y Take a close look at your hair colour under good light.
Is it dark with warm highlights?
Does your skin have warm golden undertones and maybe a few freckles?
y Are your eyes clear bright blue, clear green or clear topaz?
y Do the colour test with clear salmon and cyclamen, and then with kelly green and dark teal: go to page 33. You should find that your best shade of pink is a clear salmon, while the kelly green will suit you better than the dark teal.
Your secondary characteristic is warm. Your additional colours all have warmth to them and include some lighter shades.
Your additional colours
As a Clear and Warm you can add these 12 extra shades to your master palette. When you wear lighter tones, like taupe, pewter or medium to light grey, balance them with clearer, deeper shades from your palette, such as coral pink, kelly green or lapis.
buttermilk
light moss
coral pink
lemon
kelly green
watermelon
light gold
lapis
light peach
yellow-green
clear salmon
peach
y The overall look of your make-up should be clear, and your contrasting look needs to be balanced with brighter colours. You may want to decide whether to emphasize either your eyes or your lips, but not both at once.
y For eye pencils try spruce, amethyst, violet-blue or teal.
y Accent eye shadows like cocoa, steel, peppermint or heather work well with melon, peach or apricot.
y Your blusher will need some warmth to it, so a shade such as salmon is ideal.
y Brighter shades of lip pencil work best: try cantaloupe.
coral or breeze.
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peppermint cocoa
y Balance your whole look with lipstick colours such as warm pink,
In your make-up bag
Eye pencil Eye shadow
spruce
melon steel
Lip pencil cantaloupe
Blusher
Lipstick warm pink
coral
breeze
salmon
y Your hair will be dark but with some golden or copper highlights in it. Keep the base colour of your hair dark; don't be tempted to go blonde.
y If you want to add colour, it is best to use varying colours of lowlights - two to three shades will enhance your natural colour.
y Cover grey with a warm tint that will give the appearance of highlights. Gold or copper lowlights work well, as do warm semi-permanent tints.
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Clear & warm
business wear
pewter + yellow-green sky blue + lapis cornflower + light gold emerald turquoise + light peach
business wear
lapis + ivory black + clear salmon charcoal + lemon watermelon + light grey
casual wear
blush pink + coral pink taupe + watermelon true blue + buttermilk apple green + yellow-green
casual wear
evergreen + yellow-green purple + coral pink royal blue + peach black-brown + watermelon
special occasion wear
light teal + buttermilk Chinese blue + mint coral pink + light apricot
light periwinkle + light moss
special occasion wear
cornflower + lapis light aqua + Chinese blue ruby + clear salmon emerald green + light moss
Those with a Clear and Warm colouring will look wonderful in a clear, bright colour worn head to toe.
How to wear black
Black is one of the main colours in your palette and will look stunning with a bright contrasting colour such as clear salmon, coral pink or watermelon. You may also wear it with a light colour such as lemon or light peach, but don’t wear it head to toe. Complete your look with either bright eye make-up or a bright or shimmering lipstick in bright, warm and contrasting colours. For evening, accessorize black with brightly coloured jewellery or with glitter and sparkle. Alternatively, choose shiny fabrics like silk or satin which will reflect the light and look iridescent.
Now that you know your colour palette, find out how to reflect your style through colour:
go to pages 138-155.
