How Color Analysis Supports My Sustainability Goals

The selfies I sent in for my color analysis

​I'm not sure if it's been all the rage for a while or just something the algorithm has recently sent my way, but a few months back I heard about color analysis. Color analysis is a tool helps you find colors that best suit your skin tone and features. As someone who is interested in fashion and aesthetics, I thought the process was interesting but was slow to try it for myself. There are ways you can self assess, but I struggled to feel confident in my self assessment and eventually did a virtual consultation with Created Colorful. *Not an ad for this company, all thoughts are my own.*
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You can assessed as one of 12 seasons and my results were that I am Light Spring. This is known as the "Easter egg" palette and, honestly, I was kinda bummed. As an aging alt-kid Millennial, my closet is mostly black and I have very little of the Spring color palette in my wardrobe. Of course, I immediately began playing with some of their recommended colors with what I had and genuinely noticed a difference. I have always felt my skin was red and blotchy without a some make up to help, but in my palette I feel more evenly toned and my skin feels "warm" rather than inflamed. WELP, now I'm deep in the rabbit hole of this whole color analysis thing.

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