Beauty

[just bee]

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@jaxs mom wrote:

I think the four season system is too limiting and not as specificslly accurate as the 12 season system. 

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@jaxs mom

I agree.  There has always been something in the four season system that has thrown a wrench into the mix.

A lot of detail in the 12 season system.  Like, are your eyes clear or muddy?

Something most people haven't ever considered.

[Good4u]

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@just bee wrote:

@Allthingsgirly67

I feel your pain.  I've had Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful on the bookshelf for decades and I still haven't figured it out.

I've always wanted to be an Autumn, but I figured I was either a Summer or a Spring.  It's tricky enough to determine if I'm "warm" or "cool!"

The Pretty Your World system is intriguing because it looks like I could be some version of Autumn after all.

How come I can look at another person and figure out their skin tone and season but can't do the same for myself?

I want to clear out my closets and donate most of what I own.  If I knew what I have long suspected -- that 99% of my wardrobe is the wrong "season" -- it would be so much easier to fill those Hefty bags.

It's almost worth it to consult a professional!

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@just bee

The owner of "Color Your World" web site, Lora Alexander, is a professional Color Analysis Consultant and if you go to her web site and submit what she requires + her fee she will give you her most educated commentary on why you are a particular subset of a season category.  Good luck and let us know what she said and if you agree with her!  

[just bee]

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@Good4u wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@Allthingsgirly67

I feel your pain.  I've had Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful on the bookshelf for decades and I still haven't figured it out.

I've always wanted to be an Autumn, but I figured I was either a Summer or a Spring.  It's tricky enough to determine if I'm "warm" or "cool!"

The Pretty Your World system is intriguing because it looks like I could be some version of Autumn after all.

How come I can look at another person and figure out their skin tone and season but can't do the same for myself?

I want to clear out my closets and donate most of what I own.  If I knew what I have long suspected -- that 99% of my wardrobe is the wrong "season" -- it would be so much easier to fill those Hefty bags.

It's almost worth it to consult a professional!

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@just bee

The owner of "Color Your World" web site, Lora Alexander, is a professional Color Analysis Consultant and if you go to her web site and submit what she requires + her fee she will give you her most educated commentary on why you are a particular subset of a season category.  Good luck and let us know what she said and if you agree with her!  

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@Good4u

I might have to check that out!  Thanks!

[Good4u]

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@just bee wrote:

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@Good4u wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@Allthingsgirly67

I feel your pain.  I've had Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful on the bookshelf for decades and I still haven't figured it out.

I've always wanted to be an Autumn, but I figured I was either a Summer or a Spring.  It's tricky enough to determine if I'm "warm" or "cool!"

The Pretty Your World system is intriguing because it looks like I could be some version of Autumn after all.

How come I can look at another person and figure out their skin tone and season but can't do the same for myself?

I want to clear out my closets and donate most of what I own.  If I knew what I have long suspected -- that 99% of my wardrobe is the wrong "season" -- it would be so much easier to fill those Hefty bags.

It's almost worth it to consult a professional!

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@just bee

The owner of "Color Your World" web site, Lora Alexander, is a professional Color Analysis Consultant and if you go to her web site and submit what she requires + her fee she will give you her most educated commentary on why you are a particular subset of a season category.  Good luck and let us know what she said and if you agree with her!  

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@Good4u

I might have to check that out!  Thanks!

@just bee

Ooops!  I meant to say "Pretty Your World" I had the pop group Chicago on my mind.  LOL!

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[Jk9]

I too was confused about the seasons approach. Going to try looking at this again. 

[just bee]

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@Good4u wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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@Good4u wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@Allthingsgirly67

I feel your pain.  I've had Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful on the bookshelf for decades and I still haven't figured it out.

I've always wanted to be an Autumn, but I figured I was either a Summer or a Spring.  It's tricky enough to determine if I'm "warm" or "cool!"

The Pretty Your World system is intriguing because it looks like I could be some version of Autumn after all.

How come I can look at another person and figure out their skin tone and season but can't do the same for myself?

I want to clear out my closets and donate most of what I own.  If I knew what I have long suspected -- that 99% of my wardrobe is the wrong "season" -- it would be so much easier to fill those Hefty bags.

It's almost worth it to consult a professional!

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@just bee

The owner of "Color Your World" web site, Lora Alexander, is a professional Color Analysis Consultant and if you go to her web site and submit what she requires + her fee she will give you her most educated commentary on why you are a particular subset of a season category.  Good luck and let us know what she said and if you agree with her!  

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@Good4u

I might have to check that out!  Thanks!

@just bee

Ooops!  I meant to say "Pretty Your World" I had the pop group Chicago on my mind.  LOL!

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@Good4u

Yup!  I figured that out when I got online.  But no harm done: I found some helpful articles related to the subject.  The reason I'm suddenly leaning Autumn instead of Spring is the "clear" eye factor.  Spring's eyes are clear and I feel mine are "muddy."  Maybe I used to be a Spring: I had clear blue eyes but they turned green and "soft" when I was 19.

Then again, maybe they're not muddy -- maybe it's my eyesight!

[Good4u]

@just bee

I think "muddy" is a poor choice of wording for eyes.  I too am an Autumn and my eyes are a muted not dark, light or bright even.  But muted is a better choice for Autumns like us.  Good luck on finding your sub-category!  Though I have never had a professional color consultant for fee consultation.  I think it would be worth the money.  Lora seems to be really, really good at it.

[just bee]

@Good4u

I've been skipping around on different websites and I've taken a few "quizzes."  The most recent (Your Color Style dot com) suggests I'm soft, warm and medium.  Color palette is appropriate for either soft spring or soft autumn.

Who knows?

[Good4u]

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@just bee wrote:

@Good4u

I've been skipping around on different websites and I've taken a few "quizzes."  The most recent (Your Color Style dot com) suggests I'm soft, warm and medium.  Color palette is appropriate for either soft spring or soft autumn.

Who knows?

@just bee

You don't sound convinced.  I too am soft, warm and  should wear medium toned colors.  Not brights or pastels but medium, warm colors.  You and I sound very similar in coloring.  When I changed my color wardrobe slowly over time to those medium warm colors I found out I could wear those colors well.  It does take some doing though and at times, all I see are winter colors or in the spring, icy pastels.  Such is our lot for warm season girls. 

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[just bee]

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@Good4u wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

@Good4u

I've been skipping around on different websites and I've taken a few "quizzes."  The most recent (Your Color Style dot com) suggests I'm soft, warm and medium.  Color palette is appropriate for either soft spring or soft autumn.

Who knows?

@just bee

You don't sound convinced.  I too am soft, warm and  should wear medium toned colors.  Not brights or pastels but medium, warm colors.  You and I sound very similar in coloring.  When I changed my color wardrobe slowly over time to those medium warm colors I found out I could wear those colors well.  It does take some doing though and at times, all I see are winter colors or in the spring, icy pastels.  Such is our lot for warm season girls. 

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@Good4u

I don't wear much eyeshadow but someone had posted a photo of their new Smashbox palette.  I fell a pull towards those colors so I looked at other Smashbox palettes online (Ulta's website).  I liked that they described each color as either warm or cool. 

Lately I've been looking at all colors as warm or cool.  I keep gravitating to the warmer "autumn" palette.  I just think it's funny that when my sister and mother were choosing most of my wardrobe when I was younger, they chose colors for an Autumn.  I assumed it wasn't because they knew something I didn't.  It was the '70s and earth tones were what you wore.

Now I'm thinking they were on to something.  But my eyes were blue back then.  It's so confusing.