The worst of all the drapes was that bright, shiny white. That says no to BW to me.
The true black drape was a toss-up for most people, myself included. Some thought it was okay, some didn’t like it (found shadows thrown on my face, etc.) much. Does this say I can handle some depth? I don’t know. I’m not sure that I can, once other darker colors roll through. I feel that darkness is definitely not TMIT, that’s for sure. And to some degree, I feel like it drags me down. || The softer black on the red/black ombre was an immediate no, oddly because I thought it might be better than the above true black.
No one liked the charcoal pashmina, saying I should go warmer than that. Odd that so much of what I have is way too cool for me…
The brown lakeshore bliss pashmina…up in the air again on that one. A few people said they could see something they liked about it, or thought it was okay (but not great), but couldn’t figure out what. I don’t think it’s bad; nor do I think it’s great on me. It can work. Is it again a case of too cool? I don’t know.
The teal paisley pashmina was considered also too cool by most, although one person said out of what I had posted, she liked it best. One person said it was draining, and I agree.
True red? “Not the best. Too bright (two people). Yellow on the face.” The softer red seemed to be getting there, but still considered too cool.
The dark brown side of my tan/brown ombre scarf. Want to say no but not sure why. Probably too cool again. The light brown side was immediate no all around.
…am I warmer than I thought? Hmmn.
The muted gray/blue/cream scarf was generally considered blah by everyone. Not bad, but not WOW.
Cream 2in1 considered “nice”, “not bad”, and “better than white”. Hmmn.
Avocado 2in1 was a tossup for some. One said lots of shadows (and I agree) making it bad. Another said not bad, but not great and probably too cool, again. I’m more to agreeing just not good, period.
Surprisingly, the teal 2in1 had a better reception, even having a few people say they actually liked it. I still wonder if it’s too cool? One said my skin looked even toned, but not washed out. I think I looked even toned, but a tad greenish here.
Everyone hated orange, which is fine, because so do I! Lol
The light pink side of the light pink/dark pink ombre was considered too light, too cool, and too icy on me. One person said “This makes ur skin look sickly almost. Like it gives it an ashy greenish Yellow tone that isn’t really there.” …eww.
The darker pink side of the last scarf was better, according to most, but still not quite there. On the right track. Still too cool, said someone. Even I said “feel like SSu is a little too cool for me; I think I do need some warmth, but it’s not TMIT. Maybe SA like Lou-Lou suggested?” Later on, I went back to SSu and stuck with it for a while, but now I’m doubting it again and thinking I really need to go warmer. Hmmn.
No one liked the taupe 2in1, which is fine because neither do I. I see shadows, uneven skin, bags under my eyes, and odd colors on my face. Yuck.
Navy and muted pinks NYBs were considered too cool again, or in the case of the pink, just plain no. Funny that later, I did the muted pink one with full face SSu and people thought it was fabulous on. Goes to show you can’t trust makeup. It only worked WITH the full face makeup on.
The light gray scarf with the shiny silver threads was called “not bad”.
The SUNNY YELLOW one was where things started getting weird (and confusing for me. Lol). I got a TON of comments on this one. First said she liked something about it, though there was a little bit of reflection around the chin (agreed on the reflection). Much better than bright, and muted seems to be more my direction. One solid YES and several more not bads and I like it but don’t know why. Some said pretty good. Someone took the same picture and muted it out just a tad to a buttercup/goldenrod typed yellow, and it was VERY nice, IMO. Two people said TA COLORS are CLOSE but not quite. One said check out spring (I SHOULD check out True Spring in this case, though I can’t imagine that I’m pure warm, that just doesn’t make sense! o.O). One said “My first, off the cuff guess was a bright spring, but I think Tabitha‘s skin is more ‘sombre’ and also there’s the mauve aspect …” …now, regarding mauve, I don’t know if that’s quite right. I think it needs to be a little more peachy mauvey to be correct, now that I’m looking more objectively about things. I do agree that my skin is more SOMBRE than bright spring, and all the bright stuff looked godawful on me. Warm spring was linked as a picture…and I kind of like it. o.O again. …and then all of a sudden, Lou-Lou said that the more she looked at me, the more she saw cool tones with olive, and the conversation just swung way away from the colors and into the composition of my skin. Yes, I sure am olive (blame the Portuguese and Italian on that), but I can’t decide if cool or warm. I think neutral leaning warm now, since trying SSu this whole time and finding it too cool and a bit too brown/autumny. Someone at this point even linked to a True Autumn (dunno…I’ve had so many people say they love shiny silver on me, even though I CAN do gold, too). And this was me: “I find anything peachy or coral to make me look feverish, and anything brown to look muddy.” Still holds true, in regards blush. And I said this, too: “On Truth Is Beauty, I’m reading their article on SSu. This statement feels VERY much like me: “As a Soft Summer, your very worst colors are bright.” I think about that royal blue in the album (awful), the lime green (ugh!) and that super yellow (if anyone’s ever done the buttercup buttercup game as a child, that’s how I felt!). I feel like bright is the WORST I can do, period…which is making me think leaning Soft one way or the other (or maybe the Deep Softs…) makes a loooooot of sense!” True that my WORST colors are bright. I think second worst are dark, because of this: “I actually feel really good and very much myself in lighter colors generally (over darker, which feel like I’m being weighed down emotionally, thus making me feel like DA wasn’t an entirely good fit).”
Moving on to bright yellow, and it was AWFUL. HORRID. Bright really is the worst I can do.
Lime green was also horrid, awful, and vomit-inducing. I looked entirely green and pale, and pretty much looked like I was about to puke the entire time. NO to brights!
Someone did like Richard’s burgundy shirt (though one said maybe too cool). I find it pales me out and overwhelms me to some degree. More “here’s burgundy” and less “here’s me”.
The dark greenish gray was immediate and all around no.
Royal blue: too cool, too bright. And as far as I’m concerned, also too SHINY.
The Irish green shirt was said to be something likeable by several people. Lou-Lou said green reflection, shadows, and ashy, and I agree with her.
The muted green was meh all around.
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Soooo. What is all of this telling me?
NO BRIGHTNESS. This is my number one worst thing overall.
WHITE WAS THE WORST OVERALL DRAPE. No to BW/TW.
Black was not great but also not awful.
Most everything I have is too cool. This says to me, go warmer.
Darkness is a tossup. Some say yes. I say passable, but feel more medium at best.
There was a lightness level that looked too light…but I wonder if it looked too light because it was TOO COOL, or because it was actually too light.
Some softness seemed good. Also some warmth. Though I did get quite a few comments about TA or True Spring, so maybe I should look at those.
Okay. So NO TO THE BELOW:
NO BRIGHT WINTER
NO BRIGHT SPRING
I’M NOT TRULY COOL, SO…
NO TRUE SUMMER OR TRUE WINTER.
NO DARK AUTUMN OR DARK WINTER (FELT TOO HEAVY/HARSH).
……….
So this leaves the possibilities of:
LIGHT SPRING
LIGHT SUMMER
SOFT AUTUMN
SOFT SUMMER
TRUE SPRING
TRUE AUTUMN
……….
And of those, I’ve almost entirely ruled out Soft Summer because it is bland on me, slightly graying, a tad too cool, a tad too brown, and I have to wear full face makeup with it to make it work.
So narrowing it down further still, these are what I have to work with:
LIGHT SPRING
LIGHT SUMMER
SOFT AUTUMN
TRUE SPRING
TRUE AUTUMN
……….
It may be possible that I’m warm after all. I’m going to look at these above and see if they fit. I’m especially going to pay attention to the makeup (lipstick/gloss) recommendations, because that was a tip off for me with SSu. I feel that I should be able to wear literally JUST some lipstick/gloss without putting anything else on my face (foundation, concealer, blush, etc.) to “pull” a look together.
Miss Kitty in Color 