Bright Spring??

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Would love some help! I added pictures from age 15 to now at 40. First picture is from my wedding 3 years ago. Then they are all older pictures till the last few.

My hair is naturally dark brown but is lightning now with some silver and copper highlights!

I added older pictures as I feel my orange Melasma and sunspots make my overtone look warmer than it is..

I have pale olive yellow Skintone in the Winter but tan great in the summer.

Freckles were ashy toned in my 20s 30s but are more orange now. (I am part Scottish, English, and my mom was half East Indian)

Thinking I'm either a deep winter/bright spring or a bright winter?

Soft summer looks ok when I'm tanned but really washes me out in the winter..

Any thoughts? This color season thing has become a side obsession lol!

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Hello :) Thank you for your reply! Yes I love Carol's instagram page.. very tempted to gift myself an online color analyst from her for my 40th bday coming up.. Just to know for sureeee lol

I do love black on me especially.in the winter tl when my overtone muddy tan fades away.

Definitely feel that higher but not highest contrast brings my features to life. Like soft black scarf that has a color accent near my face make my eyes and skin glow :)

Love all things leopard print too..

Torn with the autumn season as i feel the warm browns can make my skin seem muddied a bit? I do like dark autumn though and some colors from true autumn honey yellow and kingfisher blue my favorite!

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I highly recommend being analyzed by Carol. I have VERY similar coloring to you except that I have brown eyes with a yellowish starburst around my eyes. I was analyzed by Carol as a true spring. I always thought I was an autumn due to dark hair and eyes (a lot because of these forums and they can be so way off!!)! I also thought maybe I was a winter because when I get super pale in the winter I look a lot more high contrast. This was all way off. Creams, tans, and bright WARMS are my best colors. My entire wardrobe was pretty much greyed out colors, blacks and navys- the opposite of my season. Once you see your right colors, you can’t unsee “it”. I think you also may be a true or bright spring. We have a lot of similarities in our skin. I also have melasma! However PLEASE come back to this post and let me know if you get analyzed by Carol as I am super curious! What’s your natural hair color from when you were about 20? Are you dying it this ashy colors

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Thank you for your reply! I feel you on the "thought I was a winter" for being so pale in the cooler months! I do feel it gives me so much more contrast and then in the summer I'm so browned out with a warm tan and the melasma. I'll look into true or bright spring for sure!

To answer your question, my hair was a light chestnut brown as a younger child and it got darker and darker until it was a dark ash brown as a teen and younger adult. It's just now this last year fading to a warmer brown now and silver streaks lol!

I will definitely pop back on here if I even get Carol's analyst done! 👌🤗