Sometimes Things Get Cooler - Summer Discovery

Yesterday was a day filled with surprises from the 'Colour Universe'.  It all started when I created a look in the morning based on some softer, warmer shades.  I was quite happy with the look and ventured out for my favourite Saturday routine - grabbing a Starbucks and then meeting my friend and god-daughter for a coffee and some shopping.  One of the things on my shopping agenda was to go to the Chanel counter.  I had written to the Chanel head office because a few years back, I used to wear a lipstick shade called 'Bois De Iles' that they discontinued.  I got an email back and was so happy to hear that they suggested another shade similar to what I was looking for: Enigmatique #135.  I was really excited to check out their recommendation.  While I was at the Chanel counter, I had such a positive experience with the Makeup Artist.  We were so 'aligned' with how we saw makeup and colour, that after about 10 minutes of trying out different shades (Enigmatique was an instant winner for me), she told me that knowing your best colours is very important and it's 'not an 80's thing', but rather something every elegant woman knows.  I asked how if she ever had her colours done and she then told me that she has been a colour analyst for over 15 years, studying under some of the best and original colour analysts.  I was so taken aback because I've been so confused about colour analysis, was experimenting with the soft autumn/autumn palette, but still feeling that something just isn't right.  I, of course, had to ask her "so what season do you think I am?".  She began by telling me that although most colour analysts don't just give out an answer because they need to see you without any makeup and that usually people have their hair coloured and there are many elements that can distract the eye from seeing the 'real season'.  However, that being said, she told me "With you, I have no doubt that you are a classic summer".  I have to admit that I wasn't expecting her to say I was a cool season.  I was set on either soft autumn, light spring or true autumn. We started to talk about cool vs warm seasons and with her experience as an analyst, she told me that it's not uncommon for a cool person to be mis-read as a warm season.  She then began to explain to me how I really am a true cool season.  I asked her how is it that I can wear a lot of warm shades and her answer was that they may look 'okay', but they won't be my best'.  After this amazing experience at Chanel, I went home and reviewed this blog.  I spent hours last night looking and studying all my experiments and I noticed something very interesting - the cooler, brighter, summer shades were bringing out my best features and eye colour the best.  The warm shades, although seeming natural, created this muddy tone to my face.  The cool/Summer colours bring out that healthy glow - here are some of my favourite photos of me (at my best).

I honestly never expected to wake up yesterday and meet such an awesome and talented person who was able to see the truth in my colouring.  It gave me confidence not to give up just yet on colour analysis.  I'm really looking forward to playing around with the cool colours again.  I did sort of like the soft autumn shades, but they were energetically starting to 'drain me'.  I look at these photos and I realize that I am full of energy and I 'feel good' looking at them :)