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1 hour ago, Quarter Note said:
Does this thread make you think that Anne Shirley could have avoided so much angst about not being able to wear pink, if only she'd gotten her colors done and found out that she was a lovely Autumn?
Just so you all know, I love the season color analysis, and still (still!) have my original Color Me Beautiful book from the '80s. I'm very happy to be an Autumn myself.
This inveterate Anne fan gives a hearty "hear, hear!"
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I like Hot and Flashy's videos on YouTube. I found my "holy grail" foundation by watching her.
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1 hour ago, mommyoffive said:
Awwwww. What a cutie!! I swear having older kids makes me yearn for the baby times so much lately!
For sure! My youngest is double digits as of a few weeks ago, and it's just. . . Sad. He's a sweetheart, @Elizabeth86!
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5 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:
Not since the 80’s. I do look best in the colors they matched me with but color palettes change from year to year and I can’t always find my best colors.
47 minutes ago, Quill said:That’s what always seemed the problem to me; plus the fact that certain colors are used by designers for the season. So you can get a cashmere sweater in “Winter White”, but probably not a sundress. If you’re an Autumn, you will have no problem finding a cardigan and a pair of dress slacks in your palette but good luck finding a summer outfit in Pumpkin.
ETA: I realized my post sounds like a criticism of the OP; that is not what I intend. I love thé color theory thing and was really into it years ago. I’ve realized that it’s probably not the right thing for me because it gives me yet another thing to be picky about when buying clothes.
I have thought about this. I think (maybe?) mine will be slightly easier because I have a variety of blues, including chambray blue, and that seems to be a year-round color. I also have a couple of berries and one that leans more burgundy, and I think that helps, too. I'm also interested in the "sister" colors that harmonize. (For example, I can reach toward some winter colors, I think.) Anyway, I just find it all interesting!
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3 minutes ago, Katy said:
I can save you some time. Dressing Your Truth is this idea that you should dress your true personality/energy type/essence. There are 4 in this system. I find the idea that your style should reflect your inner self really resonates with me… but the styling doesn’t. The company is very Mormon and has a particular way of interpreting the styles. But it’s fun. There is or was a free digital book you could download and there’s tons of Youtube videos.
David Kibbe was a pretty influential Hollywood stylist in the 1980’s. He also has a sort of energy type system that encourages you to express your individual type rather than try to conform to whatever features and body type are currently in fashion. On the one hand this is brilliant because once you learn a bit about it, it’s quite clear why your friend looks cute in one thing and you look ridiculous in it. But on the other hand, it’s overly complex, arbitrary, and a bit contradictory. There’s also a ton of YouTube videos on this. I think Aly Art’s are the best.
Thanks! I googled Kibbe and skimmed a lengthy article and gathered that it's complicated. I think YouTube may be the way to go. 🤣
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27 minutes ago, Katy said:
Yes, I love this kind of thing.
Have you looked into style/fashion systems yet? David Kibbe or Dressing Your Truth or anything like that?
I haven't! I do remember some ads about Dressing Your Truth but I don't know anything about it. Off to google!
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7 minutes ago, EmilyGF said:
YES! An artist friend told me I was a winter (jewel tones, especially) about a decade ago and it totally revolutionized the way I dress. It also saved me so much money on clothes. She told me to only shop by color, which is how thrift stores are arranged. So now thrift store shopping is easier than shopping new.
Emily
I actually literally just had this thought this evening! I was considering buying a blouse that is on sale right now in "my" yellow (& the only one I get, at that! 🤣), and I thought, "I could just run by the consignment store tomorrow and see what they have since now it's easy to shop--by color!"
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Just now, ScoutTN said:
Oh, yes. I did Color Me Beautiful with my mom when I was a teen. My Dd did an online version during the covid shutdown. I too am a cool summer.
Do you pay attention to your palette when you shop for clothes?
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23 minutes ago, Arcadia said:
Thanks for finding this old thread! I remember Color Me Beautiful and was always a little secretly interested in having it done. Thinking about such things really wasn't a part of my upbringing, for better or for worse. I guess I'm in my second teenage-hood. 🤣
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Mine was done by a Created Colorful consultant, which is quite the IG sensation right now. My palette looks like this:
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And I have had a lot of fun with it! It turns out I'm a "cool summer" (a.k.a. "True summer," I think). It has given me a new hobby that mostly involves looking at clothing pictures online and comparing colors and looking at outfit ideas. I know maybe this is frivolous and maybe some people don't even think it's a "thing," but I am enjoying it. Has anybody else ever done this?
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Thanks for this thread, @Not_a_Number. I've had an exhausting weekend and have just been off. This thread makes me feel less alone.
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Regarding Jones Road Beauty, I have also been intrigued. I watched some YouTube reviews and the fact that it's so sticky even a long while after application, to the point that the wearer's hair got stuck to it, helped me decide against even trying it.
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1 hour ago, marbel said:
Ah, If you can get beyond the language I highly recommend her other books. I've read them all, some multiple times, and I found The Searcher to be a disappointment and the weakest of her books. But yes, there is language in all.
Thanks for the recommendation. I actually found the story line, especially the part about Cal's moral compass and the parts about the young men leaving the countryside or giving up, quite compelling. I didn't particularly love how the mystery was resolved, but it was slightly less important to me in this novel than the characters. It reminded me a little of Inspector Gamache in that way.
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I listened to Tana French's The Searcher in audio, which was very well done. I enjoyed the story and its setting (Irish countryside) a lot. It goes have a LOT of language, particularly the F word. I mean--a LOT. That's the only thing that gives me pause about continuing with French's novels. I can tolerate it some, but again, this was a lot.
ETA: too bad I'm not getting paid for how many time I used the phrase a lot--I'd have A LOT of money. 🤣-
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I finished The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell this morning. I would call this an entertaining *almost* cozy mystery in which the murder is secondary to all the character building. This is yet another one of those books told from multiple perspectives. In this case, it's a whopping eight different characters or so. With that many characters, I suppose it's not unexpected that a few of their voices sound similar to me. (Well, maybe not similar, but not different enough to be distinguished from the others by anything but plot. Can you tell character development is the MOST important part of any story for me?). Anyway, I enjoyed this one a good bit, despite any "flaws" I might've perceived.
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15 hours ago, elegantlion said:
I'm INFP as well, tested several times over the years. I am loyal and empathetic and on the reverse, I also take things personally and fall into the overly sensitive category. I do like that I have a vivid imagination and live in my head a lot.
You've just described me better than I could've described myself.
I am extremely verbal, though.
I'm curious to know how many of us INFPs tested as gifted in school. 🤔 I'm one. 🙋🏻♀️
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My child was traumatized emotionally by such a depiction at such a young age and hasn't looked at church the same way since. I agree completely.
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Great idea! I'm having two egg hunts this week at the library where I work, and this might help the unequal distribution of goods
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Scout, I am so very sorry. I cannot imagine. I live about 150 mi south of Nashville, so this has hit closer to home than any previous act. At the very least, may it stir us to action.
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I have severe PF and have recently started trying for minimalist, wide-toe box shoes, and my feet thank me. My Altras are the only shoes I don't dread wearing at least a little. I have read good things about Within shoes from Amazon as a low-budget intro to wide toe box, so once I score a gift card from my Fetch app, I'll be buying these to wear with skirts and dresses.
ETA: Xero shoes are another, more expensive, option.
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19 minutes ago, Hilltopmom said:
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
The Loving Push by Temple Grandin
Go See the Principal by Gerry Brooks
Beneath a Scarlett sky on audible
plus whatever other quick fiction reads come in on my library requests 🙂
I didn't realize Gerry Brooks has a book! (And I rhyme. . .🤣)
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Technically this was a March finish but I'm just now getting around to posting it. I listened to Weyward by Emilia Hart. It was an excellently done audiobook, but I have mixed feelings about the story. With the exception of a couple of implausible plot points (that really got on my nerves!), I'd say it is a really well-written novel. However, and I say this as someone who isn't terribly sensitive to such things, this author really doesn't like men. It's the story of three women from the same family in different time periods (one of the newly-popular multiple viewpoint novels) who suffer because of men. The first woman the reader meets is being tried for witchcraft in England in the 1600s; the second is a sixteen year old girl who is all but held captive in her English manor home during World War I; and the third is a modern woman with a completely evil, abusive boyfriend whom she flees at the beginning of the novel. They are all tied together by their similar experiences and also their familiarity with nature, especially birds and insects, that will do their bidding. This part of the story doesn't come out fully until toward the end. Depending on how you view it, you could call it magical realism or witchcraft, I suppose. A heavy theme in the novel is the poor medical treatment of women and a negative view of sex due to all of the abuse.
Did I like it? Hard to say. 🤣
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April 2023: What are you reading?
in The Chat Board
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I just finished Horse by Geraldine Brooks in audio. It's a 4 star read that could've been a 5 star read if she hadn't crammed too many current issues into the last few chapters. That's a pet peeve of mIne, and it's particularly jarring when much of the storyline is historical. Still, I really liked it over all.