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Who looks good in red lipstick?

March 19, 2023

The short answer is winters—people who belong to one of the three winter color seasons.

In fact, this is an easy way to test if you’re a winter:

Do you look more alive in red, white, and black?

Here’s what that looks like.

Audrey Tatou

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The Kibbe types as dogs

March 11, 2023

Note: This post only makes sense if you’re familiar with the thirteen Kibbe style types.

Dramatic: Greyhound

Long and lean.

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Style file: Leona Lewis

February 24, 2023

Leona Lewis has a fresh, natural look.

What’s her style essence?

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How to find your style essence

November 5, 2022

A reader asked:

I saw your recent blog post on style essences. I am having a really hard time figuring out how my facial essence comes across. Do you have any tips?

The best way is to try out the different style essences—to see your face in the context of each style essence—take photos, and compare the results.

So basically, step one is to do your hair, makeup, jewelry, and outfit according to each essence. But how do you do that?

In this post, I’ll describe a sample look for each style essence.

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Who looks good in pink tulle? A study in style essences

October 9, 2022

The answer is: People with the ethereal and/or ingenue style essence.

For example, Lana Condor looks fabulous in pink tulle.

Glowing.

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Where to part your hair

September 3, 2022

If your face is symmetrical, part your hair in the center.

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The role of color in costume design

February 20, 2022

“Good” characters typically wear red, blue, and yellow.

Disney princesses: Lots of pink, blue, and yellow. (From left: Jasmine, Snow White, Mulan, Aurora, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Belle, Ariel.)

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True summer: Lady of the lake

December 26, 2021

Note: This post refers to the twelve seasons system of personal color analysis. (My season is true summer.) For an introduction, see Rachel of Truth is Beauty’s post on color analysis.

True summer is a garden of pink roses in full bloom.

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My best colors in gowns

December 5, 2021

As a true summer, my best colors are pink, purple, blue, green, and pale lemon yellow, plus grey, taupe, and silver-white.

Note: The women below are not true summers, but they’re wearing colors that are (or close enough to illustrate the idea).

Sky blue

Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief

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The best colors for true summers (my best colors)

November 14, 2021

My “skin twin,” Emily Blunt. Image and color analysis by Rachel of Truth is Beauty.[1]
As a true summer and ethereal soft classic, here are my rules.

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