Colors to Wear – Lipstick and Clothing
By mati. Filed in Fashion, What are My Best Colors to Wear |Tags: What are my best colors to wear
OK, so you have figured out what color category you are in (or, if you don’t know, CLICK HERE if you want to learn more about my new system for determining what colors to wear.)
The Pastel Category
So, what if your coloring belongs in the pastel category, but you love muted clothing? If you are just a couple of numbers away, you can bring yourself to the muted category by darkening your eyebrows two shades, and picking a medium colored muted lipstick. Or, you can darken your skintone one shade by creating a fake tan, or darken your hair slightly. Add up your numbers for hair, eyebrows and skin, and determine how you can bring the numbers up to a 9 or higher, and you’re good to go. The main thing to think about is to keep your makeup colors and your clothing colors in the same category.
For example, you should NEVER wear clothing in pastel colors with a bright colored lipstick! EVER!!! The colors will clash, and your style will be seriously damaged! In fact, if you are in the pastel category, stay away from bright colors, period! They wash you out. Unless, of course, you are into “Goth” and you want to balance out your pale coloring with black everywhere, especially around the eyes, and a big red mouth. But this look is not for everyone. If you want to enhance your beauty, stay with pastel clothing and makeup.
The first muted category
Here, your coloring is a little darker than the pastel category, but the coloring is still very soft. So, what if you belong to this category, and you happen to love baby blue clothes and bright red lipstick? Yikes!!! Don’t wear both at the same time! The pastel colors do not look good when mixed with brights!
On days when you want to wear pastels, put on a light pink or peach blush, and a light pinkish lipstick, and don’t darken the eyebrows more than absolutely necessary. Wearing clothing and makeup colors from the same category will tie it all together.
On other days, when you feel pale, and you want an extra pop of color on your face, stay away from pastels. Darken your eyebrows a few shades, use a stronger color blush, put your bright lipstick on and wear clothes in bright colors.
However, the most flattering thing to do is to stay within your own color category and pick both your clothing and makeup colors from the same category. If you are in the muted category, you’d be surprised to see how beautifully harmonious you look in muted colors. They may look dull and boring on anyone else, but if your natural coloring is muted, you simply look gorgeous in muted colors! Try it and see for yourself – burnt orange, brick, olive, dark khaki, camel, dusty blue, mauve and mustard. Lovely!
When it comes to the other categories, the bright category, the dark muted, and the dark bright, your coloring is strong enough to handle a few indiscretions. Just stay within some basic rules – don’t mix pastels and brigths, and don’t mix muted and brights.
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