Posh Shopping: MY COLOURING: SOFT

We already know which basic neutrals to use for the SOFT colouring group, and they can also easily be worn together on their own, like with the light colouring group.

When adding colour to your neutrals to create other outfits, avoid high contrast and rather stick to colours of the same depth. Keep your accessories like shoes, handbags and belts in colours that blend, rather than add contrast Choose jewellery and eyewear in matt metals, rather than shiny ones. Same goes for scarves, keep these in fabrics with a matt finish.

These are some colour combinations that should work perfectly together for you:

Soft white and soft green

Rose-brown and coral pink

Pewter and amethyst (soft purple)

Charcoal and burgundy

Light navy and periwinkle (soft blue/indigo)

Forest green and jade

You can wear most shades of blue, especially the light to medium shades like sky blue and periwinkle.

For purples, the best shades are amethyst, soft violet and lavender. You can also wear the normal primary purple and dark plums. Purple is a good colour for you, try teaming it with dark jeans.

Bright primary reds should be avoided, rather stick to dark coral shades and burgundy.

Pink is also a good choice, best are salmon and coral pink, as well as rose.

Yellow and orange shades will generally be unflattering. Soft greens are better for you, just stick to the lighter shades (not the icy tones) and avoid bright apple green.

For sea green/blue colours, the best for your colouring is mint, jade, turquoise and dark teal.

Your makeup should be kept natural and gentle. Keep eye shadow in brown shades like cocoa, coffee and matt gold. Keep your eye liner brown and lips in soft peach to rose shades. Blush in rose shades is best for you. Don’t go too dark, this will overpower you.