It depends on the person. At http://www.agreenertea.com/meet-the-family/ , you’ll see my father, a Dark Autumn. He certainly can wear his deep, dark colors and looks years younger when he does. Faded color, especially faded cool color, is a disaster on this group especially. All Autumns often have a sense of their right colors but seldom wear them richly enough.
Also, the Dark Autumn has enough drama to dress with high contrast, as a Winter would. So they look terrific in the darker greys, and their hair greys.

No foundation just coverup which would be an Almay wand product at that time (probably 2 years ago) so a medium fair.

Blush would have been MAC Buff

Eyes: under liner would be MAC Coquette powder applied with the lovely MAC brush number 9. I use that on the top and bottom to line my eyes and then I used a very little bit of Lise Watier shadow 4 palette Les Cuivres (#151) (of the same I sent you years ago it is a combo with cream, dark brown with shimmer, gold and medium matte brown.) I used the dark brown for liner over the coquette to add sparkle and then a bit of the gold shadow at the edges of my eyes. The taupe colour on the lid but only outside corners since everything creases on me so badly and the cream powder on the inside corner next to my nose.

Lips: That would be Aveda’s lipshine in Thyme Bud (colour number 570) I may n=have used a liner but it was probably simply a nude colour from Maybellione…nothing too special. I love the feel of the Aveda Lipshine..like I am doing something healthy for my lips. I know it has no lasting power but I was able to reapply often and was having dinner with the girls so it was a choice I made. Rather have that than a line left around my lips with nothing in the middle and this stuff wears off evenly all round so…..Thyme Bud is their best colour for me…or at least felt the best…not certain if a dark autumn still should think that but I still use it I love MAC and Aveda and Lise Watier all for different reasons. MAC has great eye colours and brushes I love the earth tones from them coquette, cork , saddle, and the Teddy pencil has a wee bit of gold through it.

Mascara from Clinique High Impact in brown black or Diorshow in same colour. Still love Lancome’s Mascara…treated my self to Hypnose….tres cher but very nice as well as Definicils.

Blush is now MAC Mocha and I use their Studio Sculpt NW 25 for the cover up foundation type instead of actually applying it all over. Always find I can’t breathe in foundation so use it sparingly around eyes (dark circles) and nose (broken capillaries) and the odd blemish.

Hate to say it but no powder or anything else. Not a real finished look but I can be ready to go in less than 5 and my cream has a sunscreen in it so I am good.

Lips: love the Clinique Chianti and Maybelline Tinted Taupe and Get Nutty plus my Aveda Thyme Bud. Also the EL Ruby which I use at night and a red from that same Maybelline Red Revival that I can wear and could find in Edmundston.

Hope that helps.

Gina

That’s my wonderful friend, Gina. I’ve asked her to check in when she has a moment and let you know what colours she’s wearing.

I love reading your articles and insights into color analysis! I think I am a Dark Autumn myself. What lipcolor is your Dark Autumn model wearing?

Thanks,
Ashley

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