And these were not just my clients – many more were the clients of my colleagues, practicing with the same philosophy and methodology. “Unusual” coloring became highly usual – “light” darks, “soft” brights, cool-toned people with warm “overtones,” blonde and redheaded winters… So many people walked away surprised by their assigned color space. There was heavy reliance on makeup to make the picture work, and an obsession with finding the exact perfect shade of lipstick since so many of them were far too much for the client. I originally became a color analyst in search of harmony, however I started on a path that used Sci\ART terminology but sought and celebrated other things-intensity of eyes, definition of bone structure, the appearance of a slimmer or younger face, removal of redness, and cultural interpretations of beauty that pushed people to a point far more intense than their natural beauty could accommodate. I don’t think needing lipstick to show up in your season is a good thing. I don’t think looking disharmonious is desirable. And that might incidentally produce a zing, or be cleaner than something less harmonious, but that was not the primary goal.” But I walked out thinking it maintained a person exactly as they were, that harmony looked different for every season, but it would never distort or change what you saw about their face against the neutral gray. “I came into training thinking harmony cleaned things up on a person, or gave them a ‘zing’ or ‘wow’ factor. Here’s a quote from the TCI Facebook page: What happened, however, was more disappointing to me than a parade of Brights. To me, it seemed strange that a season as strong as BW was being used as any kind of default or “well, there’s nothing better, so…” season! I’ve seen people say things like Bright Winter was the only way they were visible under the heavy lights used during the draping, or that Bright Winter ended up as kind of a default because it was the closest to providing what they needed. Many people feel that 12Blueprints produces too many Bright seasons. I had had my doubts about the 12Blueprints way of doing things for a while. At first, I was excited about the prospect of a new voice in color analysis in the US.
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