How to make the most of yourself with Colour Me Beautiful

The three hour Colour Me Beautiful experience passed in a flash and was utterly enjoyable, enlightening and luxurious. Lucy immediately put me at ease and started by asking a few questions about lifestyle, work, shopping habits, what I liked to wear, make-up and what I hoped to get from the session. As somebody who loves clothes but no longer has the time to spend scouring the markets and charity shops for precious pieces (as I did pre-children), I was keen to update my style and re-gain confidence in my wardrobe rather than hiding behind comfort or familiarity with old faithful clothes.

Colour consultation
Lucy looked at my skin tone, eye and hair colour to show me how to wear colours which best complemented my colouring. She quickly draped different fabric colours around my neck deftly holding up cool or warm colours and soft or clear ones before concluding that my dominant colour is "light with cool and soft undertones".

I was given a wallet with 42 fabric swatches and colour combination tips to keep. The colours are inspiringly gorgeous and I have spent evenings going through my wardrobe re-discovering clothes that I’ve not worn for many years but am now enjoying and putting together in exciting new ways.

Colour Me Beautiful puts an emphasis on making the most of ourselves by finding shades that best compliment our natural colouring and dressing in clothes that suit our personality, lifestyle and body shape. The consultation has given my existing wardrobe new vitality and life. I can go through it seeing new opportunities and understanding why certain items never get an outing – chances are they should never have been there in the first place.

The make-up Lucy applied was natural yet slicker than I usually wear. My make-up bag still contains the products I bought to get married in eight years ago and they’ve not needed replacing yet, something she wasn’t in the least surprised about once discovering my "style personality". I felt comfortable with the finished result and purchased the foundation and cover up from her whilst enjoying the tips and list of suitable make-up shades.
                                
Style consultation
This shows how to express your personality through your wardrobe, select the most flattering styles and fabrics for your body shape and emphasise all the good bits. I also loved the emphasis on timeless style over following fashion.

A questionnaire gave me my "style personality": natural creative which seemed to fit perfectly, combining my love of a vintage one-off charity shop or market find with my practical and more disorganised side.

From there face, body shape and proportions are looked at to make sure clothes lines, details and fabrics best compliment the figure. At this point I tried on a couple of items Lucy had advised bringing – something I really like and something I’m not sure about. She offered great honest, practical and confidence-building advice on how flattering she felt different pieces were. We talked about customising and altering pieces which "almost" worked. Along with the colour wallet I took home a Style Workbook with notes on all the things we had discussed.

The entire experience was wonderful, a treat in the truest sense and I will certainly be following the tips Colour Me Beautiful has given me from now onwards.

To book a consultation go to www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk and find your nearest consultant in the directory.

A full colour consultation and a full style consultation start from £85 each (depending on the consultant and the location).