It is actually very simple to determine your dominant color characteristic.  That is the most important one to know. When you know that characterstic, you can purchase a color fan that will give you all the possible colors that you may possibly wear on your face and in your clothes.  Look at the following guide. Decide which best describes you. Viola!!!

We use specific terminology to describe color when we wish to convey what a particular  color is like.  We use words like Warm, Cool, Bright, Grayed or Muted, Light or Pale, and Dark or Deep. It is exactly those words which also describe the three Characteristics of color.

Several years ago, I attended a workshop for women in business.  Of the 250 women attending the conference, only eight had on something other than black, grey or navy. Those eight,including me, were all involved in the cosmetic, fashion and beauty industry. The reason most women choose to live life “in black and white” rather than in technicolor is because they do not know and understand some basic rules of color. When women have no color confidence, they play it safe and usually choose only neutrals.

q Increase your energy levels by drinking water. Dehydration is a major cause of dry skin and fatigue. Sufficient water is needed in order to facilitate even basic metabolic processes in the body.

• Become a label reader.  Look to see what the ingredients are in the foods you regularly purchase and be an informed consumer.  Look for chemicals, hidden sugars (including corn syrup and corn syrup solids), MSG, dyes, high levels of sodium, unnecessary oils. Sugar is usually given in grams. Divide by 4 and that is the amount in teaspoons. You will be surprised!

The reason for those recommendations is that the anti-oxidants that protect us from many serious problems are contained in those foods.

• However, there is currently some controversy surrounding this food group. 

• Avoid hydrogenated oils, saturated fats, and trans-fatty acids which are caused from the overheating of oils including anything that is fried.  They prevent the development of prostaglandins—powerful hormone-like compounds that affect the nervous system, blood vessels, female hormones, blood clotting, inflammation, immune system and other key body functions.

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it?
They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

Known as The Father of All Foods and King of the Plant  World, Alfalfa has the greatest variety and largest amount of nutrients of any known plant!  It’s nutritional secret is in the roots which burrow into the earth up to 25 feet in search of minerals not available in the first few inches.

The trace minerals –inorganic elements in our food system that cannot be produced by the body but are absolutely critical to health—help form red blood cells

• Sugar depletes 11 vitamins and minerals in order to be metabolized.
• Do you have any idea how much sugar you are actually consuming? The average person eats 156 pounds per year. Sometimes we are not aware of how much sugar in the food we eat.  Those sugars are referred to as hidden sugars.

1. 10 teaspoons in a serving of Raisin Bran
2. 11 teaspoons in flavored yogurt
3. 6-8 teaspoons in an 8 oz glass of HiC, Koolaid, Sunny Delight, Apple Juice or Gatorade
4. 2-3 teaspoons in a granola bar orfruit roll-up
5. 5 teaspoons in a Pop Tart
6. 8 teaspoons in a glazed donut

In the year 2002, the New York Times did a study in which they determined that a woman who wears make-up earns about one third more during her career then a woman who wears no make-up at all.