FAQs

Color analysis, also called skin tone color matching or personal color analysis, is the process of finding the colors of clothing and makeup that enhance your natural coloring. The goal is to determine the shades that best suit your individual skin tone, hair tone, and eye tone, creating a custom color palette you can use as a guide for shopping, wardrobe building, and choosing cosmetics.

Your custom color palette can be your personal shopper as you carry it with you on shopping trips. Color analysis was most popular in the early 1980s. It has made a major resurgence in recent years, and yet so many people still have no idea what it is. We have offered custom color analysis at Colors For Success since 1989.

The goal of color analysis and a custom color palette is to feel good about yourself and to enhance what you have; not try to make yourself into something you are not. Learn more about our custom color analysis process.

Our Deluxe Custom Color Analysis package is $295 and includes two sessions. We also offer a Makeup Application Lesson add-on for $76.

The Deluxe package includes Session One (in-depth draping with 200+ fabric drapes and your custom color palette) and Session Two (learning to use your palette plus a Makeup Application Guide). View our full service menu and pricing.

Virtual color analysis consultations are available nationwide for the same price. Contact us to schedule your session.

Our Deluxe Custom Color Analysis package includes two sessions:

Session One: In-depth color analysis with over 200 fabric drapes. We perform color-by-color matching to determine your exact best colors based on your skin, hair, and eye tones. You will receive your Deluxe Custom Color Palette featuring 50 or more custom colors in perfect harmony for you, plus your best metallic tones for jewelry, buckles, buttons, and metallic fabrics. This session also helps determine the best hair color should you choose to color your hair.

Session Two: Learn how to use your color palette to your best advantage. You will receive a Makeup Application Guide to assist you in applying the best cosmetic colors based on your custom color analysis and custom color palette.

Both sessions go beyond the generic four-season concept and are totally customized to your unique personal coloring. View our personalized services.

Seasonal color analysis places individuals into four general categories (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) or sometimes 12-16 subcategories. At Colors For Success, we go beyond seasonal color analysis. Our custom color matching is based on your unique skin, hair, and eye colors using over 200 fabric drapes. We find the exact colors that make you look radiant, rather than fitting you into a predefined seasonal box.

Many different versions of seasonal analysis have been developed and promoted by image and color consultants worldwide. Some systems classify your personal combination of skin color, hair color, and eye color by referring to a color's "temperature" (cool blue vs. warm yellow) and the degree to which your hair, skin, and eye colors contrast.

Our custom approach goes deeper. We analyze the specific tones that flatter your unique coloring and also identify colors that do not enhance your natural features. Learn more about our custom color analysis.

We go beyond the four seasons of color and take into consideration the client's skin, hair and eyes as well as their personal style.

Our custom color palettes are created using over 200 fabric drapes during your in-person or virtual color analysis session. This ensures your palette is truly unique to your individual coloring, not a generic seasonal assignment. Learn about our custom color analysis process.

Yes! If time or distance is a problem, you can have your colors done virtually online via Zoom or FaceTime. Virtual sessions are conducted with the same care and attention as in-person appointments.

All you need is good lighting and a reliable internet connection. Virtual color analysis is available nationwide and includes the same two-session Deluxe package with your custom color palette. Contact us to schedule your virtual consultation.

Each session typically takes approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. The Deluxe package includes two sessions:

• Session One: Draping with 200+ fabric drapes and creating your custom color palette
• Session Two: Learning how to use your palette and receiving your Makeup Application Guide

Virtual consultations follow the same structure and timing. Contact us to schedule your session.

For the most accurate results, come to your first color analysis session without makeup, or with minimal makeup. Wear a neutral-colored top (white or gray) if possible, as bright colors can reflect onto your skin and affect the analysis.

For virtual consultations, simply ensure you have good natural lighting and wear a neutral top. We will guide you through the rest. Contact us to schedule your appointment.

As you age, you may find changes in your coloring due to the natural aging process. Skin can become more sallow and eyes can look less vibrant. It can be helpful in that case to redo your color analysis.

You should also consider updating your color analysis if you have made significant changes to your hair color, or if you notice that colors you once loved no longer look as flattering. Contact us to schedule a refresh.

Yes! You can add a Makeup Application Lesson to your Deluxe Color Analysis package for $76. This hands-on lesson teaches you how to apply the best cosmetic colors based on your custom color analysis and custom color palette.

The lesson is also included as part of your second Deluxe session, where you will receive a Makeup Application Guide. View our personalized services.

Colors For Success custom blended and ready-to-wear mineral cosmetics are of the finest quality. Our products are made from naturally-derived ingredients with a long history of safe use. Prior to our use of them, many of our ingredients have already been thoroughly tested for safety and are present on the FDA's list of "generally recognized as safe" substances (the GRAS list).

Our minerals are talc-free, bismuth oxychloride-free, fragrance-free, dye-free and non-comedogenic. They provide long-lasting coverage with a lightweight, natural look and feel. Their exceptional adherence and crease resistance will keep makeup looking fresh all day.

Our products are not tested on animals. When it is necessary to test new ingredients, we utilize in-vitro ("in-glass") testing protocols, which have been, and continue to be, developed as alternatives to the standard animal models. In-vitro ("in-glass") means that tests are performed in a laboratory simulation and not on living subjects.

Mineral cosmetics are also paraben-free. Parabens have been replaced with ingredients like grapefruit seed extract and Vitamin E in many cosmetics and essential oils like cinnamon, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon and tea tree are being distilled and turned into natural preservatives.

Our minerals do not contain, nor are they manufactured with gluten (wheat, barley, rye, or oats).

Bismuth oxychloride is a common ingredient in many mineral makeup brands, including some popular loose powder foundations. While it provides a pearlescent finish, it can cause itching, irritation, and breakouts in sensitive skin.

Our mineral cosmetics are explicitly bismuth oxychloride-free, making them ideal for sensitive, acne-prone, or reactive skin types. We are also talc-free, paraben-free, fragrance-free, and dye-free. Shop our mineral cosmetics.

We have compiled detailed information about common skin conditions and recommended regimens. If you need personalized recommendations, please feel free to contact us.

Here are the guidelines for tossing old makeup:

• Cream Blush: 12 months
• Cream Bronzer: 12 months
• Cream Eyeshadow: 12 months

• Mineral Powder Blush: 18 months
• Mineral Powder Bronzer: 18 months
• Mineral Powder Eyeshadow: 18 months
• Mineral Powder Foundation: 18 months
• Mineral Translucent Powder: 18 months

• Concealer: 12 months
• Liquid Foundation: 12 months

• Eyeliner: 12 months
• Liquid Eyeliner: 6 months
• Mascara: 4 months

• Lipstick / Lip Gloss: 18 months
• Lipliner: 1 year

Whenever you have an eye or lip infection, be sure to throw out your eye and lip makeup right away so you won't re-infect yourself. Also, never share your makeup products or makeup application brushes.