for her. ![]() Remember, there is a bit of luminosity (sunlight and warmth) in the Sunlit Autumn that the Dusty doesn’t have. But with the warm eyes and the fact that she showed me other photos such as these below made me choose Sunlit Soft Autumn for her (she seems to flow into the Sunlit Soft Spring). If Abby had blue-eyes, I may be tempted to suggest the Dusty Soft Autumn which points toward the Sunlit Soft Summer. This will help you pinpoint your actual season. And in my ColorBreeze System, one key aspect is looking for a person’s sister-season. While her skin’s surface looks a little on the cool side, her eyes are warm. Since she’s not a Warm Autumn, and too light overall to be a Deep Autumn or even darker Soft Autumns, this leaves the lighter Soft Autumns. You can clearly see the warmth in her, though it muted compared to a Warm Autumn. Case #12 is another Soft Autumn, but not a Smokey Soft Autumn like the last 5 volunteers were :) "Abby" was an easy one for me.
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