RSSThe Reveal Photos
August 2, 2009
Oh, dear, this is where I have to put my money where my mouth has been.
Thanks to Anne for the very apt title for this post.
This is where I started, 2 years ago.
I’m wearing the same amount of makeup here as in any of the other pictures but the colours are different. My weight is unchanged. Know what I see? First, the edges of my face are unclear. When the sides of the face are fuzzy, it gives the impression of pudginess or of a puffy face that blends into the neck, with the features crowded in the middle of the face. There are shadows on both sides of the bridge of the nose. The eye colour is a little washed out and the whites of the eyes look a little bloodshot.
This is the day of my return from the PCA training back at Easter. We stopped at Sephora on the way home for my first makeup purchasing experience with my Colour Book. The face seems a little fresher and the edges are clearer but the hair is even more orangey because of the cool skin contrast, and the eyes are still not sharp.
My hair was colored darker the day before to cover the orange and just to see how a cooler dark brown looks. The colour is certainly too dark, giving the impression that it is wearing me rather than balancing with my face. At the moment the picture is taken, my sweet child informed me that my hair looks like Cindy Lou Who, kind of big and loopy. I’m trying to be more faithful to the straightening iron these days. The eye colour is intensifying.
The hair colour is calming down and it gives a sense of relief. Sometimes, that’s all that right colour does. The skin is more evenly coloured and illuminated. The edges of the face are clearer. We can do better though.
The hair has grown out and needs to be cut. The orange is coming through and it’s still too dark somehow. Still, this isn’t awful. The skin seems calm and the eye colour is stronger.
This is kind of funny. I’m submitting a Success Story to the great Collage Video site, hoping to win some free videos and a donation to a favorite charity. The hair has been cut and coloured this same day, so it is intense but looks ok. It’s still ash, but less dark. The look is more balanced. I put this here to show you how eye colour and shape become very noticeable in right clothes/hair/makeup. The effect can be seen even from a distance.
Same hair and makeup as the previous one. My hair wants to be reddish, so ok, fine. As the previous colour grows out, it may be less noticeable. The blush may be a little too pinkish, though it’s a mulberry-plum that I used. I think the face looks sharper and in focus. This is more likely the woman to run the meeting than the one at the top.
This is about where we are today. Eye colour is strong and angles are defined instead of doughy.
PCA finds the colours that are in your design from the beginning. It’s the same biology that is colouring your eyes, skin, and hair. Your melanin, your hemoglobin, your skin. Once you uncover the precise shades, if you repeat them in personal decoration, the effect is like a very believable optical illusion. It’s YOU that comes out very clearly and people see it and respond.
Once we show you you in the right colours, you will not be able to stop looking at yourself for quite some time.It is very pleasing and interesting to look at. Nobody can be objective about themselves. Nobody. Our mind Photoshops our face every time. And everyone has some degree of resistance to change.
Women who colour their hair often look very young and beautiful in their best drapes … that is until the hair comes out of the cap. The magic is suddenly lost because the hair colour is off. It is essential to repeat the tones in the hair that most flatter the skin. How could it be otherwise?
I’ll have some pro photos taken someday soon and show them to you, wearing a variety of colours.
Interesting, ay? Every season has some special edge. Once you learn what it is and how to achieve it with colour, you know everything you need about your appearance. It works on every single person.
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Hi Christine,
Absolutely love the tranformation! Could you tell us what colours you are wearing?
Thanks
Cathy
Hi, Cathy,
I’m glad that readers can perceive a change. I feel like the edges are crisper, both inside and out, like I’ve finally settled into my own skin.
Did you mean that you wondered about the makeup colours? The season Colours Book that I use to choose clothing and makeup is from Sci\ART Dark Winter.
There was a recent article called Makeup Palette Adjustment that will show you the specific makeup colours. I really don’t buy makeup anymore, so there haven’t been any changes. I believe the final pictures are in MAC Scant lipgloss, MAC Breath of Plum blush, Clinique Black/Brown eyeliner, Merle Norman Mink eyeshadow, and I think that’s it. I mix Clinique Fair Neutral Repairwear and MAC Studio Sculpt in NW15 foundations because the Clinique alone is a good neutral but still a little too pink.
As an aside, there was a reader in Oakville recently who asked when I could do PCA for clients. The answer is anytime. I apologize that I’ve mislaid your name, so if you are interested, please e-mail me. Also, my wonderful trainer, Terry, is holding a PCA training session in London, Ontario for 4 students, hopefully in September. You can get the info at the Sci\ART site. They usually look for models as well. Puh-lease, if you register for the course, mention that you learned of it here. I receive a little present of Colours Books, you see. Women gotta help each other. It’s what we do best. I will be there, so you even get to meet me!!
I have similar coloring, but right now am seriously considering letting my natural gray hair color grow out. Any advice for for make-up changes?
Hi, Marion,
I’d begin by not changing a system that you feel works and just see what you (and others) think. If you are Dark Winter, your predominantly cool skin will carry gray, silver, white, or any combination well. A sharper gray might be better than a soft gray (George Clooney vs Paul Newman). The sharper the gray, the more likely makeup can stay the same. You could choose more gray in your clothing to repeat your new hair colour and gray down your makeup as well.
You might find yourself able to wear even cooler clothes and makeup, more like True Winter, as the gray takes the warmth out of your hair. You may move to a cooler position on the scale but still be Dark Winter. I doubt you’d actually get to True Winter since it requires your skin to change and it won’t likely happen to that extent. The PCA system I believe in doesn’t involve hair colour, remember, only skin colour and its reaction to the drape or clothing colour.
If your gray is softer, you might reduce the intensity of the makeup but be careful with that. As we age, our features blend into our face more and need cosmetics for better definition. The colours to use are basically the same just a little brighter or more intense.
What makes this fascinating and frustrating at once is that every single person is unique unto themselves. You can generalize but you could miss with someone who falls outside the average. You know what I’d do? Let your hair become the shade you want (not because it affects the PCA, but to adjust what you see in the mirror and to fully transition to those possibly softer-cooler years) and then have yourself analyzed. You’ll have the right answer to your questions.
Hi Christine, yes I would be interested in a PCA. I think I have a problem with e-mailing you as I replied to the Makeup Model: Clear Winter with several questions. The reply showed up on your website but when I didn’t here back from you I checked it again and my post was gone. I also did not get an email with your reply to this post. In a nut shell, I have fairly oily skin and was looking for eyeliner that doesn’t come off in an hour or so. Also, lipsticks that don’t bleed (I use lip liners and now have bought EA lip fix and my lipstick is still bleeding), and a mascara that doesn’t smudge or flake, right now I am using CD Iconic and it still smudges a bit. Can’t wait to hear what you have to say and possibly meet you in our area.
Thanks
Cathy
Hi, Cathy,
I’m sorry that some of your messages are being lost. I’m certainly answering everything that comes through. I’ve had some internal issues with the site myself, probably all resulting from a hosting service migration in early July. I’m hoping this will settle itself with time, as it appears to be doing from my angle.
My best no-smudge mascara recommendation is Estee Lauder Double Wear Zero Smudge. I moisturize several times a day, I smear on sunscreen and it does not move. Removes easily with water and a little massage.
Lipsticks that don’t bleed, I will be less useful. I’ve read on Paula Begoun’s site that she battles that issue. I’d suggest you search there.
I like MAC Powerpoint eye pencil. Give it 20 seconds to dry and it stays put well.
I think you listed a web site somewhere that is the actual web site for sci/ART. I can no longer find it. I know that from it I was able to find locations in my area that actually offer color analysis with sci/art. Can you repost the general web site? Thanks alot!
Jaycee,
Look at http://www.coloranalysis.com
If you type http://www.sci-art-global.com, you should get a page that redirects you when you click a link.
Let me know if you don’t find it.
Christine,
You new colours look great on you. It just goes to show what an awesome change getting your right colours can make.
Your skin definitely looks a lot brighter and fresher in the after photos and the new makeup colours are beautiful as well. I am looking forward to get my analysis done and having the same great results:)
Hi, Jelena,
I can see to look at your picture that we’ll enjoy this session. You will be enlightened, inside and out!
Wow. There’s a definite change from the first photo. You look quite good in the new colors, and I thought that the picture of you in blue was very pretty.
Why thanks, Ashley,
The change in how people treat you is more remarkable than the change in how you look. Part of it comes the confidence you have in the message you’re sending out about yourself, which is all clothes and makeup really are. It’s all a communication, right?
The blue is part of my learning process. It is more pastel than icy but it was better than my previous choices.
If you’re not sure of the difference between icy (Winter) and pastel (Summer), take a look at
12blueprints.com/icy-colours-and-pastels/
You’re welcome.
Aah, I missed that there were two pictures of you in blue. I meant the dark blue top. I read that link earlier, while I was browsing the blog; it was most helpful.
Christine,
I agree with Ashley, you look very nice with the dark blue top, but in black you are wonderful!
Right, Ashley, in the darker blue top, I’m starting to figure it all out. It really is a process. Took me 4 times to get the hair right. I tell women not to get discouraged, you just can’t change yourself that fast. At least you ARE changing!!
Thanks, Luana. Do you think I look good in black? I never think pure black and pure white are my best. I do much better when they’re with other Dark Winter colours. The hair is very dark here too. But, thank you for the compliment. Who is ever objective about themselves? I think I just felt too dramatic.
I really think you are gorgeous in black and I like you with dark hair.