What to Expect in your Colour Consult  

• Generally the consult will take about 2-3 hours. We can meet at your place, or at my rooms or over the internet.
• We can cover what ever you want to know. Whatever burning questions that you have about colour, we will answer.
• Generally we start with a quick discussion of the theory of colour – light versus dark, clear versus soft, warm versus cool.  All colours lie somewhere between warm and cool, light and dark and clear and soft, and so does our colouring.
• We will talk about your colouring and what colours suit you.  Typically this involves the use of some coloured drapes that we lay under chin.  This allows us to see how different types of colours interact with your colouring.  You will find a remarkable difference between certain colours and how they look on you.  For example if you have cool colouring the warm colours will not harmonise well with you, they will often give a funny orange glow to your skin that sits on your face like bad fake tan.  It is amazing to compare different types of colours and to really look at how they look on you.
• Once we have gathered some information about how different colours look on you, then we will often be able to describe your colouring, for example we might say you look best in colours that are warm, rather than cool, and quite deep and strong.  Or we might find that you do not have much of a warm cool bias, being able to wear less extreme colours from both groups, but that you look fabulous in light and slightly hazy colours.  For ease of reference I use either the tonal system or a seasonal system to categorize colourings.  For example, if you were best in warm and dark colours, you would be categorized as an autumn, and perhaps even more specifically a deep autumn.  
• We will then discuss what this means in terms of your wardrobe choices.  If you very much like neutral colours, such as white, grey, navy, brown etc or need to wear them in a work environment then we will make sure that we fully discuss them and what your best light, dark and medium netural choices.  We will discuss which neutrals will be best to invest in for shoes for summer and winter, what jewellery colours will work best and make up.  We will also discuss all your accent or fashion colours and how you can use them in your wardrobe.  And some people choose to wear mostly accent colours.
• Lastly I like to look at make up choices.  Different colourings often look good in different intensities of make up.  And it is especially important if you are warm or cool to get make up that matches your skin tone.