Your colors

The best beauty investment you will ever make is the time and energy you take in finding out your perfect colors! Use this chart to choose your prom dress, makeup, accessories.

All the Colors?
The best way to think of the hundreds of colors available is to envision each of the four seasons. Winter colors are stark and vibrant, think of a bare tree against the snow, showing the bright berries underneath, the bouquet colors of spring, the pale shades of summer and the muted colors of autumn are all easy to imagine. It's true you can wear every color. What you can't do is wear every shade of every color and look your absolute best. For example, every woman will look beautiful in pink : as long as its the right shade of pink.

You need to know which palette or set of colors is best suited to your skin tone and hair color and develop your wardrobe and makeup kit around them.

What about my favorite colors?
Take a look at the palettes above. Let's say you love pink. Let's say your skin tone guides you to wear 'winter' colors. Can you wear baby pink? Yes, you can, but it is a fact that you are not going to look that great in it because of what Mother Nature gave you. You will look fabulous in fuchsia, and hot pinks, though, don't you want to look great instead of bland? Likewise, if you are a summer person who loves red but can't seem to pull it off because of your paleness, your red will be more of a creamy red, while your winter friends can wear ruby red. You can wear every color you just have to find the best shade for your individuality.

How to choose your own special palette
Follow the steps below to find the most perfect shades for your skin tone, hair color and eye color. Knowing your colors is the first step in making sure you look terrific for every occasion. Why? It will help you build a completely coordinating wardrobe, choose the right makeup and create an image for day or  night that will reflect the true you.

The Queen of Color and author of Color Me Beautiful, Carole Jackson says,  "It's fun. It's easy. It's foolproof."

Take this simple test! Find your perfect color palette!

Step 1 Your Skin Tone Test
Skin tone is the most important factor in determining the colors that look best on you.
It is your particular combination of pigments that make up your unique skin tone.

Most women with Oriental or African heritage are considered to be winters and look best in that specific palette . For the rest of us, knowing our  skin tone is essential.

 A quick way to learn your skin tone is to recall the color of your skin when you are exposed to the sun. If you tend to look pinkish after being in the sun, you are a winter or a summer and will benefit from wearing colors with blue or pink undertones. Now, you need to choose  column 1 and  2 below. If you have dark hair, you are most likely a winter (1).  For those of you with light to medium hair, the summer palette (2) will be best for you.

On the other hand, if you tan to a golden brown when you are in the sun, you are either a Autumn or a Spring. Now decide which colors from column 3 or 4 are most flattering. If your hair is auburn, copper, strawberry or golden blonde, you will be prettiest in the Autumn colors, (3).  And lastly, if your hair is light brown or blonde, then your best colors will certainly include those in column (4)

Step 2 Your Color History
Pick the group of colors from the lists below that have been the most flattering to you. Pick the group that have brought you compliments from others. Which group is best for you?

If you picked Group 1 you are:
	WINTER and you look best in cool, vivid, icy colors with blue undertones. Your prom dress could be crimson, purple, grey, black, white, red or shocking pink Get this look at Sephora.com Eyes Plum Velvet Blush: Antiquity Lips: Divine Wine Prom Dresses in Winter Colors
If you picked Group 2 you are:
	SUMMER and you look best in cool, soft colors with blue undertones. You will look wonderful in mauves, greens, lavenders, pearl grey or roses for evening . Get this look at Sephora.com Eyes  Luvstruck Blush: Kitten Glow Lips: Pink Charm Prom Dresses in  Summer Colors
If you picked Group 3 you are:
	AUTUMN You look good in moss greens, golds, oranges and browns, in the daytime, but you will want your dressy night time look a little richer, like periwinkle, teal, jade or russet. Get this look at Sephora.com Eyes Vintage Khaki, Java, Blush: Bronze Glow Lips: Twig Prom  Dresses  in  Fall  Colors
If you picked Group 4 you are:
	SPRING Your colors are clear delicate or bright. You look good in peachy pinks, camel, golden yellow, but for evening, do violet, coral, periwinkle or turquoise.    Get this look at Sephora.com Eyes: Tough Luxe, Fairy Dust Blush: After Glow Lips: Uptown Pink Prom Dresses in Spring Colors prom_colors_links.htm

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