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Being fashionable is often a chore. Trying to decide what clothing looks best on you is an issue you face every few months. From the television and magazines to your friends and family, you likely have style advice coming at you from every direction. While styles and trends may change, one thing you can do to help make this process easier is to determining what colors are the most flattering to you and your skin tone. While it is expensive to ‘have your colors done,’ it is possible to figure it out on your own.
Consider the color of your nail bed. What color is it? Is it more orangery? Blueish? Pink or yellow? Carefully see the color and use it as your base color choice. Another way to do this is to briefly pinch the skin of your underarm. For example, if your nail bed is reddish-blue, colors in the blue family will be the most flattering to your skin tone.
Additionally, decide which of the following four categories you fall into.
- Winter: complexion is olive or a bit sallow. Hair is typically dark and eyes brown, blue or green.
- Autumn: An ivory skin tone and blond or red hair. Brown eyes are common.
- Summer: porcelain or rosy skin, brown hair and blue eyes.
- Spring: Peach skin town, blond or strawberry red hair, and blue or green eyes.
By combining your pinch test results and your ‘category’ you will easily decide which colors look best on you and buy your clothing appropriately.
