POSTED IN Colour ON 20 September, 2019
20 Sep Think you Know How to Identify Your Skin Tone?
THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO
Identify your Skin Tone?
Take Our Quiz!
We all have an idea of the skin tone we suspect that we are, and we tend to use the same key markers to determine it. But what if we told you that many common beliefs are actually myths?
Take our quiz below to see what you really know about skin tone analysis!
QUESTION 1
Eye Colour Helps to Identify Your Skin Tone?
FACT
WRONG! THIS IS A MYTH!Many people think that blue and grey eyes mean that you have a cool skin tone and green and brown eyes mean that you have a warm skin tone, but this is incorrect. Eye colour never truly defines your skin tone.
MYTH
CORRECT! THIS IS A MYTH!Many people think that blue and grey eyes mean that you have a cool skin tone and green and brown eyes mean that you have a warm skin tone, but this is incorrect. Eye colour never truly defines your skin tone.
QUESTION 2
Having Freckles Helps to Identify Your Skin Tone?
FACT
WRONG! THIS IS A MYTH!A lot of people believe that having freckles automatically makes you a warm skin tone, but freckles play no part in defining your skin tone. People with cool skin tones can also have freckles!
MYTH
CORRECT! THIS IS A MYTH!A lot of people believe that having freckles automatically makes you a warm skin tone, but freckles play no part in defining your skin tone. People with cool skin tones can also have freckles!
QUESTION 3
The Colour of your Veins Helps to Determine Your Skin Tone
FACT
WRONG! THIS IS A MYTH!There is a belief that blue veins signify a cool skin tone and yellow and green veins signify a warm skin tone. Vein colour only alters depending on the translucency of your skin, but this has no effect on your skin tone.
MYTH
CORRECT! THIS IS A MYTH!There is a belief that blue veins signify a cool skin tone and yellow and green veins signify a warm skin tone. Vein colour only alters depending on the translucency of your skin, but this has no effect on your skin tone.
QUESTION 4
Your Natural Hair Colour Helps to Identify Your Skin Tone?
FACT
WRONG! THIS IS A MYTH!Many people think that the hair colour they were born with is the colour most suited to them. Your natural colour is down to chance and genes don’t know everything… but your colourist does!
MYTH
CORRECT! THIS IS A MYTH!Many people think that the hair colour they were born with is the colour most suited to them. Your natural colour is down to chance and genes don’t know everything… but your colourist does!
QUESTION 5
How Light or Dark your Skin is Helps to Identify your Skin Tone?
FACT
WRONG! THIS IS A MYTH!Many people think that pale skin won’t suit dark hair and dark skin won’t suit light hair. But that isn’t true. Don’t let your skin colour restrict your colour choices!
MYTH
CORRECT! THIS IS A MYTH!Many people think that pale skin won’t suit dark hair and dark skin won’t suit light hair. But that isn’t true. Don’t let your skin colour restrict your colour choices!
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So, What Does Identify Your Skin Tone?
Determining your skin tone can transform your whole look completely. Having a Skin Tone Analysis Service at your nearest Francesco Group salon gives you an in-depth insight into discovering your skin tone, looking at your skin’s natural undertones and discovering which colours suit you best. We look at your natural colouring, features and lifestyle to advise you not only on your perfect hair colour, but complementary clothing and make-up shades too!
Clients can be assured that they are in the safest hands in the country when it comes to colour, as many of our salons now house a L’Oréal Colour Specialist that can turn their hand to any query; from assessing the correct colour to match skin tones, to correcting a colour mishap.
The Colour Specialist graduates form part of an elite group of experts across the UK & Ireland who offer an unparalleled knowledge of colour.
