Finding your colour season can help you buy clothes and makeup you’ll never fall out of love with.
Colour seasons aren’t new, but they’re experiencing a recent buzz online with many influencers going all the way to Korea to get a colour analysis to see which colours would best suit them. Though it can be tricky to nail it down, you can do it all at home without the need to jet set off to Asia.
Colour seasons explained
12 individual colour palettes which correspond to a person’s unique colouring in their skin tone, hair, and eye shade. Divided into summer, spring, autumn, and winter, the summer and winter seasons are for cool skin tones (identifiable by whether you have blue veins on your wrist, or you suit silver jewellery) and autumn and spring are for warm skin tones (identified by green veins on your wrist, or whether you suit gold jewellery).
It’s trending
Finding your colour season is like always having a personal stylist with you while you shop; you’re less likely to impulse buy clothes and the items you do buy you can be certain will suit you. The concept is trending on social media is because many of us can live our lives being drawn to colours which don’t suit us, creating an amazing transformation in our appearance when we find the right ones so you can wear colours which make you the focus of people’s attention rather than those that don’t let your natural features shine.
At home
Several online videos break down the concept of colour seasons really well, we recommend watching Ellie Jean Royden’s Body and Style YouTube channel for simple but in-depth guidance on colour seasons with great examples. If you want to do an at home colour season analysis, for best results have a group of friends help you so you can analyse each other, this will make it easier for you to be objective about your own appearance.
The professionals
If you’re willing to devote some budget to it, you can have a colour season analysis done by a consultant near you. In this appointment they’ll ask you to attend with no makeup or fake tan and if you have dyed hair, to let them know what your natural hair colour was. They’ll drape several coloured fabrics below your face to determine which colours bring a fresh, bright look to your complexion and make your eyes pop.
Colour analysis consultants in the area:
Styled in Colour
A verified Colour Me Beautiful Consultant (the UKs leading colour analysis service) Jill Clark can advise you on a range of subjects from colour analysis to personal shopping and wedding makeup.
Styledincolour.co.uk/colour-analysis
Claire Watkins Personal Styling
Claire will teach you how colour can have a psychological effect on your wellbeing and confidence all while teaching you how to pick the right colours for you from her home in Altrincham.
Clarewatkins.com
Emma Taylor
Emma Taylor is a verified House of Colour stylist who will help you find the right colours to make your eyes shine and your skin radiant. She also has personal style services to help you find your true style.
Houseofcolour.co.uk/stylist-profile /emma-taylor