Adele, a Soulful Soft Autumn

My three-year-old son and I watched a video of Adele performing "Rolling in the Deep." He listened very carefully. When it was done, he turned to me and said, quite solemn, "Mommy, that lady has a fire in her heart."

:-)

A reader, C.T., asks  me what season I believe Adele is.  She points out that Adele's always in black but it's clearly not her best color. I have to agree.

Certainly this recent look is not right for her. The woman is invisible; we only see the too-bright color.

Yet she usually gets her makeup right, don't you find? With the exception of the
too-black eyeliner and mascara that are sadly de rigeur in show business, her
lip and cheek are usually natural and not overdone.

(What *does* work here are the gorgeously intricate and feminine lines of those earrings. She's certainly an R or TR, don't you think? Don't know what I'm talking about? Google "Kibbe" and "metamorphosis" to learn about the body typing system we are all obsessed with.)

Those lip and cheek colors lean warm, to my eye, and are definitely subtle and blended rather than bright or contrasting. Her coloring is so very delicate. The black of the dress and the eye does not belong.

Here, again, eye and top are darker than she is, but not as painfully so. The rest is lovely. I see Autumn  -  don't you? Warm, blended, rich. 

Could she be a True Autunm? Hmm. These very warm colors look, to me, a tad stronger than she is.

And she really is very neutral.  The pink in those lips is actually pink, not salmon.

I think Soft Autumn. Here she is in more SA colors and I think they balance her wonderfully. Gentle, soft, blended, not overdone.  We really see her.

I'm calling Adele a beautiful, soulful, Soft Autumn.  Here's hoping that one day she chooses to exchange the black for, say, taupe or putty.