Sometime last year I started following Created Colorful on Instagram, a small woman-owned business that does virtual color consults to help people find their "knockout" colors to wear. I was really intrigued because I have no idea whether my skin is warm or cool; I had a general sense that black was probably not doing me any favors but still had a bunch of it in my wardrobe; and I was just drawn in by the vibrancy of seeing photos of someone in gorgeously rich colors paired with a gorgeous beaming smile, while I've been in a bit of a neutral phase over here... So I mentioned it to Peter, who gave me a gift certificate for Christmas, and last month I finally got around to getting the virtual consult done. When I got my results back, I got a palette name - light spring - that most suits my complexion, along with color swatches and lots of personalized suggestions, even for makeup and nail polish colors, plus further resources to explore like blog posts and Pinterest pages. And now I'm exploring my colors!
I have been gravitating toward neutrals in my late 30s as I like the classic feel, so it was nice to find out which ones are best suited to me (no surprise, it's not black), and I'm embracing the camels and creamy whites suggested, rather than going for the stark white on denim and tees. But I've also been feeling a little wardrobe blah in general, so why not try to give myself a boost via color, now that I know my best ones! I'd have expected myself to gravitate toward the pretty pinks that were shown in my color palette, but as we head in to summer and I'm seeing lots of bright colored pieces in my online window shopping, I'm trying out some of my brighter blues and even periwinkle as fun accents. My mantra when trying to determine if a color is "right" thanks to Created Colorful is now bright over dusty (you wouldn't believe how much "dusty" is in the tones of clothes - I'm looking at every top you make, Madewell!), and light over dark.
Having fun making outfits out of my old standby stovepipe jeans and adding in my new version of the olive cargo jacket, in a more flattering-for-me color, plus some fun pops of color on top - J.Crew has so many pretty floral blouse options in multiple palettes right now, and some on major sale to boot, so that was the first way I decided to explore the palette, along with this blue striped tee (branching out from the usual navy and white does make me feel snazzy, it turns out). And turns out my favorite "cool-kid" New Balance sneakers also come in a lovely coordinating colorway, so I'm eyeing those when I've got Madewell birthday moth $ coming up...
In addition to exploring wearing more colors, I'm also loving how this helps reduce decision making when it comes to considering any wardrobe additions - not that I couldn't buy something outside of my palette (but let's face it, I'm a rule follower), but knowing when something is not in my palette means I don't have to consider it and can just move on. Easy decision making for the win.
(By the way, not sponsored - I'm just really excited about what they do and about having my personalized results in hand and a re-energized feel about clothes and style thanks to them. Highly recommend checking out a Created Colorful consult if you have any interest in a similar wardrobe confidence/satisfaction boost, and happy to share more about the process of the consult if curious!)
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