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30Oct

How-to: Beautifully Coordinate Your Makeup to Your Outfit

October 30, 2018 Melrose Fisher Color, Fashion, Makeup, Style Tips

No woman is born knowing how to wear makeup that perfectly complements her outfits. And believe me, there are rules for how it’s done.

Now, “rules” imply finite yes and no directions, but I use the term rules more as “guidelines” for how you can look your absolute best. They aren’t meant to be limiting, because every woman has the right to express herself the way she sees fit. However, these are the standard methods from industry professionals on how you can look perfectly stunning all of the time.

For these rules, I need to make a clear distinction between matching and complementing. Now, let me explain the delicate balance of each.

Matching implies picking out a bright blue eyeshadow to match your bold blue sweater. This is a DON’T.

Complementing means pairing a coral dress with a light sweep of coral blush onto your cheeks – simply pair a coordinating subtle shade of blush to your outfit. This is a DO.

Makeup is a fun way to express ourselves and to literally put our best face forward. Makeup can be bold! It can also be subtle. And, either way, each is perfectly appropriate if done right and paired with the right clothing. Let’s get into how it’s done.

Never, ever match your eyeshadow with the color of your outfit.

Rewind your thoughts to school year photos from the ’80s, each girl with her big hair and bold eyeshadow that perfectly matched her silk blouse. Eyeshadow, whether it’s a bold look or not, should never be matched with the color of your outfit.

Think green eyeshadow with a green shirt. Exactly. That’s a no-no.

Striking colors, color blocking, and patterns are fabulous choices for clothes, so if your outfit is adventurous, stick with neutral eyeshadow shades: brown, gold, beige, or soft pink.

If your outfit is neutral shades of black, brown, or gray, it’s perfectly okay to try a smoldering smoky eye, in brown, black, or plum shades.

Never match, but you can complement it. For example, wearing pink can be complemented with brownish-gold shades.

The bottom line:

Bold clothing: delicate eyeshadow shades

Neutral clothing: feel free to spice up your shadow

Distribute colors evenly.

Tip: While matching eyeshadow is a huge no-no, there are chic ways to match your lipstick and blush to your outfit.

Loud outfits and daring makeup are both fine, just not on the same day. So, let’s say you want to wear a bright red lipstick. Instead of pairing red lipstick with a red dress, pair it with a red bag or red shoes. See how different those two outfits are? You can pull off matching lipstick to a bold accessory, but not to an entire outfit.

You can match parts of your outfit to your lipstick while remaining polished and elegant. The trick is just to not go overboard.

If you’re wearing a t-shirt and jeans, you have more freedom to wear bold makeup colors. If your outfit is already loud, downplay your makeup.

Lastly, remember this essential tip…

It’s important to follow these tricks to look flawlessly put together, but the most important makeup rule is to find the shades that complement your unique skin tone and eye color.

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03Oct

Here’s What’s on the Menu for Fall Fashion

October 3, 2018 Melrose Fisher Accessories, Color, Fashion, Makeup, Shopping, Style Tips, Trends

Are you ready to try some new things from the fall/winter fashion offerings? Whether you sample one item or several, there are some tantalizing treats to choose from. Here’s a sample menu of what’s available to you.

1. I want to draw your attention to the different shades of green. Are there fifty shades? I want to say yes! Whether you like your greens light, dark, deep, intense or muted, this is the right time to explore your options. Green is not just for garnish anymore. It can be the main course of an outfit.

2. For people who’ve been wondering where brown went, it’s back! It comes in all shades of chocolate and on into burnt caramel. Time to stock your shoe and handbag shelves with this rich color or choose a few separates to blend into your existing wardrobe.

3. Velvet has been spanning the seasons. People even wore velvet this past spring/summer. It seems best for cooler weather. Look for it this season in dresses, blouses, and jackets.

4. Prairie dresses look romantic and innocent with high necklines, roomie sleeves, and a floor-length hemline. This is a great option for those looking for something new in the dress department.

5. Floral prints just keep coming. Plan to wear floral print dresses with dark backgrounds. They’re great paired with a colored tight and a boot.

6. There’s an array of plaids just waiting for you to enjoy. Classic plaids of different colorations are being combined in the same outfit. For instance, you can wear a blue plaid pant with a red plaid jacket. Or wear red plaid boots with a blue plaid dress. It may sound less than appetizing but you won’t know until you try it!

7. Don’t know what scarf to wear with your outfit? It’s an easy decision this season. Designers are creating matching sweater and scarf sets. And if you’re just going for the scarf alone, make it long, long, long, like spaghetti-noodle long.

8. Cable knit, smooth knit, or textured knit sweaters all have something in common, they are voluminous and cozy. Make your knits jumbo size this year.

9. Mixing day and nightwear for both day and night keeps us on our toes. This can be a little confusing but if done right, it makes a lot of sense. Wear dressy tops with casual bottoms or dressy bottoms with casual tops and go out on the town.

10. Pants of any length or width are available. Wide, pleat front, flairs, cigarette, printed pants, and painted pants. If you wear pants well, get ready for a smorgasbord.

11. Skirts shimmy up and down the leg. Enjoy a mini, a pencil skirt, something calf-length, or go for the 50’s full skirt. For an easy garnish, add a thick belt to the waist.

12. Train your eye to see sized up jackets as the new normal. Many of them have broad shoulders. Hello, ‘80s! Get used to this new silhouette, it might be here for a while.

13. Blankets are now acceptable as fashion outerwear. It’s a no-size piece of outerwear that covers all. Whether it’s a western print or a solid color, this can beautifully drape over everything and be the centerpiece for your entire outfit.

14. Bring color to your fashion plate outfits with red lipsticks. Red lips go with everything!

Are you salivating over any of these fall/winter fashion picks? Pick your preferences from the fashion menu and let’s have fun exploring them together on a shopping trip. Give me a call. I’ll bring snacks.

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23Aug

Choosing the Right Lipstick Color

August 23, 2017 Melrose Fisher Makeup

We have discovered But First, Coffee a blog by Kallie Branciforte. She’s done a beautiful job of explaining how to choose the right lipstick color for your skin tone.

We love what she’s done and know that you will, too. We’ve added most of the content of her blog here for your convenience only. Please pop over to But First, Coffee to have a look.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT LIPSTICK COLOR
(THERE’S SOME SCIENCE INVOLVED!)
by Kallie Branciforte, But First, Coffee

Before I was a lipstick wearer, I found lipstick to be the most intimidating product there was when it came to makeup. I remembered how long it took me to finally feel comfortable rocking bold lips and how long it took me to really find the right colors.

I think the main reason a lot of ladies steer clear of lipsticks is that they are convinced lipstick doesn’t look good on them. It’s just not true. While there are some women who are blessed to be able to rock any color, others of us need to learn what kinds of colors look best on us.

Using my experience finding my own perfect lipstick colors, mixed with some color science I learned as an Art Major, I came up with some basic guidelines to help you find the perfect lipstick color.  These are not meant to be gospel. You may have lipstick colors that don’t follow these rules and look good on you. What they are meant to be are guidelines to help you determine a color that will look good on you more effortlessly.  This will help you decide between a few colors when you’re standing in the makeup aisle or help you find your most suitable shades.  There’s some color science involved that makes it less of a guessing game!

 

 

Firstly, determine your skin’s color. This is a pretty easy task. Are you pale/fair, medium/olive or dark?

FAIR SKIN
Fair skin looks best with true red, red with pink undertones, magenta, and blue-toned pinks. Fair skin often has a hard time wearing a nude lip. Also, note that colors tend to look brighter on paler skin tones.

MEDIUM/OLIVE SKIN
Medium to color skin looks best with true pinks, cranberries, and brick red as well as classic nudes.

DARK SKIN
Dark skin often is best suitable for reds with burgundy or brown, dark beige, and orange-toned reds and pinks

Take this information, and add in the next layer… determining your undertone. I find this step to be the most beneficial to me and it really helps me guide my lipstick purchases. (It’s also really helpful when choosing foundation, hair colors, and clothing, too!) So, how do you determine your undertone?

YOU’RE COOL-TONED IF…

your skin appears to have a blue, red or pink tinge to it. If you hold your wrist out, bottom side up, in the sun, your veins will appear blue or purple. If you’re cool-toned, cool-toned lip colors are more likely to look flattering on you.

 

YOU’RE WARM-TONED IF…

your skin appears to have a yellow or peach tinge to it. If you hold your wrist out, bottom side up, in the sun, your veins will appear green or olive. If you’re warm-toned, warm-toned lip colors are more likely to look flattering on you.

 

YOU’RE NEUTRAL-TONED IF…

your skin doesn’t appear to follow either of these rules.Your skin appears neither more blue or more yellow in the sunlight and your veins are blue-green (not one or the other). If you’re neutral, it’s more likely you can wear lots of different colors well.

 

 

Take what you just learned and apply it. I have cool-toned fair skin. So, I can usually wear blue-toned pinks and cool reds. I don’t usually look that great in orange-toned reds or peachy tones. I also can’t pull off the nude lip look that well. If you’re warm-toned with olive skin, a warm beige or fiery red is likely to look best on you while it might be harder for you to pull off a blue-toned pink.

Head out and pick up a handful of colors using these guidelines and test them out. I suggest applying them to a make-up free face. As makeup Goddess Bobbi Brown said, “If I had to teach someone just one thing about lip color it would be this: Find a lipstick that looks good on your face when you are wearing absolutely no makeup.

To see more at But First, Coffee click the link.

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