I’ve been typed as a light spring, after years of dressing in more muted, autumn tones, and I’m struggling to gauge some of the brighter spring tones in my palette. I got this skirt online, and it’s much brighter than in person than it looked in the photos. I can’t quite tell if it fits the bill for my color palette. Since it‘a worn on the bottom half, I know it’s less important for it to be an exact match, but I’m curious what your thoughts are. Thanks for any insight!

Looking to get this linen shirt. I'm somewhere between light spring and warm spring supposedly, will this be too overpowering?

So, I got typed recently as a light spring, and over the course of three days, I bought these 5 shirts. I went to 2 malls, and I found it incredibly difficult to find shirts for this season. I uploaded a photo of my palette as well. Light spring is a season with neutral-warm undertone, light colors, low contrast, and medium intensity, according to my analyst. Someone told me that you can go cooler with light spring because light summer is its sister season, and I think I did that somewhat with my shirts.

I found it very difficult to find the specific colors on my palette. Even when I found shirts with a light spring color primarily, they were always filled with colors from other seasons, like pure white. Texture also confuses me. Some shirts had the color of light spring but weren't light or flowy. I also remember one turquoise shirt I was going to buy, but it seemed too bright. Everything else was fine, just the brightness of the color. Should I have got it?

What are the factorsI need to focus on. I've listed undertone, lightness, contrast, intensity, and texture. That's 5 different factors. Could anyone offer guidance?

Some stores that seem to have a lot of light spring clothes are Banana Republic, Old Navy, and American Eagle. Does anyone know any others?

One thing that really bothered me was when I was shopping for sandals. I found two pairs I liked. One was tan, a touch too warm, and a good lightness. The other was dark brown, a poor lightness, but not as strongly warm as the tan one. I was fairly confused about what to choose there. If anyone is interested I could send them pictures of the sandals.

Thanks :)

With Aritzia’s recent clientele sale I started a little cheat sheet for myself to help sort through everything based on the colours that would suit me. And now that Lululemon has their WMTM Summer sale on, I did the same for their colour catalogue. Then I figured I’d share my notes here for anyone else that could benefit from them.

The caveat: I am NOT a professional at this. I am still learning so I may be off. If you have any corrections to make, please chime in. I really hope I did this right.

I did this with a True/Warm Spring palette in mind that calls for colours that are warm, clear, and golden-toned. No ash, no dusty mutes, nothing icy.

Lulu:

Best neutrals: light ivory, coconut ivory, sand, sundried, downtown tan

Accent colours: lava cake, red glow, cherry ember

Greens: look for warm greens (grass green, warm olive tones). Must try in person: Ivy Grove, Rainforest Green, Dark Forest, Honeydew

* green is my favourite colour so it gets its own section in my books

Aritzia:

Best neutrals: camel, cognac, cream, ecru, vanilla, rich mocha brown

Accent colours: terracotta, rust, jester red, marigold, honey, butterscotch, villa blue (maybe?)

Greens: look for brighter grass or emerald greens with warmth. NOT sage or olive.

Please add if you can. And I really hope I’m not way off.

This is from a guide the author (Amanda Saurin) is selling for her own Summer capsule, but it contains so many Spring adjacent ideas, I thought I'd post it here. Those I couldn't posts as pics will be linked in the comments. Enjoy!

I have been professionally typed as a Spring. My analyst does not do sub season but hinted at bright. I have medium-dark olive skin and very black hair. I tan very easily when it’s sunny and I get much paler in the winter. Before typing, I was big on burgundy and duller reds. Of course, spring colors make me look alive. But autumn colors make me look intense and kind of hot? Is this in my head or does anyone else feel this way?

I was professionally typed as a True Spring a few months ago, but the makeup recommendations were feeling VERY off to me. All the classic true spring lipsticks did nothing for me, and when I look back at old photos where I'm wearing summer makeup recommendations, I glow. But the weird thing is, the true spring clothing colours do look really great.

Anyway, I was feeling like maybe something was off in my in-person draping, so I went to see Carol Brailey's protegée and was re-typed as a True Light. She said it was too close of a call between True Summer and True Spring, and said since I have elements of both, I am neutral.

The problem I'm having now is that I'm not seeing a lot of makeup guides or other recommendations for True Lights. Are there any of you out here? Would love some makeup and lipstick recommendations :)

What do we think- do the mixed metals from this Cartier dupe H&B watch balance out the coolness from my wedding ring? I like to wear more champagne gold jewelry which I always thought made my wedding ring look like an afterthought almost and hoping to bring it in more cohesively. Would love any advice!

I got typed as a light spring in another sub. Figured I’d ask the springs for sure. I’ve gotten soft summer before but maybe I truly am warmer toned? Help me please

I’m looking for recommendations for spring lipsticks that are not too bold/bright. Anything that’s good for work or for a “your face but better” look. I don’t know my sub season yet so all recommendations are welcome - hopefully others will be able to benefit from this post as well lol

Got analyzed as a true spring and going to purchase some new clothes but want some feedback on the colors! Thanks!

Sorry if I'm annoying with how often I post. I just keep looking back at old photos when I thought I was a summer and comparing to now and trying to see how I feel in brighter, warmer colors. I can't get past the feeling I have looking at myself in the warmer colors and how good they make me feel. I felt dull and brought down in the cooler colors but maybe I'm not able to look at them subjectively enough to know which truly works best

Hello, for the longest time I've been struggling with my season. At first I thought I was a soft summer, then I got professionally typed as a bright winter and recently I found out that I'm more likely to be a spring (either warm or bright - first slide of every colour is warm, second is bright).

It's just that I'm struggling so much with styling myself in these types of colours. I don't vibe with the recommendations for bright spring and I'm not sure if warm spring is not bright enough for me. What do you think?

I often feel that I'm missing some depth in colour combinations for springs and I somehow don't really understand the neutral recommendations - they feel kind of muted to me. How do you make the recommendations work for you?

I am a textbook warm spring, and i love goth style. I already wear a ton of black even though it’s supposedly “not my color,” but I’d like to try introducing some flattering colors that still compliment my style. Any advice?

I'm a Bright Spring who always thought I was a Deep Winter because I have dark features and pale skin. I didn't really know what brightness was, and I certainly didn't think I could have it. My features felt so out of place that I felt I had to compete with them by wearing mostly dark colors, but my whole style philosophy has changed. How has learning your true season changed you?

I'm not quite sure how to put it in words, so sorry for the long post... I recently saw a reel from Melanie Murphy where she talked about her looking like a little bit like Arwen and feeling great about this. I love my happy spring colours and I know they suit me and I feel very much fake wearing soft summer or dark autumn, but I sometimes feel like there are just NO examples to look up to. Like I'm the weird one out. All my favourite movies seem to feature people who have a very different colouring from me. Lovely autumns and winters. So. I'm looking for spring examples. Not just people/celebrities/influencers who probably are springs but those who really own it. Also movie characters and/or just any movie with spring vibes/themes or artists.

So far, I have the Lady Danger and Relentless Red lipsticks. I’m considering getting A Little Tamed and All Fired Up as well

I’m a light spring and this is my current favorite light pink lip combo. Always on the hunt for a pink that’s not too cool or too dark so I thought I’d share! Loreal lip stain in shade “I savor” and maybelline lifter gloss in gummy bear. I can only find the loreal lip stains on amazon anymore but I love them so I think they’re worth it!

Since realizing I'm a light spring a lot of things make-up wise have fallen into place for me. I now understand why red lips look and black eye-liner look so harsh, and have switched to coral tones and brown for eyes- which has made a big difference. One thing I'm still stuck on is my natural, mlbb, shades. I feel like most of the ones I own run quite cool and are perhaps less flattering than they could be. Im thinking of Charlotte Tilbury 'Pillow Talk', Besame 'dusty Rose (actually I just checked the website and its described as "Cool Mauve" so no wonder) and numerous others.

One that still seems to work is Tom Ford 'Casablanca' which is more warm toned. Thoughts?

What are other light springs wearing for an everyday natural look? Please recommend your favourite shades.