So...


- Her best colors are bright, and not too dark.
- Her best makeup is not too heavy and not too dark.
- I think her best colors are warmer rather than cooler. But not all the way warm.

I am pretty sure she's a Bright. I'm going with Bright Spring over Bright Winter.


 

Here, a warm, light  lip is lovely. The peachy cheeks are pretty darn good, perhaps a hair too warm. The melon color on the side is connecting to her skin. The eyeliner is the only jarring note; it's too cool. Look at those gorgeous eyes! Don't you want to set them free from that eyeliner? 

You should see Christine Scaman's excellent article on Spring skin finishes.

And to find your own season, try draping yourself at home.

This might be the easiest way yet to determine your season at home.

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I've often thought about this brave and beautiful woman's coloring. I had her up on my "Soft Summer Celebrities" page for a while, but later took her down because I started to doubt that diagnosis. I'm undertaking a closer study of her coloring.


As I often do, I use makeup to narrow down Ashley's season. When it comes to celebs, using clothing colors is often unhelpful, because the effects of the colors on the face are obscured by the makeup.

 This light purple eyeshadow seems too light and bright for her face. Tentative no to Springs and Winters. (Perhaps Dark Winter's still on the table though?)

I think I'd like this lip very much if it were a little lighter. It's hard to know for sure, but that looks like it could be an Autumn lip, or perhaps Soft Summer.

Yikes! Talk about a color dragging down the viewer's eye.

So we can perhaps rule out Dark Winter? This color might be too saturated even for them  -- but it wouldn't have the Joker-like effect that it does on Ashley.

Ouch. Far too bright and far too warm for the rest of the face. I don't think Bright or True (Warm) Spring is likely; this might not be a perfect lip for either of those seasons, but it wouldn't look so completely wrong.

Here's a lighter pink with more shine. The whole face is pretty shiny, actually.  I'd imagine this possibly looking nice on a Light season, perhaps someone with a more delicate complexion. Here, it feels a little off... as if the real Ashley is hidden behind the light, shiny stuff. Tentative no to Light Summer.

That's a really purply lip. And very cool pink cheeks.

Seeing her in too-cool color, I'm skeptical about True Summer and True Winter.

I was confused about my own reaction to this pic at first. I knew it didn't feel right, but I couldn't put my finger on why. On the one hand, the colors all seem to be working together. Then I realized: her whole face looks , well, kind of brownish-orange.

It's as if the MUA painted the entire face with the same too-warm color. So the effect is harmonious at first glance, but the harmony is within the makeup - not between the makeup and the skin.

On a True (Warm) Autumn, these colors would seem to emanate from the face instead of sitting on top of it.

I think I'm back to Soft Summer or Soft Autumn.

I'll try to find pics of her in colors exclusive to each of the Softs: perhaps dusty purple or soft fuchsia for Soft Summer. Maybe muted mustard or a warm brown for Soft Autumn.

That's awful darn good, isn't it? I think it's Soft Summer. It's not Soft Autumn.

This, I don't love so much.

It's hard to find pics of Ashley in Soft Autumn colors. This could be True Autumn and not Soft, but the blended effect of the fabric makes me think a Soft Autumn could pull it off. It matches Ashley's lipgloss, but I think it gives her skin a faint greenish cast.

I'm back to my original thought: I think Ashley Judd is a Soft Summer.

What do you think?