I got an analysis done from a for-real Color Me Beautiful rep a few years back, at her apartment in New York. She was quite elderly and adorable, and clearly dressed to lean into her "season" so that I could see how well it worked for her.
My mom got a CMB analysis when I was a kid, and she was a Spring, and we both sort of assumed I was as well (red blonde hair, green eyes, pale skin). This woman typed me as a Soft Autumn, a warm palette similar to Spring, except the colors are more muted outside of yellow and a few greens. CMB started out with the four seasons, then expanded to 12, then went back to four, but since she was a 12-season stan, she would buy the regular CMB palettes and then jury-rig them with those little paint-color samples. It was delightful, although I hated the makeup she put on me.
Then I got a style analysis from Ellie-Jean Royden (she has a substack!), a young British woman who did it all over the internet. She typed me as a True Spring.
I tend to think Ellie is right; most Soft Autumns in photos look nothing like me. The description says that your "skin hair and eyes tend to blend." And the CMB rep did my color draping in her apartment, which was was bathed in low, soft pink light.
The palettes have some overlap, so I'm not mad I paid for the in-person experience. I did it mainly so that I could be more mindful about what I bought and make sure it works together. I love colors and patterns, and sometimes that resulted in a lot of items that did not work together, or would have been too distracting to wear together in, say, a work or audition environment.
I got an analysis done from a for-real Color Me Beautiful rep a few years back, at her apartment in New York. She was quite elderly and adorable, and clearly dressed to lean into her "season" so that I could see how well it worked for her.
My mom got a CMB analysis when I was a kid, and she was a Spring, and we both sort of assumed I was as well (red blonde hair, green eyes, pale skin). This woman typed me as a Soft Autumn, a warm palette similar to Spring, except the colors are more muted outside of yellow and a few greens. CMB started out with the four seasons, then expanded to 12, then went back to four, but since she was a 12-season stan, she would buy the regular CMB palettes and then jury-rig them with those little paint-color samples. It was delightful, although I hated the makeup she put on me.
Then I got a style analysis from Ellie-Jean Royden (she has a substack!), a young British woman who did it all over the internet. She typed me as a True Spring.
I tend to think Ellie is right; most Soft Autumns in photos look nothing like me. The description says that your "skin hair and eyes tend to blend." And the CMB rep did my color draping in her apartment, which was was bathed in low, soft pink light.
The palettes have some overlap, so I'm not mad I paid for the in-person experience. I did it mainly so that I could be more mindful about what I bought and make sure it works together. I love colors and patterns, and sometimes that resulted in a lot of items that did not work together, or would have been too distracting to wear together in, say, a work or audition environment.