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the system has been revamped....and the original "four season" categories based on your natural coloring have been broken down to more specific groups...The new book also has sections on personal style, body enhancement and the power of specific color families.--Jackie White "Lexington Herald-Leader "
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The classic makeup and style book, now updated for the 1990s and expanded to 12 color palettes.
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45 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This books good for things like knowing what kinda of clothes suit your body shape and what colours suit your face but its a bit out of date! The pictures, descriptions and general feel of the book isnt very modern so given another chance i dont think id have brought it!
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
mmmh I found this book very dull and confusing. Don't buy it if you're a novice and looking for a book to read about colour analysis. The four season theory is actually developped to sub-season which was not a bad idea itself however it's more confusing than helpful. The colour charts look like bad colourings from a toddler and colours are not very accurate. Unless you're a very obvious type of Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter it's going to be a struggle to find your season. The book is also full of extremely annoying comments on how French women, Italian women etc. approach fashion that is utter rubbish. I found that to be a very narrow americanish point of view. The book also looks dated and the 'categorization' about looks (Romantic, Gamine...) is very very limited and does nothing to help you find you style.
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60 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Good section on style
4 July 2001
Format:Paperback
As some of the other reviews here indicate, this book would probably be more helpful to the reader whose personal coloring is a seasonal blend, rather than to the reader who can easily identify herself as a Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter. If you don't seem to fit a seasonal type, you might find the expanded classifications in this book helpful. That said, I must agree with the reviewers here who complain about the shoddy color palettes and inconsistencies in the text. Considering the fact that the original COLOR ME BEAUTIFUL gave rise to the international CMB industry, one would think they could have allotted a budget for a book as esthetically appealing, not to mention as well written and edited, as Carole Jackson's books.
But wait -- there's plenty more to this book than the section on color classifications, including a genuine improvement over the chapter on style in the original COLOR ME BEAUTIFUL (the most dated chapter in that book). Like Jackson, the authors of this book identify different body types, offering recommendations for each on fabric and design, but Spillane and Sherlock don't link body types to specific styles as Jackson does. This book does have a section on styles (e.g. Classic, Natural, Dramatic, Romantic, Creative), but it has a separate section on body types, which I've found especially helpful. (I was never sure what my body type was until I found it clearly described and illustrated here.) On the whole, the book does not replace Carole Jackson's, but with the above-mentioned reservations I do recommend it.
117 of 125 people found the following review helpful
Not as good as the original
31 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
This is a pretty good overall guide to color, style, and makeup, but it doesn't have the simplicity and timeless appeal that made the original Color Me Beautiful so useful. The expansion from 4 color "palettes" to 12 is not especially helpful; it just leads to more confusion. I also think the authors' cavalier advice that anyone can wear black is harmful to those women who simply will never look their best in black and need to learn how to look formal without relying on that color crutch. I bought Carole Jackson's Color Me Beautiful in 1987 and kept it until the covers were falling off; I bought this version, read it, and gave it away to a friend. Another thing that ticked me off about this version was its bias toward career women; much of its advice (like "honestly, can you really afford to be seen in just a scrubbed face and a touch of lipstick?") doesn't pertain to students, stay-at-home moms, blue-collar workers, home-office workers, or even people with a casual office environment.
Bottom line: if you can still find the original, get it instead; some of the styles shown are a little dated, but most of the advice is as sound today as it was ten years ago. But if you can't find it, or if you really need something with a focus on dressing for success in the business world, then this version is a decent substitute.
55 of 61 people found the following review helpful
So confused!
26 April 2002
Format:Paperback
I am one of the women who is suppose to find this book helpful because I do not neatly fall into one of the four seasons ....my mother thinks I am a summer, my hairdresser thinks I am a Spring, my husband says I am an autumn. So I buy this book and now I am more confused then ever! The authors use terms they do not define such as muted or topaz, terms which are critical to me being able to sort out my season confusion. Then they suggest I use "color draping" by grabbing clothes or even towels from around the house that match obscure and subtle color differences. Ah, I do not have a "mango" and "salmon" towels or at least I do not think I do. It is hard to tell since the color swatches in the book are as bad as everyone else complains they are. On the up side, I have reread the book four times and really want to like it but I still have NO idea what colors would suit me. Bottom line...do not buy this book.
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