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Welcome to the your

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color style podcast where we

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talk about wearing color in ways

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that help you express your true

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authentic, amazing self. We dive

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deep into topics like color

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theory, color analysis,

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Authenticity, and your signature

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colors. I'm your host, Jen Vax,

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founder of your color style.

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Welcome to the podcast. Welcome to season four, Episode

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Three of the your color style

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podcast. Today we're going to be

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talking about one of the five

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signature colors that you can

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wear to express your true self

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your authentic self and they are

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called. And this color is called

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the blushing colors now it's

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exactly what it sounds like when

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I use the word blushing. These

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are going to be the colors that

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are the natural blush and flesh

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of your cheeks. They are likely

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the same colors that you would

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wear for makeup, blush and

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lipstick. And you probably have

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an idea of what blush and

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lipstick looks good on. You

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know, if you don't. No worries

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we're going to work through in

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this episode a few different

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tips that you can figure out

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what is your best blushing

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colors. I also recommend that if

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you want a little bit more help,

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one of the best things you could

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probably do is go to a

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professional makeup counter

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someone that you trust a brand

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that you trust, and the blush

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colors that they choose for you

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are going to be part of your

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blushing color palette. Now

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there's going to be a little bit

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of a range of those colors. So

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let's go ahead and dive in and

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talk a little bit more about

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what a blushing color is, and

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why you would wear it. Your

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blushing colors are going to

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likely be your reds and pinks of

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your color palette. And these

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are the colors that you would

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wear to appear more

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approachable, more friendly.

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They're your romantic colors.

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Often we assume that you know

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wearing red is a romantic color.

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But when I say romantic, I'm

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referring more to more intimates

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more approachable. As I said

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friendly, red is going to be

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more bold, more powerful, more

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sexy. And that's actually one of

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more one of your power colors.

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When we're talking about

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blushing colors, we're taking it

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down just a notch. So they're

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going to be your reds and pinks

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and you're ranging omos into

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your purples for your blushing

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colors. Alright, so how do we

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know what your blushing colors

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are? Well, again, they're going

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to be your colors that you wear

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as a blush, but let's break it

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down a little bit in the your

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color style methodology. Okay,

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so in your color style when

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we're looking at and figuring

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out the colors that are going to

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flatter you best that are going

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to be in the most harmonious

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with your coloring and tone. We

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have three steps. The first step

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is brightness, and you're going

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to hear me go through these

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three steps all the time when I

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talk about your color style, but

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it really does help you figure

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out the types of colors that are

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going to really resonate with

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you. So let's talk about the

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brightness first. You will

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likely wear either brighter

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colors best or softer colors

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best. So for me for example, I

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wear brighter colors best so

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imagine a perfectly a perfect

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color. Like we'll just say red

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or pink with no white or black

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added it's just a pure color.

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That's a bright color right

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that's a brightest Chroma and

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then you can add white to

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lighten it which does soften a

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little bit or you could add

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black to darken it which will

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also solve it a little bit but

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you start with a brighter color

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first. So if you were brighter

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colors best, then you're going

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to be looking for brighter,

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blushing tones, blushing colors

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for your signature colors. Okay,

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so for example, if you are

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someone that wears brighter

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colors best, a bright, light

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pink, for example, might be one

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of your blushing colors. My dad

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who right now has white hair and

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bright blue eyes looks great and

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a light bright pink, that would

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be one of his blushing colors.

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This is true for men as well. If

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you want to appear more

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approachable, you can wear your

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blushing colors combined with a

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color that you might feel more

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masculine whether it's a dark

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green, or dark blue, navy blue.

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And the same is true for women.

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You want to feel more

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approachable or feel quote

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unquote pretty the blushing

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colors are going to be extremely

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flattering on you. The next

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thing so that was bright by the

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way and for saw think about

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colors that are going to be

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slightly great and muted so a

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grayish pink for example, a

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earthier red, or tomato red

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those are going to be softer

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colors that might be more

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flattering on you for me wearing

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an earthy tomato red on me is is

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not as flattering. It's a little

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bit too

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well too earthy for me but if

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you have softer tones, warm

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undertones with earthy qualities

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that might be one of your

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blushing colors. Okay, the next

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step is your undertones whether

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you have cool undertones, a

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woman or tones that I know that

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this can be extremely troubling,

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we talk about makeup because

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sometimes you might appear

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neutral, but I'm going to go

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through the basics. And by the

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way, if you need visuals if you

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need lots of photo examples to

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help you kind of figure out what

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your blushing colors are. I

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highly recommend you check out

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the membership just because

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there is a course included

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called discover your signature

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colors that has an entire

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chapter on blushing colors,

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including printables. You don't

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need to do that. I also have

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videos out on YouTube, but I'm

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just letting you know that there

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is a resource out there for you

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if you really want to dive deep.

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Alright we'll get back to our

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topic in just a moment. Are you

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struggling to figure out what

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your most flattering colors are?

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Then take the your color style

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color analysis quiz at your

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color style.com slash quiz.

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That's your color style.com

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slash quiz. It's free and it

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will walk you through three

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steps with lots of photo

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examples to help you learn your

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best colors. So go to your color

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style comm slash quiz

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undertones so if you've got cool

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undertones and and you may not

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know but if you do, You're

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blushing colors are going to

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likely be from the light or deep

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true Red Ribbon not the

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brightest red because that's

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your power color. And you're

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going to start to add blue to

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that cooling that color down and

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going into those magenta Pink's

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so cool blue Pink's pink. True

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like light red like a like a

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nice slightly light red or a

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darker red. tipping over into

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the cool side of the color wheel

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and in that blue. You could

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probably depending on your

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preference go to a very blue

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pink. Almost going to kind of

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like a pinkish purple if you

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want if that's what you feel is

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that resonates with you. Those

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are going to be your your

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blushing colors now if you were

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softer colors best that are

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going to wear a softer version

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of those colors that if you were

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brighter colors best you're

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going to wear better versions of

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those colors. Okay. Now if

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you've got warm undertones, it's

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you can still wear some of those

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pinks but be careful you don't

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want too much of a blue pink. So

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you're going to maybe add just a

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touch of blue to that true red.

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You can probably go as cool as

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that. But then we're going to

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add yellow instead that true

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red, and so going over into the

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tomato reds, we're looking now

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we're looking at coral pinks,

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those orangey or salmon colors.

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Those are going to be colors

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that are going to be more

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flattering if you have warm

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undertones and those will be

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your blushing colors. For me. I

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wear coral pinks and those

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salmon colors really really

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well. Because I have warm

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undertones. And again, if you

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have if you wear brighter color

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special were brighter versions

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of that. It doesn't mean you

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have to wear a super bright

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color on your skin. You're going

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to sometimes especially with

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blush, soft and bright kind of

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look the same which is perfectly

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fine. But when you're wearing a

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lipstick, it might be that a

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brighter lip looks better on you

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than a softer one. Again, you

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might have to just experiment

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and play with this but now that

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you have this idea, you might

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want to go out to the makeup

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store buy some inexpensive

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colors and play. If you have

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your color fan, you're going to

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find your blushing colors in

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your reds and pinks and you can

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go and match those in the store.

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That's another option for you.

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Okay, so that's how you so we

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have we've got the Chroma the

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bright versus soft, we had the

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warm versus cool. And then the

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last is your depth. Because

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right now you if you're fair

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like me I'm very fair I'm very

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light I have light hair, skin

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and eyes so lighter colors are

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going to be more harmony with

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me. wearing a dark makeup on me

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a darker color isn't as

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flattering. doesn't mean you

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can't wear darker colors by the

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way, but we're talking about

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blushing colors. And that

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formula of that approachable

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doesn't mean deep, bold colors

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necessarily or high contrast. So

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we're going more into the

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harmony of your natural skin

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color right? So you've got your

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depth, so if you're about medium

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until mid or you have medium

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dark eyes, medium hair, you can

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go into the medium range of

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those blushing colors. And if

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you are deep, you're going to

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probably want the deeper

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versions of those colors. The

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one exception to the rule might

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be if you are someone that is

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bright, cool and deep in your

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color style, you demand more of

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a high contrast and so some of

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the rules are broken. You might

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actually want the brightest pink

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or the brightest red even though

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it's also going to likely be

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your power color because that

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brightness and contrast is most

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flattering on you. You may

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actually be able to pull off an

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icy color where someone who else

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is deep and warm cannot do that.

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So there's a little bit of rules

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that are broken there for

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someone who's bright, cool and

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deep. But as a general rule, go

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with what is her most harmonious

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with your overall skin and tone

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so if your light were lighter

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colors light to medium, if your

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medium right there's that sweet

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spot of medium colors and if

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you're deep go with medium to

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deep colors and that is your

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blushing colors. Now again if

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you need visuals, there's

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there's videos out on YouTube.

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There is your color fans that

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you can refer to and of course

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the course with your printables

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and lots of photo examples and

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the Discover your signature

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colors. course and by the way

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you can find that the membership

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if you go to your color

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style.com slash member you'll

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find that course with that's

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included in that membership. But

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again, the blushing colors for

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me is one of my favorite signature

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colors. When I wear my blushing

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colors. I just I personally just

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feel very feminine, very pretty.

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I it's my go to color for videos

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for interviews when I go out at

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night on a date with my husband.

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I really liked to wear those

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colors I gravitate often to my

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blushing colors when I'm

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shopping. It is a color that can

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really go with a lot of things

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too. So if you're thinking about

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how you might wear that blushing

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color, well obviously wear it as

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a top, find scarves in it bags

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in it, maybe even shoes in it

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your nail polish is a great way

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to introduce that color into

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your color palette as well as

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your lipstick and blush

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obviously, but then you can pair

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it with colors that are on the

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opposite side of the color wheel

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so deep all of greens navy blue,

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you know your blushing colors

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are going to feel warm for you

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though it's your kind of your

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warm version of colors so play

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with pairing it with a cooler

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color and have some fun with it.

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Even a turquoise green or deep

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turquoise green can be very

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interesting with your blushing

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colors. So that is your blushing

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colors one of the five signature

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colors. in future episodes we're

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going to dive deep into the

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other four signature colors. I'm

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Jen Vax with your color

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style.com and thank you so much

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for listening