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Color Analysis Brings Joy to Your Life

2/26/2018

A couple of nights ago, I took my shirt off and threw on a headband so I could wash my face before bed.

This particular headband is from Free People, and I adore it because it's an abstract pattern in my Soft Autumn colors. I wish I could find a picture of it online. It's a little like this, but with warmer hues:

Anyway, when I saw myself in the mirror, I was struck by how perfect the headband looked with my stretchy periwinkle bralette. The combination was gorgeous.

I actually spent about ten seconds trying to imagine an excuse to wear the headband and the bralette together somewhere. Just the bralette, mind you. No shirt. A music festival, maybe?

I discarded that idea pretty quickly, LOL.

But the feeling of happiness that I got from looking in the mirror and thinking, "That really looks beautiful!" stayed with me.

One of the reasons that I love knowing my perfect colors is that I get those moments often. I look in the mirror and see perfect color harmony, and my day is a little brighter.

Visual beauty brings us joy. Being able to look in the mirror and identify beauty there brings us joy. We all deserve to have more of that feeling.

13 Comments

Rachel

2/26/2018 07:15:49 pm

I agree! I ordered some lipsticks from your lipstick draping article from a while ago, and the first one came today. It’s a color I never would have picked for myself, but it makes me happy when I see my reflection. Thank you! (I thought I was a clear winter—I’m thinking now I’m a bright spring! I’ll confirm when my other two lipsticks arrive.) :c)

Miranda

2/26/2018 09:51:33 pm

For many reasons (some valid, some not), I can't justify to myself spending so much time and effort on clothes.
But what I can justify it for?
An art project.
This is an art project to me because it is beautiful.

2/26/2018 11:22:42 pm

Treating yourself as a work of art . . . beautiful :).

Katja

2/27/2018 12:40:33 pm

When the colours are right and the style ID is right the result will be like a work of art..It is beautiful!

2/27/2018 02:32:42 pm

It's also a tiiiny bit literal. I hate shopping, so I use the "What Not to Wear" and buying guide to edit my Ravelry queue.
(social media for knitting etc)

3/2/2018 11:11:06 am

I loved reading your comment. I think so many of us women struggle to justify putting time and money into self-care. Framing our visual presentation as an "art project" -- such a beautiful idea.

2/26/2018 11:26:23 pm

Hi Rachel--I tried to ask you a question in the comments for last week's post, but I think it got lost in the shuffle, so I'll ask again this week: Are there any style essences that are particularly associated with eyes that tilt downward at the outer corners?

2/27/2018 09:59:21 am

KC,
It is difficult to be objective about yourself. Maybe I could help you if I knew how you look like. Do you want to link a photo of yourself?

2/27/2018 11:38:29 pm

Hi Katja--I replied to your question in last week's comments.

2/27/2018 05:07:40 pm

FWIW I have down-turned eyes, and I'm some mix of Classic-Ingenue, with possibly a tinge of ethereal. Of the celebrities with downturned eyes I can think of, there doesn't seem to be a dominant essence. But in Korean makeup trends, downturned "puppy" eyes are meant to convey cuteness.

Rachel, I love your idea of a lipstick test, but please take note that the choices for my Soft Summer season are very hard to test outside of America, except for MAC. Rimmel and Covergirl aren't widely distributed, and Maybelline changes many of its lipstick numbers and names overseas.

2/28/2018 07:20:48 am

HI, KC! I have looked at your pictures and based on your photos I think your style ID could be ENG.
You were right when you said that you could not see any Romantic or Classic in you. I see no Dramatic or Ingenue either. (They could be smidges).
Check out the board for ENG and picture yourself in those outfits. I think you would look good in those lines. Let me know what you think!

3/1/2018 02:20:02 am

Io, Ethereal and Ingenue having downturned eyes would make sense to me--we'll see if Rachel confirms them.

Katja, my reply turned out fairly long and I didn't want to clutter up this thread with too many comments that aren't strictly related to this week's topic, so check last week's thread for my response.

3/2/2018 11:15:22 am

Hey! Sorry I missed your question last time.

I don't find down-turned eyes to characterize just one particular essence, but they do signal a sort of vulnerable quality that's the opposite of what you'd find in a Dramatic face. I think they're relatively rare in Classic faces as well.

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