Update 2021-Dusty Soft Summer

I wanted to give an update! House of color post was probably about 4 years ago!

I had Heather Noakes make me a custom fan. She also had draped me as soft summer maybe something like 8 years ago? She’s seen my coloring a lot on social media and I trusted she would make me a fan that was spot on.

I also identified myself as cooling down a bit. Whatever warmer colors I could pull off in my 20’s was just not happening any more. I actually think Laura Alexander’s Dusty soft summer is pretty spot on for me. Previously I had thought Sunlit soft summer or some type of darker summer. But I just can’t stand anything too warm. Backtrack 10 years ago I would have told you I couldn’t stand anything too cool!

Look at the difference between the palette I wore in my mid 20’s verse now mid 30’s.

I’m always fighting the warmth in my hair. Cooler is always better on me. I do have some brassy dye in my hair, so the warmth isn’t natural…
And staying away from yellow, which has become harsher and harsher of a hair color the older I get.
The yellow was never good. It’s just that now my skin can’t tolerate it at all, because it’s so aging.
Here my hair is the coolness I like, for my wedding last summer.

here are some color matches to my fan I love!

Here I am without any sun influence.

I really like the cooler softer colors now. I would have never said that 10 years ago. I’ve changed a lot in how I see myself and what I find harmonious. I love the soft summer colors and the cooler browns in the palette. You won’t catch me in orange anytime soon. I adore tropical spring colors but just not on me anymore.

till my next update, thanks for following!

4 thoughts on “Update 2021-Dusty Soft Summer”

  1. Maria says:
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    Wow, Heather you look amazing in the Dusty Soft Summer colors! And you were a gorgeous bride, congratulations! 🙂 I just thought of how fitting it is that Heather is also a color in the Soft Summer palette 🙂 Beautiful color, name and flower! And girl!

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  2. Britta says:
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    Hi Heather…you look so beautiful…from where did you get the beaufiful color fan? Greatings from Britta / Denmark

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  3. Admin says:
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    I know I wrote you a long time ago because we are soooo similar. The beautiful colors you have here are nearly identical to the ones I eventually chose for myself. I’m not sure if we actually cool as we get older or if we just fade and there’s not as much pigment (a la John Kitchener). I finally got analyzed online by Adriana Cizikova as a Soft Summer Light in her system, but could go a little lighter/brighter around the face into Light Soft Summer (a unique season in her system that sits between Light Summer and Soft Summer Light). Then I ordered Lora’s Sunlit Soft Summer. While it’s close, there are still some things I feel uneasy about and wondered if her Dusty Soft Summer might not also be a good fit. I wonder–do you feel your fan from Heather Noakes is closest to Lora’s Dusty Soft Summer? I feel like some people in cool seasons are at 0 degrees F. in terms of warm/cool and others are maybe 5-10 degrees but not quite into the next season. That’s kind of where I feel myself at times…can’t wear straight up pink, can’t wear the warmest corals of Soft Summer…they look awful on me except in the palest shades. A little lavender added to pink seems to be the ticket…and also raspberry/rose…

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