2023-04-30 07:00:00
Many even ignored its existence, yet thearmocromia is a discipline born in the nineteenth century and today increasingly widespread in the field of fashion and make-up, which combines combinations of color shades and the chromatic characteristics of the skin, eyes and hair, aimed at creating a perfect look that enhances the your beauty better. At the beginning of the twentieth century it was Elizabeth Arden, a pioneer in the world of cosmetics, who launched some boxes with eye shadows and blushes matched according to the ethnic characteristics and skin tone of each woman, with coordinated make-up for lips, cheeks and nails. But color harmony became popular in the late seventies, when the American cosmetologist Bernice Kentner published the book “Color me a season” in which she illustrated the different shades of colors exposed to natural light, grouping those suitable for beauty in four palettes of powders specific cosmetics that she dubbed “The Four Seasons of Color Analysis”, i.e. the most suitable shades for all women to use in winter, spring, summer and autumn, capable of enhancing every type of femininity.
THE INTERVIEW
In recent days, the interview with Vogue Of Elly slimenew secretary of the Democratic Party, who made all Italians aware of this technique ignored by many, revealing that she had entrusted her look and clothing to an image consultant who is a specialist in color matching, and that she was directed by she, based on the chromatic choices for her style and make-up, on the shades of winter, following specific parameters of the color analysis from the specially created chromatic palette, compatible with the shade of her skin, physique and social role including the political one.
But how does a professional color harmony session take place? First of all, the expert/expert on duty analyzes the client, who wears only a white t-shirt, studying her face, the dominant element, completely removed and cleansed, scrutinizing the chromatic characteristics of the skin of the face and of the whole skin the body, then the color of the iris and that of the hair, lips, ears and subcutaneous veins. After which four colored drapes are used, divided into four sections, season by season, which, once placed close to the face, illuminate the skin more or less intensely, and those that minimize any aesthetic defects are selected and identified, and which express the best matching nuances.
From this data, customized color combinations are then created, choosing from the shades that brighten the complexion the most, for the make-up and clothes palettes to be created that are most suitable for that specific complexion. Naturally, the vascular alterations that the body undergoes during physical effort or exposure to the sun are also evaluated, when the skin tends to redden or change its tone due to a tan, and once it has been established which gradations it can reach, the verdict is drawn up: if the complexion is enhanced by the orange drape, the undertone is warm and the reference season is Spring, if the dominant colors are light, and Autumn if they are dark. If the chosen fabric is instead fuchsia, the reference undertone is cold, with the choice of Summer for those with light shades, and Winter for dark ones. The Armocromia as well as directing towards the cold (summer and winter) or warm (autumn and spring) seasons for make-up, is also able to harmonize the colors of the garments to wear on these data to enhance one’s look in relation to skin tone, eyes and hair, without preconceptions related to age or gender, exploring new shades and shades far from the classic gray and black.
STYLE AND HISTORY
But if from an armochromatic consultancy session colorful personalities come out from hot or cold seasons, with various degrees of skin brightness, with delicate, strong colors or with sharp contrasts, studied with an objective criterion, it is good to remember that the majority of women and men with a minimum of culture, style and personal history, uses a different secret to put on make-up and dress which is not a secret, that of knowing how to look in the mirror and recognize one’s uniqueness in order to style oneself in the best possible way, and choose from the wardrobe, according to various occasions, dresses with colors that are in harmony with each other and that enhance the person, choosing the most appropriate nuances, without being influenced and overwhelmed by the analysis of the chroma and by the dictates of the fashion trend of the moment.
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