S/O of my lipstick thread - any "Cool" skin toned mamas here? (Ashley?)

[Sandi]

I assume you are, Ashley - since you look amazing in your pink and grey combination and I think we have similar coloration.

I am trying to focus on clothes that are more in line with my skin tones. I know black is good, it's always been something I can "pull off" - and crisp, true white as well.

But, I'm reading that I can wear *some* browns - as long as they have certain undertones.

http://www.wikihow.com/images/9/9a/2...990a1a_342.jpg

Like this, it says.

So, how do I find an appropriate brown, or do I just avoid it? I have a new purse - brown and ivory - and I'm beginning to think it was a bad choice based on my eye-opening research today. Help me make it work?

[Dannielle]

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I have a hard time with browns, too. Better with taupe and a dark-chocolate chocolate. Even better if I wear brown on the bottom half and not a solid brown near my face.

A purse wouldn't be an issue unless I wore it on my head.

Except I do tend to go with black for shoes since they match my clothing better than browns. Then there's the whole shoe-purse thing.

[Sandi]

Oh that's a good point - I guess as long as it coordinates well enough with what I'm wearing, it would be okay, right?

Pink and brown would certainly be just fine. I think I have some brown sandals to go with.

This whole thing is just boggling my mind. I've been shopping for so long in "whatever fits" that I am trying to reevaluate. Luckily I wear a LOT of black

[Dannielle]

yeah I could totally do pink and brown. Or lighter tans with navy.

[tracey]

well crap. that confused me: Cool or Warm Skin Tone?

i have fair olive toned skin. i turn bronze when i tan. but, i look horrid in pastels and pinks and great in most earth tones.

i resemble more people on the sample list on the "cool" side than the "warm" side, all of whom are light skinned.

my inner arm has a greenish tint.

i rock black clothing.

i need off-white, not pure white.

[Sandi]

I think you're a warm, Tracey, especially if you're seeing green veins and knowing how good you look in neutrals and earth tones.

But, that said - a lot of women, per the articles I've been reading, are neutral pulling toward either cool or warm. So, you very well may be neutral pulling toward warm. And, there are always exceptions to the rule as far as the colors of clothing, from what I'm reading. You can efinitely wear clothes from either side - but depending on skin tone and coloration you might just *pop* more in, say, chocolate brown.

[Dannielle]

Originally Posted by tracey

well crap. that confused me: Cool or Warm Skin Tone?

i have fair olive toned skin. i turn bronze when i tan. but, i look horrid in pastels and pinks and great in most earth tones.

i resemble more people on the sample list on the "cool" side than the "warm" side, all of whom are light skinned.

my inner arm has a greenish tint.

i rock black clothing.

i need off-white, not pure white.

What color/s look horrid on you? That's what you're not. lol.

I cannot wear most earth tones. Most shades of yellow look sickly on me. And I can really only pull of yellow at all if I have a tan....and then only specific shades.

Same with oranges. I can only pull of certain shades when I have a tan. Otherwise I look ill.

If you can wear yellow and orange near your face in the winter, you're warm.

[Sandi]

I also disagree with their list of cool/warm at the bottom of that link (which is one I read today).

The coolest celebrity I can think of is Cameron Diaz. I saw another site that mentioned Courteney Cox. They had a picture of her next to Jen Aniston, both wearing black, and noted how much better Courteney looked in it. Jen still looked gorgeous, but it just didn't make her look as radiant because, per the article, she's a warm.

[Sandi]

Here are some more that I read, Tracey:
Warm Skin Tones

How to Determine Skin Tone | eHow.com

How to Complement Your Hair and Skin Colors with Clothing and Makeup - wikiHow

Warm or a Cool Quiz | Makeup, Skin Care, Bella Quiz | BellaSugar - Beauty, Hair & Skin

[tracey]

i can't wear most yellows, unless they are orangey. bright orange doesn't work but red-orange or burgundy-orange will.

red is good...burgundy/brick red is better. cool red is not. royal blue is horrible.

my neutral is black, not chocolate brown.

i look great in olive green and other earthy greens. burgundy purples too.

i am a freak.

[MMJoiner]

I used to have a book long time ago, back when finding your 'season' was the cool thing to do. I'm a winter. Just guessing from your discription of yourself, you sound like a summer? And it had charts for each season of colors you could wear. So you could take this chart shopping with you and make it really easy to find colors that complimented your skin tone.

oh here's a website for it it has a quizz Color Me Beautiful: What Season Are You?

[clane]

I have no idea what tone I am. I think I am part chameleon and my tone & flattering colors change seasonally. I usually stick with neutrals; safe, conservative & boring.

[earlygirl]

Originally Posted by Sandi

Warm Skin Tones

Your eyes are hazel, dark brown or black

I think I'm a warm for I can definitely wear dark(er) brown lipsticks (I love Coffee Bean and Mocha shades by Revlon). At first I didn't see anything in regard to those of us with black eyes in the site you gave. Then I scrolled down.

[herc]

I have a warm undertone-- something like 70 percent of women are yellow orange. Now many of those are closer to neutral, but the vast majority of people have a golden undertone. Most people expect me to be blue red because i am SO fair, but I have golden undertones. (this was back when I dyed my hair less orange and more fire red). Tracey, I look good in about the same colors, except i can wear blue I think you are probably a very pale yellow orange like me-- yellow orange tend to highlight with red or golden colors in their hair, whereas BR are more ash usually.

Sandi, if you have rosacea, it is very very hard to tell true undertone. Based on your hair and eye color I wouldn't guess you to be a blue/red. Go to a prescriptives color and ask to be colorprinted. It is seriously the easiest way to determine. What they will do is determine a basic level of skintone (1-5) and then put a stripe of each color of foundation right at your jawline. (one yellow orange, one red ornge, one red and one blue red) One of them will basically almost disappear. It really is amazing, and amazingly easy to tell. Once they colorprint, then they can adjust based on those within that level or color family. They will try and sell you a custom blended powder or foundation if they are a custom blend counter. They are nice, but IMO not really worth the extra cash. Anyway, colorprinting is free, and will tell you your color family very easily.

[heythereheather]

I look best in cool colors, so have always considered myself a cool. But I do look OK in some browns and greens, too. I have a few yellow things that don't look awful on me, though I know they're not the best--I just like them. I shy away from reds, most oranges and most yellows.

It's funny--my teeth aren't the whitest (thank you, too much fluoride supplementation as a kid...), but there was one picture a few years ago at Christmas where they looked strikingly yellow. Like the picture was used in a publication, and the editor decided to use a photo program to whiten them. I've never realized that correlation.