How to Effortlessly Wear Any Colour

These two shades of pink are two of my nemesis colors and I say nemesis because whenever I wear them they just look pretty off like they stand out against my skin tone in a strange way they just really pop they make my skin almost look a little bit sickly a little bit green and you can probably tell why like you can see these two pinks and how opposite they are from and I have an olive skin tone so there's a desaturation to my skin that's kind of yellowy green in some lights and these are the opposite of that these are vibrant saturated this one almost looks neon but what if I want to wear colors like this what if sometimes colors that are disharmonious can actually be some of the most stunning colors we wear that's what I want to explore today because I think when it comes to color there's so much we can tap into in terms of playing with disharmony as much as harmony but also considering ways and techniques we can integrate all kinds of colors into our makeup into our wardrobe whatever it is so I'm going to share with you some makeup techniques I've discovered for how I make something that doesn't quite work work and then I also want to kind of revisit the color seasons and some things we can take from them but also some things we can add to the color seasons to then you know expand what kinds of colors you can play into and really just unlock more tools for your style toolbox so I'm going to get into this tutorial we're going to talk a little bit more I'm going to show you some examples of celebrities who've really unlocked ways to use color that I think make them look more stunning because it is kind of dissonant there's so much to unpack here so that's the plan for today let's get into it okay right off the bat let's apply one of these pinks I'm going to go for the lighter almost neon one because I think it's even more strange on me whereas the one has a bit of romance to it that I can kind of play into but this one this one's kind of weird thank you mother for lending me these lipstick shades this one's from melt and it's the shade alma gemella oh she's vibrant you know you can see how my natural lip tone is so desaturated it almost looks purpley in comparison oh my god I swear my skin looks more green the more I apply this this has to be the strangest color I think I've ever put on my face look how green my skin looks is it just me I don't think so this is a strange color and you know what it's probably a bit strange for many people but at the same time it's kind of awesome it is so unique and so fun so how am I going to make this work so what kind of started a lot of this thought process for me and really starting to get into color again was this dress I featured this in quite a few style explorations it's called my aphrodite dress and it's blue and for many years I did not wear blue and yet when I put on this dress please ignore how it looks with the lipstick right now I started to unlock this idea of exploring color more because something about this blue and this dress kind of really elevated my skin really brought out my hair color some of the vibrancy of it in ways that simply sticking to neutrals and blacks didn't so I've been on a bit of a journey starting to add more blue and other colors into my wardrobe but I started to consider what is it about this blue that worked and it did become clear to me that I do have a lot of softness and mutedness in my skin and this blue is muted for a few reasons one the actual color of it you know this blue this blue they're not bright and vibrant compared to something like this blue when I hold it up you can really see the difference whereas when you see it on its own you might not notice but when you compare and contrast shades you can really see how different they look this one much more white based a lot more vibrant and this one just so much softer and not just because of it being these softer blues but the mix that's happening within it you know there's this watercolor-esque monet kind of energy happening here we've got beigey pink soft yellow soft oranges all integrated to create yes a blue dress but a general effect of just more harmony for someone like me wearing a blue you know I have a warm undertone so blues can be a little bit more tricky sometimes but between the tones I use as well as this mixology of other colors it just makes it so harmonious and so beautiful and the fact that the blue is a little different than my skin tone and a little different than my red warm hair makes it pop even more because of that contrast so we are going to apply the same theory to this lipstick so what you want to find is essentially colors that I call bridge points where you find something that between the color itself and between your skin tone something merges it like a gradient when it comes to lips for example obviously lip liners these are great tools to create dimension in lips and to shift the colors a little bit make them deeper make them more muted so when I look at this shade this very vibrant pink I'll think of what lip liner do I have in my collection that is kind of similar but I know works for me and I have for example this glossier this is the shade grays so for me it's a little bit more orange so I think this might be a good transition point I think it has enough pink in it that it could blend into a pink so what I want to do is use this shade as the bridge point between my skin tone and the lipstick and then we're also going to apply some other techniques after that but this is your first step finding shades that merge that in between of the strange bright color whatever it is and your actual skin tone but first and foremost I am going to blot this off a little bit you know take away a little bit of how opaque and intense it is while still preserving the essence of the color now let's go ahead and feather this lip liner into this lip shade I haven't even blended this at all I've just applied the line on the perimeters of my lips and can we already see how much of a difference that made just that step from the beginning where it was standing out so intensely we're just shifting over into it already looking a lot more wearable and then you'll want to feather that in and blend it maybe you want to reapply and realize oh my gosh actually this is working way more we really still have the essence of this color this vibrant really light and bright pink but it's already just sitting on my face just a little better now the next step we're going to add more bridge points on the face for me I know that when my skin has bronzer to it when it has a bit more red to it rather than just being stark and very olivey it just adds this depth that generally can handle color a little more so I'm going to go ahead and apply my favorite bronzer and in doing so I'm just adding more places of harmony on my face so that this place of disharmony can start to look a lot more intentional because everything else is working out everything else on my skin is just feeling very natural and harmonious then when something looks a bit out of place it somehow makes more sense and looks like it's really supposed to be there you know if I decided to wear this pink lipstick and pair it with a bunch of gray contour with a blush that was exactly this color too and then you know let's just say an eye look that is was also this bright pink you're just gonna see all these points on my face that are just like not working like it's standing out so much really understanding your features and the colors that work for you always use that really as just your grounding point from which you build a look the bridge point from which you then expand into other colors and start to play with other you know bits of depth and textures and whatever it is and as I continue to apply this bronzer and blend it out I'm sure you're seeing how my skin is looking less green and stark against the pink in fact the more I apply the bronzer the more I'm like dang this pink color is so pretty so at this point things are already looking a lot better now as you start to build the look and add more colors into the face like blush and if you wanted to do eyeshadow I want you to consider an aspect of color that we don't always talk about which is the energy of a color insofar as you see a color what do you think of blue oceans calm at least like a light blue something like this I think of vibrance and summer and spring and you know it's really the opposite of some kind of dark moody onyric look so I want to find colors that will complement the energy just as much as it complements my skin tone so this light vibrant really intense pink what colors do I have for blush in my collection that also give that energy so I think of rose ink anemone this is like a peachy tone that to me also feels very spring-like however it suits my complexion a lot better it's one of those shades I can turn to very easily so by applying this I know I'm not going to be working against my skin tone however I am going to be playing into the energy of this color because this is just one of those things that's going to help everything feel intentional and like it's meant to be there because for me when it comes to playing with color it's less so about does it work with your complexion in terms of like is it soft muted harmonious like something that works for me as in does it look intentional like you meant to do that that every part of the look is working together and working to create an overall vibe if that makes sense so as I apply this my skin is coming so much more to life than when we started out and you can see this blush shade has a little bit of that light spring-like bright energy that the lip has but it is still a it has more yellow to it so that it works with my slightly warmer complexion and as I continue the look like now I'll do a little bit of eyeshadow I'm going to keep returning to these questions what is the energy of the look and what colors can I use to support the intention of the look as well as creating a more harmonious feeling and that you know I can really ensure that this pink lip just is still the focus but also feels like it's meant to be there so I will take a couple of those bridge shades like the lip liner the bronzer on my eye just work a little bit of a kind of soft warm beige something like this into the eyelid I'm not going to do anything too intense because this is very lip focus I don't want to compete with this I want this to be the headliner and then in playing with this theme this little bit of a light spring-like energy I'm going to take a little bit of peach from this palette that has that spring-like energy but these shades are a little bit softer a little bit warmer so I know they work for me nicely I went ahead and just applied some mascara because I didn't want to go too far with the eyeshadow look I chose a dark brown that always works for me and then a very lashy doll-like effect that's still a little bit subdued and now at this point you can see we have come a long way from when I first applied that lipstick color I feel like my skin looks normal now and it feels like the pink is really just meant to be there now at this point or you know also throughout your process you might want to consider more stylistic details so this was really thinking about color finding those bridge point colors I'm really playing into a lot of harmony to allow the disharmony to feel intentional and then there's style so for example you know playing with texture maybe adding a little bit of shimmer to something like I do love playing into a bit of my ethereal essence with looks so I might take some highlighter and apply that have moments where there's these bits of light reflecting and bouncing off my skin just kind of creates a look I like and feels like feels like me if you like to use the Kitchener style essences you can also apply some things you've learned about that maybe then I'll consider what earrings I might like to wear something that you know adds maybe some kind of harmony in the look like I have a white dress on so I feel like this ties in together nicely and then of course you could play with your hairstyle how that impacts the color maybe you want to put your hair up and then doing something like that really allows like a lip color to stand out or maybe you do want to have your hair out because it's something that makes you feel like yourself I know that I always like my hair out and wavy so whenever I'm trying looks like this that are a little bit different they always make me feel better when I'm really have these core pieces of my style that are also supporting it as much as the colors I choose are supporting it and wow look how far we've come from when I started and how different this color now translates on my soft features it feels like it's supposed to be there so much more than when I first just applied it right out of the bullet so at this point I just want to review some aspects that you can learn from the color seasons and color theory and just really give you a rundown on the extra tools that you can also consider as you then play into harmony and disharmony so when it comes to the color seasons it really focuses on these three aspects of color there's temperature so whether a color is warm or cool and there's a scale you know right in the middle is neutral then we also have value which is light versus dark so think of a pastel color versus a very dark color or white versus black at its most extreme and then we also have saturation which is how muted and soft a color is versus saturated and bright and if you've ever been confused about this you know when you get a color let's just say this cloth I have in front of me and it just it's pink is it a cool pink is it a muted pink you know maybe in comparison to your skin tone it looks bright but then you hold it up to another person's skin tone and it looks dark or beside another color it looks like something else because everything influences our perception right something that may look warm beside one color may actually be a lot cooler than you think so one nifty tool I like to use is in any kind of editing program like Canva which is free for the basic tools or PicMonkey is just using that little dropper and then you can really look at where a color lands on a color scale and you know this is for those of us who like to nerd out a little bit about color and really understand it but this can be a really fun thing just to do in some downtime like find some of your favorite lipstick shades what happens when I put that into the program and select it where does that color land you know you can do the same thing with pictures of yourself because you know your skin tone impacts how colors translate you could pick up on a color and really see oh okay so that's what that color is it I can see that it lands a little closer to gray than it does to white I can see how maybe a color has a lot of white added to it it's very high up there on this little palette or oh wow that color is kind of darker than I thought brighter than I thought whatever it is this can be just a fun tool to really understand these very basic qualities of color that really determine whether something is harmonious and really understand the qualities of it that make that color translate a certain way and why it translates a certain way on you you know a lot of the time I had picked up colors like even that first lip liner shade I'll just go ahead and swatch that again and I picked this up thinking oh you know that's like a light peach uh but no like now that I've really been exploring color and understanding you know gray added versus white added this is pretty muted no wonder it works for me it isn't a very white based kind of coral it's much more deep and looks more like a toasted apricot and the reason I am harping on a little bit about understanding color is because when you want to maybe order a dress online being able to you know maybe even take that dress and put it into a program and see how it lands I can help you understand like what the what qualities the color has because it may not be apparent right off the bat especially based on how it looks against someone else's skin tone or a lipstick color or maybe like me you're in this point where with your wardrobe you do want to start adding more pieces and for me I like this idea of playing with fun colors sometimes that don't look necessarily harmonious but I do want to have just as I have in my makeup collection a lot of colors that do work that are just so effortless I can grab and put on so then when I opt for those more bold bright colors I can find ways to make them more intentional because I can pair them with other aspects in my closet that are harmonious exactly the same way I did with the makeup so when you think about playing with color think about those three very basic aspects of color but what I want you to think about too is playing into harmony and disharmony and consider that a scale just as much as light to dark as a scale just as much as saturated to soft and muted is a scale think about harmony and disharmony and how much you want to play into that when it comes to how you play with color maybe you just want to hit this middle ground where rather than wearing you know a very bright pink like this you actually fully mix it with a lip liner shade so none of this very vibrant pink is coming through you want to still have a little bit of the essence of that color but you'll take a lip liner shade and mute down your whole lip first and then dab just to that color maybe you want to swing in a direction where disharmony is something you want to lean to even more so you don't want to have those bridge points of tonality in the lip you want to go for that really bold lip but then you know use other tools like the rest of your complexion to then play into that really intense disharmony and then like I mentioned I think thinking about the energy of color is also important and this would be less of a scale and probably more like a circle like a mood circle I think there's something in certain therapies where it's like what is this mood what is this emotion and think of how color can translate as that and think of it as just another tool to explore color in your style and you know something feels moody and dark something feels vibrant and alive invigorating something feels soft and calming these are all tools that we can harness with color just as much as those three aspects that color theories focus on now here's just a couple celebrity examples of how styling can work into disharmony just as much as harmony dove cameron is someone that comes up a lot on color theory and how she really doesn't work within her color palette and I've seen re-edits of some of her fashion and how you know bringing it into her lighter softer features makes everything look more harmonious but with her dark hair and those more edgy looks paired with her softness of her features you know I see these full lips and you know round cheekbones you get this really interesting effect in that you know the darker colors are more intense more gothic but then paired with the lushness of her features the softness of her features it I think it creates this very unique expression of her style and I think she looks really kind of more striking because she's working into disharmony like it it really unlocks something another celebrity that comes to mind is Anya Taylor-Joy I've seen a lot of critiques of her more bleach blonde hair and the kinds of colors she wears because she has a little bit more softness in her natural coloring but I personally think the very intense blonde hair leans into her essence that's very ethereal very otherworldly and if she had a more natural kind of hair color it doesn't quite give the same effect and then I do often think of this look of hers it's one of my all-time favorite looks I've ever seen because everything is so light and icy but then you have this bold red lip like that is not color harmony that is disharmony and that is just a way you can really just create such a beautiful effect with color and with playing into disharmony that disharmony scale I talked about just as much as harmony and everything that works for you those are just a couple examples that come to mind maybe I'll do a follow-up video soon because this is a topic that I really love to explore and I think we can tap into so much creativity with our makeup and and not just creativity like I'm not saying you have to have really artsy looks but different kind of aspects of beauty and how you can play into different aspects of your features by using the tool of color in a lot of different ways that's what I want you to take from this video I hope you're feeling inspired to try some of those intimidating colors you maybe don't like so much maybe I'll have to give cobalt blue another go again soon that's one of my least favorites I gotta say but yeah I'm feeling inspired definitely stay tuned for some more videos and fashion videos where I start to explore concepts like this more and yeah definitely consider subscribing if you're new here and like this kind of beauty content I'd love to have you here and that's it for today toasty let's take it away thank you friends so much for watching until the end me and toasty very much appreciate it and if you want to help support the channel and get some bonus content you can subscribe to youtube memberships here just click join beside my name and you can get three bonus videos a month or if you want to join my patreon there's a little bit more perks there like all my videos are free and you can join our community discord chat every little bit helps and if you want to consider it even for a month or two I so appreciate it and yeah that's it for today until next time may you all find yourselves a little bit of color magic and we will see in the next video