Q: I just dyed my hair blonde yesterday and I have no clue what color makeup 2 use with blonde hair, pale skin and blue eyes. I have always used Golds and bronzes, and when my hair was brown I used purples and blues, which colors can I use now? I can never get the right shade lipstick, so I need MAJOR info on lipstick?
A: It depends on your underlying skin tone... are you warm or cool? Warm toned people (like natural redheads or strawberry blondes, for instance), look good in yellow, orange, green, brown; if those are your best colors, your fair skin would look great in golden ivory or light golden beige foundation, a soft peach or rust (bronze) blusher, soft greens, browns and yellows for eyeshadows, brown/black mascara, and a peachy or bronzey lip gloss... think warm fire tones (underlying gold tones, warm). Cool toned people (more people are this), look good is blue, pink, true red, purples, black; if these are your best colors, your fair skin would look best in cool ivory or light cool beige foundations, soft rose or plum blusher, soft lavenders, greys, charcoal eye shadows, black mascara, and a mauve or rosey lip gloss... think cool water, ice and snow tones (underlying blue tones, cool). Hope this helps! p.s. The more orange or golden toned the color is, the warmer it is; the farther away from orange and gold a tone is (blue, purple, etc.), the cooler it is, hope this helps to simplify! ;0) EDITED TO ADD; I remembered an excellent book on the subject of determining skin tone and make up choices for each skin tone, It is called Color Me Beautiful. It is a great source for color identification.. it deals with makeup, haircolor and clothing color. Ebay has it for DIRT cheap, I am attaching a link, it really is a must have for those who love makeup. One of the most common makeup mistakes women make is picking the wrong tones, this will take ALL of the guess work out of it... this book is from 1985, but color theory will remain the same; yellow and blue will always make green! ;0) http://search.ebay.com/color-me-beautiful_W0QQcatrefZC6QQdfspZ32QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsatitleZQ22colorQ20meQ20beautifulQ22QQsbrsrtZd