Reveal - Style Consulting & Personal Color Analysis

10/29/2020

I’ll be presenting on color analysis tomorrow for anyone who might interested!

Go inside a studio and experience a live draping demonstration !

11/01/2018

Today’s post: All about finding the best frames for your face shape 🤓

I’m sure if you’ve ever shopped for glasses, you’ve heard the usual recommendations of, “if you have a square face, choose round frames” or “if you have a round face choose square frames”. The idea behind these suggestions is that you’ll “balance out” your squareness or roundness...

10/25/2018

When pants don’t fit; it has less to do with size and more to do with *shape* 👖

  Many women find that shopping for pants is one of life’s necessary evils. They can try on 200 various brands, styles, and sizes and will come away with one option that works... sort of. It’s an exercise in frustration that many of us would like to avoid, especially when retailers

10/19/2018

Story time: a Yang Natural makes the style her own 🙂

http://www.revealpca.com/blog-1/yang-natural-outside-the-box

Recently, I was working with a client who came to me for help with her professional wardrobe. She was in her early 30’s, working in a corporate setting, and was feeling frustrated with how she looked. She wasn’t sure how to dress her body type, and said she was in a style rut. Neutral colored to...

10/12/2018

On today’s blog: dressing after the change we experience from pregnancy. We sacrifice so much for our little ones, and they make it all worth it, but that doesn’t mean we have to feel down on ourselves afterwards 💜

http://www.revealpca.com/blog-1/dressing-my-postpartum-body

I’ve wanted to write about this for awhile, but it’s a tough subject for me. Still, I wanted to get my story out there, because I want it to be of help to those who might be going through, or have gone though, something similar. For those of us who are moms, we all know the magic and wonder of p...

10/05/2018

Over on the blog today, how the seasons & archetypes wear the little black dress:

http://www.revealpca.com/blog-1/re-imagining-the-little-black-dress

10/04/2018

A lovely Yang Gamine, Dark Winter before & after. She glowed in her colors!

“Got my colors and style done and I am so happy!! I love getting guidelines on finessing the "me" I've felt, but didn't know how to put it together and mesh between colors, personality, presentation, etc!”

09/26/2018

We hear a lot about who we’re supposed to be, and what we’re supposed to look like these days. We’re constantly bombarded with ads showing us what beauty is meant to look like, and where you too can find it and buy it too.

Several clients of mine have talked about how they’ve spent their lives buying and wearing the things they were “supposed” to. To look nice but not “too much”. To look thinner because we’re never thin enough. To try to fit in the box of what beauty is supposed to be. It’s a losing battle, because the goal post is always changing on us. It’s not a system meant to lead us to success, it’s meant to keep us feeling unsure and uncertain, to keep us buying the next new thing, to keep us hopeful that one day we’ll find the missing piece.

What if we could let go of all that? What if we could see ourselves for who we are and let the rest of it fall away? We could stop apologizing and trying to mold ourselves into something else.

That’s the beauty of knowing the colors and styles that work for you. It can give you permission to be yourself. And it’s the beauty industry’s worst nightmare. Because then you would stop buying any and everything they tell you to, and only buy the things you know to work. You wouldn’t feel the need to change yourself into something else, because you know who you are is exactly what you needed all along.

For me, that was one of the best gifts, and what I love to give my clients as well. So, if you’re there and you can’t find a way out, I’ve been there and I would love to talk to you and see if I can help. ❤️

09/06/2018

I’ll be in Dallas, TX September 28-30 for color and image analysis. Just a couple spots left, so let me know if you’d like to book an appointment!

05/17/2018

I’ll be in Chicago June 8-9 and I still have a couple appointments available on the 9th! Let me know if you’d like to know exactly what to wear to feel & look your best 🤗

03/26/2018

I'm asked all the time about information on how the image achetypes do casual-wear, so I thought I'd start a series about it! (If you're not sure what I'm talking about, you can read more about image archetypes here:
http://www.bestdressed.us/blog/2014/03/28/what-is-an-image-archetype )

Starting here with Yin Dramatic in colors most Winters could wear.
I made this Polyvore to illustrate a couple of options for what this could look like. Of course YinD can wear other pant shapes, but a skinny jean seemed the easiest and more casual option, as opposed to a wide leg trouser which can have more drama.

I used accessories to add texture and detail. The velvet handbag feels luxe (and could easily be switched out for a leather option). The scarf adds fluffy, plush texture that can be very effective on YinD. And I love earrings as a way of adding detail around the face.

What other ways have you YinDs found to adapt your style to something more casual?

02/20/2018

A lovely example of how bright winters can wear their lighter colors

Bright Winter Week - 2 Inspiration

For this Picture-To-Outfit, I wanted to experiment with the lightest colours in the palette - and this lotus flower picture was just right. Since many Winters shy away from yellow, I thought it would be fun to try to sneak it in. This outfit is quite casual, and more colourful than I would normally wear myself.

As it turns out, it’s quite hard to find iced yellow but in the end I came across this blouse. The fabric is a little see-through, much like the petals. (A white camisole underneath would be smart though.) Because the blouse is still most like the darker yellow tone of the flower, I added white jeans to keep the entire look lighter still.

The flower stem found its way into a green belt, and the shape of the flower petals became earrings. To add a touch of blue-sky-blue without turning full ‘circus tent’, I chose to add it as a bag. Shoes are Bright Winter taupe. Still, the outfit seemed to miss something – that tiny bit of darkness from the underside of the flower, to snap it all into focus. A dark grey necklace gave just enough contrast.