Comments on: A Soft Autumn Case Study

By: Lena

Lena — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:17:21 +0000

I am a Soft Autumn. For years I hunted for a good, inexpensive lipstick that wasn’t too harsh for my muted coloring. I finally found one – L’Oreal’s Colour Riche “Tender Pink”. It is a lovely soft brownish pink that suits me perfectly.

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:16:12 +0000

Jez,
I don’t do nail polish, I’m afraid, just not enough time.

By: jezseeca

jezseeca — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:15:18 +0000

This was so helpful. As an SA, changing my hair colour to a coppery apricot has done wonders. it really brightened me up. And now i notice that i have the same color in my eyes (Even though they are green). I also want to thank-you for mentioning Clinique’s “Mocha Pink” for a blush– it’s perfect. blush was always so difficult for me before. I also use a bronzer in a light dusting (i actually use a darker colored face powder in a honey-tan color). Do you have any nail polish recs for SA? i have a lot of trouble finding the right reds or pinks, and so i usually just do clear to be safe.

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:01:58 +0000

Sid,

You’re 100% right that this woman is more warm than cool. According to how the Sci\ART palettes proportion warm and cool, her colouring was not AS warm as True Autumn. The amount of heat that matched her perfectly was in the Soft Autumn. I’m not sure what Warm Summer is, but you know…in many ways, Soft Autumn IS Warm Summer. As you noticed, some amount of Summer had to be there. Sometimes, we are all saying the same thing using different words because different companies put different names on the groups, but the colour palettes we have in our head are similar.

By: sid

sid — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:10:02 +0000

Or perhaps I mean a warm autumn or warm spring, you’ve definitely got an overall warm tone to your coloring

By: sid

sid — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:06:57 +0000

Personally, based on the photos you have provided, I would say you are not a soft (muted) autumn, because you’re coloring is clearly warm, not neutral. I’d say you are a warm summer!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:03:56 +0000

Truth is beauty lists Kelly Macdonald as a soft autumn and out of all the examples, her coloring is the most like mine. In fact, almost exactly like mine, so I think I’ll thumb through some of her pictures for hair inspiration.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:36:04 +0000

Thank you Christine! I keep making the mistake of coloring my own hair. It consistently goes too dark and too red. I definitely think copper is more suited to me than red, and the only time I have managed to get that tone was when I went to my mother’s stylist and she did a light chestnut with some butterscotch highlights. When I was little my hair was a light honey blond, but darkened with age. I am still adjusting to my season as my wardrobe prior to my draping, consisted mostly of black and bright greens and purples. In your article about SA jewelry, you have a young lady wearing a cross as an example of soft autumn features, and her features are very similar to mine! I will check out Rachel’s site. Thank you for the information!

By: Christine Scaman

Christine Scaman — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:42:07 +0000

Shannon,

Stick with your own base colour, or maybe a shade or two lighter. That will set the darkness level. Like Soft Summer, the highlight should not be a big departure from the base, that’s what the Soft Seasons are all about, no sudden jumps. The highlight has warmth to it, as toffee or warm apricot, but not as dark or red as copper. Maybe the lightest copper. Often, the colour they call golden blond is about right. Visit Rachel at http://www.truth-is-beauty.com and look through her photos for your Season. She has a variety of beautiful choices.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 28 May 2011 05:42:42 +0000

Hi Christine! I was recently typed as a soft autumn by a lovely image consultant in Sacramento, CA and for whatever reason, I forgot to ask an important question. Im wondering what are a few complimentary hair colors for this season? My natural color is a mousy medium brown, though I have been coloring it to cover gray hair. I love reds and browns, but look positively horrid blond. Any suggestions?