My advice is to stop wondering, pick an expert using Carol’s advice on deciding who, and then save up and take the plunge with an expert. I found it wasn’t as expensive as I thought and I looked at it as an investment in wise shopping. I had too many clothes I thought I loved but when I put them on they just weren’t right. I recommend Carol, of course!
Exactly my thoughts! 👏 Feedback from others can be nice but it shouldn't be taken as gospel. And from what I saw on Reddit or Facebook groups, people are inclined to just see the skin color / overtone, not the undertone. So the only way to reveal your undertone is doing an accurate analysis, because is not visible normally.
I second this! I was done in person, many years ago and it changed my life. It gets slightly more difficult as you age, as your colouring does change a bit. I tend to wear softer colours from the same colour group (dark autumn) but the very dark shades no longer look right on me. Some analysts suggest you turn into a soft autumn, but many of these shades are too watery and faded for me. I wonder if anyone has any more thoughts on this subject?
@@trishagoodwin4069 I’m a true summer, which is already a muted palette and pretty much light to medium in terms of the other dimensions, and I don’t think my palette has actually changed that much. Of course, my analysis was done only a couple years ago, so there’s that. But in the 80s, I pegged myself as a summer after reading Color Me Beautiful, and I always knew I was a summer, at least. And when I think about colors that have flattered me through the years, they were always true summer. My analysis confirmed what I thought already (which is apparently rare?!).
Yes, my husband is a true summer as well, as his colouring hasn't changed that much. OK he has gone grey from very muted blonde, but the same colours still suit him, although he can go very cool now and looks good in plain white. His eyes have not changed colour really at all. My eyes have gone a lot lighter, from dark olive green (almost black) to mid green with a lot of grey in them! Also dark, warm hair is obviously a lot less dark as dye it lighter brown. I find a lot of the deepest colours now wash me out, but I still need some depth. I can wear brown and gold in a leopard print and that looks fine, but not a solid dark any more. @@lieslforbes6631
The main problem, imo, of posting in colour analysis groups is that the person doesn't even realise that their background is changing in tone with every photo. Your phone camera adjusts the white balance with every single drape, so unless you're holding up a white or grey card and adjusting the balance based on that, you're wasting yours, and everyone else's, time. The second problem is that most people have no idea what a warm or cool colour even looks like. Winters have goldenrod yellow, even! To laymen, like me, that looks like an autumn yellow at first glance. But it isn't. If you're obsessing about your colour season... just get it done professionally. I had Carol do my analysis, and whilst I loved the result, True Spring, I couldn't find any other examples of dark haired green eyed True Springs, everyone else only posts blondes. So I had my colours done in person, too, and though my result doesn't exist in Carol's system (vibrant autumn), I do believe the closest result in this system is True Spring. Carol is fantastic at what she does, I'd highly recommend her to anyone obsessing about their colour season.
I’ve analyzed myself as a true spring and also analyzed a bunch of other people in these groups but she’s right that it’s way harder in real life. Honestly it’s because real hair, skin and eye colors appear much more mixed and colorful in real life. You rarely look at a person in real life and think, wow they look so cool-toned. That is easier to see on photos for some reason.
I think that is why it is so important to test with draping, either in person, or online by an expert. Photos tend to even out tones and can be very inaccurate (my father was a professional photographer). They say the camera never lies, but often it does.
@@trishagoodwin4069 I find photos are using several photos with drapes very useful to analyze people. I follow Carols guidance and checkmarks when doing this. I think I help others get closer and sometimes find their season and never say something I'm not sure of. I also do digital draping. This is all in my free time for fun. It also helps myself when I'm shopping because I bought way too cool and muted colors before and have to be constantly conscious not to do this when shopping, also not to pick winter colors or something with an undertone that is slightly off. Going through all these motions in my own color analysis journey helped me become a better analyst, helped me in paying attention to the colors of the fabrics and what it does to people's skin. Everything fades in comparison to the skin.
I just had COVID and I had so many dreams about color analysis. 🤣 In one dream there was a color wheel and in the dream I had to do something to save purple or it would disappear forever from the world. The Reddit groups are so confusing and some of the RU-vid videos as well so I think,I need to cut back for a while, like you said.
