I just had an epiphany! This is why I always need a punchier lip or blush color to look normal and non washed out. I’m pale olive with varying shades of dark brown hair (depending on my mood) But I’m naturally more high contrast. 🤯 And I also like putting on my blouse before doing my makeup, because I always end up looking better in the end. Now I know it’s because I am actually matching the contrast or lack of contrast with what I’m wearing without realizing that’s what I’m doing-I just didn’t know the reason why it works for me! I learn so much from your videos!!!
To hear someone say they had an epiphany is my personal medal of achievement so thank you! Yeah I always have to give myself a pep talk when I'm doing my makeup while my hair is wet. I'm like who IS that. Why is nothing working?? 😂
I always said that if you are tired and you don't want anyone to notice, wear glitter eyeshadow and no one will notice.... Turns out I have chronic fatigue syndrome lol. Also, one winter, when I was a receptionist at a hair salon, I had bleach blonde hair and was wearing a white dress shirt, and a client didn't see me at the reception desk cause she said I blended into the white wall too much.
As someone with light brown hair, green eyes and light green skin that tans golden... I am moderately high contrast in the winter, but in the summer when I tan my hair, eyes and skin are effectively the same shade of khaki and I have to turn everything on it's head 🤣
Omg what is this coloring called?!? 😂 I’m the same ish but with slightly ashy dark blonde hair, warm hazel eyes that go from green to gold, and pale olive skin that also all blends in during the summer but looks more stark/contrasting in the winter
I naturally have light brown hair. I have been dyeing it copper for the last year and wanted to back to my natural color, but my stylist ended up making it a very dark, (almost black)brown. I do like it, but it is wild how it changed my makeup preferences. All of a sudden I’m wearing Smokey eyes and pale glossy lips on a daily basis and feeling amazing lol
I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember when I tried to find a video on this concept. I only found one video from Angie Hot & Flashy on picking makeup for my clothes. Always love an appearance from editing Kackie 😊
I really recommend Miriam Style's videos. She has a video dedicated exactly to people who look like you titled "REDHEADS - Color Analysis" . She has a deep understanding of color from all angles in a way that I have never seen in anyone else.
Sometimes I wish I could just meet you at a coffee shop or someplace safe and ask you to tell me what my undertones are and what to look for in clothes and makeup and stuff because I feel so hopeless 😂
Could you do a video showing an example of lighter contrast makeup? I feel like a lot of makeup content online is geared more towards higher contrast (probably because like you said, it shows up well on camera). But as a low contrast person that doesn’t work for me. I find it hard to judge how much is too much and how little is too little…
the wild hair look BEFORE you slicked it back. I liked all of it. None of it looked off to me 😅 I fins no matter what colors I use my eye makeup ALWAYS looks the same 🤔 unless I use a colored eyeliner smoked out. I don't like the harsh line look on my eyes.
Yeah pretty much. I meant to mention it would be helpful to grayscale a photo of oneself to see contrast more clearly if they have like, a fashion color in their hair or something.
As part of the color theory series...would looove an episode on adjusting foundation shades! Also maybe which brands offer olive foundation shades. I'm desaturated light medium neutral olive (I think) and the struggle is real. There's tons of examples and advice on reddit and what-not, but it would be really neat to see you mixing shades and showing what happens 😊
What are you wearing on your lips prior to applying the makeup? Looks like a clear lip balm, it's very soft and pretty! I like that it's not overly shiny :)
Hello there Kackie! I think that high contrast look is a very nice look for you!!!! Of course the original makeup look was also a great look on you, however increasing the contrast accentuated all of your natural beauty. As an X-ray Technologist, I know all about contrast and saturation, so you are totally speaking my language, LOL!!! Anywhooose, I think your makeup always looks great and a “makeup” version of smooth and natural looking skin! Luv all of your content! You are GREAT!!!💕🐩💕
Hello from a mid contrast person who doesn’t really struggle with overall cohesion in my looks! I still watched this because I enjoy perspectives and also want to be and to better express what I pick up on that makes me choose one thing or another when I put a look together. 🙂
Since I left my hair go grey/silver, I look best with a deep but bright mauve (pink + blue no brown hue). Looks gorgeous. Love Laura Mercier’s Mauve Merveilleux lip color so much.
You have created what people think are "artsy" people! Ha. I loved this 🪄 magic sorcery spells that you cast as you transform. It is wholly you, yet not our everyday you. Loved this video.
One of my North Stars is “southwestern”. If I’m uncomfortable in what I’m wearing I add a piece of turquoise jewelry and I instantly belong in what I’m wearing. I love actually naming and owning this concept ❤
i've heard u talk about contrast a lot b4 but i nvr quite got why i as someone that has quite light skin & not very dark brown hair & brown eyes, and altogether could be described (coloration wise) very similarly to you felt like i was much more high contrast, but once you started talking about black & eyes i realized my eyes basically come across as black a lot of the time n how big a role that plays. there's some more contrast between my lips n the skin around them too, and the density of my eyebrows certainly plays a part. based on titles n thumbnails i don't feel the need 2 click on these videos of yours because i simply don't have any of the issues they're meant to help with but i've long since realized there could always be something for me to learn :]
This is such a cool video. I’m super high contrast and wear lots of eye makeup and a big black wing like Nicolette on the daily. The issue I struggle with is that I don’t know how to “amp up my look” for fancy events - it tends to just look the same. How much further can I take it? Ya know? Kackie, or anyone else have advice for a fellow high contrast?
Very helpful. I tend to do my makeup with wet and darker looking hair pulled back in a bun and the I go out in sunlight with my hair down as it dries and think 'wow, that's bolder than I intended'.
Contrast is often overlooked in favor of labeling colors warm or cool in the Beauty Sphere (That's problematic in & of itself since the concept of visual temp is over simplified & many fair people think they have a cool undertone when they don't. And foundations often pull far too yellow or pink) The idea of soft, or low/medium contrast doesn't seem to exist when discussing skintones & overall coloring. If you have a lot of yellow or red in your hair but visible pink in your skin, it can be very confusing. Doubly so for people with hazel-ish eyes that may contain both warm & cool colors. Soooo, people who would be "neutral" skintones are probably blended (warm & cool) or soft/muted. Change your haircolor drastically, & your contrast level changes too. Regarding black: I still wear black but when I do, I leave a lot of skin showing around my face (lower neckline) & bump up my makeup a little. A brighter lip, a smokier eye. Oddly, white looks worse on me than black because I need some contrast. If a color is too close to my skintone or too soft (grey) it washes me out much more than black or any deeper color. I never thought of myself as high contrast, but in a B&W photo, my skin looks very bright & my hair reads dark. Kinda wild.
Wow - you have just explained to me why “committed” makeup, influencer makeup, neat hair, black clothes - why it all looks so harsh and aging on me - I am low contrast! I know from experience that a lighter hand with makeup looks better that when I cave to YT pressure and use bronzer and lots of blush and lip color. What you demonstrated makes sense to me!! I need to find my own way with color. Thank you!
Ahh Kackie I feel like I need your safe advice. I am so pale/light hair/light eyes/low contrast to the point that in any photo I am an amorphous blob. But trying to lighten the lights and deepen the deeps makes me feel like there are ONLY mid nothings to work from, or I feel like I have 80lbs of makeup on. Lol maybe you need to fly me in for one of those Lisa Eldridge style vids.
Okay so it's all relative and what would increase your contrast to 100% might be like 25% saturation on anyone else. Start with your bronzer and contour even on your eye look and see how those colors can increase intensity without you looking or feeling overdone 🤍🤍🤍
this is very helpful, i like this series. i’m struggling so much with what to wear the last several years, i embraced my long grey/brown hair, and i feel i look washed out often, regardless what color i wear! i just do a lot of ponytails and buns, but i want to wear it loose. 🤷🏻♀️
I just had an epiphany! This is why I always need a punchier lip or blush color to look normal and non washed out. I’m pale olive with varying shades of dark brown hair (depending on my mood) But I’m naturally more high contrast. 🤯
And I also like putting on my blouse before doing my makeup, because I always end up looking better in the end. Now I know it’s because I am actually matching the contrast or lack of contrast with what I’m wearing without realizing that’s what I’m doing-I just didn’t know the reason why it works for me!
I learn so much from your videos!!!
To hear someone say they had an epiphany is my personal medal of achievement so thank you! Yeah I always have to give myself a pep talk when I'm doing my makeup while my hair is wet. I'm like who IS that. Why is nothing working?? 😂
I always said that if you are tired and you don't want anyone to notice, wear glitter eyeshadow and no one will notice.... Turns out I have chronic fatigue syndrome lol. Also, one winter, when I was a receptionist at a hair salon, I had bleach blonde hair and was wearing a white dress shirt, and a client didn't see me at the reception desk cause she said I blended into the white wall too much.
HAHAHA your humor is excellent.
I love doing casual t and jean shorts, with done up makeup for some reason, makes the outfit look cuter without having to dress up 😂
Wonderfully helpful. Thank you so much!
You make all my little, am I crazy to be this pedantic about color, I need more makeup when I wear black, moments make sense.
i am so glad. either we're both sane or we are insane together.
As someone with light brown hair, green eyes and light green skin that tans golden... I am moderately high contrast in the winter, but in the summer when I tan my hair, eyes and skin are effectively the same shade of khaki and I have to turn everything on it's head 🤣
Omg what is this coloring called?!? 😂 I’m the same ish but with slightly ashy dark blonde hair, warm hazel eyes that go from green to gold, and pale olive skin that also all blends in during the summer but looks more stark/contrasting in the winter
My dark olive complexion goes the other way: high contrast in summer and low in the winter. 😅
Great video! Can you please link the style channel? ❤
As a fellow painter, I love this video! I wish I could like it a thousand times! I do this to myself almost every day 🙃
🥹🥹🥹🥹
I naturally have light brown hair. I have been dyeing it copper for the last year and wanted to back to my natural color, but my stylist ended up making it a very dark, (almost black)brown. I do like it, but it is wild how it changed my makeup preferences. All of a sudden I’m wearing Smokey eyes and pale glossy lips on a daily basis and feeling amazing lol
DAAAANG I love this for you!!
I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember when I tried to find a video on this concept. I only found one video from Angie Hot & Flashy on picking makeup for my clothes.
Always love an appearance from editing Kackie 😊
I am redheaded, and have a cool pink undertone. I have no idea what to wear
I really recommend Miriam Style's videos. She has a video dedicated exactly to people who look like you titled "REDHEADS - Color Analysis" . She has a deep understanding of color from all angles in a way that I have never seen in anyone else.
Same bruh. Red hair. Green eyes. Pink rosacea prone skin on my face. ?neutral to grey toned skin everywhere else. Choosing color is a nightmare.
@@ayalashoshani986 thank you!
Colour Analysis Studio here on YT. Warm undertone with cool overtones.
Sometimes I wish I could just meet you at a coffee shop or someplace safe and ask you to tell me what my undertones are and what to look for in clothes and makeup and stuff because I feel so hopeless 😂
I feel the same way.
Same!
I want her to do one on one consults SO BADLY. It could be on Zoom even. She could charge ANYTHING!!!
Who are we welcoming back from jail? 😆 👀 Good video! How does one go about picking a word that works for them, like you talked about with "boy"?
I don’t know what we have done to deserve such top tier content 🥹 👏🏼 great job Kackie!
Thank you!!
So helpful! This expanded my thinking about contrast. I'm going to take texture and finish into consideration more.
Could you do a video showing an example of lighter contrast makeup? I feel like a lot of makeup content online is geared more towards higher contrast (probably because like you said, it shows up well on camera). But as a low contrast person that doesn’t work for me. I find it hard to judge how much is too much and how little is too little…
Off topic, but i just did my contour and blush with a big fluffy brush and game changer.
I love Colour Theory class! Here's an apple for the teacher. 🍎
the wild hair look BEFORE you slicked it back. I liked all of it. None of it looked off to me 😅
I fins no matter what colors I use my eye makeup ALWAYS looks the same 🤔 unless I use a colored eyeliner smoked out. I don't like the harsh line look on my eyes.
thank youuuuuuu 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So, are we talking 'value scale' for the face?!❤ Courtney
Yeah pretty much. I meant to mention it would be helpful to grayscale a photo of oneself to see contrast more clearly if they have like, a fashion color in their hair or something.
Excuse me Kackie, but you looked stunning before you began adding makeup!!!
Thank you ☺️
As part of the color theory series...would looove an episode on adjusting foundation shades! Also maybe which brands offer olive foundation shades. I'm desaturated light medium neutral olive (I think) and the struggle is real. There's tons of examples and advice on reddit and what-not, but it would be really neat to see you mixing shades and showing what happens 😊
Totally agree!
Love color theory! Makes makeup and clothes way easier to buy. Color Class is a great channel to learn more about
You explained this SO well. You look great without makeup. Ironically I think I may prefer it. Natural beauty.
What are you wearing on your lips prior to applying the makeup? Looks like a clear lip balm, it's very soft and pretty! I like that it's not overly shiny :)
Hello there Kackie! I think that high contrast look is a very nice look for you!!!! Of course the original makeup look was also a great look on you, however increasing the contrast accentuated all of your natural beauty. As an X-ray Technologist, I know all about contrast and saturation, so you are totally speaking my language, LOL!!! Anywhooose, I think your makeup always looks great and a “makeup” version of smooth and natural looking skin! Luv all of your content! You are GREAT!!!💕🐩💕
Hello from a mid contrast person who doesn’t really struggle with overall cohesion in my looks! I still watched this because I enjoy perspectives and also want to be and to better express what I pick up on that makes me choose one thing or another when I put a look together. 🙂
I absolutely love your insights and isms. Thank you! 😘💯👌
I liked this video before I even started watching. I am loving the color theory videos!!!
Since I left my hair go grey/silver, I look best with a deep but bright mauve (pink + blue no brown hue). Looks gorgeous. Love Laura Mercier’s Mauve Merveilleux lip color so much.
You have created what people think are "artsy" people! Ha. I loved this 🪄 magic sorcery spells that you cast as you transform. It is wholly you, yet not our everyday you. Loved this video.
I’m glad you like the way you look because you really are beautiful!
One of my North Stars is “southwestern”. If I’m uncomfortable in what I’m wearing I add a piece of turquoise jewelry and I instantly belong in what I’m wearing. I love actually naming and owning this concept ❤
i've heard u talk about contrast a lot b4 but i nvr quite got why i as someone that has quite light skin & not very dark brown hair & brown eyes, and altogether could be described (coloration wise) very similarly to you felt like i was much more high contrast, but once you started talking about black & eyes i realized my eyes basically come across as black a lot of the time n how big a role that plays. there's some more contrast between my lips n the skin around them too, and the density of my eyebrows certainly plays a part. based on titles n thumbnails i don't feel the need 2 click on these videos of yours because i simply don't have any of the issues they're meant to help with but i've long since realized there could always be something for me to learn :]
What an excellent video! I have learnt so much from this and it makes so much sense. Thank you so much 😊
My favorite look you've ever done. LOVE.😊😊😊
This is such a cool video. I’m super high contrast and wear lots of eye makeup and a big black wing like Nicolette on the daily. The issue I struggle with is that I don’t know how to “amp up my look” for fancy events - it tends to just look the same. How much further can I take it? Ya know? Kackie, or anyone else have advice for a fellow high contrast?
This video is amazing! As always (the other ones in this series too), but this is top!!! Please do more of these!!
❤ love this. Thank you
You make it make so much sense! Now….I just have to pull it together! 😮
You make this 73 year old laugh. I needed this today.
Very helpful. I tend to do my makeup with wet and darker looking hair pulled back in a bun and the I go out in sunlight with my hair down as it dries and think 'wow, that's bolder than I intended'.
Contrast is often overlooked in favor of labeling colors warm or cool in the Beauty Sphere (That's problematic in & of itself since the concept of visual temp is over simplified & many fair people think they have a cool undertone when they don't. And foundations often pull far too yellow or pink) The idea of soft, or low/medium contrast doesn't seem to exist when discussing skintones & overall coloring. If you have a lot of yellow or red in your hair but visible pink in your skin, it can be very confusing. Doubly so for people with hazel-ish eyes that may contain both warm & cool colors. Soooo, people who would be "neutral" skintones are probably blended (warm & cool) or soft/muted. Change your haircolor drastically, & your contrast level changes too.
Regarding black: I still wear black but when I do, I leave a lot of skin showing around my face (lower neckline) & bump up my makeup a little. A brighter lip, a smokier eye. Oddly, white looks worse on me than black because I need some contrast. If a color is too close to my skintone or too soft (grey) it washes me out much more than black or any deeper color. I never thought of myself as high contrast, but in a B&W photo, my skin looks very bright & my hair reads dark. Kinda wild.
👀 I feel neked without my jewelry.
Your makuep looks gorgeous!😍
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Wow - you have just explained to me why “committed” makeup, influencer makeup, neat hair, black clothes - why it all looks so harsh and aging on me - I am low contrast! I know from experience that a lighter hand with makeup looks better that when I cave to YT pressure and use bronzer and lots of blush and lip color. What you demonstrated makes sense to me!! I need to find my own way with color. Thank you!
☺️☺️☺️ I love helping!!
You're very clever and explain it really well. New Kackie fan here.
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Kackie do you sell your artwork? Please send a link, I LOVE your work ❤💜💙💕
Yes! Follow me on IG @kackiecondatore - DM me over there!
Ahh Kackie I feel like I need your safe advice. I am so pale/light hair/light eyes/low contrast to the point that in any photo I am an amorphous blob. But trying to lighten the lights and deepen the deeps makes me feel like there are ONLY mid nothings to work from, or I feel like I have 80lbs of makeup on. Lol maybe you need to fly me in for one of those Lisa Eldridge style vids.
Okay so it's all relative and what would increase your contrast to 100% might be like 25% saturation on anyone else. Start with your bronzer and contour even on your eye look and see how those colors can increase intensity without you looking or feeling overdone 🤍🤍🤍
@emmachamberlain needs to see this video because she is obsessed with all elements and minutia of outfit curation 💖
I love her
Kackie knocks it out of the part again! I'm beginning to feel like I AM getting a college degree on this site. Love it.
🥰🥰🥰
you look especially lovely today
Thank you ☺️☺️
this is very helpful, i like this series.
i’m struggling so much with what to wear the last several years, i embraced my long grey/brown hair, and i feel i look washed out often, regardless what color i wear! i just do a lot of ponytails and buns, but i want to wear it loose. 🤷🏻♀️
I am always surprised at how light a color has to be to flatter me. My comfort zone is just WHITE on WHITE 😂
@@kackiei have been wearing more white tops, sad to say goodbye to all my grey ones, they do NO favors. 😂