This is so interesting! And it also explains why, as a high-contrast person (Deep Winter), it is very difficult for me to achieve a no-makeup-makeup look.
I agree that it's also useful to look at not just your overall contrast, but each feature compared to your overall contrast and approaching it that way
I’m a medium contrast. Naturally, I have light brown hair with golden/auburn reflexes, fair to light skin with neutral undertones and greyish brown brows. I wear my hair dirty blonde keeping my roots natural. I love makeup and have been trying different looks for more than 10 years, here is what I found out about ME (but may help someone): -I always use an eyebrow gel warmer than my brows, so it does not look so off with the rest of my complexion -Bronzer is my best friend. It makes me glow. And the best way to apply bronzer is applying at the perimeter of my face, sculpting very lightly. No contour or very cool colors, as it makes me look dirty. -A hint of bright blush at the cheeks makes the sunburned look complete. -“lip kits” aren’t for me. Lip liner + lipstick + lipgloss just looks way too much and fake. Best look for my lips is a medium color (love MAC mull it to the max and mull it over), soft matte or blotted lipstick, or a tinted lip balm with lip liner. -Even if you, like me, have a warmer overtone, try a bright red ou pink blush over the bronzer. The bronzer is warm and blends with the brightness of the blush and it just works. Sometimes I use softer blushes and when I look in the mirror, I feel just a little bit washed out. I just needed that hint of pink on my cheeks (love mac desert rose for this)
This is seriously really cool content. I appreciate you discussing makeup theory and techniques. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else do this. Here for it 💚
I find that a lot (a *loooooot*) of people mix up contrast and saturation! Contrast is about it being light or dark; saturation is about it being bright (think pure colors like a fire engine red or a sky blue) or muted, which is when you add grey to the color. I look better with medium to dark colors, but they need to be quite muted at the same time!
I feel like there needs to be more info on this!! I think this might be why I don't like high contrast looks on me even though I look high contrast (fair/light olive complexion, dark espresso hair and eyes).
Well, this explains why my typical no-makeup look seems to wash me out, & also why I tend towards brighter colors. Now I need to think about what a low-maintenance but high contrast makeup look might be, if that's not a contradiction in terms. Thank you for doing this - it's making me think differently about what looks good on me.
When I was growing up, this concept was (poorly) referenced in magazines like Allure, saying, “If you have darker hair, it grounds heavier makeup.” I’ve always had a wild time with makeup though, despite being solidly medium, playing with full on black smokey eyes and lots of dark, dark lip colors with nearly naked glossy lids. I’ve enjoyed not just contrast of coloring but the juxtaposition of features - sharp, dark, precise MAC Nightmoth lips vs nearly naked eyes (with Vaseline, if I was talking self-portraits). Speaking of… I also love black and white portrait photography and frequently thought of makeup in these terms, so seeing that you loved it in 2010 was a kindred spirit moment. I did a lot of self-portraits and always wore heavier, darker makeup since I knew I was going to up the contrast on them. It always made the photos just pop.
As someone with neutral coloring and low contrast this explains so much about why I can't be comfortable with a red lip and black eyeliner. A medium nude lip or medium berry and tight lining my upper lashes serves that purpose for me.
Firstly, I must say you’ve the most beautiful natural hair colour I’ve ever seen! I’ve always wanted auburn/ginger hair, but I lean medium olive in tone and look horribly gaunt with it, lol, so need to live vicariously through others.😅 That’s all to say, this is such an insightful and well-executed video. Your content is always so enjoyable and soothing to watch and I’ve gotten tones of phenomenal recommendations/tips from you that have since turned into holy grail status products and methods.
Colour theory has a huge impact on how things end up looking on your unique features. Of course wear what you like, but understanding how it actually works and why helps you sort it out when something ISNT working the way you thought it would and helps you adjust your products to your face to get the impact and look you want. It’s so frustrating to try to learn when something goes sideways and you have no idea why or how to solve for it.
I feel like features also have an effect, because even if I'm super high contrast (black hair, fair skin), I tend to look like I have a lot of makeup on easily, probably because I have younger looking features 😭
That’s because you’re probably muted! Contrast and saturation are two different dimensions. I’m muted as well, and makeup can look super heavy on me really quickly!
This was very informative. I have the exact coloring as you do and I tend to go a bit too high contrast and then wonder why I look too made up. Love this.
I also find it interesting how you can be naturally one contrast but look better with another. For example, I'm medium contrast - light-medium brown hair, light-medium brown thick eyebrows, light brown hair. But I dye my eyebrows darker brown and bleach my hair white and look just...hotter. it's bizarre
I have light olive skin in the cooler months with dark brown hair (high contrast). I have the ability to tan quite a bit if I am out in the sun, especially in the warmer months. That moves me to medium contrast. My color palette is dark/deep autumn.
Thank you for a very interesting video😊. I would just like to add, that the clothes you are wearing and the contrast level they have also play a big part in this.
I just go with the Bobbi Brown philosophy of make up where I just pick colors that are close to my natural tones in my skin, lips cheeks, etc. I may use a brighter color pink during the spring and summer and mauve berry tones in the winter and then the only makeup that I tend to play with color and texture is eyeshadow.
Excellent...love content like this! Over the past several years I've lost a lot of weight and have gotten in great shape due to pilates. That being said, my face has changed from rou d very full softer features, to more angular and thin...hence, my face now has more contrast. I hadn't realized it but I'm now better suited for medium and dark contrast makeup, where when my facexwas full it didn't look right to me. This was very helpful...Keep it up! Thank you! 💜
I have similar coloring to you in skin tone and hair colors. I find that using a brow product that is closer to my head hair helps balance my brows and warm them up a little to be more cohesive! If I use a brow product that matches my brows (cooler darker brown), it looks off and too different than my hair to me
This is so great, I love tips like this. I'm thinking it must come from seasonal color analysis, which I adore, it's so helpful. I find it so weird, though, that a few videos I've seen on TikTok talking about this trend have had comments like "I'm so tired", as if someone is forcing people to do their makeup a certain way. This is just a new technique to learn for approaching makeup, it's great!
I feel like I'm between low and medium. It's helped me understand why eyeliner, even smudged out, looks like a lot of makeup on my. I'm super pale, with barely medium gingery hair and deep gray eyes but paler lips and brows
Yes! I often find it i overdo it with my brows I’m leaning into the high contrast realm. Realizing that mid tone colors are the only ones that don’t wash me out is because I’m medium contrasted was like a missing puzzle piece !!
Similar to you, I have darker brows then my natural auburn hair. My eyes are green gold hazel, my skin is fair with peach undertone. All my life I embraced cool undertone. Lol! I'm trying to color analyze myself...because I live no near near a professional. That process taught me to assess my contrast too. I believe I'm medium contrast. Are you an Autumn season?
I think I’m low or medium contrast and one problem I run into with full coverage foundation is then my lips look really pale, I have to wear a strong lip to balance the foundation and before I know it I have a much more makeup-y look than I originally intended
Hi what if u have high contrast color scheme(pale olive skin, black hair,dark brown eyes) but very soft features (round eyes, bulbous nose, rounder face)
hiii❤ please tell me what eyelash curler you are using or what do you recommend. my shu uemura was great for like first 2 years and now it picks up only some of them and the rubber part falls out sooo i need something new. or maybe i have a weird shaped eyes??? idk
Look at the women in the 1940's and 50's and how they did their makeup, the more natural / blended look came along in the 70's when women started blow drying their hair rather than being "coifed" with roller sets and visiting the salon once a week. The styles have gone from "high maintenance" to "low maintenance" over the years, ask the older women in your family.
This is a confusing topic for me...I feel like I'm high contrast bc I have light olive skin (100 in haus labs) but my eyes and hair are dark, espresso brown. However, I've never liked how eyeliner looks on me- too stark compared to mascara alone. Same with lipstick. I have pretty full lips but I've always felt "overdone" with any opaque shade. I feel like I can pull of a more sheer gloss, balm, oil much better vs any type of opaque bullet lipstick shade- even a "my lips but better" shade. What does it all mean?! Lol 😂
I have fair skin with dark hair and eyes. I think of myself as medium contrast since my hair and eyes are similar. I also prefer a shinny lip because I have a lot of brightness/saturation. I have soft, rounded features so I don’t do angular, defined lines. I do like a little soft, smoky liner.
@@EmmaHacker-kj9unI have large, almond eyes, a wide/rounder nose and lips. I have high cheekbones and a diamond face shape. I wonder if that makes me more suitable for medium contrast? There definitely seens to be more to it vs contrast alone.
Your eyebrows are darker so you need more constrast around you eyes…or lighten your eyebrows…ıt depends on facial feautures colors…this filter and her analyses actually not completely true.
Yes there are def nuances!! I have really been liking doing a lighter brow pencil it makes things feel more balanced on me. You’re gonna need to tell me what that lip color is btw 👀💕
@@AmandaZ you can keep your lips softer with salmon healthy colors …but on your eyes…more deep and darker (not black ) warm brown or brick tones..or more deep and natural tones…maybe in a more sparkly and defined way with dark brown liner…here’s my answer for you…Amanda thanks for your interest and respond 🦋💙
it's just a simplified version of season color theory and it's been around for decades lol. finding out i was a high contrast (winter) changed a lot for me especially my wardrobe, realized i look much better in saturated colors.
I think you probably shouldn't be wearing makeup when taking a selfie and turning it into black and white. It might mess with the contrast and influence the result. As a low contrast person, I can get away with wearing a lot less makeup. Some things look too heavy on me and I have learned to stay away from dark, black, rich colors that don't look harmonious on me. (btw Buxom blush is called Seychells-like the island off the African coast...not sea shells :))
This is so interesting! And it also explains why, as a high-contrast person (Deep Winter), it is very difficult for me to achieve a no-makeup-makeup look.
yes! I always wondered why my "everyday look" always turned out to be just a little more polished
I agree that it's also useful to look at not just your overall contrast, but each feature compared to your overall contrast and approaching it that way
I’m a medium contrast. Naturally, I have light brown hair with golden/auburn reflexes, fair to light skin with neutral undertones and greyish brown brows. I wear my hair dirty blonde keeping my roots natural. I love makeup and have been trying different looks for more than 10 years, here is what I found out about ME (but may help someone):
-I always use an eyebrow gel warmer than my brows, so it does not look so off with the rest of my complexion
-Bronzer is my best friend. It makes me glow. And the best way to apply bronzer is applying at the perimeter of my face, sculpting very lightly. No contour or very cool colors, as it makes me look dirty.
-A hint of bright blush at the cheeks makes the sunburned look complete.
-“lip kits” aren’t for me. Lip liner + lipstick + lipgloss just looks way too much and fake. Best look for my lips is a medium color (love MAC mull it to the max and mull it over), soft matte or blotted lipstick, or a tinted lip balm with lip liner.
-Even if you, like me, have a warmer overtone, try a bright red ou pink blush over the bronzer. The bronzer is warm and blends with the brightness of the blush and it just works. Sometimes I use softer blushes and when I look in the mirror, I feel just a little bit washed out. I just needed that hint of pink on my cheeks (love mac desert rose for this)
This is seriously really cool content. I appreciate you discussing makeup theory and techniques. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else do this. Here for it 💚
I find that a lot (a *loooooot*) of people mix up contrast and saturation! Contrast is about it being light or dark; saturation is about it being bright (think pure colors like a fire engine red or a sky blue) or muted, which is when you add grey to the color. I look better with medium to dark colors, but they need to be quite muted at the same time!
great point!
I feel like there needs to be more info on this!! I think this might be why I don't like high contrast looks on me even though I look high contrast (fair/light olive complexion, dark espresso hair and eyes).
Well, this explains why my typical no-makeup look seems to wash me out, & also why I tend towards brighter colors. Now I need to think about what a low-maintenance but high contrast makeup look might be, if that's not a contradiction in terms. Thank you for doing this - it's making me think differently about what looks good on me.
When I was growing up, this concept was (poorly) referenced in magazines like Allure, saying, “If you have darker hair, it grounds heavier makeup.” I’ve always had a wild time with makeup though, despite being solidly medium, playing with full on black smokey eyes and lots of dark, dark lip colors with nearly naked glossy lids. I’ve enjoyed not just contrast of coloring but the juxtaposition of features - sharp, dark, precise MAC Nightmoth lips vs nearly naked eyes (with Vaseline, if I was talking self-portraits).
Speaking of… I also love black and white portrait photography and frequently thought of makeup in these terms, so seeing that you loved it in 2010 was a kindred spirit moment. I did a lot of self-portraits and always wore heavier, darker makeup since I knew I was going to up the contrast on them. It always made the photos just pop.
As someone with neutral coloring and low contrast this explains so much about why I can't be comfortable with a red lip and black eyeliner. A medium nude lip or medium berry and tight lining my upper lashes serves that purpose for me.
Firstly, I must say you’ve the most beautiful natural hair colour I’ve ever seen!
I’ve always wanted auburn/ginger hair, but I lean medium olive in tone and look horribly gaunt with it, lol, so need to live vicariously through others.😅
That’s all to say, this is such an insightful and well-executed video.
Your content is always so enjoyable and soothing to watch and I’ve gotten tones of phenomenal recommendations/tips from you that have since turned into holy grail status products and methods.
Jackie kakie does a lot of this
Colour theory has a huge impact on how things end up looking on your unique features. Of course wear what you like, but understanding how it actually works and why helps you sort it out when something ISNT working the way you thought it would and helps you adjust your products to your face to get the impact and look you want. It’s so frustrating to try to learn when something goes sideways and you have no idea why or how to solve for it.
I feel like features also have an effect, because even if I'm super high contrast (black hair, fair skin), I tend to look like I have a lot of makeup on easily, probably because I have younger looking features 😭
great point!! so many factors at play
Yeah, contrast in shapes, and sharper lines will cast darker shadows.
Yes, I was going to say the same thing. I’m in the same boat. Body type affects it a lot. I can’t have everything high contrast/bold.
Same! Look best with minimal makeup
That’s because you’re probably muted! Contrast and saturation are two different dimensions. I’m muted as well, and makeup can look super heavy on me really quickly!
I love how you broke this down❤. You resemble Drew Barrymore, especially in the light contrast photo and tutorial
Amanda! Thank you! You are amazing!! So well spoken 😊
Yes it does!! I was wearing very low contrast and I just looked boring washed out and upping the contrast with liner and lipstick totally helped❤😊
So informative ❤ sharing EVERYWHERE
I always got used of these, I must dye my hair darker to contrast my pale skin, and dark eye make up to contast my gree eyes.
This was very informative. I have the exact coloring as you do and I tend to go a bit too high contrast and then wonder why I look too made up. Love this.
Tbh I love the over processed brows 😭🥰 love a strong brow on us redheads
I also find it interesting how you can be naturally one contrast but look better with another. For example, I'm medium contrast - light-medium brown hair, light-medium brown thick eyebrows, light brown hair. But I dye my eyebrows darker brown and bleach my hair white and look just...hotter. it's bizarre
I have light olive skin in the cooler months with dark brown hair (high contrast). I have the ability to tan quite a bit if I am out in the sun, especially in the warmer months. That moves me to medium contrast. My color palette is dark/deep autumn.
Thank you for a very interesting video😊. I would just like to add, that the clothes you are wearing and the contrast level they have also play a big part in this.
Yay! so glad you enjoyed. They absolutely do!! I changed my clothes for each look but forgot to mention thank you for saying something !
I just go with the Bobbi Brown philosophy of make up where I just pick colors that are close to my natural tones in my skin, lips cheeks, etc. I may use a brighter color pink during the spring and summer and mauve berry tones in the winter and then the only makeup that I tend to play with color and texture is eyeshadow.
Excellent...love content like this! Over the past several years I've lost a lot of weight and have gotten in great shape due to pilates. That being said, my face has changed from rou d very full softer features, to more angular and thin...hence, my face now has more contrast. I hadn't realized it but I'm now better suited for medium and dark contrast makeup, where when my facexwas full it didn't look right to me. This was very helpful...Keep it up! Thank you! 💜
Makeup for med contrast looks like the no makeup makeup look for high contrast peeps such as myself.
I have similar coloring to you in skin tone and hair colors. I find that using a brow product that is closer to my head hair helps balance my brows and warm them up a little to be more cohesive! If I use a brow product that matches my brows (cooler darker brown), it looks off and too different than my hair to me
Loved this video! Great stuff, Amanda!
This is so great, I love tips like this. I'm thinking it must come from seasonal color analysis, which I adore, it's so helpful. I find it so weird, though, that a few videos I've seen on TikTok talking about this trend have had comments like "I'm so tired", as if someone is forcing people to do their makeup a certain way. This is just a new technique to learn for approaching makeup, it's great!
I feel like I'm between low and medium. It's helped me understand why eyeliner, even smudged out, looks like a lot of makeup on my. I'm super pale, with barely medium gingery hair and deep gray eyes but paler lips and brows
Yes! I often find it i overdo it with my brows I’m leaning into the high contrast realm. Realizing that mid tone colors are the only ones that don’t wash me out is because I’m medium contrasted was like a missing puzzle piece !!
Soooo interesting. I really enjoyed this video and thank you for putting in all the effort, very informative.❤❤
Similar to you, I have darker brows then my natural auburn hair. My eyes are green gold hazel, my skin is fair with peach undertone. All my life I embraced cool undertone. Lol! I'm trying to color analyze myself...because I live no near near a professional. That process taught me to assess my contrast too. I believe I'm medium contrast. Are you an Autumn season?
I think I’m low or medium contrast and one problem I run into with full coverage foundation is then my lips look really pale, I have to wear a strong lip to balance the foundation and before I know it I have a much more makeup-y look than I originally intended
Hi what if u have high contrast color scheme(pale olive skin, black hair,dark brown eyes) but very soft features (round eyes, bulbous nose, rounder face)
hiii❤ please tell me what eyelash curler you are using or what do you recommend. my shu uemura was great for like first 2 years and now it picks up only some of them and the rubber part falls out sooo i need something new. or maybe i have a weird shaped eyes??? idk
Look at the women in the 1940's and 50's and how they did their makeup, the more natural / blended look came along in the 70's when women started blow drying their hair rather than being "coifed" with roller sets and visiting the salon once a week. The styles have gone from "high maintenance" to "low maintenance" over the years, ask the older women in your family.
This is a confusing topic for me...I feel like I'm high contrast bc I have light olive skin (100 in haus labs) but my eyes and hair are dark, espresso brown. However, I've never liked how eyeliner looks on me- too stark compared to mascara alone. Same with lipstick. I have pretty full lips but I've always felt "overdone" with any opaque shade. I feel like I can pull of a more sheer gloss, balm, oil much better vs any type of opaque bullet lipstick shade- even a "my lips but better" shade. What does it all mean?! Lol 😂
I have fair skin with dark hair and eyes. I think of myself as medium contrast since my hair and eyes are similar. I also prefer a shinny lip because I have a lot of brightness/saturation. I have soft, rounded features so I don’t do angular, defined lines. I do like a little soft, smoky liner.
@@EmmaHacker-kj9unI have large, almond eyes, a wide/rounder nose and lips. I have high cheekbones and a diamond face shape. I wonder if that makes me more suitable for medium contrast? There definitely seens to be more to it vs contrast alone.
Your eyebrows are darker so you need more constrast around you eyes…or lighten your eyebrows…ıt depends on facial feautures colors…this filter and her analyses actually not completely true.
Yes there are def nuances!! I have really been liking doing a lighter brow pencil it makes things feel more balanced on me. You’re gonna need to tell me what that lip color is btw 👀💕
@@AmandaZ you can keep your lips softer with salmon healthy colors …but on your eyes…more deep and darker (not black ) warm brown or brick tones..or more deep and natural tones…maybe in a more sparkly and defined way with dark brown liner…here’s my answer for you…Amanda thanks for your interest and respond 🦋💙
it's just a simplified version of season color theory and it's been around for decades lol. finding out i was a high contrast (winter) changed a lot for me especially my wardrobe, realized i look much better in saturated colors.
yes! this is the first step to finding your color season :) maybe i should expand and do a video on it!
@@AmandaZ oh i didn't mean ~you oversimplified it lol, just commenting on this as a trend
I think you probably shouldn't be wearing makeup when taking a selfie and turning it into black and white. It might mess with the contrast and influence the result. As a low contrast person, I can get away with wearing a lot less makeup. Some things look too heavy on me and I have learned to stay away from dark, black, rich colors that don't look harmonious on me. (btw Buxom blush is called Seychells-like the island off the African coast...not sea shells :))