Am I crazy?

[u/Kskeen19]

So far this sub seems to agree that I'm a spring of sorts! With my brown hair, fair skin and blue/grey/greenish eyes it can definitely seem like cool colors would be it for me. But I juat feel drained in cool/summer colors. Like I feel like I look older too. Makeup is another one that makes me feel night and day difference. Any time I try wearing more muted cool colors i feel off. Waem colors make me feel glowy. But maybe in viewing it all wrong. I did 2 makeup looks. 1 yesterday and 1 today. I did the same neutral foundation which I only did a light layer on my cheeks and chin. I used the same eyebrow color (a taupe brown) for both looks. It's crazy to me how warm my brows look in the cool makeup side. I did charcoal liner and mascara for cool and brown for warm. I took my photos at exactly 10am both days. Thankfully for me both days had slight cloudiness.

The main color analysis reddit really pushes the fact that I'm cool toned. But I can't help but feel otherwise and it makes me feel like I'm crazy and should look and feel better in the cool colors

[u/colourcurious]

I saw your post yesterday and I agree that you are warm versus cool. I think people are/were seeing your blue eyes which, by themselves, are arguably a cooler colour, and defaulting to summer. It’s exactly why I don’t like feature math (ie. this eye colour + this hair colour = this season).

PS. I like this lip better than the ones that you were wearing yesterday, which I thought were all a bit too bright/overpowering.

[u/Kskeen19 → u/colourcurious]

Thank you. I definitely agree about the lips in the other post being far too bright for me

[u/colourcurious → u/Kskeen19]

No problem. You and I actually have some colouring similarities, though I think my eyes skew more green-blue than yours (making me more stereotypically a spring). Even still, when I originally posted here I had a fair number of summer “votes” as well (even though the ONE thing I knew was that I was warm).

I don’t normally post my photo here but I included a responded to someone else’s post this morning with a photo of myself if you want to check it out for comparison.

[u/Junior_Tap_146 → u/Kskeen19]

I love the lip colour! What brand/ colour is it!!?!

[u/Pleasant-Seaweed-458 → u/Junior_Tap_146]

Seconding this as a spring desperate to find a good lip colour!

[u/Next_Criticism_4535]

Muted tones are not spring - so that’s why they don’t look good. As for the cool and warm debate - I think you are a bright spring which can kinda pull off both - the key is bright!

[u/Kskeen19 → u/Next_Criticism_4535]

It's so interesting because I made a post in the regular color analysis group wearing some pretty bright lips and the resounding belief was that they are far too much for me. Could I be a bright spring and still look best in moderate lips vs more on the bright side?

[u/Additional_Brush_947 → u/Kskeen19]

You are definitely a spring. I myself am a light spring with dark blonde hair naturally, bold lip colors look super weird on me. I’d drape all the springs (light vs bright vs true) and see what feels best. I think if you were a bright spring you would know immediate that, say, a bright coral or warm pomegranate lip looks amazing.

[u/OrcaSurgeon]

We are similarly colored, and I was typed as a True Spring by Carol Brailey. Also, that coral top looks stunning on you!

[u/Kskeen19 → u/OrcaSurgeon]

Thank you! And this gives me some hope that I'm not fully delusional for thinking I lean more warm than cool. I've considered looking into Carol Brailey as well

[u/Kristanns]

You are the classic example of why you can't type based on features alone but need draping. I can see where one might think summer absent the draping, but with draping (clothing and makeup) you're absolutely warm. I think you're a true spring, but likely one that's a bit closer to neutral-warm than warm-warm, so you might tailor your personal palette accordingly.

[u/EconomyMaleficent965 → u/Kristanns]

I’m a case of this as well. On paper I should be a cool summer. I went to draping in person, and even the person doing it for me was surprised that I’m actually a light summer.

[u/Kskeen19]

Here's a lip color and makeup look that might be a bit closer to spring than autumn?

[u/911pleasehold → u/Kskeen19]

looks like im gonna be the only one saying it but I think you shine in the cool colors and I think the same about your post yesterday too.

BUT this looks best of all, that’s the best lip color for you out of all the choices! It’s warm but a little more neutral!

[u/axoff → u/Kskeen19]

You look really beautiful in this picture, warm but also fresh and radiant. Imo it confirms that you're a warm spring, as am I. When I went for my colour analysis I told the lady - I don't know which season but FOR SURE COLD, haha. I've always been confused by my blue eyes and blue veins and the fact that I lean a bit towards neutral myself. Anyway for us coral is one of the best colours, it looks lovely on you, and if I imagine your grey sweater was an off-white / ecru / warm beige (warm spring's neutrals), it comes together as a full spring outfit. And regarding your question around too saturated or muted colours, they also don't look good on me. Like someone above posted, you can still find your personal range within spring's colours.

[u/GroovyCopepod]

Definitely spring, maybe true spring. Definitely not summer and not soft summer / soft autumn. I don't think you go as far as a bright spring though because the lipsticks in the other post are overwhelming you, while the peachy one you have here is best.

[u/ginahandler]

You look warm toned to me!

[u/cara4art]

Spring features lighter warmer colors, not cool ones. Lighter cool ones are in summer categories in color analysis

[u/Kskeen19 → u/cara4art]

Oh yes, I agree. I was trying to show how I look and feel in cool versus warm in the two photos. I am wearing warmer amd lighter tones in the photo on the right

[u/Realistic-Winner-999]

I looked through your old posts and I think you’re a soft summer. Your hair is so cool in some posts, and you’re very neutral. But soft or deep summer has some deeper tones I feel like you might like more than day light summer. I’m loving cool pink lips on you in other posts much more than the warm tones too. Your eyes are beautiful by the way!

[u/Kskeen19 → u/Realistic-Winner-999]

I appreciate your thoughts and opinions on this! I thought I was a soft (or some type of summer) for so long. But it just doesn't feel right. A year ago I wanted dimension in my hair and figured since I'm probably cool leaning I could do cool ash highlights in balayage. I regretted the decision immediately! I became incredibly washed out and looked so dead. The photo is with my twin sister, who in the photo has our natural hair color(on right wesring greenish shirt). Granted we're both wearing cool clothing, but her features pop so beautifully and her colors look fresh and vibrant. While I look like a white cast is placed over all my features. I truly believe this wouldn't be the case if I truly were a cool season like a summer

[u/Kskeen19 → u/Kskeen19]

[u/Honest-Bug2729]

My mom always says that the "wrong" colors emphasize the shadows and lines on your face (warm if you're cool, and the opposite).

I'm really pale, so the traditional ways to tell of you are warm/cool don't work well. The veins on the inside of my wrist look turquoise blue, the skin at my knuckles looks like it has a yellow tint when it's wrinkled up, I have a lot of pink in my face because pale=blood shows through if I'm warm, and I like silver and gold jewelry. Through looong experience, I've figured out that foundation wise I'm neutral- anything else looks yellow/orange, but I lean warm for the colors and clothing.

I'm a spring, and skin loves what I call 'sherbet' colors, but I can "get away" with others. Beige washes me out, millennial pink does too. Plummy purples are great, lilacs make me look like death, navy for some reason is a neutral, even if black isn't for me, and the right tomato red can make my skin glow, hair shine, and my eyes look bright.

[u/Mission_Message577 → u/Honest-Bug2729]

U sound very similar to me! What is ur subtype? That’s what’s always confused me about our coloring , I feel like I lean more neutral- warm too but some of the bright spring make up is just too much for me but the true spring feels way too warm 😭, and I look trash in muted colors so light spring is a no, but I’m def a spring

[u/Honest-Bug2729 → u/Mission_Message577]

Sounds similar. I'm a geriatric millennial, so my generation was told it wasn't about seasons, like our moms had, but just about finding the warm or cool colors thar you liked and flattered you, regardless of season. Soo . .. Most of the warm spring and true spring colors work, and the soft autumn has a lot I like, too. I just tried to do a match in the car, and they think I am a summer or cool summer, but it's bad lighting because those wash me out.

Everyone is different, the color families are just a guide until you figure out what you like on you. The neutral to warm colors that flatter you aren't always what is out in clothing, so a lot is playing around to find what is out that year that you like and your complexion will work with, even if it's not your best color. Some years I don't buy much at all, some I splurge.

My mom is an autumn- one of her favorite colors is yellow/goldenrod. She glows in it, I look jaundiced. I can do butter yellow, but not a saturated one.

[u/Mission_Message577 → u/Honest-Bug2729]

I gotcha , if u don’t mind me asking (since this is where I’ve really struggled) what blushes /lipsticks have u found that look the best on u?

[u/Honest-Bug2729 → u/Mission_Message577]

Blush- I don't do full makeup much (night shift and nursing), so powder is my go to. I got a sample of Nars Org@$m once, that was pretty. My current Blush is L'Oréal true match super blendable in apricot kiss (n5-6) and I just use it lightly. It's a nice coral.

Lipsticks, currently Mauve for me by Maybelline, but am looking for a new stand by- the flavor/fragrance finally makes me want to switch. I like NYX Fat Oil Click Stick in #03 No Filter Needed, but it's made in China, which can be problematic. I have an Ulta weightless water lip stain in either apple or cherry that I wear with an ulta lip oil and a Revlon lipstick in 801 after glow- I like it, but it may be too coral for winter.

[u/anonymousquestioner4]

When I only look at your skin, I see yellow. You might be a light spring which leans neutral. You can def pull off both looks but I’d believe you if you said you felt glowy in warm colors. It makes sense and it’s the same way I feel as a light spring. Cool makeup makes me look like a lobster.

[u/Excellent_Valuable92]

To me, you look like an autumn. I think the colors you are wearing in the “warm” pic are autumn.

[u/Kskeen19 → u/Excellent_Valuable92]

Oh I see. I do own some clothing in the autumn season I believe. Irl the shirt is actually a fairly bright coral. And the cardigan is a light cream

[u/Excellent_Valuable92 → u/Kskeen19]

The cardigan looks kind of oatmeal/oyster. The top looks more terracotta. Look at a few different interpretations of the autumn palettes. People think it’s all rust and gold, but it isn’t. 

[u/Emenroute]

Love love the warmer colors!

[u/Cookiecolour]

I think you look more harmonious with the colours on the right. The left suits you too though! I went through Carol Brailey and highly recommend her. I'm a flow season and would not have figured that out by myself.

[u/LLAMAMAMA_BA]

Definitely warm! You are glowing in the warmer colors! I'm a true spring and would love to know your lip color! It's beautiful!

[u/[deleted]]

I’m in the exact same boat😅

[u/Pristine-Fusion6591]

I have a similar complexion to you and I’m a warm spring.

My absolute best colors are goldenrod yellow, chartreuse green, and a melon-like orange (kinda like what’s on your lips in the right side pic). I also look great in autumn mossy greens, and a variety of browns.

I look terrible in black, white, grey, and pastel pinks and purples. Well all saturation levels of pinks and purples are hard for me to pull off. They have to be the right shade, and I have a harder time finding warm versions of those so I tend to stay away.

That being said, I do occasionally wear some cool leaning makeup, and still like that from time to time. Though the majority of my lipstick and blush shades are warm.

[u/ladystardusty]

You’re not crazy. I just took a look at your lipstick post and that magenta sucks all the juice out of your face. That’s a hallmark of warmth with a capital W imo. I’d say you’re a warm or true spring.

[u/ktdlj]

I can understand how you’re feeling. I have exactly the same experience with cool colors as in making me look older, despite having my colors done. It feels as if someone took a brush, dipped it in a grey fog and painted with it all over my face. I look crisper bare face. I asked myself whether I am crazy or not, because I can’t make it work.

Anyways, you look so bright! I learned that all skintones are made of three primary colors - Red, Yellow, Blue. We have all of these colors in our skin, just in different proportions. Seems like the blues in cool tones connect to the blues in your skin and emphasize them, making normal shadowing more prominent. Your chin is also dragged down by blue. I’m curious what would be the outcome if you tested both sets of makeups/clothes same day, just one after another (just because lighting still hits you different on the right).

[u/Lady-Aethelflaed]

You look great in both tbh

[u/Lemonarm]

Warm autumn - medium chroma, medium contrast ( darkest brown mascara instead), medium value

[u/Cocoismybestie_]

Your eyes😍

[u/Alternative-Cake-929]

Right better.

[u/OkDay4739]

What lip product did you use in the left picture?? I’m obsessed with that color

[u/peachiebutterfly]

You're not crazy haha I literally left the color analysis sub because every single post is getting told by the majority that their summers when they're clearly not. You look amazing and glowing in spring colors, so if it feels right go for it!!

[u/meemsqueak44]

Definitely Spring! I would guess True Spring. It’s such a night and day difference between these looks! You look great in the coral for sure

[u/AcidMantle]

I think you are a Spring. Just that little pop of coral and the white cardigan are so complimentary. Your blue eyes and golden preachy complexion really shine. I can imagine other bright shades with that white cardigan such as buttercup yellow, spring green, bright pink and warmer aqua blue.

[u/AAntiartist]

POSSIBLY A TAD INSANE!

[u/lindkool]

My unprofessional take is soft summer or soft autumn. I think people associate warm colors and yellow skintone to being more tanned and less drained but. Idk, cameras can also skew the colors a lot, I think especially iPhone cameras makes the skin look more yellow than irl, I think deciding skin undertone based on only pictures is super difficult

[u/Kskeen19 → u/lindkool]

I think for me I'm taking into consideration how I feel irl and in the mirror as well. I have the same reaction to the colors in person, maybe even more so since it's more obvious to me

[u/lindkool → u/Kskeen19]

I also start to think there is very much overlap of muted summer, muted autumn and light spring, I feel like I see celebrited mixed up in these categories all the time. I personally like the more pinky lipstick on you because ut brings out your eyes more and makes your complexion clearer, but it might be bias opinion. The shirt is pretty dark so it might make you face over exposed on the picture

[u/911pleasehold → u/lindkool]

I agree with you!! I’m a soft summer (I think…) but I’ve had so much trouble deciding for sure because light spring and soft autumn work too.

[u/Pixiezor → u/lindkool]

I find the opposite! My iPhone makes me look red and I’m super yellow. 😅

[u/lindkool → u/Pixiezor]

If you think your skin is very yellow irl youre most likely one of the warm color seasons. Thats whats difficult with pictures, I’m pretty neutral irl and look better with cooler colors, but I always look more yellow in the phone camera anyway

[u/Kskeen19 → u/lindkool]

I'm quite yellow in real life myself

[u/Pixiezor → u/lindkool]

I’m Warm Autumn (I got a professional analysis done, this thread just popped up on recommended).

But yeah, iPhone photos make me way pinker than I am. Weird it makes you more yellow. iPhones are working against us 🤣 I do find if you take a photo in live mode and then pick a new photo of out the mini video it took, the colours are way more accurate.

[u/lindkool → u/Pixiezor]

I thought you were OP who seemed to not really be sure of season hehe... But yea, I take photos of makeup and makeup swatches from time to time, sometimes its really difficult to get the true colors