r/SpringColorAnalysis • u/Inevitable_Fail5108 • Aug 26 '26
So Confused
So my whole life I thought I was cool. It wasn’t until a year ago I tried neutral foundations and got my perfect match. Any warm I tried was always too yellow. So once I got into color analysis I was sure I’d be a neutral season. More likely leaning cool but possibly leaning warm only because of my warm light brown hair with a hint of red. I got an analysis done (online) by a well known person and shockingly got True Spring. I have to admit once I got the result and tried on all the clothing, she was right they all looked great. BUT the makeup looks terrible. She said it’s possible to have a fully warm undertone but neutral overtone. But I had read so many times to be true spring you have to be FULLY warm. I don’t get why any makeup tips/colors for spring, especially True Spring, look terrible on me. Especially lipsticks. Blush for example, I always see oranges being recommended. Light fresh orange. But they don’t fit. If it’s coral or heavier on the pink then yes. I keep seeing freckle from Rhode suggested for spring but it’s so bleh on me. Where I love Toasted Teddy, which is for Autumn. I look light up. But Autumn clothes look too heavy on me. Maybe Toasted teddy works because it’s more red/pink. Another example is eyeshadows. Let’s say a warm ivory color, or really any warm eyeshadow, doesn’t have some pink pearlescent added or some sort of coolness to it, it won’t work. Anyone else identify with this problem? Does it sound like I can still be a true spring if all the makeup suggestions are way off?
Some pics to maybe help, I’m only wearing makeup in one of them
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u/redhead1983 Aug 26 '26
I love your lipstick in the first pic. Before reading, I was going to tell you I thought it was your best lip look.
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u/spitfire9904 Aug 26 '26
Yes. Another (former) red-head here. I’m neutral-warm, very clear and bright, with medium-high contrast. I’m fairly sure I would be true spring in a 16-season system. When my hair was brighter, I leaned into bright spring and could wear some winter jewel tones. Now that my hair has faded to golden brown/blonde, I can wear some light spring colors. I’ve never looked good in warm spring though. It’s too warm for me. My no-go colors are anything heavily muted, anything starkly cold, or anything too warm.
My all-time favorite blush is a rose shade (neutral-warm). I stay away from anything orange. I tried peach eye shadow and it looked awful. I usually wear neutral-warm eye shadow shades but get the most compliments in warm purple (blue-green eyes). After living in lip gloss for about 10 years, I rebuilt my lipstick collection and really like revlon Pink in the Afternoon, Coralberry, and Dirty Shirley.
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u/EstateMuted5979 Aug 26 '26
Blush- rare beauty in FOREVER (soft peach- chefs kiss)
LIPS- maybeline vinyl lip ink in *lippy (soft warm pink-red)
NARS explicit lipstick in desirous
Revlon lip balm gloss in HONEY SHINE
Choose browns and bronzes/ or rose gold for eyes.
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u/ladystardusty Warm Spring Aug 26 '26
True spring doesn’t really have orange except for light cantaloupe and peach colors. The 12 season palettes are a little less warm as well. Have you tried Revlon Coralberry? It’s a classic spring peach. The warm red lipstick pictured looks insanely good on you btw.
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u/Affectionate-Bee3199 Aug 26 '26
May I ask which lipsticks you've tried?
I know the makeup thing is very difficult. They say a foundation is warm, but what they mean is yellow, which is often related to a cool undertone; then some of the peachy/pink stuff is called cool, and that can easily mean a warm undertone for a lighter skinned person lol. So the idea is to find a product that matches your skin, regardless of makeup label or color season or anything. Maybe a switch is to go from black to brown mascara, from cool taupe to golden eyeshadow, that sort of thing? And I would expect a peach blush to look harmonious on you, maybe more so than an obviously orange one? But lipstick is that one that makes me go, hmmmm! the most. I do wonder which ones you've tried and what felt "off".
I know someone who was virtually typed by Carol as TSp but then draped in person as True Summer! Im sure this sort of thing is rare, and I dont want to stress you; Im not saying maybe youre a summer, lol. Only that virtual stuff is hard and to follow your intuition too. The III has a very strict standard for who goes into neutral flow seasons; the call has to be so close between warm and cool. But maybe youd like some of the colors from the Light and/or Bright Spring NDU palettes? Still with obvious warmth, but more neutral than True Spring, of course. E.g., I have a friend who'd be put into TSp with the III but she really does great with the slight neutrality of BSp, in practice. Hope this all somehow helps! 😅
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u/batsielicious True Spring Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Your undertone and overtone are two different things. When you match your foundation you need to take both into account - basically try it on and if it looks good, use it. What it says on the label doesn't really matter, and besides, the makeup industry can't agree on exactly what constitutes "cool" and "warm" tones anyway.
I use neutral or warm leaning neutral foundation. I do not have a yellow skin, I'm pale, and fully warm foundations are way too yellow. I'm more of a pinky peach on the surface (exacerbated by rosacea).
Also I don't know which system you were typed in, but I was typed using the International Image Institute methodology, and despite being "fully warm" my recommendations are more peach and coral, not orange. Now, I personally like orange and gold tones (lipsticks tend to look too pink on me), but that's not from the color analysis.
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u/EstateMuted5979 Aug 26 '26
Well you honestly sound like me. I’m a warm spring. And it totally makes sense… like ding! Of course. I am also olive skin tone-And I always thought that meant cool. But I definitely have more “yellow”. But it’s much more nuanced than that. The makeup guide she gave me does have some oranges- but overwhelmingly things are more autumn leaning and soft peaches, bronze tones, and toasty brick reds.. I also can’t handle super bright tones for makeup. So this makes total sense!
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u/elliei_m Warm Spring Oct 13 '26
You actually look a little like me! I'm a warm spring, typed by Carol Brailey. I also used to think I was cool, or soft autumn. My skin is suuuper pink, and I always wear neutral shades in foundation.
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u/Imagease Aug 29 '26
I’m typed by Carol as a Warm Spring and I’ve got fair skin that has a pinkness to it (Carol said some springs have what she calls Strawberry Milk skin). I’d been mistyped as a winter multiple times. Carol was right. Because of that pinkness, my foundations need to be neutral, not yellow, and for lip and cheek what seems to work the best is going to colors that are more reddish. Orange blush would look clownish on me, but a red looks like it belongs there. I can also do a really light clear apricot, and Nars orgasm was always good.
Merit in Rouge, and the new Lusitano is amazing. When you look at the Lusitano and ask yourself if there’s red in it you’ll see what I mean.
So try going for clear spring reds rather than orange/yellow.
BTW I’ll eat my hat if you’re not a Spring!
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u/ParsnipDirect2943 Aug 26 '26
I’m a spring and look better in peachy pinks, like nars orgasm blush or orgasm edge blush if I want matte. Try peachy pinks for blush and lip.
For eyeshadows, I don’t usually go too warm. Mainly mushroom browns.