RSSThe Best Thing About Aging 3
April 11, 2010
…is being able to bypass a trend without a second thought.
Talk about freedom from the fight! This is a doozie. Takes big confidence.
Being able to recognize a trend first, then deciding if it’s for you. Most won’t be.
The Soft Seasons and Light Seasons, from 12 Season Colour Analysis, can look great in light flesh-toned lip colours. Some variation of beige-pink lipstick actually looks good, and young, on them.
That’s because the Light Seasons are SUPPOSED to look light, natural, and outdoorsy. That is their special radiance.
The Soft Seasons are ALL ABOUT “no hard lines, no strong contrasting edges or colours”. Their whole essence is about gentle warmth. Makeup that looks that way is consistent with who they already are. There should be no sudden, sharp, bright, bold, or extreme colour shifts. That feels aggressive, quite opposite to these personalities. Flesh and nude lips are in keeping with the soft colour transitions of their natural design, meaning that the colour of their hair/eyes/skin is not very contrasting or different.
On these 2 groups, the “pops of colour” that are often suggested are the reason many of them shy away from cosmetics altogether.
On True Autumn, pale beige lips are flatter than flat, just as pale beige hair is. It ages these women by 10 years. (At 17, with the great lip definition of youth and when the depth of the coloring is not fully developed, a sheer bronze lip works.)
On any Winter blend, lips the colour of skin are lifeless. Their dark force is reduced to a big blank. (If they’re 22, they can do an icy pink lip.)
If you’re 52, brighter lips look younger. Not darker, lighter, or deeper. Just more colour. Not clownish, not pinker. Just a bit bolder.
The ground under our feet is always unsteady. We’ve weathered enough of it to keep our ducks lined up despite.
Where do we find the look of vitality, since we can’t fool anyone by wearing their hair?
Stop trying.
Work to be rid of what brings you down inside yourself. For me, it is the arrogance of expecting.
Learn the colours that make you look old. We’re talking 10-15 years difference here.
Show the world your real self. It looks calm and secure, not jittery about the next birthday.
Deflect the marketers. They’re just doing a job. We don’t have to soak up everything they tell us. This is what the young ones cannot do, no matter how terrific the visual f/x.
Keep all the doors and windows open. Think about giving your imagination more rein than it had yesterday. It shows the house stands strong.
Renovate now and again. Add new ideas but don’t hang bling curtains.
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thanks. this was just what i needed today. i think i’m still not sure on lip color… i’m autumn. thanks! geri
Hi Christine. Could you please suggest beige-pink lip colors for light springs & light summers? Theycan be from what ever mu line you choose. TY
Right on! Thanks, Christine!
Wow! What an amazing piece of information. These tips are very useful especially to older women. Good post!
Kathleen here is a recommendation she made on her facebook page for light spring: Beautiful Light Spring lipstick : Merle Norman Tulips To Kiss. I did get it and it is very light on me so I am deciding about keeping it. I am enjoying some of the Merle Norman products Christine has recommended and never would have thought of them otherwise as a makeup line. Paula on Beautypedia is posting a full review in June so I want to see what she has to say! Christine I was surpriised Paula didn’t have reviews of any MN products before this so let’s see what she thinks!
Jaycee,
Awesome about the MN reviews. I was surprised as well, because it’s not that remote of a line. They have some good colors but the price is generally outrageous for the product. Still, if I buy something and use it 500 times, it’s cheaper than paying $10 and using it 4 times. They have a more sensible color layout than many.
I tried to buy Tulips to kiss @ my MN store & they said it was d/c. Do you know any MN store that still has it ? TY
I forgot to ask if you could describe the color. TY
The color is light-medium in depth, exceptionally clear, pink with a bit of clear peach. If you Google it, you may find it swatched or shown somewhere on the internet, like in a makeup blog.
Christine,
you responded to me yesterday on another thread….thank you! I did read the article you suggested called “Adriene is a Soft Autumn”. I agree with what you told me yesterday that the Soft Autumn palette is full of neutrals and I find myself most comfortable in them…brown, taupe, olive green, beige…..I feel a little too cool in some of the purples and a little too warm in the warmest yellows and oranges. I even feel like the toned down warm pink is a better fit for me than peach as my lips have a little of that warm pink in them.
The article above says that Soft Autumns should avoid strong contrasting colors and sharp, bright, bold colors….yet the palette contains a bright emerald turquoise and the very cool soft periwinkle! Even using the two neutrals/one color rule, these colors seem almost too bright to integrate into the rest of the palette. I guess I am wanting to be careful not to make color mistakes since I was not expecting to be analyzed as a soft autumn. Your friend Lora at prettyyourworld.com has been very patient with my insecurities and many questions! I don’t know if you carry the same swatches she does, but if so then you will know the colors I refer to.
I got lipstick suggestions elsewhere on your site yesterday…thanks! I couldn’t understand why I did not look good in peachy tones….it’s because nude to muted rose tones absolutely suit me better. Makes perfect sense since that’s the natural color of my lips.
Dianna,
Lora and I dont’ use the same swatch books. In the Sci\ART book, your turquoise and periwinkle are very, very soft compared to any other Season’s. There is no “bright emerald turquoise”. Since every color in the palette is very muted, they automatically combine together to create the desired soft transitions in outfits.